May 2nd, 2013

It’s soon to be Mother’s Day in America and what a day to celebrate! I had my first ever Mother’s day this year, as we celebrate it in March here in Scotland, and it was so special – my boys made it a really great day and made me feel very appreciated for all the hard work that I do. So I’m dedicating this week’s Theme Thursday to lovely gifts for mums…

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February 14th, 2012

Valentines day is upon us at last and I had an order from my online shop recently which got me all a a flutter. As the delivery address was different from the billing address I was convinced it was a gift. So I got in touch with the customer and asked if it was a valentines gift, as I’d be happy to include a little card with a message…

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November 18th, 2010

Kirsty of Lovely Pigeon is at it again, but this time in a festive way – she is setting up Pigeon’s Pop Up Christmas Extravaganza in the Murray Library in Anstruther, but not just a for a few days – this time you will have the chance to get your hand on fabulous hand crafted goodies throughout the whole of December up until Christmas Eve. She will be featuring the work of more than 40 artists and makers, vintage stuff, homewares, stocking fillers etc as well as running a few  hand-made Christmas workshops for all ages (and abilities) There will be music too and more.

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September 19th, 2010

I’ve been making leaf pendants from my spoon bowls for a while and these are OK to make from spoons where the hallmark is found on the stem of the spoon, meaning the bowl of the spoon is unmarked. I do however have a huge batch of spoons where the hallmark appears on the bowl of the spoon and so I’ve been doodling and coming up with patterns and designs that would work on these hallmarked bowls so that I can make some new pendants.

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July 7th, 2010

The lovely folk at Makers-Online have just opened their doors to entries for their Trash to Treasure competition. There’s a £200 cash prize and Rachelle Strauss from www.myzerowaste.com has agreed to do the judging! So get your thinking caps on and get creative with your waste and come up with  something amazing and enter the competition.

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