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"Fifty shades of Light"

8/4/2018

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My new exhibition at the Dochas Gallery in Lochgilphead opened last night.  At one point I really didn't think I was going to get them all finished but managed it by the skin of my teeth!  
After a little over 3 hours of taping frames, at 10pm on Friday night all the shades were still flat!  So, I pulled an all nighter and managed to get all but 6 finished.  At 10 am I sent Mr B to drop off all the shades at the gallery and went to sleep for an hour.  When he came back I went to collect the lamp posts and shelves then went to the gallery to set up.  Once I was happy with the way it looked I headed back home, finished the last half dozen got changed chivied Mr B out the door, and was very grateful for that first glass of wine! 
Now I have to tidy up the chaos that I have created just about everywhere ... the kitchen, my studio and the Studio Barn, the house has generally been neglected as Mr B hasn't been able to do very much, and I need to 'mend' the vacuum cleaner, which probably just means finding the blockage in the tube...
Work starts for the Handmade Fair on Tuesday!
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My first event of the year

1/4/2018

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Easter weekend dawned bright and blue and sunny and I was out with the Homestyle Argyll girls at the Tayvallich Inn with our first pop-up shop.
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There was no missing us underneath Catherine's bright purple gazebo! I do enjoy displaying our wares together, although our work is very different individually, we are able to create a harmonious collectionnn.  
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I have recently started to make cards to tke to an event in May, and thought I would put them out this weekend as a trial run...
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Small, slightly abstract landscape images, painted on fabric with some stitched detailling, then mounted onto 100% recycled paper cardstock.  I have made a conscious decision not to buy plastic cellophane bags (even compostable ones) but printed a small paper wrapper to keep card and envelope together.
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Some more debut pieces, a seasidey muscles and scallops appliqued lantern & a printed and painted spring snowdrops one.
Tomorrow it's back to lamp & lampshade making for my exhibition which starts next week.
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And I have already started counting down to the Kirsty Allsopp Handmade Fair at Ragley Hall in Warwickshire in May!   
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