Wonderful news for me!!

I've been accepted to sell at Made by Hand, at Tredegar House in Wales.

http://www.madebyhand-wales.co.uk

Wow! A great event for selling and exposure. It's going to be hard work but I have until the beginning of December to make sure I'm prepared! I suppose I better start nowish.....

Lovely surprise!

Nature is redolent with surprises. I have been nurturing this plant for eight years. I've always thought it quite non-descript, with it's plain broad leaves, that do admittedly, curve in delightful way. But it's never done much and has not increased in size over the years.....then suddenly.....these three beautiful flowers appeared laden with stamens.
Ahh...what glory! Hope springs eternal eh, finger's crossed it's a self pollinator, because I doubt there is another for miles around!

But still, it's worth it, just giving your very best even if it's for a short time :)

Sneaky peek!

Here's a quick peek at the Harris Tweed purses I'm working on at the moment. This is the small coin purse which will join a new wristlet and clutch design I'm producing.

I'm celebrating this week as my plans for 2011 are shaping up! ELINtm will be exclusively on 'Handmade' sites next year. I will be selling on 'not on the highstreet' - http://www.notonthehighstreet.com
and a great new up&coming juried UK site that has accepted me this week, 'fromthewilde' -
http://www.fromthewilde.com/shop

The event I'm taking part in at the Natural History Museum in Ol'London town in January was confirmed last week. I'm really excited about it, even though I am going to have to work like crazy. Bang went my Xmas holidays!!

It was a bit of a milestone too, to actually reach 50 items in my Etsy store, that has never happened before and was the result of good studio practice. Sticking religiously to an extremely detailed list that is about 2 metres long.

It has encouraged me in my plans to expand my Big cartel store next year, start advertising it and make it more of a destination site. To celebrate I have free WW shipping up until December10th - click on the blue bracelet :)

I was really lucky to get this great feature article in the 'noir' issue of Artizen Magazine. It takes a minute or two to load but well worth the wait. Well...for me anyway....I'm so chuffed!!

http://www.artizenmagazine.com/artizen1-4

I just noticed the magazine is a finalist in the Digital magazine awards 2010. Wahoo! Well done Cindy :)

Friday finds

Ah...I do love my succulents! They are so fascinating, especially how they can reproduce in the most hostile environments. I found this one down the back of a bookcase, clinging to life, feeding on the dust and mire that has accumulated over the seasons.

Wow! Has it been that long since my last post. Yes....my bad!
I was preparing for the Mycology conference, IMC9 in Edinburgh and absorbing all things fungi. I came across this mind-blowing information about fungi at the TED talks site.

http://blog.ted.com/2008/05/06/paul_stamets

I think our future hinges on supporting research and promoting the development of these kind of left field ideas!

During a very successful conference, the laws of attraction were in operation. I ended up with a nasty cold, virtually consumed by bacteria. That triggered a succession of colds and gripes, so was unwell for about five weeks in total. All that talk of swarming bacteria, spores and contamination....they say, be careful who you keep company with ;)

Check out this great blog, Handmade Europe. I got to choose some of my favourite places!

http://handmade-europe.com/2010/07/10/favorite-places-elinart

Inspiration!

The amazing work of Stebastian Buescher. The link below takes you to more of his work at the inimitable Velvet Da Vinci.

http://www.velvetdavinci.com/allimages.php?action=artist&id=130

Etsy features ELINtm!

Hooray! I've been featured in Etsy's 'The Eye of the artist' series in the Storque. Below is a direct link to the article.


http://www.etsy.com/storque/handmade-life/eye-of-the-artist-the-deep-blue-8665/

Free shipping offer!

To celebrate my upcoming exposure on both the 'Fossil' and 'Etsy' websites, I am offering free shipping on all non custom items in my Bigcartel shop ( click on the blue bracelet, to view), for a short period. Hooray!