Made In The Shade WEST

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!

Springtime Jamboree '09!

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?!

There's A Party On The Hill

... 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

Breaking News: The Parsonage

Oh! How exciting?!?! Breaking news! Breaking news!

We are utterly, splendidly, delightfully thrilled to confirm that our very favourite choir (of all time), The Parsonage, will be entertaining Made In The Shade customers with a special set of alt. classics and country tunes (and maybe even a Christmassy vibe or two?) at our special Festive Shopping Weekender at The Lighthouse.

The choir, led by choir mistress Janis Fyfe Murray, will perform around 3.30pm on the afternoon of Saturday 6th December.

If you have never heard The Parsonage sing before, you oughtta purchase your tickets for their Hank Williams tribute afternoon on Sunday 1st November. The Parsonage (and chums) will perform at Glasgow University's Debating Chamber from 2pm. Visit the choir's Myspace for more information. Oh. And be sure to take along plenty Handy Andies. I'm not sure if this is just me, but I become a little 'overwhelmed' when I hear those voices swirl around! Just beautiful. Best be prepared! :o)

Dear Senor Santa Clause

Dear Santa,

It's that time of year again. It doesn't seem so long since my last letter. Thank you for last year's lovely gifts. You really do have fabulous taste.

I have been a very good girl this year. I have worked hard alongside my fabulously talented friends to create a wonderful new shopping event in Glasgow. It's called Made In The Shade. People seem to like it. I admit, there has been a little pouting and even a little crying on the odd occasion during the past twelve months, but over all I think I have been very well behaved. Though you probably know that already, huh?

There are lots and lots of things I'd like for my Christmas this year. Since I can't decide, I thought I'd send you a huge list and you can just choose what you like. I won't be disappointed.

Ceramic Russian dolls by Kitty & Dude

Scrapbook jotter by Helen Gallogly

Beautiful fabric shopper by Emoni

Oh-so-cute domino pin by *pipless jam

Illustrated doillie by Made By Mother

Pretty pony by Lullabylily

Handmade books by Bindy Boo

(Etsy store coming soon!)

Thanks so much Senor Santa Clause. I'll be sure to leave you a pink wafer biscuit and a glass of pear juice for when you arrive at my house on Christmas Eve.

Say hi to Mrs Clause and the elves for me won't you.

Yours faithfully,

Carrie

x

MITS III Loves You!

My! Hasn't time flown!? The Made In The Shade team have successfully made it through an entire year's worth of events, positioning Made In The Shade as a key showcase for neo-craft, quirky design and vintage lifestyle in the UK.

Since the event launched in May we've welcomed around 9000 discerning shoppers through the Made In The Shade galleries at The Lighthouse and we've established an ever growing population of loyal fans and visitors. The feedback we have received from customers has been fabulous. Handmade lovers and vintage aficionados have truly embraced the arrival of Made In The Shade and I suspect we may even have converted some mainstream high street shoppers too as the Made In The Shade word has spread via enthusiastic chatter and press coverage! We have exciting plans for 2009 and we look forward to telling y'all about 'em soon!

For now, we'd like to thank a few folks who made our Festive Shopping Weekender such a success last weekend. 2886 visitors came to see us on Saturday and another 1896 came to see us on Sunday! Quite remarkable really! Thank you to all those customers who showed their interest and support in the event. Thank you to the 70+ exhibitors who set up shop over the two days, providing customers with a vast array of wonderful design pieces and vintage items to browse (and purchase!) and thanks to the makers who offered Christmas gifts up to our gift tree! Thank you to Hollie & Gillian and the staff at The Lighthouse. Thank you to the CEC members for taking part in the CEC showcase. Thank you to Ken, Jennifer, Dominic, Garry and Pauline. Thank you to the team at The List and the team at Selvedge. Thanks too to Maureen Ellis at the Evening Times, Jennifer at Indie Quarter and Caishnah at She's Crafty. Special thanks must go to Janis & The Parsonage for their beautiful peformance on Saturday. We have probably missed some names, but rest assured all your efforts are truly appreciated and we're thrilled to have your support.

We wish you all a fabulous Christmas and a swell New Year and we look forward to sharing our 2009 plans and events calendar with you shortly.

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Happy Christmas!

Press News

Made In The Shade is featured on the very splendid Indie Quarter design blog this week ahead of our Festive Shopping Weekender! Follow this link to read the lovely feature. Product images by Pea Millinery included!

The event also appears in The List's trusty Hit List this week and we are featured in the special Christmas Shopping Directory too as part of the mag's seasonal gift guide. Made In The Shade sellers' products feature in the guide. Hooray! Oh - and our beautiful ad is in the issue aswell! Oh how pretty!

Keep your peepers peeled today for a Made In The Shade mention in the Evening Times.

Our gorgeous ad appears in this season's Selvedge magazine. We are SO excited!

Many thanks to those who have posted Made In The Shade promo on their websites and blog sites and thank you to those who have been adding the event to listings sites aswell. We appreciate all your efforts! We thank you in advance for helping make Made In The Shade a success!