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That’s pretty damn scary.  I’m getting twitchy sweats just posting this.  Hope you’re all having a pretty dam scary Halloween Weekend!

So last night the wait was finally over.  I got my Walking Dead fix back and boy wasn’t that a grueling and brutal season premiere? I ain’t gonna give any spoilers away in case you haven’t seen it yet but the recipient of Negan’s bat Lucille was revealed and it didn’t disappoint.  Walking Dead has never held back on the violence which is great for a gore hound like me (I was watching video nasties back when I was ten) but last night’s episode was just about watchable.  Not only for its brutality but for the complete feeling of helplessness Negan has...

One of my favourite magazines to read (or look longingly at the pictures) is Conde Nast Traveller.  A lot of whats in there one can’t afford but there’s always lots to enjoy and I did pick the Villa in Mallorca for my 40th Birthday and my tour of Burma directly from it so it does inspire. They’ve got one monthly section I always enjoy called Where in the World where they interview someone famous and glamorous about how and where they travel.  I love to know other people’s little travel secrets and tips so in honour of that article here’s mine....

With all the ongoing dramas over the Great British Bake Off this new card that I launched in September has proven to be very popular.   I love the image (it’s one of those designs where I came up with the punchline within about three minutes of seeing it) and I must admit it speaks to be as a vegan skeptic.  I mean I eat vegan food often, not because I need or want to but because I just don’t think about it.  But one area of cooking where I find it difficult to realise is baking.  I’m not an...

I came. I saw. I conquered. That’s the trade show season over with for this year and only another four months until it starts all over again with Top Drawer Spring in the cold depths of January.  Let’s not think about that just yet though. I can’t lie and say it was the most amazing show ever as it wasn’t and shows have changed for all exhibitors over the sixteen years that I have been doing them.  Footfall was particularly quiet on this one so it’s good that I got the orders I did.  Still it was as always fun to...

I’ve been busy the last couple of days down in London Town setting up Top Drawer.  I’m a little bit more organised than I used to be. I almost l know how the stand will look before I get here now.  In the olden days I simply used to bring all my cards and gifts and pretty much make it up as I went along.  Oh for being older and wiser now.  That said there’s still a bit of flying by the seat of my pants and changing it around and making it up. Now armed with the pre requisite...

Hello and welcome to my blog. It’s new. It won’t just be about cards – thankfully – but whatever takes my fancy.  Think of it as good look inside my head and whatever is happening in there at any given moment. This one is though as this weekend marks the final trade show of the year for me at London’s Olympia at Top Drawer.  I mix and match my trade shows up a bit (there’s only so much you want to spend a year on cladding, electrics, carpet and bad catering) but this show is always one that is in the...