Spring has officially arrived at LollaMacHQ!
Eloise was back today to work her magic on the window and I think this might just be her best yet! As usual it was a case of "I kinda like this and I kinda like that, and I've got some green and yellow paper flowers to hang" and left the rest to her. I absolutely love it! ๐๐๐
What am I going to do when she heads off to uni next year?! ๐ณ
The 'Creative Quarter' Art Trail is back!
After the success of our first open evening back in September, my creative neighbours and I are excited to be holding our next installment at the end of this month. It's a great way to find out more about our work, have a chat and maybe discover something new.
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Whether you're a regular visitor, someone who passes by but is nervous about coming into one of our studios or galleries, or someone who is discovering our lovely little street for the first time, we'd love for you to join us. It's free, no need to book, just turn up anytime between 5 and 8pm, grab a drink and have a wander around our little trail. See you there?
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Back in the shop today after my trip to Skipton at the weekend. Took a bit of doing to get everything back on the shelves again, but looking at it now you wouldn't know it had all been in boxes this morning!
Now that my trade show season is over I'm looking forward to having some time to focus on new things for the year ahead. I do like having time to play at the bench! ๐
I realise I've left this a bit late, but better late than never I guess! ๐คท
I'm off south to Skipton on Friday to set up for the Artisan Made UK trade show this weekend, meaning I'll be closed tomorrow while I do all my packing, plus Friday and Saturday too. I'll be back to normal on Tuesday. I will be in the shop tomorrow if you need me, just bang on the door and excuse the chaos!
Blog post: Tyneside travels. The North? In February? Turned out rather well actually.
https://snaprails.blogspot.com/2026/03/tyneside-travels.html
#trains #Tyneside #Newcastle #WhitleyBay #SouthShields #Tynemouth #Hexham #Travel
If you're in Hexham and like live music, it's the regular 'last Friday' folk(-ish) music night at the Platform Bar tonight. Looking forward to hearing Mills & Farrell again, with support from some (or more) of the Platform Bar House Band.
Also, possibly the best-kept beer in Hexham, if you can find space to actually get to the bar.
Quite apart from anything else, I've got a trade show next weekend so REALLY can't afford to have another setback. ๐ณ Don't worry though, my workshop assistant is sticking close by and looking after me. ๐งก Today's priority is to get caught up with my orders, and then I can focus on finishing off a trade order for an exciting new stockist. That's the plan anyway, fingers crossed! ๐ค
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Back at the bench this morning and feeling SO much better! Still a bit of a niggly headache and a few sniffles, but I woke up this morning feeling brighter than I have for a couple of weeks now and actually looking forward to getting back to work. I'm taking it slowly though and have rearranged a couple of workshops to give me a bit of space to ease back in over the next few days; I'm learning!
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