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Workshop at the ready!

Well it's been a loooonnnnnngggg day, I can barely keep my eyes open!

The workshop has been re-organised and we are much more organised!

I have three packing stations now!

1)  For gift wrap and first layer of Bubbles! - An old 60's sideboard I call the twin unit because the knobs on the drawers look like eyes and the handles on the cupboards look like mouths

2)  For box construction and filling - an old enamel table from the 50s we were given

3)  For labeling, documents and sealing  - the dresser, It's also home to tapes, cards, ribbons and anything else that might come in handy!

Then the parcels go onto my hostess trolley until we go to the post office!

This is Matt (hubby and general helper!) at Station 3, he's busy stringing 4000 gift tags, and he's still smiling!

Here's Phil

My sister Karen made him out of newspaper, I just love him! I'm hoping she'll make some more for my exhibition at the Poly later in the year

Boxes, Bubbles and more boxes!

The Green cupboard in the corner stores all the gift boxes and packaging that needs extra protection!

Some of my finished stock that's to be listed online and more white china!

 Cd player, glue, washing up liquid! all the essentials

Although I've just noticed from the photo, someones had my can of emergency beans!

You can see me in the door too!

Tools of the trade!

Tower of china!

Heat press, badge components! 

I wanted to put some nice tablecloths on but I just ran out of time! I might make some curtains for under the tables though to protect the stock 

Stock shelves! 

To the right is a mini corner of art by my children, to keep them entertained whilst I'm working I get them to design something for the "wall of fame" 

The sequin piece at the top is by my niece and there's a green witches hand with spiky nails that Eleanor drew when she was 3, we went through a wizard of Oz phase and then it all got too scary! 

The little pine unit has a toy basket and a food shelf stuffed with biscuit tins and sweets (won't last long I'm sure!) I might have stolen one of my Beach Hut Tea towels too!

When I first planned the workshop it had funky wallpaper, a huge mood board that could be ever changing, pigeon wall lights, a sofa, coffee table, maybe a log burner, fluffy rugs and bean bags, glass cupboards full of fabric..............in reality it's whatever you can get hold of that does the job!

I'll pocket those dreams for the next re-fit! Hope you enjoyed seeing what I've been up too! It's been fun!

Do let me know what you think? 

Where did January go?

How fast did January go!?

What have I been up to......................................

Creating Birds 

Sketches to work out the colours

This was harder than I thought and I discovered patterns on the birds that I'd never noticed before

 The finished Blue tit

 Green finch

 Song thrush

They are packed in little gift boxes filled with nesting and will be added to the website for late spring

New Camera

My lovely new camera has given me some lovely lifestyle shots which I hope to slowly update on my website

The new Sheep design

I've been creating further pieces for my Sheep collection, my favourite piece is the butter dish, it's so practical and you can use them to store olives and grapes, I have 4 now.

Booking shows and Exhibitions

For February we've booked the Made with love fair at Exeter Castle 

Easter shows include one at Gweek, Cornwall

Following my success at Christmas, I have booked the Poly in Falmouth again. We are there in October and December this year, just need to think of a title for my exhibition now!

We are also doing our first ever trade fair right up in Yorkshire!

We have also been accepted at the Country Living Fair in London at Christmas! 

For further updates and details of fairs please visit my website www.lauraleedesigns.co.uk

New Catalogue

I've wanted to do a mail order brochure for years and I've finally allocated the time to spend on it! I'm creating it on paint.net which is proving to be a nightmare, a graphic designer and computer whiz, I am not!

We are compiling a list of people who would like a copy when it arrives (should be April ) so do email me at laura@lauraleedesigns.co.uk to get your copy reserved!

Galleries and Shops

Great news was that the shop in LA I stocked at Christmas did really well and will be ordering again soon, I was so thrilled as they don't normally do well with their pottery lines, but now only have a few of my pieces left! Hurrah!

If you know anyone who might be interested in stocking my range do let me know, we are always looking to expand my outlets.

Workshop

Undergoing a huge re-fit in the workshop, and I'm hoping to host an open studio again this year, I'll share some fab photos soon!

Thank you so much for visiting, and for those of you that enjoyed the history lesson, I thought I continue that through the year. I've discovered an old archive of designs which could be interesting?