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Festival Season

When I first decided to get my trading licence, I didn't really intend to attend any of the many canal festivals or floating markets that are held around the country. The main reason being that as it is really just a hobby, we can't travel the distances needed and still commute to work. Apart from…Read more Festival Season

Shameless Plug

I have been absent for a few weeks as I have just been soooo busy! The Cut Glass Boat project is in full swing and I have spent the last month (is it only a month?) since becoming an official roving trader trying to build up a stock, creating new designs, developing my 'brand', sorting…Read more Shameless Plug

Roving the Cut

Things may have been a little quiet on the Cut Glass Boat blog but I can assure you that behind the scenes things have been speeding along! Like the proverbial (and appropriate) duck -calm on the surface, legs paddling like hell below! To be truthful, we have been quiet in some ways, being on our…Read more Roving the Cut

A Little Bird Told Me

The Cut Glass Boat floating studio has one on leaps and bounds since we first acquired her but unfortunately we haven't finished everything yet. We did manage to get the LED lighting and trunking sorted while we were off but we have yet to wire them in. With two boats to look after, working and…Read more A Little Bird Told Me

Christmas and Birthday

We are having a few days cruising as we are off for the Christmas holidays. Mr F has his birthday in between Christmas and New Year so although we don't buy Christmas presents for one another, I always like to get him something special for his birthday. He started to learn to play the guitar…Read more Christmas and Birthday

Mothership Connection

We have arrived back at our mooring and been reunited with our workshop. Not only that, we have swapped mooring places with our neighbour to enable Persephone to be next to Mervyn. Mothership connection. When we added the butty boat to our insurance they referred to our main boat as the mother vessel which amused…Read more Mothership Connection

Scrubbing Up

Armed with a proper scrubbing brush, we paid another visit to the workshop to give her a better clean and check all was in order in our absence. Apart from copious amounts of insect poo on the blinds and a couple of impressive arachnids, all is well. Although we still have a couple of exciting…Read more Scrubbing Up

First Cut

Last weekend's rainy Saturday was the perfect opportunity to spend a day in my new floating studio. It felt so good to be back at work. With the most inspiring view out on the water, ducklings cheeping and swifts performing aerial stunts, passing boats, a wave, walkers, dogs and schoolchildren hiking in teams with brightly…Read more First Cut

Pretty As A Picture 

You know when you are nearing the end of a redecoration or refurbishment when you can start hanging the pictures. Well, we might not be quite that close to being finished but, with two lovely pieces of artwork ready to hang, I just couldn't wait. While Mr F still had his head inside various crevices,…Read more Pretty As A Picture