Friday 11 March 2011


Well its been quite a busy week, work, friends visiting, birthday cards to make and me finally setting up an Etsy account! Ok, so it's not quite ready yet, being the utter perfectionist that i am its taking a little longer than expected and every time a sit down at the computer im desperate to start making something instead!

The weather has also been a bit crazy due to the 'lambing snow' which has make it difficult to get good enough light for photographing work. I nabbed a bit of sun today though :)




It feels so good to be making again, my room is an utter TIP but its a creative tip full of little areas for specific tasks. There is a hat pin sticking out of a chair, an iron on the floor, half a saucer covered in paint and a selection of braids hanging off my light. Good times :)



A sneaky peak at what fabric i have been using :)


I also worked up the courage to start using some of my beautiful Nicholas Mosse pottery given to me as a wedding present. I just love the mix of hand painted flowers with the detailed geometric edgings! ALSO you can drink TEA out of it! :-D

Anyway, back to making spring chickens, i will let you know when i complete my Etsy shop :)



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Tuesday 1 March 2011

Happy March!!


Phew, finally getting over the cold which means i can finally go outside and play in the SUNSHINE!! Back to work tomorrow though so not much making going on but here are some photos to be getting on with :)

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Wednesday 23 February 2011

Colour!

Well, i did something with a vague direction today, woah, go me!

Typically, in true 'location drawing' style, the morning i plan to take photos outside is the day its grey and drizzly! Despite this it really was pretty impressive how much colour there actually is in a seemingly grey/brown winter garden if you just look close enough. Of course having a turquoise shed and fence helps as well!





Attempting to whip up some colour wraps now to translate my new found colour! It was great fun getting out my vast collection of threads and chopping up strips of mounting board :). Here are some rough examples, i didn't want to spend too long on these but it was important to get the colour right.





The photos of these aren't very good as the light was fading and my scanner got confused. But you get the idea!

Hmm, i think tomorrow will be time to look out the leather again... :)


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Tuesday 22 February 2011


What a great day it has been and so...well, relevant to what im supposed to be doing!

After a last minute scuffle, i went along to a Style & Trends presentation today in Inverness. Provided free of charge by the HIE we got a colour trend workshop for Spring/Summer 2012. Then in the afternoon we got to rake through a big pile of threads, fabric, paper, stuff to create some mood boards. It was playtime!

It was so good to be among creative textile people again. It was the kind of thing i did at art school and took for granted, even the latest fashion trends and colours i had been completely out of touch from them, it was nice for my brain to click back into that way of thinking, seeing and translating.

I was a bit apprehensive about going as 'my work' has progressed zilch since graduating and trying to network with no solid background doesn't really give me much confidence but there were other people there who felt similar and also were there for a well needed kick start.

Here is one of my quick mood boards, its not exactly top notch reference but i had fun doing it, just getting covered in glue and thread AND not having to tidy up the mess afterwards was a bonus!


Monday 21 February 2011

Ok, so i am officially the worst blogger in the world, i even set a blog up for work, how many posts do i have...one. I was one of those kids that always tried to write a diary but loved the cover so much it was an effort to make a mark inside it. Actually im still like that with sketchbooks, there is a big pile of blank ones on a shelf and mounds of scrappy bits of doodled paper kicking about my floor...big spiders hide under them *shudders*

But i have been doing stuff, i honestly have, mainly gifts for friends and family, wedding stuff, wee things to sell in the shop...safe stuff. I need to get out of the safe zone, i have been in it for too long and the world is passing me by. I dont want to work in a shop all my life, i dont want to be living out a middle aged woman's dream in the Highlands knitting by the fire, baking cakes, attending to the ruddy herb garden. I want to design, create, exhibit, sell and be 23!

It's all a bit scary, but spring is almost sprung lets hope i can make a fresh start...

Sunday 9 January 2011

Crap

Yeh, ok, so im rubbish at blogging...how can i fix this...

Tuesday 21 September 2010

Shiny shiny




Day off, cant be very bothered doing anything, found a silver teapot! :D