The Crafty Girl 0 Creative Websites

Isn't it refreshing when you get to someones blog, via another blog and through anouther. All of a sudden you reach somewhere in Cyberspace, not quite sute how you got there or even how you will ever get back. But, somehow all the reading makes the inspiration you find, all worthwhile. That's what happened this morning and http://thecrafty-girl.blogspot.com/ is well worth a look. I've added a link to my links page at the right and hope you find it inspiring too.
Also worth a look is http://www.violette.ca/ and in particular http://www.violette.ca/aboutme.html sounds like my kinda girl! How lucky are we to have the wonders of modern technology that we so often curse. Creative people sharing there knowledge, experience and most intimate inner selves with the outside world. Something I find totally refreshing in this mad and crazy take, take, take world.
Thank you to all those who share and make the world a brighter place.

Websites, websites and MORE websites

Well, as if one website not enough for anyone to keep track of, we are soon to launch another! We have bought another domain name, which will be separate to www.inspiredbyscript.
Tony and I decided that I needed somewhere totally separate from the calligraphy and creative bookbinding site to advertise the Pagan things we make. We have decided to add other Pagan friends work to the site also in a way of marketing their fantastic hand crafted goods. After deciding what the site would sell (Pagan Crafts) we were bemused to see that www.pagancrafts.co.uk was for sale! EXCELLENT!
And so it was born. This name is great as it is also searchable and we should be the number 1 Google search for ‘Pagan Crafts’ in no time.
We’ve encountered problems in our own site which hopefully will stop them occurring in our sister site. It’s a place to sell my Books of Shadows, Dream Journals, Fairy Doors and Pagan Greeting Cards, along with Wands, Cards, Cloaks, Jewellery and other scrummy things from other craftspeople.
At the moment I’m working on a logo for the business and will post my idea as soon as it’s finished. Meanwhile, here are some photos of the new Pagan Cards, taken from Pagan Chants….enjoy!

Updated Website

For all those who are keeping track of my website www.inspiredbyscript.co.uk this is a very quick email to let you know Tony and I were burning the midnight oil (again) to update the site with more photos. Can you believe I've had over 500 visitors since we opened it less than 4 weeks ago. Not bad for starters!

We've added to the Wedding invitations, framed and mounted pieces and also added some more concertina books.

News of a sister site will be posted here shortly!

To family and friends we're sorry we're neglecting you lately and we'll be back on track very soon.

Concertina Commissions

Last week I had a couple of Concertina Commissions. The first one in a sext red and black....very striking! and the second in more subtle lavenders and creams.

1st Commission from Website!

Well, the web site had only been up for just under 2 weeks and I got my forst commission. (Thanks Andrew). This is a canvas to gis wife who was due to give birth within the next day or so. As luck would have it the canvas was finished just before the safe arrival of their new baby daughter.

CONGRATULATIONS to them all!

And a couple more from the workshop

A couple more photos from the workshop
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Calligraphy at Eden Valley Scribes

The pictures above show some examples of the types of letters the students had to learn. Click on the photos for a larger image.

Well.....what a fantastic weekend. Only 9 out of the 12 members managed to make the meeting, but the enthusiasm of the group made up for it.
There were severe weather warnings on the net office website, but we went anyway. Well they did say that travel ONLY if you have to and we HAD to!
It was raining as we set off but only light and not too bad, but as we got to Scotch Corner roundabout neither myself or Tony could believe our eyes…the place was a white out! What a difference, but never the less VERY beautiful. All icing sugar white unspoilt but human intervention and not a soul on the road. Then at the end of the A66 back to green grass and fields. Weird.

The day went surprisingly well. The students embraced a totally new (for them anyway) style of writing. No x-height to worry about, no ruled lines and no boundaries. I hope a truly liberating experience for them.
There was a new starter Liz who had very little experience of calligraphy who seemed to do better than those who have for years struggled with the formality of calligraphy….which proved to me a little knowledge is sometimes a good thing.

My only regret is that we didn’t have longer to produce a finished piece of work and see the letters learnt in there entirety. Hopefully the students took away with them a new and fresh way to use these experimental letters as an exciting alternative and in conjunction with their more formal lettering.
Thank you to all at Eden Valley Scribes for their warm reception and constant cups of tea throughout the day. I had a wonderful time.