Autumn Fairs in Fife and Perthshire

I had a brilliant start to my Autumn events season on the first weekend in October. It was lovely to be back in Falkland on the Saturday and Perth Festival of Yarn on the Sunday was a great success! It was heartening to know that many visitors came because they had seen the events advertised online so here is an update about more to come.

I will be at the Pitcairngreen Green Village Hall Annual Fair on Saturday 22nd October, 10 - 3.30pm.

 This is a lovely event with tea, coffee and home baking as well as a good variety of stalls. I have been exhibiting at this fair for over 10 years and it's always nice to go back and see familiar faces.

I've been busy restocking my Etsy shop as well with new makes.

Brooches £12

Next up after Pitcairngreen is Falkland Craft Market again on Saturday 5th November.

I will have my full range of items with me and hopefully some new framed pictures as well.

Sheep Earrings £18

Sheep Brooches £18

Sheep Pendants £24

My 7 x 7 x 7 cm Boxes are very popular so I have been making more of them. Made with my own felt and lovely Harris Tweed, this size is £35.

Later in November on Sunday 20th, I will be at The Handmade Show in Perth Concert Hall.

This year's show is shaping up to be excellent with new makers exhibiting along side some firm favourites.

My new coasters have been a big hit both online and offline. I got little boxes for them making them an ideal gift, especially easy to post!

Coasters £14.95

Later in November I'll be In The Loft at Ardross Farm Shop near Elie on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th 9 - 5 each day. This is a lovely two day event, up above the farm shop and well worth a visit if you are in the East Neuk that weekend.

So it's a busy time keeping up with everything. 

Please feel free to get in touch with any questions you may have about my work or any of the upcoming events.

aileenclarkecrafts@yahoo.com

Saturday 1st October Falkland Craft Market and Sunday 2nd October Perth Festival of Yarn

Events season is upon me and it all kicks off this weekend with Falkland Craft Market this Saturday and Perth Festival of Yarn on Sunday

Falkland Craft Market is a great place to shop local here in North Fife with a wide variety of local artists and makers exhibiting their work. It's the perfect opportunity to see what's new from me as this is my first event since August and I have been very busy.

Perth Festival of Yarn in The Salutation Hotel, South St, Perth on Sunday is shaping up to be a great day out for all fibre and knitting enthusiasts.

The complete line up of vendors is 

Gongcrafts 
The Border Tart / Blue Moon Indigo 
Mothy and the Squid
My Mama Knits
ThisBoy
Eva Christie Hand Knitting
Melted Moglet Dyeworks
Moulin Yarns
Aileen Clarke Crafts
Capercaillie Kilts
Proggy and Tweed
Lagom Felt Studio
The Haberdashery Project
Rosedean Ryelands
Ewenique Fibres
Wee County Yarns

£3 entry

I have a new set of four coasters just in this week. I have chosen to mix the designs in the set up a bit to include my new hare picture and the dragonflies which have been so popular.

I still have some calendars available and will have them at both events.

And I have been busy making new textile and resin jewellery pieces including pendants, earrings and bracelets.

Hope to see some of you there and I will post some photos here next week. 

Upcoming Events for Autumn 2016 plus New Cards and Cushions

After a long summer break from making and blogging, it's back to work now with preparations for all my upcoming events this Autumn!

I had this idea for a felted hare picture back in June and finally got time to make it once our schools went back mid August.

The original measures 20 x 20 cm and comes complete with mount and frame. The outer edge of the frame measures 36 x 36 cm.

Hare Among the Wildflowers

£145

One of the reasons for making the picture was to have it printed into cards and notebooks.

Cards £2.50

Notebooks £5.95

I also had it printed onto cushions!

Cushions £40

Other new cushion designs include Gardener's Cottage and Drying Day at The Bothy.

The originals of both of these pictures are still available in my Etsy shop here 

Other new card designs include Gardener's Cottage

Aurora and Stars

Dragonflies and Seathrift

Drying Day at The Bothy

and Winter's Garden.

The cards measure 12.5 x 12.5 cm and are all available individually at £2.50 each or as a set of six at £12 

Click here to see the card section of my shop.

My cards and jewellery are also available at The Rowan Tree Gift Shop in Falkland, right on the main street, opposite the palace.

Staring on Saturday 1st October, I have six events lined up for Autumn so far.

Saturday 1st October 2016 10 - 4pm - Falkland Craft Market, Falkland Village Hall, Back Wynd, Falkland, KY15 7BX. Free entry

Sunday 2nd october 2016 11 - 5pm - Perth Festival of Yarn, Moncrieffe suite, Salutation Hotel. South Street, Perth Entry £3

Saturday 22nd October 2016 10.30 - 3.30pm - Pitcairngreen Village Hall Craft Fair, by Almondbank, Perth Entry £3.50 includes refreshments and home baking.

Saturday 5th November 2016 10 - 4pm - Falkland Craft Market, Falkland Village Hall, Back Wynd, Falkland, KY15 7BX. Free entry

Sunday 20th November 2016 10.30 - 4.30pm - The Handmade Show, Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth. Free Entry

Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th November 9 - 5pm- The Loft at Ardross farm Shop, Elie. Free Entry

I'm particularly looking forward to Perth Festival of Yarn on Sunday 2nd October.

Other vendors include

Gongrafts,

Blue Moon Indigo/The Border Tart,

Mothy and the Squid,

My Mama Knits,

ThisBoy,

Eva Christie Hand Knitting,

Moulin Yarns,

The Queen of Purls

To keep up to date with this event, see the Facebook page here

So I have been busy building up my stock of Felt Sheep Jewellery and Textile Trinket Boxes.

I also have my 2017 Calendar out.

The calendar features 12 different images, one for each month plus a whole calendar page per month to write on.

£10 each 

For daily updates on new makes etc from me, I am now using Instagram more often. I am @aileenclarkecrafts

I'll leave you with a nice sunset we enjoyed while on holiday in Ireland in July. The photo is taken from the very end of the Dingle peninsula, Co Kerry. This is one of my most favourite places to be!

Upcoming Events this Spring

I'm busy already preparing for some upcoming events starting in March.

Saturday 5th March 2016 - 10 - 4pm 

Falkland Craft Market, Falkland Village Hall, 

Back Wynd, Falkland, KY15 7BX. 

Free entry

These Markets will be running every first Saturday of the month until November and I will be at the March one, then June, October and November.

Friday 18th & Saturday 19th March 2016

 Edinburgh Yarn Festival - 10 - 6pm 

Find me in the Pop Up Market at Edinburgh Yarn Festival 

at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange 

11 Newmarket Road, Edinburgh, EH14 1RJ. Tickets £10

The yarn festival is such an amazing event! The exhibition hall is full to bursting with the most incredible selection of vendors selling the most beautiful array of fibres, wools, yarns, equipment and everything to do with knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, dyeing, felt making and more! There is such a great atmosphere and so much going on, worth every bit of the ticket price!

Saturday 7th, Sunday 8th and Monday 9th May 2016 

 Open Studios North Fife 

10 - 6 pm each day. 

This is my biggest event of the year. Come and see me at 64 Commercial Road, Ladybank, Fife, KY15 7JS. I will be exhibiting my full range over three rooms in this little venue. I will also be demonstrating some felt making techniques. Refreshments available. You can read all about this brilliant event on the Open Studios website here.

 Brochures are available mid March so you can plan a route and visit some other artists as well over the weekend. There are 10 taking part in Ladybank alone! Free entry to all venues.

Falkland Craft Market October 2015

What a busy month October is shaping up to be!

My next event is at Falkland Craft Market on Saturday 17th October.

As usual the market offers a wide variety of locally handmade arts and crafts.

I will have my full range with me including all my new printed items, cushions, mugs, felt jewellery, textile jewellery, brooches, boxes and more. 

I will of course have my 2016 Calendar available.

£10

Also available online here

I am delighted to say that a range of my framed felt artwork is now available at The Atholl Gallery in Dunkeld. I have always loved this gallery and feel very exited to have work exhibited there.

We've had some really stunning weather here over the last couple of weeks and some really clear skies. I missed out on seeing the aurora borealis last night but my brother took this stunning photos near Perth. Hoping to see some shooting stars and hopefully another display of the aurora tonight!

My next event after Falkland is at Pitcairngreen Village Hall on Saturday 24th October 10 - 3.30pm

Upcoming Falkland Craft Market Saturday 11th July

The next Falkland Craft Market is on Saturday 11th July 2015.

The market is held in the Community Hall off Back Wynd, KY15 7BX and is always packed with great stalls featuring lots of local makers and their wonderful wares.

I've been working hard to build up a good choice of items across my range including these Harris Tweed and Textile Trinket Boxes in all four sizes.

Prices range from £28 to £45

Some are available online here

I'm hoping to have a few more pictures ready as well.

This one is new.

'Meall Fraoch' meaning Rounded Heather Hills measures 15 x 15 cm in a 30 x 30 cm frame.

'Meall Fraoch' £95

I will have lots of textile jewellery with me including this new shape of pendant.

The square earrings go nicely with these pendants.

My 2016 Calendar will also be available.

Here is how one of the images from the calendar looks framed.

With 12 images in the calendar to choose from and the calendar only £10 that works out at less than £1 a print!

Falkland is such a charming village to visit for a day out. 

Lots of little cottages line the streets with a few of them turned into beautiful shops and cafe's.

There is the palace and gardens as well and lots of lovely walks out on the palace estate.

Sharps Close above.

The Rowan Tree Gift Shop below.

So that's where you will find me on Saturday 11th July. My online shop will be closed for a couple of weeks afterwards. Feel free to contact me though as I will still be answering emails.

aileenclarkecrafts@yahoo.com