Lost in the Wood

The next craft fair that me and my collection of curious creatures, cakes & felty bugs will be attending is in Galeri (Caernarfon) on Saturday 1st June. It'd be lovely to have as many people as possible to come along to browse and support this new venture as all the stalls feature talented, local contemporary crafters/artists. I'm very happy to have recently joined this talented and friendly group 'Crefft Cyfoes Caernarfon', have a look at the facebook page for more about each of the artists & pics of the last fair  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crefft-Cyfoes-Caernarfon If you like, you can also follow the group on Twitter https://twitter.com/CrefftCyfoes , we'd be delighted if you do. The Rivals The troublesome cake-devouring mice will be sitting this one out as they're holidaying in Lotti & Wren's tea-party inspired window (and loving the attention, very vain mice) (Lotti&Wren ) so instead some crochet squirre...

  Last week saw a box over-brimming with Summer goodness being merrily taken off to my favourite boutique shop Lotti & Wren https://www.facebook.com/lottiandwren . The parcel of wonders included crochet strawberry brooches with needle felted ladybird detail, mini needle felted strawberries, ladybird and bee brooches and three mounted crocheted bunny heads. All are now nestled in amongst the general loveliness of the shop. The windows have been given a tea party theme with little china cups suspended from the ceiling and my troublesome mice flaunting themselves in the window devouring their crocheted cakes. If you're a Caernarfon local or visit occasionally, you'll have noticed that Palace Street is blooming in a mini 'Columbia Road' style way. Joining the brilliant independent bookshop Palas Print and Lotti & Wren is a splendid chocolate shop, Ty Siocled, YPL haberdashery (a place of wonders) and the new addition of a very delectable a...

Quick post to let everyone (anyone?) know that I'll be participating with my strange creations in Helfa Gelf (North Wales art trail) in September this year.  The website has just been updated and is now sparkly & shiny with this year's artists & crafters http://www.helfagelf.co.uk/en/artists/ I'm in the guise of Laura Cameron.  There'll be lots of content being added for all the artists between now and September. Please 'like' the HG Facebook page to keep up to date with developments https://www.facebook.com/HelfaGelfArtTrail?fref=ts

What's that you say? A weekend full of crafts, comedy & tasty food, yes please, I'll take it. A dollop of sunshine, thrown in too? Great. And yes, supersize it with a bank holiday. Lovely, just lovely.  The much anticipated craft fair at Galeri in Caernarfon kicked off the weekend in splendid style. Although pretty quiet on the potential customer front, this wasn't too troubling as it was the first time the fair had been held here (apart from Christmassy ones) and the general consensus was an upbeat expectation that numbers would grow if we get the message out that a great little craft fair is here every month (on the 1st Saturday of each month). More advertising & finding ways to lure people in will hopefully work a treat especially since the stalls all looked so pretty with good quality crafts in a refreshing range. On a purely self-satisfied level, I was very pleased with my colourful little stall of curios. My crochet bunny heads attracted attention although...