Journal Making Class

If you are a stationery lover this might be just the thing for you, the very kind folks at The Life Craft on Great Western Road Glasgow have asked me to do a make your own journal class and obviously i jumped at the chance. I am really excited about it, the class will teach you all of the stages in making a fabric covered hand stitched journal, the journal made in the class will be A5 sized and you can bring your own fabric so you know you will end up with something you love.
Here is the link to The life Craft site where you can view the details of the class and book to make your book! Make Your own Journal

Firework Surprise

This year for Guy Fawks night I went to the Fireworks display at Glasgow Green with Katy (my sister) and Karen (my friend) is has been years since i went to the park to watch the display so this felt like quite a treat. I love fireworks night, the smell of the smoke and fireworks, the foggy atmosphere and the noise. I remember going to the park to watch the fireworks as a kid with my Mum, Dad and Katy with a little bag of nuts and sweets left from my Halloween haul.
I remembered to take my camera but the battery died some time before the finale :( when i got home and took a look at the photos i was so surprised to find some really interesting shots.

Soda Stream

I am now the proud owner of a SodaStream :-) thanks to Vonnie of Blotted Copy Book. When I got the message to say I had won I was so excited, I remember friends of mine having Soda Stream machines when i was a kid and they seemed like loads of fun!
As soon as it arrived I had to get it open and have a go.


Here it is and.....

here is the first bottle and glass of juice.

I can confirm that using the Soda Stream is loads of fun, it is really satisfying pushing the button to make the bubbles, i had to have a look on the SodaStream website to see what other flavours there are and i think i will be going for the My Water flavour essence next time.

Thank you so much Vonnie.

Vonnie has a great shop, The Life Craft on Greatwestern Road in Glasgow, It is such a nice place with lovely staff. They sell gorgeous yarns and all things knitting and crochet related, they have super cake, great advice, a good bit of banter and hold all sorts of crafty classes and workshops.

and yes just in case you were wondering our coffee table looks like a tiger!

October Week

If you are in Glasgow, have kids and are looking for some interesting events during the October week Mugdock Country Park are hosting some gret events, you can find them on the website in the Whats on section. Some of the Makkers gallery members are holding come and try events the first is:

Sunday 10th October 2pm - 4pm Come and try Glass Fusing £10
Make a small 10cm fused glass tile, your tile will be taken away and fused for you to collect at a later date, or have it posted to you.

then ME on
Tuesday 12th October 2pm - 4pm Design your own Badge £1.00- £1.50 depending on size
Just turn up and join in, for all ages, if you can stick a sticker or make a mark with a pencil this is for you, adults welcome too!
Have your design turned into a badge, there will be plain paper, patterned paper, pens, pencils and stickers. Let your creativity and imagination run away with you.
edit: i have bought some orange, green and red paper for some spooky halloween options, pumpkins, monsters, ghosta and devils.

And then on
Thursday 14th October 2pm- 4pm
An insight into working with pastels, Ian Shanlin wil show you how to plan and then add your work to the big picture, suitable for all ages. No Fee just turn up and join in.

If you would like to know a bit more about the Mugdock Makkers gallery i blogged about it or you could visit the website Mugdock Makkers.

Website Re-Launch and FREE Postage

Lucy Jackson Designs has gone through some changes, a bit of a re-design.

Other than the banner and logo change, the shop has had a revamp too. I have taken advantage of the that Etsy offer and made the shops on my website my Etsy shops.

The shop is split into three sections:

Stationery: books, journals, cards.

Jewellery

Accessories: bags, brooches, badges, kits

I think it looks much better, and with items being added regularly the shops will soon be full of gorgeousness (I'm sure that's not a word but seemed to just fit in!)

To celebrate the re-launch there is free UK postage on everything this week from Monday 4th – Monday 11th October.

I'm on the Front Page

I turned on the computer this afternoon to find that one of my books was on the Etsy front page. How exciting, i think that this is a first for me!

This treasury page was made by DawnCorrespondance, thank you.

Cute Felt Folks

I have been neglecting my blog again, bad Lucy!

i do have some cute new makes to show you, i have been working on making some people and animals from my 'Lovable Mini-Dolls' book that i got on my day out with Katy and they have turned out really cute.

Strawberry

Sparrow

I wasn't really sure what to do with them at first but then i thought that keyrings/bag charms would be a good idea.

Little girl

I had to alter the hair style to make her more girly.

Shocking!

I altered the pattern slightly to make a little boy.

Elephant

How cute, i would really like to make a big version of this.

Pink Elephant

She still needs some eyes and details, but i just had to make a pink one, I'm not sure why!

Next on the list are a giraffe and a 3D person.