February 1st, 2012

One of the lovely gifts I received for my birthday this year was an Amazon gift voucher (thanks Kenny & Jose). So I treated myself to a couple of books and one of these arrived today. It looks amazing and I cant wait to get stuck in and try out some new techniques and ideas.

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November 4th, 2011

I recently discovered the blog of Eric Barclay and thought I’d share it with you. He’s a very talented illustrator as can be seen from his website and I really like his style, but if you explore his blog you’ll find that he’s also rather good at making stuff from odds and ends – and you know how much I love recycling!

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November 1st, 2011

I’m preparing for a couple of craft fairs (details coming soon) at the moment and decided to have a go at making some Festive decorations by recycling some drinks cans I’ve been collecting. I found this tutorial the other day and thought I could adapt it to me own needs. So here goes…

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June 3rd, 2011

Some of you may know that not only do I run Milomade, but I’m also a freelance web designer and run Eskymo New Media Design. I did a favour for a friend recently, taking lots of lovely photographs of her work for a new website I hope to design and build for her quite soon. In return she did a short print run of business cards for me and I was expecting to pick this up from here the next time I went over to Edinburgh, but…

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May 3rd, 2011

I found this fab tutorial on the Lauren Elise Crafted blog on how to decorate plain jars with painted silhouettes. You don’t need very much equipment and stuff – just lots of imagination, a steady hand and a bit of patience. It’s a great way to recycle old jars and use them to decorate your home or give out as gifts – you could fill a jar up with sweeties for instance. If you’re getting married, they’re a great thing to use to decorate your tables or venue with personalised images and messages.

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