A token to amazing women

Well, another bonkers week in the Moose studio...full of exciting meetings and new potential collaborations. More on those to come, we can't say much just now. Doodles left the studio to Ireland, the US and UK.

On a more personal note, I have been holding onto some gold jewellery from my late mum and grandma for many years, not knowing what to do with it. I don't really wear gold, but I did not want to throw it away or sell it. I decided to have to have it melted down and made into something I will wear, which I had done by a local jeweller. I now have a simple, beautiful bracelet that reminds me of the amazing women in my life and is a token to them and a keepsake that I will wear and treasure for many years to come.

Easter/Spring

Quick post....have been told I need to blog more, so despite many promises and not quite managing to maintain the momentum we are going to make sure that it is "good to talk". We will be here and on LucyMoose..twice a week..big promises I know, but we have so much to tell you guys....
Hope you enjoy!

Feb-tastic

Hey! We had such fun at Bubble in N.London. So good to be back in my old stomping ground & to see how things have changed, or not.
The trade fair was great and we had a great few days meeting new clients, potential customers and other designers and makers. I felt really privileged as I was next to such talented and fun people. In our wee group we had http://www.lettiebelle.com/ http://www.gigiandcompany.co.uk/ and http://www.isabee.co.uk/. I think by the last day we were making more noise than the rest of the hall put together!

Anyhoo...the New Year has started well and all is great in the Moose World. We have some new & exciting clients onboard and we are very excited about what 2013 has to bring. We will keep you updated.

I'm seeing Bubbles

Oh my, what a long time since the last post! Anyhoo, we are off to London tomorrow (snow permitting) to go to the fabulous Bubble trade fair. We will be creating an exciting display and hopefully meeting lots of lovely new faces and customers. Come and say hi!

Summer holidays

Well, it seems like a distant memory. I know the rest of the country is preparing to go back to school for the Autumn term, when we are heading into our third week....!
Anyway, we did have a lovely summer, with a week in Cornwall for the Jubilee week early on, a bit wet (that was a given everywhere this year), but much warmer than Scotland.
We had a week in London for the Olympics. This was the best fun and such an amazing opportunity for all of us. We saw handball, wrestling, Mo Farah & Tom Daley which meant we screamed, cried and Mexican waved. It really was an experience like no other and the atmosphere and organisation was superb.

 A trip to Brighton brought retail therapy, good food and Choccywoccydoodah and later in the week we caught up with friends from Chicago who were visiting the Cotswolds, and a fun trip to Giffords Circus, good food and chat.

Life has returned to our normal pace (whatever that is...full speed usually) and our southern sojourn a world away.....

Summer Catch Up

Life just scoots on by doesn't it and then you realise that you haven't blogged for a while! Things busy as usual for us here, with loads going on. We are near the end of our summer holidays, it still takes me by surprise, having come through the English school system, I still think it is August, returning in September, but August 15th everyone is back into the Autumn (!) term.
We have had a hectic time, Moose Towers still bustling with orders, and outside of that decorating in the Moose house, needle felting, print classes and trips away.

The panda is the first needlefelting experiment that G made, a great success, though he doesn't have legs (and I don't think he will gaining any). He has also made a selection of eyeballs (he has his mother's warped sense of fun) and I think a hare maybe next....

A quick snapshot into Lynsey Jean Henderson's studio where I did a day long screen print class. This is something I have been meaning to try again, as I last did it many moons ago at college. We were given a quick tutorial and then left to get on with printing with Lynsey giving advice where needed. It was great to experiment with colours, techniques and various designs on paper, fabric, T-shirts, bags or whatever we could lay our hands on....and get in a real mess too! Great fun.

We are currently away in the south of the country catching up with old friends and going to the Olympics, which we have been avidly listening to....more blogging about all of that on our return.

Olympic excitement

We had a great trip to see the Olympic torch and soak up the excitement that it's journey is generating. The kids got to come out of school early, then we travelled to Newburgh to see it's passing. It was a warm, busy and buzzing afternoon. So much fun for all who were there.

There is an annual scarecrow competition that takes place in the village, so trying to spot the characters hanging out of windows, from lampposts, sitting on benches added to the fun.
Life seems to get frantically busy before the long summer break, which is very soon upon us.....