April 29th, 2010

I’ve been busy with my sewing machine making paper garlands from envelopes, maps and music. This involves punching hundreds of small and large circles from sheets of music, or from envelopes or maps and stitching them all together in long strands to form lovely paper garlands that you can use to decorate your home. Perfect for weddings and parties or to decorate your Christmas tree even, these garlands can be made to custom lengths to suit your needs.

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February 12th, 2010

This is a belated post as I’ve had a horrible start to 2010 and only just picking up the pieces and getting back to my normal routine. It feels odd that I haven’t blogged for so long, but I’ve been ill and so has my computer – I got the dreaded blue screen of death – luckily I found a local IT company who miraculously not only saved all my data and emails which I thought I’d lost, they also brought the computer back to life and made it shiny and new again.

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November 24th, 2009

I’ve been busy making lots of lovely button Christmas cards for my up and coming craft fairs – Christmas in the Loft [Adross Farm, Elie] and Magpie Market [Edinburgh]. I love my new printer! I bought it a while ago and not really used it yet. I bought a load of pre-cut/scored blank cards made from recycled card and have been pondering for a while what to do with them. But I got my thinking cap on last night and got productive.

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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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December 14th, 2008

I was at Heriot Toun Studio yesterday for my 2nd ever Craft Fair and it was great. I arrived on Friday, so was able to set my stall the evening before and not have to fret about it on Saturday morning. So no stress this time around.

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December 14th, 2008

This coming week I will mostly be making lots of stuff to hang in our windows and around the house. So I’ve been looking online for some tutorials and found some fab stuff I thought I would share with you.

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December 8th, 2008

On Friday the 5th December I did my very first craft fair and all in all I think it went really well and I really enjoyed it…and I certainly learnt a few things too…

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November 26th, 2008

For last minute(ish) Christmas shopping why not pop along and see what milomade and other local craft makers have in store at the Heriot Toun Studio Christmas Craft Fair.

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November 26th, 2008

milomade is happy to announce that on the 5th December, for one night only, she’ll be selling her crafty wares at the Cloudhouse Christmas Fair. Why not come along and bag yourself a few funky stocking fillers…

Date: December 5, 2008
Time: from 6pm to 9pm
Where: The Cloudhouse Cafe
23 Townfoot, Stow, TD1 2QN
www.cloudhousecafe.co.uk