Tag: east neuk of fife

Tea Green at Bowhouse & The White Church, Comrie

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Hello again! After an extremely busy weekend at Aberdeen Art Gallery I’m back to quickly let you know what’s on the agenda here at HooperHart Headquarters. I’ve got a lot of replenishing to do, with a broad range of items proving popular with the Aberdonians including brooches, Paint Your Own Flowers, hanging decorations and a selection of framed dioramas:

So it’s going to be making, making, making in time for my next event at Bowhouse in St Monans, Fife. Organised by Tea Green Events it’s always a fun day out with tip top talented artists, makers and designers, loads of yummy food stalls and refreshments galore! I’ll be there on Saturday, November 11th from 10am – 4pm.

Then on Sunday, November 12th I will be back in Perthshire for the White Church, Comrie Winter Craft Fair

Into its 22nd year, Comrie’s Christmas market takes place in the most gorgeous setting on the river Earn and showcases the work of over 25 talented Perthshire artists. You can find me there on Sunday November 12th 11am-3pm.

I’ll be back with more news next week but in the meantime you can find details of all my events on my ‘Shop’ page. TTFN!

Bowhouse images: Visit Scotland, Love from the Scotland, Scotland the Bread. Comrie images: Good News Perthshire

Long Hot Summer

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Apparently here in the British Isles we’re experiencing the hottest summer on record since 1976. The day they announced this on the radio I started reading a new book (randomly purchased in a library sale) with the opening sentence: “It was 1976, and the hottest summer in living memory.” Weird, right? The book is ‘The Year of the Ladybird: A Ghost Story’ by Graham Joyce, and it features a two day plague of ladybirds (usually a symbol of good luck?). Reading it I realised that I haven’t seen a single ladybird in the garden this year, which is cause for concern. And I have been spending A LOT of time in the garden, mostly trying to keep the plants from dying of thirst…

On the days it’s been too hot to go outside ( how often do we get to say that in Scotland?) I’ve been getting on with making a couple of new things in time for my first craft market of 2018 (quite late on in the year I know, I’m such a slacker) which is next month in the lovely seaside village of St Monans in the East Neuk of Fife.

These wee wooden house brooches were actually inspired by all the pretty fishing villages of the East Neuk with their coloured 18th century cottages and harbour buildings. It’s an area of the country I love so I’m really looking forward to being up there for the weekend.

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I’ll also be taking these new wooden flower stems with me – inspired of course by all the lovely colours we have in the garden at the moment. The flowers in the garden won’t last long though, so these are some you can enjoy all year round!

You can find a link to details of next month’s fair on my ‘Shop’ page, along with links to my Etsy shops where you can browse all my available work.

Here’s hoping the good weather continues (ok, maybe with the odd day of rain so I don’t have to keep getting the garden hose out) – I’m just enjoying the fact that I haven’t worn socks for 2 months.