An exciting new chapter
converting the garden
and Mr P’s office into Nice Places to Be.
.
Tomorrow is my first ever Cambridge Open Studio. Here’s where I’ll be sitting and making things as people drift in.
Here’s where visitors can try things on.
Here’s where they can sit in the sun for a minute or two. Just look at Mrs Bobo Bun’s crochet bunting. Delicious.
I’ve been visiting other studios round the county every July for nearly twenty years and always longed to be part of it. Around two hundred other workshops and special sheds will be open at the same time for artists to show their work and how it is made.
I’m thrilled to be joining in at last.
This is the view.
All I have left to do
is price up and put out the silveriness here tomorrow morning.
If you’re in Cambridgeshire I’d love to see you. If you don’t have a COS guide but want to come along, email me and I’ll send you directions.
BTW Pass the Book is now closed - I will be drawing the winners early next week. So many thanks for all the entries and charm ideas!
July 9th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
I can not be there as it is far too far to travel, but I so want to wish you well
July 9th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Hope you have a wonderful and successful time. Your garden and Mr P’s office look fantastic.
July 9th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
How lovely, a bit far from sunny Yorkshire for me
Good luck, not that you\’ll need it.
twiggy x
July 9th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
It all looks amazing. Good luck and hope you get lots of visitors. I just won’t be able to make it down there. Sorry.
July 9th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
How exciting! Everything looks very welcoming. Here’s hoping for lovely weather and a comfortable number of guests
July 9th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
It looks absolutely gorgeous, really welcoming and stylish. The very best of luck to you!
Kate
July 9th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
It all looks gorgeous! I hope you have a fantastic time! Lucy xxx
July 9th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
It is looking really lovely. I wish I could come and visit.
Have a wonderful time and really enjoy it.
Good luck!
Z xx
July 9th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Wow, it looks fantastic, very welcoming indeed, if I were able to visit I don’t think I’d want to leave!
The butterfly is very pretty.
I notice you have a Kaffe Fassett pansy bowl cushion, did you do the needlework yourself? I have the kit lurking in a corner somewhere, I was finding the background less than interesting to do, however, after seeing yours all lovely and complete I think I may go and dig it out…
Hope all goes well for you.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Hoorah!!! That all looks very very good indeedy. Sadly I won’t be coming as I have a little birthday to celebrate but I will think of you and all your visitors as I drink and eat in the sun. Have a lot of fun, Ax
July 9th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
That looks just perfect Emma!
I\\\’ll try to pop in either this w/e or in a couple of weeks. Maybe combining it with searching for the Lizard Orchids on the Devil\\\’s Dyke.
Hope you have loads of visitors/sales/fun!
Celia
xx
July 9th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
oh your photos look they’ve been torn out from country living! so pretty! fliss xxx
July 9th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
awesome butterfly, gorgeous mirror - hope it all goes well
July 10th, 2010 at 12:02 am
I hope it goes super well and you have lots of visitors.
The space looks amazing!
July 10th, 2010 at 4:13 am
What a fabulous way to promote artists and their wares. I hope lots of people stop by to enjoy the sunshine in your lovely garden.
July 10th, 2010 at 4:50 am
Oooh, the little scene by your studio is just beautiful. Love the pretty butterfly too. Good Luck this weekend — I hope you have a wonderful time!
July 10th, 2010 at 8:08 am
it looks truly amazing and utterly professional, wish it wasn\’t sooo far . have a wonderful day x
July 10th, 2010 at 8:16 am
It makes me want to just get on a train. I wish, I wish I could.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:40 am
That is wonderful and what an amazing retreat - only wish I lived closer or that we were visiting Cambridge this weekend….when is the next one?
Have a fabulous weekend,
Nina x
July 10th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
What a lovely post, Emma -all looks scrummy - and here’s wishing you a fun and successful weekend!
July 10th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Congrats and good luck! I LOVE the look of your studio!
July 10th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
As I write this I’m thinking of you surrounded by admiring visitors. It looks absolutely delightful. Your garden is a picture. The butterfly is beautiful and especially like the fact that the makers fingerprints appear just here and there preserved for posterity.
I wish you the happiest days.
July 10th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
What a stunning post! Everything looks sooooo inviting. Have the most wonderful, successful day meeting people. :O)
July 10th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Looks fabulous Emma, wish I wasn’t a zillion miles away otherwise I’d definitely be dropping by. Good luck!
July 10th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
It looks fantastic, truly wish I could visit. Hope you enjoy yourself loads.
July 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
I wonder how your first day went Emma. I bet it was wonderful. To walk through that beautiful garden to arrive at you busily creating would be a perfect way to spend a weekend.
Lisa x
July 11th, 2010 at 3:37 am
At last the glorious beach hut is revealed!! Stunning!
(And your hair looks cuter than ever. May I have it?)
July 11th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
it all looks amazing - hoping you have a brilliant day!!so wish i lived nearer!
xx
July 12th, 2010 at 10:04 am
I would love to move in to your garden studio - how about a lease? Beautiful and inspiring. Helen x
July 12th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Wow i love love love your little garden hideaway! I wish i lived near i would love to come and visit but i wish you lots of luck instead!
Its so nice to hav found your pretty little blog
Big Hugs
Gem
xxx
July 12th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
Who could fail to enjoy your beautiful garden and your gorgeous silver! I hope you had a great weekend. x
July 12th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
How absolutely gorgeous that all looks. I look forward to reader your blog about the day.
Hope it was a success.
xx
July 13th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
The very best of luck Emma!! You will do very well i\’m sure! I think our new \’shed\’ is like that .. unfortunately, only on the outside as Mr M lives on the inside and thereofre it\’s full of nasty boys things like oil, and nuts and bolts. . x
July 13th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Beautiful! What an idyllic setting. And well done for selling so much work Emma, it’s just the beginning of your success as a jewellery maker. It must have been an absolute pleasure for your visitors, wish I could have visited too. Love Vanessa xxx
July 14th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
It really looks beautiful Emma and I hope the open studio went really well - it’s lovely that you were able to join in - let us know if you plan to do it next year as I’d love to come and visit!
July 14th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
I so hope everything was fine and dandy-I can’t see how it could not be. Garden looks fabulous, as the jewellery always does. Emma.
July 19th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Sorry I missed it. It all looks fabulous, straight out of Country Living! Penny x
August 10th, 2010 at 12:19 am
Hi,
I used to live in Burwell, just outside of Cambridge. Now I live in Cornwall, otherwise I woud have definately popped along. Hope it all wnet well.