June 11th, 2010
Well my fans have been steadily growing and I can’t believe I’m nearing 500 fans on Facebook already. I have been busy exploring Facebook and connecting with lots of creative folk, so this has helped and been an enjoyable though time consuming process. But if it helps to raise the Milomade profile it’s all worth it.
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June 10th, 2010
Even though I’ve had my dinner, for some reason I’m still peckish. I know there are crisps in the cupboard and I really want them, but that would never do. So instead I’ve logged onto the Zibbet website and had a search for some yummy delicious things to feast on.
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June 9th, 2010
I’ve just re-dsicoverd my River Cottage Handbook No 2 – Preserves by Pam Corbin. I forgot I had this book! One of the first recipes listed is for Green Gooseberry Jam with elderflower and I think I’m going to attempt to make it at the weekend. Our gooseberries are doing well despite the caterpillar attack in May, but with our vigilant picking we managed to eliminate most of the caterpillars after they did their initial damage of eating half of the entire bush!
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June 9th, 2010
Last week I cut the two rods of acrylic I received into small discs as I decided to make an orange neckpiece and a green neckpiece too. The next task was to drill two holes into each disc and this is where things went horribly wrong. I nearly cried as it took me so long to cut all the discs out and drilling holes into the acrylic was impossible…read on…
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June 8th, 2010
I got a lovely email from Central Station this morning saying that they’d selected my Map Paper Garlands to be the ‘Featured Work’ on the website. So I’ve got a lovely prominent plug for Milomade on the Bulletin page, on the Community page and on the Portfolio page. Chuffed to bits as I only decided to add a few more images to my profile last night whilst I had a spare half hour waiting for my bread to bake in the oven.
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June 4th, 2010
Have a look at the lovely jewellery made by Colby June. I love these oak branch earrings and the whole Compose Decompose range. The branches remind me of the coral shapes I sketched earlier this year and wanted to use for some of my sea glass jewellery. I ended up making polished silver claws instead to hold my sea glass but I still feel that something a little more rugged and crooked would work well too. These images have inspired me and I might try and cast some coral shapes in pewter or silver and play around.
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June 3rd, 2010
I’ve had a few email enquiries about my Paper Garlands since I added them to my Zibbet shop. I’m so glad people love them as I love making them and have also got some out decorating the house – they look great! The enquiries have mostly for people’s weddings and parties. In these instances people would want to buy in bulk and so instead of just dealing with each enquiry separately, I’ve decided to add a few ‘bulk buy’ listings to my shop.
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June 3rd, 2010
I went up to Dundee at the weekend to see the degree show and was mostly disappointed by what I saw. Only a handful of talented folk stood out. One in particular that amazed me was Linsey McGregor who’s work is paper based. On display were some extraordinary pieces of body art/jewellery and these were accompanied by a video of her transforming a flat sheet of paper into something amazing.
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June 2nd, 2010
I’ve been working through ideas of what to do with my pieces of coloured acrylic and because the clay pieces that also came in the box, along with the acrylic, are flower-like, I’m going to use these as a starting point for my piece(s). I want to make something wearable and tactile and bright – something evoking spring/summer that’s got movement and a flow about it. So I’m thinking along the lines of making a set of jewellery – maybe a neckpiece with earrings to match and/or a bracelet. Or maybe some sort of brooch or collection of brooches.
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June 1st, 2010
Hot off the press is the Summer edition of the UK Handmade magazine and if you flick through to page 88 you’ll find quite a lengthy interview with me! It was a while ago that I was interviewed by Teresa at Mimi Pearl for this so I got quite a pleasant surprise today when I was sent a link to the magazine to see the interview in print. Chuffed to bits with it – hope you enjoy the read – check it out and find out more about me me me!
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June 1st, 2010
Wow – I’ve just noticed that I’ve got nearly 400 fans on Facebook – how amazing is that! I wonder whether I can rack that up to 500 by the end of June? I will need your help – so spread the word that another Milomade Facebook Promotion is on the cards – I will have a think about what to do for it – but it should definitely include all 500 fans, names into a hat and one lucky winner! Keep an eye out on my Facebook page and this blog for the details, once I’ve decided what they are.
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June 1st, 2010
I was asked recently by my friends Dan and Sonas to make one of my sea glass pendants for one of their friends for her birthday. They came round to select a piece of glass from my vast collection and settled on 2 pieces and couldn’t decide between them. So I said I would make both into pendants and that would make it easier for them to decide.
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June 1st, 2010
My watchband is slowly disintegrating and I’m looking for an alternative. I found a tutorial on the Instructables website and think I’m going to make one of these. It looks comfortable and easy enough to make. I just need to get my hands on some cord – maybe something bright and colourful.
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