“Small but perfectly formed vintage and craft fair, followed by down to earth fashion and craft lovers, enough love for all, from Punks to Goths, Retro to Indie. Smiley sellers guaranteed, very affordable (nothing over £50), retro and games tea room.”

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GWBP has made a cosy wee home in the Hillhead Bookclub and SpoiltPig is thrilled to be part of the furniture now and exhibiting at the fair again THIS SUNDAY 15th August 2010.

Please do stop by.  Come check out the all the unique, handmade designer wares and vintage and retro fashions….you may even like to pick yourself(me) up a gramophone filled with delicious cocktails(true story, they really do have gramophones filled with booze)!

SEE YOU THERE

EDIT:  Yes, we’re still on for Sunday…but i forgot to mention that the delightful Bunny from “Bunny and The Misshapes” is swapping the microphone for ‘making’ this weekend and will be joining me at the table with her own unique collection of re-worked vintage pieces and beaded jewellery. Exciting!

Amongst other things, I got a couple of amazing Spoilt Piggy themed presents :DPig card altered with a  Twilight reference! (that’s right, I LIKE TWILIGHT) ^_^

and…

THE CUTEST effing brooch, made for me by my friend Jay:

Look at him stuffing his wee face!
We have to convince her to get a website together SOON, in the meantime though she’ll be coming along with me to Granny Would Be Proud in Glasgow so stop past on the day for a peek at the other amazing acrylic, silver and resin things she makes.

Anyway, I had a lovely day yesterday. Received lots and lots of lovely birthday messages, had a nice dinner, drinks and finally saw Eclipse! Speaking of Twilight again…

My birthday present to myself was this t-shirt

because my friends are just too cool to get me anything so tragically ‘Pop’.
I wonder what I’d do if I ever had to choose between the two Edwards…

 
Saturday 10th July – SLOANS MARKET, GLASGOW
SpoiltPig & GlitterySah

Sat 17th July ~ SLOANS MARKET, GLASGOW

Sat 24th July ~ ALEXANDRA PARK FESTIVAL, GLASGOW

Sun 25th July ~ Granny Would Be Proud
Hillhead Book Club, GLASGOW

Sat 31st July ~ SLOANS MARKET, GLASGOW
Sat 7th August ~ SLOANS MARKET, GLASGOW
(SpoiltPig & ILoveLexy)

Sat 28th August ~ Airyhall Craft Bazaar, ABERDEEN

Did I ever share my final college exhibition piece?  I think not so here it is!

Click to see a larger version

I’m not quite sure what it is…a painting? mixed media collage?  I couldn’t stop adding things to it…embroidery, bows, applique and experimented with a million different pens, pencils, oils and acrylics. And then if that wasn’t enough, I snipped little hearts out from the original canvas and transformed them into little wearable pieces of art, six necklaces in total.
For those new to the blog, I’ve just completed an Art & Design portfolio course at Aberdeen College, having only discovered my interest in the subject in the last year or so and this is my first finished piece!
My talents definitely lean more towards 3-D and practical, making skills but I’m still pleased with it :) and after seeing the Dundee College exhibition, I’m pretty confident I’ve picked the best place for developing my drawing and painting skills after summer (and thankfully they let me in!).

Anyway…So, I blogged before about preparations for the Aberdeen College Fashion show and now it’s all over!  The clothes were fab, the wine was plentiful and SpoiltPig Jewellery got a great showing off on the runway.

See more shots from the night on Flickr and in the Facebook Album.

They’re a really wonderful couple and I’ve been SO excited reading about all the preparations and taster classes they’ve been working on over the last few weeks (The Life Craft Blog).

They’re now also in the running for the Barclays Take One Small Step competition which could win them a generous prize and really secure a great start in this new venture.  So, will you back their idea?

Take a look at the blog and facebook page and please VOTE FOR THEM (it’s only one little click, just one little click!).

Thank you! x

In the coming weeks I shall be finishing work and then assisting with the hanging  for the college exhibition, attending the opening and schmoozing people into large purchases(hopefully), attending final fittings for the HND Fashion Show and then erm, strutting my stuff on the catwalk!

On top of this, SpoiltPig is also providing the jewellery for the HND Fashion Show, yaay!  It’s going to be a fantastic night and I’ve decided it’s the right time to properly launch “SpoiltPig Couture” collection too.
Sooooo to keep SpoiltPig fans included and involved in the new happenings, I’m hosting ANOTHER giveaway!

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The Couture Collection will be launched and online on the 7th June 2010  so I’ll be drawing ONE lucky winner at random on the 1st June, to make sure they get their surprise Couture Heart necklace before anyone else!

I’m not unveiling anything until the very last minute, a little because it’s a huge secret and a little because I haven’t put the finishing touches to anything yet!  But be assured that you’ll be receiving a completely unique, One Of A Kind, designer Heart shaped necklace from the new range of SpoiltPig jewellery (which will retail between £20-£25!)….and all you have to do is leave a comment here to let me know you want to be entered!

Please also share this giveaway with your friends.  Link to the post from twitter, post it on your facebook/bebo/myspace or blog about it if you can!
SpoiltPig Jewellery is also now on Facebook.  Pretty please, take the time to look around the page and suggest us to all of your friends x x x

and the BriesBerry Mice

SO…as I organised the Felidae Craft swap, you may be suspicious and thinking I paired us up on purpose.  I promise I didn’t though! It was completely random, honest!

Natalie has been a fantastic swap partner, I LOVE EVERYTHING…
If you click through on the photo to the Flickr page, you can see little notes that I’ve added to each thing and see the full size version.

My little Cat Creature is called Neko, inspired by the Japanese Lucky Cat – isn’t she adorable?!  My extra treat to an original Natalie Wilson watercolour, printed on a card has sent me over the moon, it’s so beautiful…I’m ashamed to say that I’ll never be able to actually give this to anyone, it’ll have to be framed for my wall I think :)
To top it all off (as if I haven’t been spoiled enough), Nat has also sent me a whole heap of gorgeous fabric samples.   I’ll have to take individual photos at some point to really show off all the prints…that’s if they don’t all disappear into other projects by then!  I’ve already set aside some of the sequin fabric and an anchor print sample for current projects in college.

Thank you so much Natalie, I absolutely love my swap package and I hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as I have!

You can see what everyone else has been making in the Flickr photo pool or check out the comments on This Post to get the links to all the bloggers involved!

Helen Beaumont!

Thanks to all who entered, I shall make sure to update you with the next giveaway, which isn’t too far in the future! *

Wipe that imagery from your mind of teenagers dressed in black pouring out of cereal boxes or being handed out to communities like rations from a Red Cross van.

I’m giving away this Purple Leopard print and Spider necklace:

It has a sick sad story.  I couldn’t photograph  it properly but it has a little piece, of a single strand of (most likely) my hair embedded on the back. Woops?  Don’t fret, I’m sure this only adds to it’s value.  Preserved forever in resin.

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and I’ll pick someone at random in a couple of days.  Bonus points for anyone who tweets, subscribes by the little orange box (top right), becomes a fan on facebook, tells a really good joke* or promises to use that strand of hair for cloning or voodoo.

*no racist, sexist, ageist, bigoted or ableist sick sad jokes please.

I really can’t wait to see what everyone’s made for this swap.
Cat Love >^.^<
Please share your links on this entry and take the time to have a look at each others work and leave comment, we all know how much we love those comments ;)

Remember there’s also a Flickr group to share all your photos.

Finally…I don’t want to ruin the surprise for my swap partner so here’s a picture of a previous cat project, bit of luck in just re-discovering the picture this morning actually :D