We survived Frampton...mud and all!!

It was a nervous week preparing for Frampton as the torrential rain continued. Never good ahead of an outdoor event!! I don't even own a pair of wellies and don't really wish to, so that was a whole other matter! Somehow though we managed to make it to the ground and get through the day with few problems. That said, it wasn't a great day for sales, not even for Steph, whose glassy goodies usually shoot out the door still hot from the kiln. There were plenty of people and we saw a lady with a peach rinse and man in salmon trousers (you can sense how the day went!), but alas, no-one was buying :( Maybe they are not into our contemporary artwork, maybe it's the economy, who knows. It's my third time doing Frampton and my conclusion for the day is....NEVER AGAIN!! Nighty night! x

WooHooo....we have our first Cheltenham event in the diary!!

My crafty partner in crime Steph, of Handmadeheaven and I have have been talking for ages about shaking up and revolutionising the art and craft market in Cheltenham. You'd think being such an affluent and arty place, that it would be thriving with events, but it really hasn't! If you go a little further afield, to places like Stow on the Wold there is loads going on...but alas not in Cheltenham. We don't want to just organise another naff craft fair, which seem to have got a bad name these days. We want to do something new, exciting and to create an event, as opposed to a place to buy and sell...although of course we want to do plenty of selling!

Steph and I have talked endlessly and we even found a place, but we just hadn't done anything about it....UNTIL NOW!!!

Yes, you read it here first! The first Steph and Tash event branded under our UBOU (that's Unique Boutique for you guys not in the know!) banner, will be taking place at the Royal Oak Pub in Prestbury on Thursday 2nd October. The pub is just on the outskirts of Cheltenham and has a gorgeous pavillion in the garden where they host weddings, comedy nights and other events....and now us!

We're still in talks finalising details, which we willof course share with you soon, but we're so excited and raring to go!!

Another hearty picture heads out the door!

Since I started painting my little hearty piccies, they just keep flying out of the door and what's even better is that I LOVE painting them...so it's happiness all round! The latest hearty duo I have produced are called "Creamy Olive Hearty Spot Spot" and as you may expect they are in gorgeous shades of olive green, cream, chocolate brown and some metallic gold paint thrown in! I've decided to experiment with some larger format hearty paintings which offer a real statement piece for your home. Check out my website for all the latest paintings which are available for sale in my gallery.

It's been a while...

Apologies for being a bit of a lapsed bogger for a while. My day job has kinda been taking over and I am still in the midst of some creative block which I can't seem to shift. I am hoping it will be over soon, but a month on I am struggling to pick up my paint brush and get into anything. This said, I have just received another comission for a fun hearty duo in chocolate brown, lime and bronze. I love those colours and would love to do it, just hope I can muster up something and do it.

To try and do something I am making progress on my event organisation. My first night of contemporary arts and crafty with some fun social stuff thrown in is looking likely for the Thus 2nd Oct...hopefully I will have a proper plan to share with you on Monday! It's going to be go go go once I get it booked in, as that really isn't that far away is it?! Hmmmm....

TishTash Tax Return is done...

The dreaded "Tax return" has been hanging over me quite some time and even though I had until the 31st Jan 2009 if I did it electronically, I wanted to get it off my "to do" list asap. Steph and I agreed to do the end bit of form completion together just to try and make sense of it all. It's done anyway and somewhere in the postal system.....hurrah!!! I'm just keeping all my bits crossed that it's correct first time around and I don't see that form quicker than expected!

Today is the day...

It's a bank holiday here in the UK, so I have a much needed extra day from work and I can't wait. I've arranged a creative day with Steph from Handmadeheaven and we're going to try and inspire each other with new ideas. The main thing I want to achieve is to make even a little progress with my accessories range, as I have a big mountain of gorgeous bits and nothing to show for it! We're also both hoping to finish off our dreaded tax returns which have been hanging over us for ages....eugh!

Fingers crossed I'll have some photos to show you our days efforts later!!

TishTash gets everywhere these days!!

You ask most people who have their own business and they'll tell you now and again they like to "google" themselves and see what came up. I hadn't done it in a while, but did the other day and what a shock.....I found myself in The SUN!!!! It looks like they index off Etsy where I have a online shop....oh how funny!!!