Byres Road Makers Market... this weekend!

An opportunity arose this week to make a last minute booking for a craft fair being held across in Glasgow this Saturday, so I decided to go for it!  It's the Byres Road Makers Market - organised by the same people who put on the Edinburgh fairs I have shown at in the past.

This has left me with slightly less time than usual for all of my beloved lists and tables and organising (maybe not such a bad thing?!) but I think (hope?) that I'll be ready... 

I'm going to be crafting like a demon over the next couple of days.  Fortunately some fantastic supplies from Etsy have arrived in time, so I hope to have some new styles available at the fair.

Hope I get them all finished!

If you're in the Glasgow area on Saturday, it would be great to see you there!  The market is in Hillhead Library on Byres Road and runs 11am -  4pm.

Sketching trip #2...

We spent a lovely day in Glasgow yesterday wandering around familiar haunts (in the also familiar Glasgow rain...).  The sun did come out though for a glorious few minutes just as we arrived at the Botanic Gardens.  This was the first time I had seen Kibble Palace since its restoration and boy is it looking handsome.  

I made a quick sketch sitting inside the main dome,  with more very much appreciated encouragement from Kasia!  


I'm still trying to learn to focus on capturing the 'idea' of something rather than specific detail.

There was lots of inspiration to be had, particularly in the fantastic ‘killer plants’ room (!) – the colours and structures of the pitcher plants in particular giving us lots of ideas for future projects… .