This is the Lulu Makes Things stall at st George's Market belfast!
Bunting, photos, signs and lots of other lovelies!!
Also finally have the website and facebook up and running now too!! :)
Full steam aheadddd!!!
Www.lulumakesthings.co.uk
Www.facebook.com/lulumakesthings
Go take a peek!
I cannot believe January is almost over!! Valentine's day is just around the corner so I've been creating some new products for my stall at st George's Market in Belfast!
I don't care if valentines has become a marketing ploy or over commercialised, it's still one of my favourite days!
My husband and I always buy each other little gifts and tell each other we love the other every single day so perhaps we are a soppy pair, but I love the opportunity to tell him how much he means to me! Jeepers just typing that I see how much of a sop I am haha!
Well anywho, I love valentines but I dislike buying shop tat and always look for something personal. I kept this in mind when coming up with my new ideas.
I created a love jar, filled with little cards to pop a personal message on. Each card has a little heart cut out and the jar also has heart shaped confetti in the bottom.
The other little cutie is a message in a bottle. It contains a little card to write your own message and contains a little crystal heart.
I made one for a bride too because realistically who wouldn't want a little message in a bottle on any special occasion!
I loved making these so hopefully my customers love them too!
I confess....I am a brainstorming addict!! My handbag is filled with list after list of ideas, designs and to do lists!
During down time at the market it's the first thing I do. Grab a pen and any scrap paper I can put my hand on and start scribbling! It's probably my most favourite thing to do in the world to write a lovely list!
This week I officially launched Lulu Makes Things! The website is good to go and Facebook is now up too! Very nerve wracking to put your work out there but thankfully I have a lot of lovely people in my life to like the page instantly so made it much less harrowing!
Now all I have to do is narrow down the gazillion ideas I have so they all fit at the stand! A daunting task but definitely high on the to do list for this week!
I love making new things :)
Christmas is upon us once again! It crept up like a cat on a field mouse this year!! I've been flat out with work and the stall at the market so haven't had as much time for Christmas shopping. Probably no bad thing seeing I usually over-buy everyone haha!
This Christmas has been busy but now t in the same sense as my usual Christmas experience. In my previous job I would have been stressed to the hilt making sure all customers had their orders, brides had their albums, all bills were paid, the offices were tidied and locked up and staff all got paid in time. this year was pretty much stress free and that in itself is one of the best Christmas gifts I could have wished for.
I haven't been pulling 12 hour shifts, I haven't woken to the feeling of dread at having to face whatever mood my old boss would have been in, I haven't had to deal with the aforementioned boss ordering the wrong frames or not caring if customers orders were right and having to deal with the aftermath.
This year has had so many ups and a hideous amount of downs but has gladly ended on a happy note with my new job being made permanent and my little business becoming an increasingly big business!!
I am so excited for what 2014 will bring and will quite happily say farewell to 2013 as some of the sorrows it brought can never be quashed.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night x
So things have been a tad chaotic of late!! The good news is that it's in the best way possible, the bad news is I don't get time to blog about it haha!!
My new job is going really well! I'm happy, I work with great girls and am pretty much stress free!! It's only when you move away from a stressful situation that you realise the seripus effect it was having. I don't meam just during work time either. My entire family have noticed a massive change in me since changing job. I'm "back to my old self" as my mum keeps telling me. Hate the fact that I let a job effect every aspect of my life. Never again!
The market stall has been going from strength to strength each week! We're at st George's Market every Sunday now selling bunting, signage and all manner of things that can be made from Hama beads!
I've signed up for a few Christmas craft fairs in December so really looking forward to those! It's such a great feeling when someone buys one of my designs or photographs, especially when they're visiting from a different country. Pretty cool to think something I made will be adorning someone's home, sometimes on the other side of the planet!
My lovely friend got married in Florida in September, so for her home party of course I had to make some special bunting as well as a tonne of mini cupcakes. I also made her a giant cupcake....which sort of collapsed so we'll just pretend that didn't happen haha!
All in all I'm having a pretty good time!! I'm flat out but so grateful to be working and really excited that my little budiness is starting to take off!!
Hopefully after the rough awl ride that was 2013, 2014 will bring only good things!
