April 2nd, 2010
I recently entered the photography competition on the Makers-Online website. The best product photo competition was set up to accompany their feature on taking product photos, and closed on 26th March 2010. I got an email from Luke on Thursday to say that there were 136 entries in total and I was one of the 27 to be shortlisted – how exciting!
March 25th, 2010
I’ve just found out that Milomade is the latest featured artist in the Fife Contemporary Art & Craft online shop! You can now buy a selection of Milomade products from FCA&C including antique silver rings, button bracelets, button cluster earrings and button flower brooches. Why not visit the FCA&C website to find out more – there’s a link to Milomade is on the homepage.
March 25th, 2010
I’ve noticed that this week, the Zibbet site where I have my online shop, has ground to a halt and has often been unavailable. I apologise for the inconvenience, if anyone has been trying to access my shop this week. The reason for the site slowing down and disappearing at times, is that they’ve had a huge influx of new sellers – it seems that there have been a huge number of Etsy sellers migrating to Zibbet this week. Maybe it’s because we at Zibbet have been zibbeting on about how fab the site is on out blogs and on twitter and facebook.
March 24th, 2010
I recently applied for The Craft Artists Award funded by the Scottish Arts Council and Fife Council, that is administered by Fife Council, Fife Contemporary Art & Craft, and ATTFife. I’ve applied twice before and got funding to set up Milomade a few years ago and last year to buy jewellery equipment, so wasn’t sure I’d be third time lucky and get my application approved this time around.
March 24th, 2010
Bringing together a small set of talented designer-makers in the UK, Makers Online is an online boutique selling a wide range of beautifully hand crafted products. Specialising mostly in unique contemporary jewellery, with a wide range of bracelets, brooches, earrings and necklaces, Makers Online also stock Home Accessories, Handbags and Greetings Cards. I found the website recently and plucked up the courage to get in touch with them in the view to them stocking Milomade – and success! Look out for Milomade on Makers Online very soon.
March 8th, 2010
Just a quick post to sing the praises of www.zibbet.com. I’ve only been a registered user for a few months and have only just got round to adding products to my shop, but I love the site. I have a Premium Account and with this can customise my shop, list as many items as I like, don’t have to pay any listing fees or have any commission taken off my sales. I can even create coupons and discount codes – something I will be taking advantage of soon. All this and there’s more in the pipeline too.
March 5th, 2010
The Wow Thank You! website went live today. It’s a new e-commerce site promoting the talents of artisan from all over the UK. At launch there are around 1000 products for sale, alot of which are unique on-off items – that’s quite impressive!
“WowThankYou encourages the general public to look beyond the shopping centres and buy unique, home-grown, gifts instead. Promoting the work of 230 small, often home-based, businesses WowThankYou is providing an online outlet for selected artisans who usually sell only through regional craft fairs.”
February 25th, 2010
At last I’ve managed to grab a bit of spare time and figure out how to incorporate my Zibbet shop with my website. So you will now be able to view all the items for sale on this page of my website. I’ve only got a few earrings listed at the moment, but in March I’ll be adding the whole range of products I create.
January 9th, 2010
Well ‘Happy New Year’ to everyone out there! I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. I had a great finish to 2009 with great sales at the craft fairs I did in November and December. On Christmas day I was far away from home, riding a camel into the desert – more on that in another post – and I wondered who would be unwrapping their presents in the morning to find something by Milomade within – I hope the gifts brought lots of happiness and joy to the people who received them.
December 8th, 2009
I thought I’d just write a quick post to let you know that this Firday is the last Milomade posting date for Christmas – 11th December. So if you want to get your hands on some Milomade goodies, then make sure you purchase them this week. You can purchase Milomade goodies directly from this site, on Coriandr or on Zibbet – the links are all listed below for you…
November 27th, 2009
The Magpie market is soon approaching…only a week to go!
November 19th, 2009
I’ve just found out that Milomade has been selected as a stall holder for the Magpie Market to be held in Edinburgh on the 6th December. Yippee! What brilliant news! So come along to the The Lot – a converted church in the heart of the Grassmarket on the 6th of December and do some Christmas shopping or simply treat yourself.
October 14th, 2009
I’ve just posted a list of the craft fairs and events I’m going to be doing in November on my homepage, so make a note of the dates in your diary and come along, say hello and do some Christmas shopping! Here is a handy list with a little bit more information on each event.
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