Showing posts with label Handmade market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Handmade market. Show all posts

Monday, 31 March 2014

Lady Magpie & Me Spring & Wedding Fair - Who's there on the day!


Come & Join Us!
It's not long now till our next Lady Magpie & Me on Saturday 5th April at Castle Douglas Town Hall, and we hope your coming along too! We're getting rather excited here at Lady Magpie & Me, we're thrilled to have over 30 stalls for visitors to peruse at the Spring & Wedding Fair. There really is something for everyone and a wonderful mix of handmade, design, craft, vintage, food & so much more!

Enjoy shopping for something a little bit different, unique and handmade. Get the chance to meet the makers and chat with them personally about their designs and inspiration. Enjoy delicious artisan foods which are all produced locally. And for your inner magpie there's all kinds of vintage treasures to discover too!  We've also got crafty, diy & vintage wedding inspiration if you're planning your big day.

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So who will be there on the day I here you cry......well sit back and have a good old nosey at our wonderful line up. 



The Damson Cup
The Damson Cup offer a plethora of vintage crockery, accessories and props for hire across Scotland for all types and sizes of events, ranging from large scale weddings and corporate launches to small tea parties and picnics in the park. They can provide crockery and everything else you need for up to 400 guests. And if you need an organisational hand to steer you in the right direction, they also offer a full event planning and on-the-day management and set up service.


Grannie Jean’s
We’re delighted to welcome back local food producer Grannie Jean’s to Lady Magpie and Me. At Grannie Jean’s, you’ll find a hoard of freshly home baked goodies for you including meat and vegetarian pasties, traditionally made meat pies, quiches, tarts, sausage rolls and cookies. There’s sure to be something for everyone!

A Lady Magpie and Me old timer, we’re thrilled to welcome back locally based Morag Macpherson Textiles to the Spring Fair. Morag’s bold and colourful designs and illustrations are influenced by different cultures, art movements in history, natural and urban formations, which are then digitally printed onto wallpapers, cottons, fine wools and pure silks. Her designs include limited edition digitally printed interior and fashion accessories, such as scarves, bags and cushions. Other designs include one-off patchworked wearable art clothing in silks, linen mixes and cottons, finished as kimono style robes and coats and wraparound skirts.


Hinton Pottery
We’re thrilled to welcome back Castle Douglas based Hinton Pottery who will be joining us on the 5th April. Hinton Pottery create various pottery gifts from glass filled ceramic coasters and ceramic buttons to jewellery, plaques, candle sticks and heart shaped wall 'danglies' and even pictures of landscapes entirely made from clay.

Lorrie Kyle Stained Glass
Local Lorrie Kyle Stained Glass will be setting up shop for the first time at the Lady Magpie and Me Spring and Wedding Fair on the 5th April. Lorrie works with Lead and Copper Foil projects, resulting in unique, colourful and sometimes functional stained glass designs. Finished pieces include sun-catchers, small, medium and large panels, brooches and 3D flower plant supports, all drawing inspiration from local flora and fauna.



asterlingidea is the pseudonym of Hannah Morris-Knowles, a young up and coming Jewellery Designer based in Tynron, Dumfries and Galloway. The brand was born out of creativity, a passion for working with her hands, and a love of adorning herself in beautiful things. Having learnt basic silversmithing skills at college, Hannah continues to study advanced techniques independently. Hannah works primarily in silver and gold and loves to work with both rough and faceted stones. She has become well known for her rough rings which she mixes with precious gemstones to create beautiful juxtapositions.

We’re delighted to welcome along locally based The Jade Closet to the Spring Fair. A treasure trove of pre-loved and vintage fashion and wedding attire; The Jade Closet also offers a range of beautiful vintage jewellery and bespoke designed accessories.

Another newcomer to Lady Magpie and Me Spring and Wedding Fair, we’re pleased to welcome along Lockerbie based Glitzaratti. An International award winning shoe design company playing host to an eclectic sparkly collection of accessories and clothing, you’ll find a range of shoes, bags, brooch bouquets as well as some beautiful personalized gift ideas too.

Kaixe
Based in South West Scotland, Kaixe creates scrumptious cupcakes - both mini and regular sized - and bespoke celebration cakes for every occasion, whether for a birthday, a special event or a wedding. Cupcakes can be ordered as a wedding tower, for favours or as a thank you. Kaixe will be joining us once more at Lady Magpie & Me Spring and Wedding Fair, so make sure to try some of the treats on offer!

So Sew Pretty
So Sew Pretty offer a variety of relaxed, fun & sociable workshops. You’ll learn heaps of new skills, meet like minded folks & find out how fun and rewarding it can be to make your own. Workshops are taught by Leah & from time to time by other invited crafty souls, keen to pass on their passion & expertise to others.

Now a Lady Magpie and Me regular, West Lothian based Kirsty Muir will be joining us once more at the Spring Fair. Having studied jewellery design for 4 years she now creates contemporary handmade jewellery in her garden studio. She likes making quirky jewellery from a range of sterling silver, gold, gemstones and incorporates bright colours, textures and fabrics in many of the pieces, often with a Scottish twist.




Here at Lady Magpie and Me, we love nothing better than reusing and recycling, so we’re pleased to welcome back Castle Douglas based Painted Chic. Painted Chic brings old furniture alive ‘shabby chic style’. With their trusty tools, they can liven up anything from a teapot to full bedroom set. Look out for a range of up cycled, hand painted furniture on the day along with smaller items such as picture frames, vases, wash jugs and bowls and jewellery boxes.

Tiny Tots Togs
A regular at Lady Magpie and Me, we’re pleased to welcome back Tiny Tots Togs to the Spring Fair. Learning the joys of sewing from a young age, mother and daughter team Tiny Tots Togs has created a fun and imaginative range of handmade dresses and clothes for your little ones from tried and tested patterns used throughout their childhood.


We’re looking forward to welcoming along Edinburgh based Pretty Paper Petals to our first fair of the year. Pretty Paper Petals hand make a range of paper flower bouquets, topiary trees, decorations and wedding accessories. Wedding accessories include table centre pieces, bride and bridesmaid bouquets, button holes and favours to suit your day.

Mark Rogers
A first timer at Lady Magpie and Me, we hope you’ll give a big welcome to another lovely new stallholder, Mark Rogers. Hailing from Lockerbie, locally based Mark designs and hand makes a range of stained and fused glass, along with a small collection of needlefelted landscape pictures.

Kilnford Farm Retail Ltd
Considered the food hub of Dumfries and Galloway, we’re thrilled to welcome along the Kilnford Farm team to Lady Magpie and Me Spring Fair.  Expect a stall laden with home reared meats, home grown veg and a wide range of the best produce Dumfries and Galloway has to offer all available through their home delivery service.

Minyara
Their first time at Lady Magpie and Me, we’re delighted to welcome along Midlothian based Minyara. They design a beautiful range of personalised, hand written wedding favour lip balms. Minyara’s all natural lipbalms are created using a mix of sweet almond oil, beeswax, cocoa butter and essential oils.



Caroline Nash Crafts
Caroline Nash Crafts will be returning once more to Lady Magpie & Me Spring and Wedding Fair. Lots of visitors to our fairs have fallen in love with her handmade Contemporary, quirky ceramics with a vintage-feel..Caroline will be packing her suitcase and will be travelling across the border from her Cumbria based studio to join us on the 5th April.

Galloway Chillies
Having just been shortlisted for Dumfries and Galloway’s Most Promising New Business, we are certainly looking forward to Galloway Chillies bringing a bit of spice to the Lady Magpie and Me Spring and Wedding Fair. They sell a whole host of all things chilli; homemade preserves, chilli seeds, plants, fresh chillies, a range of chilli mugs and chilli hot chocolate. Based in South West Scotland, not far from Wigtown, all Galloway Chillies products use British grown chillies and are Scotland’s second chilli Farm.

Cakes by Agnes
Cakes by Agnes will be returning once more for their 2nd Lady Magpie and Me Fair. Dumfries based Agnes will be bringing along a selection of handmade vintage style wedding cakes to our Spring and Wedding Fair so make sure to pay their stall a visit on the 5th April.
Goodbye, Norma Jean is travelling over the border once again and setting up shop at Lady Magpie & Me Spring Fair. "All killer, no filler!"-that's the rule at GNJ! Expect a range of on-trend vintage and designer clothing, jewellery and accessories all stylist- picked from far and wide. An eclectic melting-pot of magnificence, from the sublime to the ‘Cor, blimey!’, from the 1890's to the 1980's and beyond!

Picture Perfect Buttons
A first timer at Lady Magpie and Me, we hope you’ll give a really big welcome to another new lovely stallholder. Glasgow based Picture Perfect Buttons design and create a collection of bespoke button pictures individually made from modern and vintage buttons, embellishments and beads. With designs such as pretty hearts, stars, fairies, wording and more, each and every picture is unique.

Red Squirrel Crafts
Returning once more to Lady Magpie and Me Spring and Wedding Fair is Red Squirrel Crafts. With their trusty crochet hooks, thread, ribbon and beads, they create unique and unusual hand crocheted jewellery and accessories, inspired by the beauty of nature. Specialising in bespoke commissions and wedding jewellery, Red Squirrel Crafts have the ability to colour match to any outfit. Inspiration from nature is reflected in designs such as flowers, leaves, butterflies, sun, stars and snowflakes.




Sarah Jane Coleby
Newton Stewart based Sarah Jane Coleby will be packing her bags and returning to the Lady Magpie and Me Spring and Wedding Fair once more. Sarah-Jane takes inspiration from beasties near and far and turns wool into mini works of art through the magic of needle felting. Beautiful needled felted animals, needle felted pin cushions, hanging ornaments, garlands and needle felting kits are all on offer on the 5th April.

Topman
The Topman will be rolling up to Lady Magpie and Me for their very first fair. Based in South West Ayrshire, they’ll be showcasing a range of handmade and retail wooden spinning tops imported from Austria and Germany. Expect to be transported back to your childhood and the days of yesteryear.

Leah Halliday
As well as organising Lady Magpie & Me, Leah will be selling her designs on the day. Leah Halliday lovingly creates and designs handmade gifts, accessories and homewares inspired by vintage fabrics, ephemera, nostalgic images and forgotten fabrics. Leah is a collector of all things vintage with a home filled with ceramics, linen, ornaments, tea cups, toys & books which all inspire her work. Leah also sells an ever changing handpicked selection of vintage finds for you and your home. A jolly mix of colours, prints & patterns!

Earths Crust Bakery
Who doesn’t love a loaf of freshly home baked bread? Well, you'll be thrilled to know to that family run artisan baker's The Earth's Crust Bakery will be setting up shop at our Spring and Wedding Fair. Based in the small village of Laurieston, they produce delicious slow fermented handmade artisan breads. Follow your nose to their stall, they tend to sell out rather quickly, so it’s best to make an early appearance if you want to catch some goodies.

Lenny’s Soap
Moniaive based family run business Lenny's Soap will be coming to Lady Magpie and Me for the first time to give you all a squeaky Spring clean! They sell cold process soap with natural colourings and bath products and a range of scented candles, and will be showcasing their new collection of handmade wedding favours, including soaps, candles, small pots of honey from their very own bees.

I’m Loving You Again
Newcomer I’m Loving You Again will be paying a visit to our Spring and Wedding Fair on the 5th April. Clackmannanshire based Morag will be bringing along a whole host of recycled and reinvented jewellery and small pictures made from old antique vintage and found objects all mixed up with vintage lace and textiles. Everything is unique and a one-off piece.



Elegant Originals
Returning to our Lady Magpie and Me Spring and Wedding Fair will be Elegant Originals. The finest merino and silk fibres are used in locally based textile artist Caroline’s designs to make hand felted bridal bodices and gowns. The mix of silk chiffon along with soft felted merino and silk produces gowns of a unique, natural nature and beauty. Handmade felt is used to make wedding favours and table decorations along with a new development of felted glass candle holders as stunning table centre pieces.

Just Braw
Hailing from the West Lothian area, Just Braw are here for their very first Lady Magpie and Me fair. Coming from an artist and printmaker background, Just Braw work with linocut and screen printing and will be showcasing their collection art prints, textiles and a range of Scottish gifts for you on the day.

David Moses Photography
We are looking forward to welcoming David Moses once more to LM&M. Based in Newton Stewart, David produces relaxed, fun and classic photographs, specialising in natural and outdoors family shoots, along with beautiful, vintage, reportage wedding photography. Nothing cheesy or forced, Victorian or tacky, just beautiful photographs that will last a lifetime.

Annette’s Baking in a Box
Kircudbrightshire based Annette's Baking in a Box will be setting up shop for their first Lady Magpie and Me. Annette will be showcasing a range of treats from mini cakes and traditional fruit and sponge cakes to picnic boxes and party boxes. We hope you'll give her a lovely welcome to our Spring and Wedding Fair.


Lady Magpie & Me is thrilled to be voted Britain's Best Arts & Craft Market. 
Put a spring in your step and hop on down to the Lady Magpie & Me Spring & Wedding Fair and see if you agree. 


Thursday, 6 June 2013

Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair 6th June - Who's there on the day!



Join Lady Magpie & Me at the Handmade & Vintage Fair in the bustling market town of Castle Douglas on the 8th June from 10am  till 4pm, its £1 entry and kids go free. Browse over 30 stalls over two floors. The Town Hall will be full to the brim with craft, handmade and vintage items and so much more. 

Don't forget its Castle Douglas Food Town Day this Saturday too, with plenty of family activities, chef demonstrations, tasting sessions and much more! So lots of our regular food stalls at Lady Magpie & Me will be setting up shop at Market Hill on the day. Please be aware that Kings Street will be closed 11am-3pm. See you on Saturday!




Carol lives and works in her studio in a beautiful rural location near Biggar, Scotland. Although Carol is a painter who uses a great variety of painting and drawing mediums she also uses photography as a fine art medium to create limited edition Giclee prints of dried plant specimens photographed through microscopes.


We’re pleased to welcome back Goodbye, Norma Jean back once more to Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair. Expect a fine selection of hand-picked and on trend vintage clothing, jewellery, footwear and accessories. Goodbye, Norma Jean recycles high quality fashion from the past that you’ll want to wear forever!


We are looking forward to welcoming David Moses Family Portraits once more to Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair. Based in Newton Stewart, David produces relaxed, fun and classic photographs. Nothing cheesy or forced, Victorian or tacky, just beautiful photographs that will last a lifetime. David specialises in natural and outdoors family shoots.


If you missed them at the Spring Fair, then you’ll be delighted to know that Luv in a Box will be travelling from Ayrshire to be back again at Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair. Share a little Luv, with a hand crafted & personalised, Typographic, 3d art work.

Tactile Tales are a small, independent, UK company publishing innovative books and accompanying aromatherapy massage oils for parents and children; books that link story telling and massage together and are beautifully illustrated and easy to use. Our stories are fired by our love of nature and celebrate the bond between parent and child through the wonderful medium of plants and animals from around the world. Our aim is to promote a loving, bonding experience between parents and children to encourage well being and a love of nature.


Shop ‘til you drop then visit Mrs Green’s if you fancy putting your feet up and enjoying a nice cup of tea and a tasty treat served in Mrs Green’s best vintage china. Elastic pants at the ready as these a whole host of cake on the menu including Cappuccino and Walnut, 3 layer Chocolate Beetroot Bonanza, Red Velvet Va-voom, Salted Chocolate Caramel Custard Cake and a menagerie of gluten free goodies.



Cumbrian based designer-maker Michelle is another newcomer to Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair. Maker of pretty things and wearable art.  Made from a hotchpotch of all kinds of gorgeous materials, glitzy embroidery, colourful yarns and with a quirky slant!

At So Sew Pretty, you’ll learn heaps of new skills. There’ll be a selection of fabrics, ribbons and trims and details of all upcoming So Sew Pretty sewing and crafting workshops.


My mum taught me the joys of sewing from a young age. We used to spend many an afternoon being creative and making all sorts of things. The patterns I use today are from the dresses my sister and I used to wear in our childhood. I hope your little ones enjoy wearing them as much as i enjoy making them!


Just the Biscuit sell an eclectic mix of vintage cutlery, kitchen utensils, linens, porcelain, kitsch ornaments, glass ware and much, much more including their trademark handmade felt biscuits. Come and browse their stall at Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair.


We're thrilled to welcome back locally based Morag Macpherson Textiles to our Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair. Morag creates surface pattern for textiles and wallpaper, her patterns are influenced by different cultures, art movements in history, natural and urban formations. These illustrations are then digitally printed onto pure silks, natural linens, fine wools, crisp cottons and wallpapers. She sells limited edition scarves, cushions, throws, bags, wall hangings and a range of one-off wearable art.


Catriona Archibald is a contemporary crafts person based in Carlisle working with ceramics and textiles to create beautiful keepsakes and functional loveliness for the home. Up cycled vintage crockery, hand built and slip cast ceramics and unique textile creations make up a treasure trove waiting to be discovered.





Scamp Baby Gifts will be joining us at Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair. Scamp Baby Gifts hand make unusual gifts for babies and children to help brighten up and individualise their bedrooms. Scamp Baby Gifts is two sisters screen printing, making and designing cool kids wear, room accessories and little gifts. Their designs are inspired by the sisters love of simplicity and bright colour and their products ensure style is not forgotten when it comes to the littlest members of the household!


We’re pleased to welcome along Soapbubblicious to Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair. Locally based, they sell an array of soap goodies including handmade traditional goats milk soaps, felted soaps, glycerine soaps, liquid castile soaps, shea body butter and dead sea salt scrubs. All handmade from scratch using raw ingredients and not a chemical in sight.


As well as organising Lady Magpie & Me, Leah will be selling her designs at the Handmade & Vintage Fair. Leah Halliday lovingly creates and designs a collection of handmade gifts, accessories and homewares.
Leah finds herself inspired by vintage fabrics, ephemera, nostalgic images and forgotten fabrics. Leah is a collector of all things vintage with a home filled with ceramics, linen, ornaments, tea cups, toys & books which all inspire her work. Leah also sells an ever changing handpicked selection of vintage finds for you and your home. A jolly mix of colours, prints & patterns!


Hailing from Cumbria, Caroline is a firm favourite with our regular visitors at Lady Magpie & Me. Expect quirky and contemporary ceramics with a vintage feel. 


We are delighted to be welcoming along locally based Helen Ryman Arts to Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair. She will be showcasing Oil paintings, Limited edition Giclee prints and Greetings cards of the people, places and animals of Galloway.


A newcomer to Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair Red Squirrel Crafts use their trusty crochet hooks, thread, ribbon and beads to create unique and unusual crochet jewellery and accessories.





A newcomer to Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair, Cressa's Glass Works designs fresh, vibrant and colourful pieces. Working mainly with kiln-formed bullseye, opaque and transparent glass, Cressa uses the techniques of fusing, slumping, draping and sandblasting the glass to create the bold outlines and contrasting colours that define her style.


We’re delighted to welcome Gillian Harvie along to Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair. Playful, mixed media jewellery that creates a scene: colourful houses, clouds, grass, birds and more come together in the form of different wearable pieces to create a magical, odd, little town.


An Edinburgh based, family Run soap making company, we’re pleased to introduce Granny Sally’s Soap Kitchen with their playful and quirky of soaps, scrubs skincare and candles which are all a play on food! Look out for their cheesecake soap!


Locally based textile artist Caroline hand dyes and nuno felts silk chiffon scarves, makes hand felted lavender hearts, hand felted head bands along with other hand felted accessories. 


Their first time at Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair, Dumfries based Dishy Vintage will be showcasing a full range of letterpress printed cards for all occasions, scented teacup candles and vintage china. 

Mitchell & Favourite

Locally based Mitchell & Favourite are here for their first fair at Lady Magpie & Me. They’ll be showcasing a range of handcrafted a range of aprons for all occasions in bold prints, silk 'cocktail wraps' trimmed with lace and feathers, lavender bags in vintage fabrics, drawstring bags and totes in cotton prints and tweeds, 'juicy jewelry' - bright coloured wooden beads, exquisite hand bound notebooks and greetings cards. 





We’re thrilled to welcome along Hinton Pottery to the Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair. Castle Douglas based Hinton Pottery They create various items from glass filled ceramic coasters and ceramic buttons to jewellery, candle sticks and heart shaped wall 'danglies' and even pictures of landscapes entirely made from clay.


We’re delighted to welcome along locally based KGR Glass to their first Lady Magpie & Me Fair. They’ll be showcasing a range of window and wall hangers, pictures and freestanding art made from stained, copperfoil and fused glass 


Lady Magpie & Me are thrilled to welcome back All at Sea to our Handmade & Vintage Fair. They design and create a small collection of handmade nautical jewellery inspired by the coast.


We’re pleased to welcome along Hero Chic Heels to Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair. Specialising in bespoke designed pearl and crystal shoes along with handmade comic book shoes, every pair of shoes is completely unique in design, with no two pairs ever being the same. 

        
A first timer at Lady Magpie & Me, Roslyn creates a range of handmade leathergoods using traditional methods. Her products include leather bowls, Coasters, bookmarks, keyrings and plaques with original hand tooled designs, along with hand-stitched belts, phonecases and purses. 


We’re thrilled to welcome Aldaron Woodcrafts to Lady Magpie & Me Vintage Fair. They design unique, handmade, personalised chopping and serving boards, wooden benches, house signs, clocks, book ends, signs for sheds, stables etc, little decorated eggs and pebbles, children's door signs & coat hooks. Aldaron Woodcrafts use locally sourced hardwoods such as sycamore, holly, cherry ash and wych elm for our smaller products and thick, rustic pine for making our benches.


We’re delighted to welcome Verily Vintage to the Lady Magpie & Me Handmade & Vintage Fair. A veritable treasure trove of vintage homewares, they specialise in radios from the 1950s onwards and retro-inspired handmade gadget cases. 




Friday, 15 March 2013

Save the Date - Lady Magpie & Me Spring Fair

PLEASE NOTE: 
Due to severe weather Lady Magpie & Me Spring Fair has now been postponed to the 6th April, so we hope you can join us.


Monday, 29 October 2012

Hunt Lady Magpie at the Winter Fair


WIN A SUITCASE FULL OF GOODIES
....but you'll have to come along to Lady Magpie & Me Winter Fair for your chance to win on the 3rd Nov Castle Douglas Town Hall from 10 till 4pm.

Prizes kindly donated by some of our wonderful stallholders including 
Ivy Rose Vintage, Solway Blankets, Miso Funky, All at Sea, Earth's Crust Bakery, Flossy Teacake, Clare Nicolson, Tootie McCloed, Love Knitting, Sarah Ade, Natalie Farrell, Val Macadam Art, Goodbye Norma Jean, Goldings Old Things, Kaixe, Leah Halliday, Caroline Nash Crafts, Margaret S Milligan, Once upon a time in the North, The Canny Squirrel, Gina Lillicrop Designs..