tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70362026577189569022024-03-05T09:17:40.917+00:00reggie and oliveKaren Roebuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598817295032393464noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036202657718956902.post-70525065512607366482013-04-27T12:47:00.001+01:002013-04-27T12:47:34.091+01:00Upcoming workshopsFollowing on from the success of my Embellishment Workshop, I'm pleased to tell you about my upcoming workshops at The Garden Room, Braithwell.<br />
4th June - 'Fathers Day' iPad / Laptop Case Workshop<br />
16th July - Apron Workshop.<br />
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I'm having a break in May to hopefully move house, but worry not. If you still want to be creative, Lindsey Jones of The Little Soap Shed will be hosting a soap making workshop on 21st May.Karen Roebuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598817295032393464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036202657718956902.post-69137437891839900822013-03-28T18:30:00.001+00:002013-03-28T18:30:39.245+00:00Embellishment Workshop - Fully BookedThe Embellishment Workshop is now fully booked. But don't worry if you didn't get on this one, there are more to come. I've enjoyed working with Garden Room so much that we've almost finalised a series of different workshops to take us right through to next year!!Karen Roebuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598817295032393464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036202657718956902.post-55002183830473902852013-03-23T15:26:00.001+00:002013-03-23T15:27:33.582+00:00Embellishment WorkshopI'm excited to tell you that I'll be hosting my 2nd workshop at Garden Room, Braithwell.<br />
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Here's the Embellishment Workshop info -<br />
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Embellish [em·bel·lish]<br />
Verb. To make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.<br />
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Join us on Tuesday 23rd April, I will teach you some of the techniques you can use to further enhance your own personal items.<br />
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In this workshop, I will demonstrate hand applique, machine applique, reverse applique, hand embroidery, free machine embroidery and couching; which can be applied in differing ways to a range of fabric items.<br />
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Maybe you could decorate a cushion, tablecloth, skirt, jacket or even the bag you made at our recent Recycled Bag Workshop (if you were unable to attend, please keep an eye out for future bag workshops). If you prefer, you could use the day to create a series of samples of each technique, which you can then apply to future projects.<br />
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Just bring along the item or material that you would like to embellish and any further fabrics, trims or buttons which you would like to use as decoration and we will take care of the rest. If you have your own sewing machine, please bring that along too.<br />
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Once you grasp the basic techniques, the possibilities are endless; all that you need is a little creative flair and there will be no stopping you.<br />
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So, why not join us for a fun day in a relaxed and informal setting where you will be given personal tuition to release your inner creativeness.<br />
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Only 3 places left, so don't hang around if you fancy coming along!!Karen Roebuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598817295032393464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036202657718956902.post-24277443075880195822013-03-22T09:46:00.000+00:002013-03-22T09:46:17.674+00:00Prize GiveawayIf you haven't already heard, I am running a little competition / prize giveaway to help promote my "Reggie and Olive" Facebook page.<br />
To be in with a chance to win a free hand made gift, all you have to do is "like" and "share" my page (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/reggieandolive">www.facebook.com/reggieandolive</a>)<br />
At the end of the month, I will randomly select one of you to receive a gift.<br />
Simple!<br />
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Please spread the word.<br />
Karen Roebuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598817295032393464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036202657718956902.post-70455088820257974892013-03-17T19:26:00.001+00:002013-03-17T19:26:59.855+00:00A date for your diariesMy next workshop will be held at Garden Room, Braithwell on 23rd April. More details to follow. Karen Roebuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598817295032393464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036202657718956902.post-91453136074853248802013-03-14T20:56:00.000+00:002013-03-14T20:56:55.360+00:00Handmade Bag Workshop - Garden Room - 12th March 2013<span class="userContent">A big thank you to all who attended my Handmade Bag Workshop. And a big thank you to Gina and Stevie of <a href="http://www.gardenroomrestaurant.com/" target="_blank">Garden Room</a> for hosting and making it all possible.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">Eight creative ladies attended on the day, with their unwanted jacket, and left full of food and cake and with their own unique creation.</span><br />
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Karen Roebuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598817295032393464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036202657718956902.post-13823129824923429372013-03-14T20:41:00.000+00:002013-03-14T20:41:20.980+00:00And we are back!!<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">
<span class="userContent">Well, Hello.<br />
Its been a while!<br />
This little project seems to be interrupted by either illness or pregnancy, both of which are now firmly behind me :-)</span></div>
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<span class="userContent">Since I last updated you, my little family has increased by one more!!</span><br />
<span class="userContent">Edith now has a little sister; Audrey Pearl Roebuck.</span><br />
As you can see, their love for each other is mutual!!<br />
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<span class="userContent">I'm determined to balance being a full time Mum, part time teacher and still have time for creative activities and I can report that I appear to be doing OK so far!</span><br />
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So, as I mentioned in my last update, I have been working towards running Hand Made Craft Workshops, in collaboration with local businesses.<br />
I am proud to say that I have been approached to host a pre-arranged workshop at Garden Room, Braithwell, wit<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show">h a view to running a series of workshops in the coming months.<br />
Initially, in these workshops, I will teach a range of decorative techniques, which those in attendance will incorporate into a handmade item to take away with them at the end of the day.<br />
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Once the dates are set, I'll be creating events on this page, to keep you informed and hopefully see something that you might like to have a go at.<br />
As always, thanks for your continued support. Please feel free to suggest this blog or the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/reggieandolive" target="_blank">Reggie and Olive Facebook</a> Page to anyone who you think might be interested. <br />
I hope to see you at a workshop soon!</span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show">
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<br />Karen Roebuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598817295032393464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036202657718956902.post-53959779828836882992011-10-10T13:53:00.000+01:002011-10-10T13:53:21.508+01:00A lot can happen in a year.It is over a year since my last update and what a year it has been!!!<br />
The Roebuck family has increased by one, with Edith May being born on the 17th April 2011.<br />
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If you'd like to know about our journey into parenthood, you can read the blog written by my husband.<br />
<a href="http://burtoredie.blogspot.com/">Click here</a><br />
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Anyway, the distractions of small children aside, lets get back to Reggie and Olive.<br />
If you cast your mind back to last summer, I had really started to get into gear with my little project.<br />
Ideas made their way into products, the blog was started, the <a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/reggieandolive">Folksy</a> shop was opened and the sales were coming in. I'd even been in talks with a friend of Damian's about the possibility of selling some of my items in a high street shop.<br />
It was all very exciting, but sadly, short lived!<br />
The school summer break was a great time to get creative but obviously, my creative time was limited.<br />
Upon my return to school last September I had every good intention to continue with Reggie and Olive unfortunately due to a heavy work schedule and discovering I was pregnant, Reggie and Olive regrettably fell by the wayside.<br />
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I had told myself that this would be a short "creative break".<br />
Damian was very amused by my insistence that I would be able to get back on with designing and making during my maternity leave, both pre and post baby arrival.<br />
I have to admit that I was a little naive about just how much of my time is taken up with caring for Edith.<br />
I haven't had two minutes to sit down, let alone to get behind the sewing machine.<br />
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Since Edith's arrival, I have continued to have thoughts and ideas about what I want to do and make, but unfortunately they are still very much in my head. Damian is fed up hearing 'oh I could do this and oh I could do that' because at that point, they failed to materialise. Writing this update is a step towards getting my ideas out of my head and into reality!!!! <br />
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Another move towards getting Reggie and Olive back up to speed is the creation of my new work space.<br />
I am very excited by this.<br />
If you have read Damian's blog, you might have seen that I lost my spare/work room to Edith's nursery.<br />
I have been craving an area to make my own and I finally managed to convince Damian that we should rearrange the attic. He agreed, but only after I conceded that I would sort through my "stuff" and throw away anything I would never use.<br />
As you can imagine, this didn't amount to much.<br />
Much to Damian's dismay.<br />
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So, there it is.<br />
There's still a bit more arranging to be done but it's an area I can spread out into, without the worry that its cluttering up the house and looks a mess when people visit.<br />
This was the problem with my other cutting out/sewing area, which also doubled up as the dining room table.<br />
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So, that's about it for now.<br />
I hope those of you who have previously supported/encouraged/purchased my work are still with me and have not abandoned me through lack of updates.<br />
I promise to update this blog and the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/reggieandolive">Facebook page</a> more regularly (though I don't think I could do worse than one every 12 months!) and can confirm that I've already started making some new things.<br />
I'm not going to say too much as they're still being finished but I've found inspiration from being a new Mum and hope that some of these things might be of interest to other parents.<br />
Keep an eye out for updates as I'm planning for these new items to be ready in time for babies first Christmas.<br />
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As always, thanks for reading and your continued support.Karen Roebuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598817295032393464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036202657718956902.post-13228944666199409932010-08-20T21:39:00.000+01:002010-08-20T21:39:52.073+01:00items, ideas and tiny objectsWell, I can't believe its Friday again so soon (Friday is blogging day, if you hadn't worked that out). I'm starting to feel a bit more comfortable with this blogging malarkey, although I am still tempted to use more pictures than words (I am blogging about my work though, right?)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>OH NO........</strong></span>The 4th week of the summer holidays is nearly over. That sickly feeling is starting in the pit of my stomach and I've already started to dream about being back at school......which is always a sign that September is on the horizon. I'm not quite sure how much making is going to take place when I am back at school but I am going to do my best to keep it up. <br />
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This week has been my most industrious by far. I think this has been, in part, because I have done a lot of finishing work, with previous weeks spent designing, pattern making and cutting out. I have a proper little production line in place and even roped Damian into the process. He was, of course, only trusted with menial tasks such as trimming, turning out rouleax straps, sweeping up and making tea.<br />
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It was this week that we decided to list a selection of items on Folksy (check out my shop by clicking <a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/reggieandolive">here</a>). So far, I have only listed the peg bags but plan on listing my other work in the coming days. The interest has been promising (like eBay, it tells you how many people have viewed you item) but no sales just yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.<br />
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I've also used this week to explore ideas for other items and ways of making them. I really want to have a go at printing some of my drawings onto fabric, so we visited a couple of screen print works and have done some internet research.<br />
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Jo, a friend of Damian's, asked if I did a selection of diaries and notebooks, so that got me thinking. I've been experimenting with a few ideas, and the first sample looks like this.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The idea needs a bit of tweaking but they are coming along. Is this the type of thing you had in mind Jo?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now that I've got quite a few things ready to sell, I decided to apply to stand at a local craft fair. It's in the run up to Christmas and is organised by a local craft collective who go by the name of <a href="http://www.craft-candy.org/">Craft Candy</a>. I'm told spaces are limited so competition is tough. I'll keep you updated on how the application goes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, that's about it for news this week so I though it would be nice to finish off this blog (now that I'm in the swing of it) with a little about what inspires me and why I do the type of work I do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The ideas behind my work developed many moons ago from an interest in recording the passing of time. This became even more pertinent when both my parents became ill, realising quickly how feelings and emotions can be documented through everyday, and mostly throwaway items. When returning home to visit my parents I started to collect items like shopping lists, hospital appointment cards, train tickets, receipts etc; materials that documented this period in my life. Although the items were very personal to me, I also started to think about their aesthetic qualities and how they could be introduced into my work. These ideas still form the basis of work. As I still live in the house my parents left, I am surrounded by them in the tiniest and indiscriminate of items. Its not just the obvious items (photographs, clothes, jewellery etc) that links me to them, but the obscure also. I have the character traits of both my parents in that I am a hoarder and I love making lists. Both my parents lived in this house for the last 30+ years of their lives, so you can imagine the amount of material I am left to work with! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To help illustrate what I am trying to say, I will use the follow piece of mixed media work.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table> This collage is made up of the following items:<br />
<ul><li>A list of LPs, written in my Dads hand, with a a relief ink drawing of flowers from my garden</li>
<li>A packet of fishing line, from Bennetts of Sheffield</li>
<li>A vintage crochet pattern, given to my by Damian's parents</li>
<li>A torn strip of musical score, hand written by my Dad</li>
</ul>When I am working with these items, I am thinking about their composition, colour, pattern and how they may contrast/complement each other. I also introduce items that I have collected and recorded from my life.<br />
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I hope this little insight into how my head processes the information it observes, adds some understanding to my work. I feel my ideas are still in their early stages and I will continue to write about them as they develop. Until next time, thank you for reading.Karen Roebuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598817295032393464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036202657718956902.post-65205178404885969912010-08-14T12:34:00.001+01:002010-08-14T16:33:58.639+01:00stings and other thingsThe third week of the summer holidays has been a busy one, there has been a great deal of activity taking place.....although not all of it good!!!<br />
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Damian is on 2 weeks leave and has taken up the role of reggie and olives marketing manager, he has been busy as a bee. He continues to be very bossy, giving me direction and instructions. This has helped me to focus and get lots of things done but I'm missing my bumbling along a little. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here he is enjoying the kids climbing ropes in the park!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhre3mGNL6FCJQ3Q2cVbLWpPRJ_tF2SippRLNW0pvJoVTUqhi9t1yO55K9yTqqqBjhOdABx7NyuInHQQrohv_OawrDSzGzYPd_Ql-EO8LE6pxRaWQy4LRbhDOAHdcjeg6ICr3vrIP9bmhz0/s1600/Picture+137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhre3mGNL6FCJQ3Q2cVbLWpPRJ_tF2SippRLNW0pvJoVTUqhi9t1yO55K9yTqqqBjhOdABx7NyuInHQQrohv_OawrDSzGzYPd_Ql-EO8LE6pxRaWQy4LRbhDOAHdcjeg6ICr3vrIP9bmhz0/s400/Picture+137.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />
The reggie and olive blog was published and a page has been put on Facebook. So far on Facebook, 77 people like the page, I've sold 4 peg bags and we've had interest from an independent gift store (more about this later as I don't want to jinx myself before anything is set up)<br />
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</div><div align="center">6 completed peg bags</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iIOdaHhxxf8y6J6T6LNpTHa2nq_p713SxcYsblpAz4CkM6Kkl9tYteUhHFfRQewM2_dvaiUuv-ChXSTtv9qQ2Og10EULxJ0C6Eh5que48I6eyNOUO0WAWDQeUVjQK_TYsMhvzTPOri7N/s1600/Picture+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iIOdaHhxxf8y6J6T6LNpTHa2nq_p713SxcYsblpAz4CkM6Kkl9tYteUhHFfRQewM2_dvaiUuv-ChXSTtv9qQ2Og10EULxJ0C6Eh5que48I6eyNOUO0WAWDQeUVjQK_TYsMhvzTPOri7N/s400/Picture+007.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
On Sunday, we had a fun day trip to Filey.....until Olive was stung by a jellyfish on Cayton Bay, so we had to come home early.<br />
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My sewing machine jammed, so it had to be repaired and serviced and now shes running like a dream.<br />
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</div>So, jellyfish stings, monkeying around in the park and sewing machine repairs aside, here's the progress I have made this week.<br />
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Mixed media collage pieces.<br />
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Some inspiration from the garden<br />
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</div>Karen Roebuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598817295032393464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036202657718956902.post-6352834406796960372010-08-06T21:03:00.001+01:002010-08-07T23:05:59.282+01:00..........and so it begins<div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"> </div><br />
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</div>Karen Roebuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598817295032393464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036202657718956902.post-60421620978564551412010-08-04T09:46:00.002+01:002010-08-05T12:08:04.167+01:00Its all in a nameHere's a little indroduction to why I'm writing this, and more importantly, why you are reading it.<br />
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<strong>Writing a blog: </strong>not quite sure what this is all about, writing is not my favourite medium to put across my ideas but I am going to give it a go to share with you some of my creative meanderings........I think there may be more pictures than words!!!<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Why reggie and olive?:</strong> Reggie - that is me. Although my actual name is Karen, to some I am known as Reg, Reggie or Reginald. This started way back when I was 17 and came about as a combination of my maiden name being Gutteridge (there was a boxing commentator called Reg Gutteridge) and my Dad working as an inspector on the buses (Reg Varney). The name was given to me by an old college tutor and it stuck, thanks Paul. Olive - is my lovely Labrador cross, who is now 8 years old and going greyer by the day.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<strong>Family:</strong> Burt my significant other (who is really called Damian) moved into our family home 4 years ago and we got married on 22 May last year. Olive still, on occasion, turns into the green eyed monster.<br />
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<strong>What I do:</strong> I work full-time as a secondary school teacher, teaching textiles and art.<br />
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<strong>Reggie dreams of:</strong> working part-time as a teacher and spending more time on being creative and living in a rural setting with a studio in the garden, a vegetable plot and some chickens, and maybe 6 dogs...... happily ever after!!!! All of the above in New Zealand would be the top trump.<br />
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<strong>Olive loves:</strong> food (all varieties); sleeping on the sofa; going for walks; fetching balls/sticks/plastic bottles (but not very good at dropping them); swimming and chasing squirrels (but far to slow to ever catch one).<br />
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<strong>Olive hates:</strong> fireworks; thunder; gun shots; I suppose any loud noises and having a bath.<br />
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<strong>What's next:</strong> I am currently enjoying the summer holidays filling my time with drawing, painting, sticking, sewing and generally creating. Oh and also cooking, cleaning, washing and taking Olive on big walks. My aim is to share with you my creative undertakings as they develop.Karen Roebuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598817295032393464noreply@blogger.com0