Merry Christmas 2011

Home made Mince Pies fresh from the oven

I start preparing for Christmas weeks in advance. I usually make everything from scratch including my own mince meat for my favourite mince pie recipe. When I was tiny my stepmother always told me that unless  you loved who you were cooking for the  results would be disappointing. I adore my family and friends and I know I am very loved. So each minute creating in my kitchen  will see me imagining my family and friends enjoying what I have made for them.

All of my life,whatever I do I always put my my heart and soul into it. Especially when it comes to working in watercolour. And I am noticing a very valuable point.The artists who I meet on my workshops always seem to get far better results when they are painting either something they truly love as a subject or  when they are absolutely passionate about moving their brushes.

I wish you a very Happy Christmas and an even more magical New Year to follow where your dreams come true with  a time ahead that is full of  many  special memories.

Thank you so much for following my blog and I do hope to share smiles, inspiration and  my passion for watercolour in 2012 which is already promising to be a very exciting  twelve months!

And a very special thank you for the lovely email that brought tears to my eyes letting me know how much my blog is enjoyed!

Jean

By the way, I have just looked at my photo of mince pies and realised I wish I had time to paint them too!