C.O.W announces 2 very special weekend workshops!!

At C.O.W we have just announced that there will be 2 guest artists coming to lead 2 very special workshops for us in February.  

Designer Maker Judith Williamson will lead a Tinplate Jewellery Workshop on Saturday 6th February, from 1pm to 4pm.  
Make a unique piece of wearable art using recycled biscuit, sweet and storage tins.
Learn hot to cut, hammer, pierce, distress, burn, bend and twist the metal to create your own special piece of jewellery.


Celebrated Ceramicist Jo Davis will lead a Porcelain Button Making Workshop on Saturday 20th February, from 1pm to 4pm.
She will bring along a series of plaster moulds of larger buttons in which various porcelain slips can be poured.  The cast button will be applied with shellac after which it can be treated with different textures to creat a unique surface pattern. 


Click here for more details  :)


I'm really looking forward to both sessions!!   :) :)

Hello 2010 :)

After a relaxing Christmas, I'm now back and ready for 2010!!
I have been working on a new range that will be released on the website very soon.  It was very exciting developing this new technique and I am eager to find out what you think, once it is launched. 


Meanwhile at C.O.W, the new workshops programme has been announced.  The favourites, paper craft, textiles and crochet will be running weekly, with special weekend workshops in ceramics, recycled materials, and much much more!! Click here for all the details.
The Handmade markets will be up and running again shortly too. :)


It is going to be a very exciting year for C.O.W!!  :) :)  and for me!!  :) :)

Merry Christmas!!

Peeko is now closed for Christmas.  We will re-open on Monday 11 January 2010.

Any orders placed during this time will be dispatched on 11/01/10

Merry Christmas!!

Handmade - The Birmingham Arts & Crafts Market

 
Handmade is this Saturday 12 December!! 

There are 17 wonderfully talented local artists showcasing and selling their handmade treasures this weekend.  
I still need to make more stock, but should get there by Saturday, I hope ;)
I also need to decide what type of cakes I will make this time... hmm decisions, decisions...


Check out the COWblog for full details of stallholders & links to their websites  :)

Pretty Fingerless Gloves

I'm so excited about his week's crochet workshop at  C.O.W. I will be showing people how to make these pretty and practical fingerless gloves! 

It is a brand new pattern that I have just finished designing,  ( I designed 2 others before this one, but wasn't completely happy that they were the right patterns for the job) and I am really pleased with it.  :)


For now the only way to get your hands on a Peeko original pattern is to come along to one of my workshops, but that may change next year...


There are still some spaces in tomorrow's workshop, chech out the COWblog for booking details.  


Back to crocheting for me, I have lots to do before Handmade this weekend and I have a few commissions that I'm working on.  Busy busy this time of year.  :)

Handm@de Cambridge and the week to come :)

I was at Handm@de Cambridge yesterday and am thrilled at how it went.  :)
It was a really nice day, everyone was lovely, organisers, exhibitors and the public!  :)
My Necklac'd went down very well.  :)   It was refreshing to hear such lovely comments about my work and get such great feedback, it has spurred me on to create even more lovely crochet goodies.  :)

On a seperate note, I have a busy week ahead of me:  Workshops at C.O.W this week (crochet fingerless gloves on Thursday!!), then Handmade at the Custard Factory on Saturday.  I have to fit paperwork and making in too.  I should be okay though, I love what I'm doing!  :)

I think I may just be able to squeeze in some making before dinner... maybe some fingerless gloves in preparation for Thursday...  Then the Christmas decorations go up!  :)

Crochet wire work

Ooh, look at the pretty things that I have been making lately!!

I just LOVE working with wire!!   :)

Handmade - The Birmingham Arts & Crafts Market

What an interesting day we had on Saturday!  We had 14 very talented stall holders take part.
The Custard Factory were hosting a huge event on Saturday evening, which meant that the pool was enclosed in a marquee and surrounded by rigs and obstacles - not the most inviting shopping environment.  We had an interesting afternoon though, sharing the space with a wedding drinks reception.  Beautifully dressed guests had a unique opportunity to browse handmade creations while sipping champagne! 

Check out the COWblog for more images and details
Also take a look at Laura Cameron's and Kate Thornton's blogs

Handmade Market tomorrow!!

It's Handmade time again!  There will be a selection of wonderful handmade items at the C.O.W shop tomorrow for your perusal, not to mention a lovely selection of handmade cakes!  

See C.O.W for a list of the talented artists that will have have their work on show, just for you! 

I'm bringing a range of reel-to-reel tape creations that I have been working on this week.  

My Necklac'd range will premier too - Is it a scarf, is it a necklace - whatever it is, it won't blow off in the wind!  

Hope to see lots of you there!  :)

I have been a busy bee...

I haven't really had the chance to post anything lately. To see what I've been up to check out C.O.W.
But in a sentence, the last few weeks look something like this... very exciting and quite busy - organising, tidying, drop-in workshops, felting, pebbles, CAKES!!, homemade cream tea!, watermelon juice, bunting, piping set, trains, crochet, plarn, Artsfest, flyers, 655's, Handmade to come, paperwork, blurb writing, lychee juice (not sure if I like this one or not yet...), LOTS of coffee and hot chocolate, IKEA, cleaning, chocolate eclairs, planning, yetis... , red tights, BIG ROSETTES!!!, more pebbles, yet more felting, more cakes (hehe), zebra cow on my back, workshop bookings!, chocolate fudge cake...

I'm a tired, tired, happy C.O.W girl :D