Tag Archive for 'crafts'

At some stage I’d like to get back to blogging more regularly…honestly I really would, but it seems that in order to get the important (to me) stuff done, other things have to be neglected.  So this is a messy catch-up style post, with a wee bit of everything shoved in for good measure!

I’ve been busy sewing cats, like Pattie Pussycat  seen above, who is now available here I’ve also been  making some things for The Spider & The Fly, which is an exciting new ‘pop-up’ shop and gallery, you can find at 65 Bread Street, in Edinburgh. It has a great selection of new design, art and craft work…find out more here. The cut-click mail art exhibition, which I made this for, is also being hosted at The Spider and The Fly,  so if you’re in Edinburgh over the festival it’s a definite MUST see!

Next month I’ll be setting up my stall at Frugal Cool’s Eco market and Summer Fete , at the Loretto gallery in Musselburgh.

I love the Frugal Cool ethos and am very pleased to be doing my first fair this year at this event.  Right now I’m working my socks off, making lots of purses, brooches, and cat creatures to fill my table.  I’ll just be there on the Saturday, but it’ll be a great weekend so be sure to add the date to your diary ;-)

What else have I been up to? Oh yes…I’ve been back to life drawing sessions, after a gap of 20 years!  I decided it was time to knock the fear on the head and just do it.  The drawings aren’t up to much yet so it might be a while before I’m comfortable about showing them to a wider audience but I’m happy to have made a start.

I’m still trying to find the time for painting…there’s a small board on my easel just now…

I’ve had a couple of interesting things in the post recently. I signed up for this  travelling sketchbook project (in a moment of madness) and now have a completely empty grey moleskine sketchbook staring blankly at me…or is it me staring blankly at it? Also, Spoonflower sent me a sample of this and it turned out well. The colours are just  how I wanted them. It’s a very large repeat and I can imagine it as curtains for my bedroom. May be that’s slightly extravagant for my finances to cope with right now, but I’m going to order a small amount of it soon and try it out as cushions covers.

Of course,  I’ve still found time for my favourite indulgence - procrastination, which has taken the form of posting to another blog on tumblr. Tumblr is great for quick posts and I’m mainly using it to post photos by other people, that I find inspiring. I’m looking for more tumblrs to follow,  so if you have one let me know.

That’s about it for now… won’t leave it so long next time.