Much of a muchness
Blog URL http://dianealdred.com
Located Bridport, Dorset United Kingdom
Tags bookbinding, photography, humour, calligraphy, family
My blog started out as "random thoughts and musings" about my life (don't they all?) and evolved into a blog about making handmade books and my passion for paper, with the occasional excursion 'off piste' into the worlds of callig
Latest Blog Posts
- ….AND relax….. on Nov 18, 2009 in Art Birthdays Book arts Bookbinding Books Charity Crafts Families Handmade books Interesting facts Music Photography Places Travel Videos weather Alhambra Anish Kapoor Bill Clinton Caves Fedex Granada Malaga Nerja Royal Academy Sayalonga Simon Lynge Spain
I’ve done quite a lot since I last wrote here. So much so that I’m only going to give you potted highlights otherwise you will lose the will to live before you are half way through. I was invited to a Charity Gala dinner in London on Fri...
- A brief pause… on Oct 11, 2009 in Book arts Bookbinding Books Crafts Design Digital art Families Handmade books Movies Photography Television Videos Weddings paper arts Beryl Cook Calamity Jane Doris Day Kingscote Barn Laos Tetbury
Another hectic week. It amuses me that occasionally I get called ‘a lady who lunches’ because I don’t go out to work every day, whereas in reality, some days I am so busy I forget to have lunch. This week was one of those weeks. It...
- Oops. on Sep 30, 2009 in Art Book arts Bookbinding Books Charity Families Fashion Handmade books Photography Places Shopping Tennis Weddings paper arts web design Anish Kapoor Goodwood Revival NSPCC Royal Academy Stirling Moss
Doesn’t time fly when you are having fun? I’ve just realised it is almost a month since my last post. Oops. I have no excuse other than I have been doing other stuff so that is a good thing in my book. When I used to post every day, I was...
- Wedding bells… on Sep 2, 2009 in Book arts Bookbinding Books Families Food Handmade books Interesting facts Pets Photography Places Weddings paper arts weather web design Claire Fordham Dorset jousting knights Lulworth Castle wedding
I had a lovely weekend. I was invited to accompany a friend to his niece’s wedding and as I do like a good wedding, I dusted off my posh frock and my dancing shoes and accepted. I had promised to make the bride and groom a guest book for the th...
- I’m a hothouse flower… on Aug 25, 2009 in Birthdays Book arts Bookbinding Books Design Families Gardening Handmade books Pets Photography Places Travel paper arts Bridport Canon PIXMA Pro 9500 flowers fruit vegetables Mallorca Milo photo albums Torchlight procession
Well, that’s all my travelling done for this year. Unless some miracle happens, I am doomed to the rain and grey skies here in the UK until next year. It was 37°C every day I was in Mallorca, clear blue skies – I loved it. I am definitel...
- A narrow escape… on Aug 3, 2009 in Birthdays Book arts Bookbinding Books Design Families Handmade books Pets Weddings paper arts weather Milo new baby operation photo album vet
Warning: The following post is not for those of a nervous disposition, touching as it does on the removal of a sensitive part of the male anatomy… Today, Milo had a reprieve. I had finally tired of his adolescent dog behaviour, particularly the...
- Help! on Jul 24, 2009 in Book arts Bookbinding Books Cool links Crafts Design Families Handmade books Humour Illustration Technology Videos Weddings paper arts email Gmail leather Pittards tech support
I have spent an inordinate amount of time this week trying to sort out my email settings. As you might know, I own the domain name dianealdred.com and it struck me that I don’t use the associated email so I decided to set it up as an alternate...
