Well I’ve been busy over the past few days making silver earrings from pairs of lovely vintage buttons. I’ve been putting aside pairs of interesting small buttons for a while specifically to make earrings from them and have just got round to getting into this project this weekend. Loving it! Not only am I getting […]
Category Archives: News & Events
16
Jul
Jul
I just got this email from Adam at Cookson Gold!
04
Jul
Jul
Through a bit of trial and error I have managed to install the ‘shopp plugin‘ into my blog and have set up a basic shop on this website. So now you can buy products directly from Milomade. Hopefully the process will be easier and quicker than shopping via Folksy. I’m still in the process of […]
18
Jun
Jun
I’ve got a couple of craft fairs coming up – one this weekend in Dunfermline and another the following weekend in Edinburgh. I recently bought some new stands from IKEA and have been dying to try them out and decide how my stall is going to look. So yesterday I just couldn’t concentrate on work […]
15
Jun
Jun
I’ve just been informed that my Dark Brown Leather iPod Case has been featured on the UK Handmade website in a post about suggestions for Father’s Day gifts. I wonder whether this will drive any traffic to my Folksy shop and whether I’ll make some sales. I don’t personally do ‘Mothers Day’ or ‘Fathers Day’ […]
13
Jun
Jun
I’m getting to love WordPress more and more and the more I tweak the redesign of this blog, the more I learn about it. One design decision I made with the redesign was to not include the entire post on the index page, but instead have summaries and a link to read the rest of […]
12
Jun
Jun
Moo were offering me a substantial discount on my next order so I decided to put in the time and get my logo in the right format for print. This meant ditching the original button I used which was a photo and opting for a vector image instead so that it was scaleable to any […]
12
Jun
Jun
I’ve decided that I should get back into using Flickr after helping my friend Pete out with his blog. He was having a few security issues and I suggested we rebuilt his blog from scratch and create a new database and use my favourite theme from Elliot Jay Stocks – namely Starkers. So we spent […]
07
Jun
Jun
I’ve been busy this week – every little ounce of spare time has been taken up with re-designing my website and blog. What do you think of the new look? I was feeling a little claustrophobic with the previous look so I made the site wider and it feels a lot more spacious and roomy […]
21
May
May
On the 21st May, Creative Fife held a celebration event to toast it’s own success over the past two years – it’s going to be an annual event from now on. It was a great evening with networking opportunities and talks. The evening was held at the Rothes Halls in Gelnrtothes. I was asked to […]