tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44934691661179591142024-03-13T08:07:37.013-07:00T&M Arts and CraftsI make jewellery and mosaics, I shape silver spirals which I match with semi precious gemstones, or you can have a plain silver spiral necklace (in silver plated, sterling or fine silver), which has often been compared to the one Dr Alice Roberts wears.
Mark is an artist who is inspired by colour and nature. He is known for his intricate spirally tree and animal designs.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225583532253948757noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493469166117959114.post-12114898662909967612018-05-13T12:20:00.001-07:002018-05-13T12:22:20.818-07:00Spirales d'argent<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My jewellery has taken on a bit of a new image and re-vamp lately. With a new name and logo. You can still find it on our website under the "parent" name of<a href="https://www.tandm-artsandcrafts.co.uk/tandmartsandcraftsshop/cat_691969-Jewellery.html" target="_blank"> T&M Arts and Crafts</a> (where you will also still find Mark Betson's artwork) now under its new name, this is to make it all a bit more sexier!<br />
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The other big change is that it is now solely only available online via the <a href="https://www.tandm-artsandcrafts.co.uk/tandmartsandcraftsshop/cat_691969-Jewellery.html" target="_blank">T&M website</a>, my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SpiralesDargent" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a> or my <a href="https://folksy.com/shops/spiralesdargentjewellery" target="_blank">Folksy shop</a>.<br />
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You can still find my best selling silver spiral necklaces and also a selection with my favourite gemstones. And now you can use option boxes to choose what silver grade you would like it made in (silver plated, 925 sterling silver or 99.99% fine silver) all from one listing, so there's no more having to scroll through endless listings to find what you want.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225583532253948757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493469166117959114.post-6123082220983946372016-08-23T09:10:00.000-07:002016-08-23T09:10:27.198-07:00Sidmouth Folk Week<div style="text-align: center;">
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We attended Sidmouth Folk Week again this year as traders on the sea front, this time we planned to do all 8 days, so we were at a different end of the promenade to last last year. (Sandwiched in between two great other traders).</div>
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We had some highs and lows during the week, with the biggest low being Monday's weather, despite turning up and setting up with a few other traders, it soon became clear that the rain was going to get worse not better and when it started to find its way inside the gazebo we knew at 1pm it was time to give up. Our neighbours stuck it out tho, shutting themselves in and working in their workshop. They said at 5.30 they saw the funniest thing, a group of Morris dancers were determined not to loose their spot despite the weather and lack of spectators, they danced in the rain as if there was no tomorrow! Luckily not every day was like Monday, we had some stunning days.</div>
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We had a very successful and enjoyable week, if only it was every other week! We are already looking forward to next year and are planning on making some big changes, some of which we will start to implement over the coming months in preparation.</div>
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Most of the time we had calm beautiful seas.</div>
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Selling my big mosaic on the Tuesday, was one of my big successes.</div>
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The secret of trading on the seafront, is be prepared for all weathers, I go with 2 set of weights and plenty of gazebo sides, even for the front in case the sea mist comes in and keep everything in plastic boxes, because when it rains - it rains!!</div>
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For the most part of the week, Mark was working at his "normal job" (so I had Hazel to help me), but he did manage to take the last day off so that he could join me, this has made him excited about how we can improve on the last two years and make our third year at Sidmouth bigger and better. See you next year Sidmouth.</div>
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We finished the week with Nunney and Tyntesfield, making it a gruelling 10 days but well worth it and just how I love it!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mark and I are working hard behind the scenes to bring a new product to our collection. T-shirts and bags.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These will have Mark's specially designed mandala drawings screen printed onto the fabric. This has meant we are learning a whole new craft, which is very exciting and we hope to have cotton shopper tote bags by late summer and the t-shirts by the Autumn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mark is aiming to have about a dozen different designs which will be printed onto a selection of different colour and sized t-shirts, to give us a stock for events. But we also intend to print to order, so you can select your colour t-shirt and size with the design of your choice.</span></div>
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The Tigress</div>
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Green Parrot and Puffin</div>
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Click <span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/mark-betson.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></span> to go to our NEW Fine Art America store. More images will be uploaded soon.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225583532253948757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493469166117959114.post-9926771105759754962016-01-29T01:57:00.002-08:002016-01-29T02:20:22.355-08:00My goodness me January has flown by!!I can't believe January is nearly over!
I've only been out a couple of times this month (St Nicks market in Bristol), as there isn't much point battling with the weather this time of year.<br />
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So instead I have been preparing for the next year.
I have booked up some new and exciting events as well as returning to my old favourites, this is an ongoing list and will change a bit as the year progresses, but you can start to get some ideas of where you can find me, on our<a href="http://www.tandm-artsandcrafts.co.uk/tandmartsandcraftseventspage.html" target="_blank"> events</a> page.
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I have been playing with some new ideas, some with not a lot of success, so I may not continue (what I did make, I will list on my<a href="https://folksy.com/shops/TandMArtsandCrafts" target="_blank"> Folksy</a> tho), it was fun having a go however. I was attempting to make and use air dry clay. This was a home made recipe using cornflour, pva glue, baby oil and lemon juice, which you mixed all together, heated up in the microwave and after getting in a really sticky mess, it eventually comes together into a dough. I then used cutters to make hearts and flowers, some I left plain and then painted, some I pushed in some glass pebbles and beads and some I laid lace across and then using a rolling pin made a pattern. After drying for a couple of days, I attached a ribbon. They can be used for gift tags. They are never going to make my million tho!<br />
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Mostly this month however I have been having a massive sort out, I have moved my work area out of the studio and into a new workshop at the back of the barn. And I have been going through all of our "stuff", I now have a big pile of "stuff" to take to a car boot sale with the children when the weather improves.
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Mark's been his usual busy, creating a new range of greeting cards, just in time for Valentines day and Mothers day. All available on our <a href="http://www.tandm-artsandcrafts.co.uk/tandmartsandcraftsshop/cat_713775-Quick-search-for-Greeting-Cards.html" target="_blank">online shop</a>. The original designs will be available too.</div>
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I have to share this bit of news!<br />
Our son decided 5 months ago to stop dedicating his time playing football and learn a new skill, so he picked up Mark's acoustic guitar (that he bought about 12 years ago but never got around to learning) and started teaching himself. And he's actually quite good! On Saturday we went to a second hand music shop and he bought himself an electric guitar. He wants to get good enough to apply for a buskers license and start earning some money in Taunton, so watch this space! And the video below!!<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD1c1dS9e7Y&feature=youtu.be"></a><br />
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We have both made a New Years resolution this year to increase our online profiles, through blogs, videos, our website and our social media. Sometimes it will be work related and sometimes it might just be us being a little bit silly or just showing you how we relax as artists, what we are interested in and what irritates us!</div>
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I'm still deciding where and what events I will be attending during 2016, I will be reviewing the past years events, the successes and the failures and coming up with a whole new calender. Some of last years will be present again, such as The Castle Green in Taunton, Sidmouth Folk Festival, Glastonbury Frost Fair, Wedmore Street Fair and after Decembers success in Bristol I will be found again on St Nicholas Market on Wine Street again, starting as soon as January 9th.</div>
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I'm also looking at lots of new events such as Lyme Regis, Priddy, Priston, Chagstock and South Petherton Folk festivals and lots more. So keep an eye on my events pages on my website for when they get booked and confirmed.</div>
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Unfortunately (for us) at the moment those plans are on hold until the children have grown up, being 16 and 14 they no longer share our dream of living in France so Mark and I are having to wait. In the meantime tho, it means we can do work to the house to get it ready.</div>
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So eventually when the children have fled our nest, we will be also fleeing it and moving to France!</div>
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Where we intend to take the business that I have been nurturing for the past 6 years and expand it. We would like to turn one of the barns into a craft centre where we will expand on our own crafts so that we can run workshops and holidays. We will have some sort of holiday accommodation, whether this will be shepherds huts, yurts, a converted barn or just tents will depend on our finances.</div>
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The house is located in an ideal spot for tourists, being on route 3 cycle route from Mont Saint Micheal to Paris and the town has a very rich history. During the war the Americans fought hard to keep the Germans at bay, to the point that the Germans pushed the Americans to the top of the hill behind our house only to be pushed back down again. Unfortunately for the town tho this meant that a lot of it was bombed and flattened to the ground. (Hence one of our barns being the last remaining building built after the war to house the town folk - possibly). Our house possibly was also one of the ones bombed during the war as the cellar looks original and the upper part newly built. I like the idea tho that the Germans occupied our house whilst pushing the Americans up the hill! One day I intend to buy the book about our town to fully learn its history.<br />
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We have many other business ideas for the property as well as being as self sufficient as possible, growing our own fruit and vegetables in the veg garden and harvesting from our many fruit and nut trees in the orchard. I am hoping that one day we will also have goats, chickens, sheep and weaners to bring the place alive and provide us with meat, eggs and milk, so that we can then go on to make our own produce to sell at market with our crafts.</div>
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So you see France is a very big part of our lives and our future. Our elderly French neighbours are our inspiration, the fact that they are in their 80's yet every time we visit we have to go down to the cave to see his massive strimmer! And his wood store is something to marvel at, we are also very envious of his wood burning central heating and hot water system!</div>
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This month our visit concentrated on that all important vegetable garden, over the years it has got neglected and the leylandi hedge was too big to stay (I didn't want it sucking all the nutrients from the ground anyway), so this week that was removed as well as half an acre of brambles that sent out long ten drills into the orchard and up the apple trees. As well as some other tidying up and bonfires, it was a busy week. Now we are able to get to the apple trees so we can give them some much needed surgery in the spring.<br />
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Luckily the new gazebo arrived on time and we were a bit more prepared for the next day, which was a good job as the Saturday was a lot busier, with the Sunday even busier. I did find it too busy tho and this did effect sales a bit as people were too focused on getting down to the next entertainment. So I found Monday was our busiest and best day.</div>
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Including a lovely sale of an original painting, which made Mark extremely happy!</div>
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Thursday I was at the Honiton Show, which although was quieter than the previous 2 years, it was still a successful day.</div>
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And then back to Sidmouth for the last day. Once a year I give myself a week from Hell and although it was 8 days in a row (the longest I have ever done) it was bearable, in fact quite pleasant.</div>
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I had my little helpers with me, taking it in turns (I did do Tuesday and Wells on my own). In quiet periods we would take it in turns to look out to sea, which on hot days was very inviting. I happened to snap a picture of Hazel one day, which I then played with on my phone, which gave me an idea, so I took one of Jack (and he took one of me). You will have to wait and see what the idea is!!</div>
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We left home at 5pm for the 12.30 crossing. Our only hold up was just before Stonehenge, where we crawled along for 45 minutes and eventually passed a terrible crash which included 3 cars and a land rover ambulance, after that it was an easy drive all the way to Dover where we arrived with plenty of time to spare.</div>
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We stopped for a few hours sleep and then continued our journey to the house, arriving at about 10.30am. Sunday was spent resting as the journey does take it out of us and once the house is set up for our stay we do try to just chill for a bit so that we can plan and start with all our energy the next day.</div>
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I had already cleaned off one of the outside walls and half painted it in June, so another coat of paint was added, I then had to clean all the ivy roots off the end wall which was a real pain. While I was doing this Mark had stripped a row of tiles off the wall in the sun room (we were going to leave them but they served no purpose and were already coming away from the wall so it didn't take much to encourage them all off) and sanded it down for a coat of paint. </div>
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He then moved into the toilet to take off all the creppie (which we now call "crappie creppie") it had gone mouldy in the 3 years we left the house locked up. It was a horrible job for him as it needed to be sanded off, so locked in the smallest room in the house on one of the hottest days was not easy, but eventually he got it down to how it was when I had stripped it of the orange and brown 60's floor to ceiling wallpaper. Ready for me to paint.</div>
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During this time Mark had decided it was time for all the battleship grey tiles in the kitchen to go, which created lots of mess. Many many holes were filled, sanded and prepared in the kitchen and then I painted, while Mark put up panelling which he then painted in a colour we decided we just had to have!</div>
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One morning we got up to find a red squirrel nut hunting in the tree next to our kitchen window, which soon became a bit of an obsession with us, trying to catch the perfect picture and video. During the next week we soon realised that nothing was going to stop her collect her nuts, even if I was painting outside or Mark was drilling in the kitchen, still she would collect her nuts.</div>
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Ironically talking to my sister on facebook about how we should be careful we both don't over do it (she is also working on her house) and how we may be working by 8.30am we do stop at dinner time. The next day, I couldn't move! The night was spent, awake, with Mark snoring next to me and what felt like someone trying to chop my head off with a blunt axe! After 7 days of continuous painting, I had pulled what felt like every muscle in my neck. After a very painful trip to the pharmacie (as we had neglected to bring any pain killers with us) I was then loaded up with strong painkillers and muscle rub. Mark very kindly pulled an armchair out on to the balcony and I spent the day snoozing and reading while he carried on working.</div>
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In the meantime Mark had made good progress on the panelling, which now all had their first coat of paint and had started (until he ran out of materials) the ceiling.</div>
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Too fast too soon the last day had come and it was time to finish up. I finished glossing the last windows, cleaned the outside of the sun room and started putting everything away, while Mark fixed some corrugated panels that had blown off the barn roof, put some struts in the roof where it is sagging, finished off the strimming and cleared some more brambles, scrapped some of the moss off the roof, checked the drains and fixed the chimney.</div>
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We had an easy drive home with some excellent views of the sun coming up. I was dreading the the crossing back, but again it was fine, security checks took a little longer than normal, but as we usually travel at night not at lunch time and it was August that could be normal. We did decide tho that crossing in August at the height of tourist season on one of the hottest days of the month was not an experience we intend to repeat!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And see all of Mark's paintings in the studio gallery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Visit the <a href="http://www.tandm-artsandcrafts.co.uk/page_2966861.html" target="_blank">website</a> to find out more</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225583532253948757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493469166117959114.post-57161392096513115462015-06-04T04:41:00.001-07:002015-06-04T04:41:29.655-07:00Our Trip to France May 2015<div style="text-align: center;">
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May was the month for us to take a sneaky week out and pop over to our house in Normandy, not for a holiday tho, it was very much a working week. It was mainly to give the garden a tidy up again, but inevitably we also did other stuff too.</div>
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This time we travelled Newhaven to Dieppe which is a new one for us (we have done most of the crossings over the last 12 years!). It wasn't a particularly sociable crossing at 11pm. Mark thought I was ridiculous wanting to take on the boat blankets and pillows, so we only ended up with two pillows. Jack and I started off on the "reclining" chairs and Mark as always disappeared to find somewhere quiet (which ended up on a chair with his head on the table under his coat!). But after an hour Jack and I decided we had numb bums and ended up laying on my big cardie. After waking in the morning, we saw how everyone else was sleeping, I promised us all that I would come more prepared on the return journey!</div>
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Arriving at the house was a little sad and we all shed a little tear, its hard to get over and every time we do it seems we are taking two steps forward and one step back. The house needed cleaning again and the garden was even more overgrown.</div>
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But in my true fashion, I got on with it, whipping a cloth and a broom around the bedrooms and making up the beds soon made it look like home again and it wasn't long before we were sitting at the kitchen table with our traditional lunch of baguette and cheese and discussing our plan of action. </div>
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Our lovely neighbour had already very kindly cut the main bit of grass around the house, so this just left Mark to finish it off, cutting as short as he could around the barn walls with his strimmer. And once I had whipped round the kitchen and bathroom, we were already feeling much better.</div>
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We made the decision that we are fed up of coming over and seeing the hedges in such a state and as our intention has always been to remove them one day, we decided that one day would be that day, as we cant have a bonfire in France until the winter tho we only cut back the vegetable patches hedge on the drive side, which as it was now 3 meters over was getting a bit ridiculous! and then as I hate the privet hedge behind the kitchen we just hacked at that a bit to keep it back - the rest will all come out on our November trip (when we will also do work on the apple trees, brambles and anything else that's got out of hand!).</div>
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It wasn't all work and no play. We often would be working by 8.30/9am but we stopped at 6 for dinner and then we played risk and settlements (I am a bit of a champion at settlements!). We took ourselves up the hill to the chapel and view. On Wednesday we went to St Hilaire market and then went onto see our friends (who we have known since we first visited on holiday - it was their cottage we rented), they now have a welsh cob horse which I am very envious, he is exactly what I would like to have (when we eventually move over) to ride and drive. </div>
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We found out from our neighbours who said he has a friend who is doing research in the area. And he thinks that our wooden barn is a bit special. During the war a lot of the town was bombed flat. Temporary buildings were built on farms outside the town to house families while their houses were being rebuilt. He thinks our barn is the last remaining "house" in the whole of France!!</div>
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Our last day was spent coming up with a huge list of things we want to crack on with when we return in August for two weeks, including meeting a builder to get some of the bigger jobs sorted. We have decided we are going to change the laundry room into the main bathroom (this will involve us blocking up the kitchen door, cutting a door way into the toilet wall and reducing the toilet wall by half and then filling in with glass tiles, then fitting a shower where the washing machine was by the previous owners, this way we don't need to muck about too much with the plumbing), then we will change the bathroom into a 3rd bedroom, this way we can delay having to make more space in the loft for when the children want to visit with their families (when they come...). We have been taking over Mark's parents old kitchen in bits, so soon we will have a functioning kitchen, so in August we need to repair the ceiling, clear the old tiles and paint the walls in preparation. We have one bedroom which has a mould problem due to the plaster we used, but after a little investigating, we realised this can just be sanded off, the lounge has a few cracks that need filling and then it can be painted. So its getting there.</div>
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I have been preparing for a Vintage Car show I have on Sunday and so have had a go at a couple of vintage vehicles to take with me. I'm hoping this will be greeted with open arms by two lucky new owners.</div>
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I have also been working on, as ever, increasing my stock of jewellery, as one of our best selling products this sometimes seems like a never ending task. I am often seen at market spiralling my spirals ready to put with gemstones at home or I am sat in front of the telly making Tree of Life pendants. Finishing off my spiral necklaces tends to be a bit noisy tho as each spiral has to to be hammered to help keep its shape, so I have to do this when everyone else is out the house otherwise I am moaned at!!</div>
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And there seems to be no stopping Mark and his painting. His latest one is a bit of a rescue job, as I found it half finished in a cupboard in the studio. He decided to pick it up again and finish it, however the only part that is the same is the shape of the tree! He completely changed the background and foreground. I think this one is quite a masculine tree (quite unusual for Mark, a lot of people cant believe his work is done by a man). The tree in this painting is based on his hand.</div>
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We think these canvas prints are of an excellent quality and are (almost) as good as the originals, available in different sizes as wrapped canvas prints.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225583532253948757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493469166117959114.post-2256700172792642642015-04-06T02:05:00.001-07:002015-04-06T02:05:15.992-07:00April With the Easter bank holiday weekend nearly over, it's back to work, we had a lovely afternoon with a joint effort Sunday lunch with my parents (who live next door) and Mark's parents who were down for the weekend.<div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225583532253948757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493469166117959114.post-20980231720300841642015-04-02T01:03:00.003-07:002015-04-02T01:03:50.307-07:00Easter WeekendI am now loving the fact that after 3 weeks of working on it I have now finished what I needed to do to the website to hopefully get it up to speed - for now!!<br />
I'd love to receive some comments on what you think <a href="http://www.tandm-artsandcrafts.co.uk/">www.tandm-artsandcrafts.co.uk</a><br />
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So what to do now?<br />
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Well I have been banned from making mosaics in the sunroom as that is where the cats sleep (on their very own sofa!!!) and Marks worried all the little shards of glass will get in their feet (quite rightly) so I have to move into the studio - which is fine in the summer!<br />
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We have Marks parents coming to stay this weekend as its Easter so its a good time to give the house a spring clean!<br />
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The wind has been a bit of a nuisance this week, with two markets cancelled, but hopefully we have seen the worst now and things will start to settle a bit, although Wednesday at Wells was eventful this week with market umbrellas flying in the wind - luckily not mine as I had taken extra weights, phew!<br />
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Mark is busy painting away his next painting which will come with a little surprise!!<br />
Here's a sneaky peek!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225583532253948757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493469166117959114.post-33309925639973020972015-03-20T14:13:00.003-07:002015-03-20T14:13:39.257-07:00I have done something a little StrangeOver the last week and over the next week or so, I am doing a massive over hall of the website, all the technical stuff!<br />
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In an attempt to speed it up, I have removed the old blog from the website, but first I put all the old posts on here, so you can still read all we have got up to on our journey in our business.<br />
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With the help of <a href="http://www.cosmic.org.uk/" target="_blank">Cosmic</a>, Rockfish and the <a href="http://www.business-supportsw.com/" target="_blank">Heart of South West Business Support</a>, I hope to make a faster more improved website for you to enjoy.<br />
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<a href="http://www.tandm-artsandcrafts.co.uk/">www.tandm-artsandcrafts.co.uk</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225583532253948757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493469166117959114.post-25041153177539945572015-03-20T14:01:00.001-07:002015-03-20T14:01:27.651-07:00Mark's next 3 paintings!<div data-mce-style="text-align: center;" style="color: #757575; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">
Tree 19, 20 and Corn Fields</div>
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Over the last couple of months Mark has been busy working on 4 paintings, he tends to switch between them depending on what mood he is in and which one is working best for him at the time. One he got hooked on and that was the first to be finished.</div>
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We don't tend to come up with fancy names for his paintings, I just number them so that when I am selling cards and prints at market I can write in my book quickly between customers which ones I have sold. So I now know this one as Tree 19.</div>
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The next one to be finished was an interesting one, because it was a combination of his old style and his new style, which we intend to do prints of in 2 ways, the first being the entire picture and the second will just be a square of the bottom half as we think this will make an interesting image in its own right!</div>
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This painting is known as Corn Field</div>
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The third painting is also slightly different in that he has included something else with his usual tree, he's not one to paint people and animals as there is a certain amount of accuracy needed in portraits which Mark does not like the constraints attached to them, but I am loving this Stag!</div>
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I call this one Tree 20 but Mark calls it Woodland Stag!</div>
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I am just waiting for the postman to deliver the new prints of these paintings, unfortunately they came when we were out so they took them away again! So hopefully they will arrive over the next couple of days then I can get them made up ready for the <a data-mce-href="http://www.bhba.org.uk" href="http://www.bhba.org.uk/" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;" target="_blank">Castle Green market</a> on Saturday.</div>
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He started the next painting this weekend and he is promising big surprises with this one!</div>
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Mark is also working on setting up his own website, exclusively just for his artwork. I will let you know when its published.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225583532253948757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493469166117959114.post-39903187518110967312015-03-20T14:00:00.003-07:002015-03-20T14:00:42.808-07:00Workshops and Worksheets<div style="color: #757575; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
This month I have been working on putting together some workshops which will run throughout the year at our studio. I am also working on some worksheets, so if you cant attend one of my workshops (because you live too far away for instance) then you can download a worksheet which will have step by step guide with photos on how to make various things.</div>
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At the moment I am concentrating on jewellery making, but we do intend to do art workshops and sheets and mosaics as well as some others, so watch this space!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225583532253948757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4493469166117959114.post-35138456068015465472015-03-20T14:00:00.001-07:002015-03-20T14:00:04.602-07:00January 2015<div data-mce-style="text-align: center;" style="color: #757575; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">Often it is too windy and wet for my gazebo to protect me and my stock to come out trading, but I will if I can! So hopefully the weather wont be too mean to us and you can find me on the <a data-mce-href="http://www.bhba.org.uk" href="http://www.bhba.org.uk/" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;" target="_blank">Castle Green in Taunton</a> and sometimes at <a data-mce-href="http://www.somersetfarmersmarkets.co.uk/markets/wells/" href="http://www.somersetfarmersmarkets.co.uk/markets/wells/" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;" target="_blank">Wells Street market</a>. Hopefully however by March when things have all calmed down I will be out trading properly again, weekly and you can add <a data-mce-href="http://www.mendip.gov.uk/markets" href="http://www.mendip.gov.uk/markets" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;" target="_blank">Glastonbury</a> to the regular weekly events list, I will try to keep my <a data-mce-href="/tandmartsandcraftseventspage.html" href="https://login.create.net/tandmartsandcraftseventspage.html" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;">events</a> pages up to date so you can at least check if I'm going to be somewhere before you venture out!! I will highlight it in blue if I'm coming.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">I'm not sure how I am going to play this year, as a lot of the larger events I went to last year were a little disappointing for one reason or another, I am also considering getting a "proper job" as we need to earn a bit extra to get our roof in France completed!!</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">Ideally I would like to find something part time a few days a week so that I can stick to my regular markets with a few extras added in, so hopefully I will be able to continue with <a data-mce-href="http:www.bhba.org.uk" href="http://www.bhba.org.uk/" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;" target="_blank">Castle Green Taunton with the BHBA</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://www.somersetfarmersmarkets.co.uk/markets/wells/" href="http://www.somersetfarmersmarkets.co.uk/markets/wells/" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;" target="_blank">Glastonbury and Wells Street Markets</a> and <a data-mce-href="https://www.facebook.com/SeatonArtisanMarket" href="https://www.facebook.com/SeatonArtisanMarket" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;" target="_blank">Seaton Artisan Market</a>. I am also applying this year for <a data-mce-href="http://www.rcas.org.uk/redland-fair" href="http://www.rcas.org.uk/redland-fair" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;" target="_blank">Redlands Street Fair</a> on May 4th, maybe <a data-mce-href="http://ilminsterexperience.co.uk/" href="http://ilminsterexperience.co.uk/" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;" target="_blank">Illminster Mid Summer Experience</a> on 6th June (but this clashes with Seaton and Taunton so not sure which yet), maybe <a data-mce-href="http://www.woodbiz.co.uk/fp.php?id=1470" href="http://www.woodbiz.co.uk/fp.php?id=1470" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;" target="_blank">Blackdown Hills Woodland Fair</a> on the 20th, I am considering seeing if I can get onto <a data-mce-href="http://www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk/" href="http://www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk/" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;" target="_blank">Sidmouth Folk week</a> (maybe a few selected days in the week), <a data-mce-href="http://louismiles.net/silverton/" href="http://louismiles.net/silverton/" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;" target="_blank">Silverton Street Market</a> (again clashes with others so a decision will need to be made), <a data-mce-href="http://www.bhba.org.uk" href="http://www.bhba.org.uk/" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;" target="_blank">Honiton Show</a> with the BHBA is a must on the 6th August! and <a data-mce-href="http://www.draytonsomerset.co.uk/#/drayton-street-fair/4547905062" href="http://www.draytonsomerset.co.uk/#/drayton-street-fair/4547905062" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;" target="_blank">Drayton Street Fair</a> on the 29th. I am also considering perhaps coming to <a data-mce-href="http://www.bristol.gov.uk/nav/st-nicholas-markets" href="http://www.bristol.gov.uk/nav/st-nicholas-markets" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;" target="_blank">Bristols St Nicholas Market</a> (if I can get on) once a month, maybe the 3rd Saturday of the month. And that is as far as I have got this year!</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">So back to what I will be doing over the next couple of months, well mainly staying warm!!</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">This month is my "get myself sorted" month, so its boring stuff like account updating, getting spreadsheets ready for the next year and making sure the website is all up to date, Yes there is a boring side to being a crafter!!! Its not all make make make!!</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">But I will be making some stuff too, I hope to be able to launch a new product (one we have been meaning to do for ages but never really get around to it), Mark and I will both be doing our own spin on them, hopefully they will emerge ready for Valentine's and Mother's Day.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">I also have a list of things as long as my arm to complete for the next busy season, but that's all boring house stuff, and hopefully if the rains dont come and I don't have to build an ark this year I can get out on the veg patch and get that ready.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">As ever tho (even if I cant get out to events) the <a data-mce-href="/tandmartsandcraftsshop/" href="https://login.create.net/tandmartsandcraftsshop/" style="color: rgb(196, 68, 33) !important;">website shop</a> is up, running and open for business!</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">See you all soon.</span></div>
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