[We Are] Fuzzy Felt Folk & Country Crafting take place at Macsorley's Music Bar this Sunday (Sunday March 1st). Made In The Shaders, Carrie & Clare will be entertaining Sunday loungers between 3pm - 7pm. Carrie will bring the 'country', Clare will being the 'crafting' and we'll all have a swell ole time!
There'll be colouring in (of course!) and Clare's crafty pub project this month is the ever-lovable sock puppet! Check the Country Crafting profile for more details.
Whoof! We have been utterly inundated with vendor applications for our Made In The Shade Springtime Jamboree at Oran Mor. We received twice as many applications than we have spaces so the team have had to make some REALLY tough decisions this season. However, we think we've succeeded in bringing y'all a fabulous, perfectly balanced selection of design, neo-craft and vintage lifestyle! Phew....
Introducing... the Made In The Shade Springtime Jamboree Vendors!
All makers at Made In The Shade design and create their own products.
All vintage sellers have the eyes of magpies and offer quality, personally sought out items.
Little Sister Lucy: Luxurious nightwear, jewellery & accessories by Lucy Balloch
Pammie Annie Mackay: Gorgeous clutch bags, make-up pouches & pretty shoppers by Pammie Annie
Doublethink Designs: Unusual prints, cards & framed interiors by Victoria Evans
t-boo & Stella My Star: Jewellery & accessories made with love from vintage reclaim and pretty things
Kitty & Dude: Cheeky ceramics to appeal to the eye and the brain - by the fabulously talented Cosima
Pea Millinery: Must-have millinery by Paula Cooper. Vintage & contemporary designs - gorgeous!
Covetables: Hand sewn plush characters for children and grown-ups alike. Oh - and you must try the scrummiest cupcakes in town. By Michelle Aaron.
Eyes Wide Open Vintage: Vintage clothing, accessories, jewellery & pretty things by those 60s obsessed psych/garage gals!
Bindy Boo: Beautiful handbound books and journals by Bindy Boo, Eva Gustavsson.
Silly Lily: Handmade gifts & accessories for the home; bookmarks, doorstops, egg cosies, paper weights, scented sachets and washbags and... and... so many more pretty things!
Clare Nicolson: Oh-so-sweet springtime textiles and interiors. Add a little pretty to your surroundings!
Nana Moon & Lady Wurlitzer: Vintage style, homewares, beauty and ephemera by Carrie Maclennan
YHF Photography: Photography exhibit with a touch of quirk by Garry Maclennan & Friends
Margolily: Fancy accessories inspired by 1920s sparkle. Ribbons, silks, feathers and handknits; indulgent!
Madness of Many: Owls! Robots! Stags! Handmade interiors & giftware by Kimberly Diamond
Made By Mother: Art, illutsration & giftware by Mhari McMullan. The home of handmade lace braces!
We Are The Robots: Nautical, rockabilly & pixelated jewellery by the coolest robots in town.
Feel Fuzzy: Giving childhood treasures new life: vintage inspired paper-goods, embroidery & gifts
INTO Textiles: Fabulously cosy knits by the super-talented Lorraine Linton
Crikey Aphrodite: Glamorous corsetry & undergarments for the goddess in you (or your honey!)
Global Guru: Eclectic textiles, accessories & interiors by Morag Macpherson
Electra French: Citrus-tastic clothing, pants, jewellery & gifts by Dougie
Elfie Loves: Fashion writer/stylist, Diana Kiernander opens her vintage closet to MITS customers!
Art by Neil Slorance: Welcome to Neil's OSM world of robots, spacemen and shy boys, unlucky in love. Whimsical and melancholic yet utterly delightful and engaging!
Miso Funky: Offbeat homewares, accessories & embroidered samplers by Claire Brown & Mr. Miso
Sarey Poppins: Sarah Martin of Belle & Sebastian cuts her crafty teeth at Made In The Shade with her Springtime range of bags, accessories and special gifts.
Emoni: Michael Clarence returns to MITS with his luxurious range of ribboned shoppers and handbags.
bYMi: Unusual origami jewellery, art and accessories by Hannah Snell. Gorgeous
Leah Halliday: Handmade homey things, vintage treasure and beautiful giftware by Leah Halliday.
St. Valentine's Day is upon us once more.
Whether you are planning a weekend indoors to avoid the abundance of rose-tinted schmaltz that takes over our favourite hang-outs at this time of year or whether you are wholly embracing the oh-so-sweet influx of hearts and flowers, there's never a better time to indulge in a bit of self-gifting! Better still, have your honey gift it up for you!
Here's our pick of fabulous handmade Valentine presents...
'El Corazon' necklace by Stella My Star
Oh-so-pretty Camisole by Little Sister Lucy
Gorgeous zip-bag by Natalie Farrell
Fabulous illustrated doillie by Made By Mother
Heart-shaped brooch by Lost In The Forest
Rose garter by Crikey Aphrodite
'You Make My Tongue Loose' by Neil Slorance (OSM)
Hi there Made In The Shaders,
We swing by quickly this morning to share a little article you might be interested in. Our fabulous journo chum Claire has recently submitted a short piece to one of our very favourite publications, Amelia's Magazine and has very kindly given a little mention to Made In The Shade!
You can read the article here.
Please note though that there are a couple of wee errors in the story. 1) Made In The Shade is intended to be included in the article as another example of the rise of diy culture in Glasgow - not as an event affiliated with the GCM. 2) [We Are] Fuzzy Felt Folk & Country Crafting! take place in Macsorley's on the 1st Sunday of the month. FFF is run by Carrie Maclennan and Country Crafting! is run by Clare Nicolson. Neither of these events are affiliated with the GCM. They are run independently by a couple o' chums with a penchant for country music, colouring in, making things and chatting to friends over a whole bunch of rum! 3) Oh - and at the time of writing Clare Nicolson was the Mafia Don but has since taken on a new role with the group.
Phew! :o) Enjoy!
Yes siree!
Get your diaries at the ready! The Made In The Shade Springtime Jamboree takes place at Oran Mor (the beautiful venue at the top of Byres Road) on Sunday 5th April. We will swing open the doors at 12 noon and we'll close 'em over again at 5pm. We'll be putting together a fabulous afternoon of boutique shopping with a sugary sweet, old-time fete and fairground feel.
Celebrate the arrival of the daffodils in style: Come peruse the wonderful wares of this season's hottest Made In The Shade vendors, nibble some candyfloss and jive around to our trademark Made In The Shade Shopping soundtrack!
Check back for more details over the coming weeks - for now, you can get started on whipping yourselves into a handmade & vintage frenzy!
Greetings Made In The Shaders!
I come bearing exciting tidings.
As some of you will have heard, Made In The Shade has been deemed temporarily homeless for a portion of 2009. However, we have been searching far and wide for suitably fabulous spaces from which to host special Made In The Shade shopping soirees and we think we're about half way there in securing a couple of splendid venues for y'all! We will be setting up shop in alternative venues during Spring/Summer but will return home to The Lighthouse in Autumn/Winter.
Keep your eyes on the site next week for details of our Springtime Jamboree event! Made In The Shade packs its overnight case and takes a roadtrip out of the city centre. This year we are celebrating the arrival of the daffodils and crocuses way out west! Yes siree! Everybody needs a change of scenery don't they? We are adding the final details to the arrangements now. The event takes place on a sunny Sunday at the Oran Mor in early April. Information will be published here first.
If you are interested in selling your handmade or vintage wares at Made In The Shade this Spring, hold on to your hats! A call for contributors will be winging its way to y'all very shortly. For general event queries though, you can email us at madeintheshadebookings@gmail.com We're always pleased to hear from you!
For now, keep yourselves occupied - bake a cake, cuddle on the sofa and enjoy Judy Garland & Fred Astaire in... Easter Parade! What else?!
... and we would love you to come! You can bring a cup and saucer if you want and if you fancy a cream bun - knock yourself out!
[We Are] Fuzzy Felt Folk, Glasgow's country music craft-friendly club is celebrating it's 2nd anniversary with a little hoedown in Macsorley's Music Bar, Jamaica Street on Sunday 1st February.
There'll be live music from our talented chums Schnapps and The Invisible Republic and Lady Wurlitzer (aka Made In The Shade's Carrie Maclennan) will provide a country tinged vintage soundtrack throughout the day.
Schnapps, fresh from gigs with White Denim, RTX (and by the time this show comes around) The Brute Chorus, have very kindly agreed to join our party and deliver some raw, abstract wonky tonk to our ears (most likely mediated by the effects of tequila). The band brings together musical and creative talent from all sorts of corners of the city and the resultant mixy-mashy that emerges from the meld is quite, quite fabulous. Oh yes siree!
The Invisible Republic have been good friends of Made In The Shade & FFF for a very, very long time and we're absolutely thrilled to have 'em along (with new members and all!) to our 2nd birthday party. The last time I heard the band play, I was stomping my feet and clapping my hands and singing along to their fabulous renditions of Hank Williams classics (arranged and performed especially for The Parsonage Hank Williams Tribute). Seeing the band on the Opry stage is one of my highlights of 2009 and I cannot wait to be swaying along to 'She Named A Bullet After Me' on the 1st Feb.
Aswell as getting together to celebrate the Fuzzy Felt Folk birthday, we're also tipping our stetsons to the launch of Clare Nicolson's brand new public crafting project, Country Crafting! If you are a maker or an all-round creative type and you fancy joining in on some pub crafting (or even some fun colouring in!) then we'd love to see you! Clare will have a load of creative fun in store and you can come along and ask her about her fabulous plans for 2009! Later in the year there'll be cross-stitch tutorials, knitting classes and all sorts of opportunties to make things. Come find out more!
We'll see you at Macsorley's between 3pm and 10pm!
xx
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