At last....

It's all happening at once. Finally a buyer so we are on the move, there will be lots to do, which I will share on my blog. I'll show the journey to a better space, and how we develop two new art studios in the new house, one for me and one for Hubby! Very excited can't wait to get to grips with the new place. =)

Exhibition

All firmed up,exhibition dates booked, Friday 11th, Sat 12th and Sunday 13th .
At Florence Arts Centre, Florence mine. Going to be great, got some wonderful Cumbrian talent together!

Web site on the way.

Met with Web designers, it all sounds very positive and what they can provide looks fab.
It's official, Domains, www.lakelandcalligraphy.com and .co.uk are now mine! WOOP WOOP!
First pass at design is also looking good too. Can't wait it's all very exciting!

Exciting times....

Planning an Art Exhibition at the end of the year with my Hubby, all very exciting. A lot of work to do though and pieces to get ready, busy , busy,....

Personal cards

Been busy with some personal cards this week, but also managed to slip in a short break for our Wedding Anniversary, stayed at  Storrs Hall, Windermere. Highly recommend it, fabulous food and gorgeous rooms and lovely staff, perfect!

This christening card was created with hand drawn illustration, the font is 3D formed paper, cut out and shaped after illustration was drawn and coloured using Copic Markers, the embellishments included ribbon and a tiny foot stem button with seed beads of various colours and stickles to create the bubbles.
Thanks for viewing.

Display of Samples

What a gorgeous Bank Holiday it's been, out and about in the sun today.
Had the pleasure of setting up a display of my Wedding stationary in The Muffin Top Boutique Bakery in Whitehaven today. As a guest display in this lovely bakery of seriously scrumptious special occasion cakes, Handy for any Brides popping in to discuss cakes for the big day, my samples are there to browse and give inspiration and a taste of what's on offer from Lakeland Calligraphy.

Improvements to my studio.

I am running out of space and still desperate to sell up and move to property with more studio space for both me and Hubby, we recently changed estate agents, fingers crossed for luck soon. I enlisted the help of a local joiner and cabinet maker to help, asking him to create a storage hutch to go on top of my plan chest, it had to be oak veneer to match, as my plan chest is a beautiful piece of furniture hand made in oak and Brazilian rose wood. I measured all the items I needed to store, like my electronic die cutter and my manual die cutter/embosser, the case with my air brush kit, along with all the other stuff I need regularly to hand and I planned the shelves.

It arrived! I'm chuffed to bit's, I waxed and finished it myself to match the plan chest, we popped it in to place and I loaded it up with all my goodies, it works perfect!

Everything has a home, perfect fit for all my cutting machines etc.

And my Copic markers..... sorted! All to hand. I had a great idea for storage to sort the colours, I bought some dishwasher cutlery baskets on line (replacement spares) and sat them on their sides, perfect compartments to sort my colour groups, no ratching around anymore just to find the right one.