Archive for the ‘Handmade’ Category

Well, the Artisan fair has been and gone, and what a day! I had lots of help, so firstly a huge thank you to Mrs Pink Milk and Wendy at Diva Wrappings for their help setting up Friday evening. It made a huge difference as the morning of the fair ran smoothly and there were [...]

It was ‘Miss Crayon’s’ birthday the other day. She turned a mighty four years old. It was hard to resist the temptation to buy mass produced as her wishlist read like a Disney show guide. In the end I opted for practical yet funky and commissioned a wonderful lunchbag made by Elissa at Head in [...]

When I first started out with the idea for Made by Artisans back in July, the 21st November seemed like such a long long way away. Well it’s only a few weeks away now and things are starting to speed up. My first official outing with the MBA hat on will be at a media [...]

Remember that handbag I commissioned the other week? Well it arrived today and it is just beautiful, great attention to detail and very well made. My requirements were for something that was a cross between organiser bag and work bag with plenty of slip pockets inside and out for my paper samples and pantone swatch [...]

I have been contemplating making something ‘monster’ themed. Something that is bright and colourful and useful as well. Thought about a desktop calendar full of little monsters, a monster a month…what do you think?