Ever since I was a child I have always been active, just not on the playing field.  Instead it’s was my imagination that had me running round in circles.  Playing shops in my bedroom and making a till out of an old pencil tin, watching Art Attack, SMart and Blue Peter and wanting to make everything with sticky-back plastic and paper fasteners. To this day I have a massive collection of colouring pencils, paints, paper, material and wool, that is vastly outgrowing the wardrobe they are stacked away in!

I remember watching cooking shows with the family when I was a child and whenever I decided to bake something after that, it would involve talking into the imaginary camera, while presenting to a fake audience! To make it authentic all the ingredients were in different bowls, which did not make me very popular when it came to washing up. Nowadays, I don’t talk to the camera, or present to a fake audience, but I still use loads of bowls!

The main thing is that I crave creativity. It’s revealed itself in many forms, sewing, knitting, painting, up-cycling, drawing, designing and last but no means least cooking. I like the alchemy of it all. After all these years of baking, cooking and creating things, I am still learning and am amazed at what can happen at the end of the day, good or bad!

I love challenging myself to something new, and if I don’t succeed in what I’m trying to do, with patience and determination (and a little swearing) I’ll get there, eventually!

GGx