Jubilee Mad!

Hi Everyone,
The sun has sent me into some crazy proud-to-be-British mood as I seem to be going Jubilee crazy!
 I think also after realising I was the same age as my daughter when it was the Silver Jubilee in 1977 it has made me feel very nostalgic. I can remember getting an ice-cream cone and sitting on the banking at school in the sunshine dressed from head to toe in red, white and blue. I still remember that as the most amazing thing that ever happened at school. Then taking home a commemorative silver spoon was almost too much excitement! My daughter is getting a Jubilee lunch at school next week and I really hope they do the whole red, white and blue thing too. I think whatever happens there will be some fun flag waving going on here!

 

www.etsy.com/Jubilee Girl

Jenna Odie has kindly featured my Jubilee babygro on her lovely blog with lots of other cute stuff. Take a look at buyhandmadebritish.co.uk/jubilympics

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All the artwork and text on this blog are original and belong to SamMillerUK. They must not be copied, used or reproduced without the permission of the artist. Thank you.

Jubilee baby!

Hi, hope you like my new design for a Jubilee baby! I did the design a couple of weeks ago but after hearing lots of people were looking for Jubilee items on Folksy I thought I better get it out there and let people see it!
Now available on etsy and folksy!

I'm still loving this happy sunny sunny weather...days and days of glorious sunshine....aaaah!

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All the artwork and text on this blog are original and belong to SamMillerUK. They must not be copied, used or reproduced without the permission of the artist. Thank you.

Sun, sun, sun continued...

I really can't believe this weather is continuing. Me and A have always dreamt about moving to Lake Como and having an artists studio there...after we win the lottery of course! Or if my etsy sales go through the roof! Today it actually felt like we were there, but in fact we were just in our little sunny garden in Edinburgh. We spent the afternoon out there painting and then J came home from school and joined in. What a life.

This is really good news as well because A has been stuck behind a computer for way too long and needs to get back into his art again and today he really was inspired. It's amazing what years of nagging will do!

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All the artwork and text on this blog are original and belong to SamMillerUK. They must not be copied, used or reproduced without the permission of the artist. Thank you.

Sun, sun, sun!

Hi Everyone and hope you are enjoying the sun. I hope you are all getting some sun, we live in Scotland so we are usually the ones under the rain cloud on the weather maps so know how that feels! It's been so lovely for days it's kind of starting to freak me out a bit but I'm loving it. It makes me feel so bright and chirpy and ready for anything!

I'm sorry I haven't been writing much recently but it's been very busy...again! I've had some orders and some visitors staying and was creating my new site and Facebook page. I have also become involved in a couple of other ventures which I'm thrilled to be a part of and have been doing work setting them up. The main one is a new business I mentioned once before, Edinburgh Pop-Up Markets which I'm doing together with my very organised and very pro-active friend Lindsay Blakemore who also makes fantastic jewelery.

We will basically provide a craft-market with a range of stalls anytime, any place, anywhere depending what people would like and how big they would like it to be. I think it's going to be great as it means there will be new customers for stall-holders and new places for people to go and shop, and its all at no cost to the organisation, plus 10% of takings go to their chosen charity so I think it's great for everyone involved. Do look at our new facebook page and let me know what you think, or if you would like to be involved or have a place you would like us to come, do get in touch.

Yes last week was very exciting but I also felt a little bit overwhelmed with how much was going on, it feels weird now as it was a frantic rush and so much was happening all at once but now in the beautiful sunshine and back on top of things I am just happy that things are taking off and feel that this is all working out great!

Just thought I'd show you our family banner we made in the garden. J has taken it for show and tell today, unfortunately she had to carry that and her school bag and did trip on the way in, bless her, but she didn't cry and didn't let go of it!

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All the artwork and text on this blog are original and belong to SamMillerUK. They must not be copied, used or reproduced without the permission of the artist. Thank you.

Website Launch

My new website is ready and is now launched!

Please let me know what you think and to celebrate I am offering a 10% discount in my shop. Just enter the code WEBSITEFUN before midnight on the 20th May to take advantage of this offer.

The first 10 customers will also receive a totally exclusive one-off free gift each.
www.sammiller.org.uk/

I would like to say a big thank you to my technical boy A as I think a few hairs would have been pulled out without his help! Hope you enjoy looking. X


© Copyright  Sam Miller 2012

All the artwork and text on this blog are original and belong to SamMillerUK. They must not be copied, used or reproduced without the permission of the artist. Thank you.

Featured here, featured there...

My Princess has made it into 2 lovely treasuries today. Take a look, but be warned they may make you want lots of sweet things!!

See the treasury here by Kartinka
www.etsy.com/shop/KARTINKAshop
http://www.etsy.com/treasury//marshmallow
http://www.etsy.com/treasurypaints-of-summer by Katrine www.etsy.com/people/Gammalea

I have also found one of my images featured on another blog. http://kismamalondon.blogspot.co.uk/
It looks great but I must admit I don't know if it says anything good or bad about my picture, if anyone can translate that would be lovely.

It does feel so special for people to be choosing my work to show on their pages. I feel like my work is slowly spreading around the world and being admired and appreciated, just in a small way but it matters in a big way to me.

I am also really enjoying looking at different blogs and sites and have joined a few new groups. It's all very exciting but is usually all done in quick moments when I can sneak a minute or two to look, but there are a few people I'm starting to follow. I'll add more about them asap. Lots of other exciting news to come too but I'm afraid I do need my bed so it will all have to wait for now. Do please come back soon though ...my website launch is tomorrow and will come with a tiny fanfare and a few special treats!
Night nightX


© Copyright  Sam Miller 2012

All the artwork and text on this blog are original and belong to SamMillerUK. They must not be copied, used or reproduced without the permission of the artist. Thank you.

Blog about a blog!

I was really flattered this morning to get a message from Jenna Odie to let me know she had put my tooth fairy boxes on her blog! The page is at http://blog.buyhandmadebritish.co.uk/2012/05/tooth-fairy.html

It's a really lovely blog so do take a look and I say a big thankyou to Jenna.

I will be blogging myself properly in the next few days but things are going crazy... in a very good way and I feel SamMillerUK really is starting to take over a teeny tiny bit of the world!!

© Copyright  Sam Miller 2012

All the artwork and text on this blog are original and belong to SamMillerUK. They must not be copied, used or reproduced without the permission of the artist. Thank you.