Hi,

Its been a while, now that Kerry's gone, I haven't been doing a great
deal and have been feeling very sorry for myself?  Anyhows have been
busy painting, from the CD's I have received from Christine. And
although I am a painter on canvas I find it very hard to do?  Its
getting to know your mediums? Paint on china is very different!  I
found that picking up the features and making them stand out the whole
head looked streaky!  Anyways I overblushed it all in the end and the
results were a little better, but it takes a lot of practice!

What about all of you, especially Candy how are you holding up in the
financial climate?  My husband finally retires on Friday this week.  We
have hired a truck to start taking stuff up to the Barn and well to
have a look at it?  With the financial disasters, and the stocks and
shares, interest rates and the likes, I find I'm a little short of cash.
So I have been doing markets and fairs.  I have been doing lines, of
things.  Packaging my items, labelling and making sure the prices are
well shown.  I have been concentrating on small dolls, and baby dolls,
and cloth dolls.

I have also been sewing a lot.  Learning techniques, and how to
embellish things very prettily! So at this stage I am busy doing the
Xmas markets and fairs right till Xmas and then going up the coast near
the farm to do the tourist treck!  When January is finished the kids
will be going back to school and things will drop off, I'll concentrate
on getting my stock back in order and updating my web, and reorganising
myself for the upcoming year.

Please keep in touch and give us some ideas for the New Year!  I think
it would help us all? Hope to hear from you and wish you all the best
for the holidays........  Natascha