July 8th

Back to say hello, Meghan here of course. Very busy and fun day today so best to get straight to the:

Product of the Day: Light Up Your Mood Sticker Set

There are so many clever bits and pieces here at Welcome Home that are guaranteed to brighten up your day. Henrietta Swift's amazing Light Up Your Mood sticker sets just make me chuckle! Decorate your light switch with hair clips, rosy cheeks, eyelashes, freckles, smiles and much more. I think they add the perfect piece of personality to your home. Also available in a boy (Complete with moustaches)! Visit Welcome Home and check them out!

Whatever you do, don’t forget to call in tomorrow - Welcome Home will be at the fantastic UPMARKET in the CCA cafe with our free in residence workshop, with I heart... where you can learn how to sew a basic stitch, create your own design & sew together your own felt brooch.

Hope to see you there!

Meghan

Free In Residence Workshop

We've got a treat for all of you Glasgow dwellers tomorrow. Iona Bruce from i heart... is running a free drop in workshop in collaboration with Welcome Home at the CCA cafe's UPMARKET, just past Welcome Home and amongst a selection of lovely stalls, you should definitely come along.

Materials are provided and you can drop in anytime between 12-5pm to learn how to sew a basic stitch, create your own design & sew together your own felt brooch. Suitable for all ages and totally free, what's not to like... See you tomorrow!

Thursday 7th July

Hello everyone, Meghan again, today has been so inspiring to meet some of the lovely local designers soon to be featured at Welcome Home, they are just so passionate about their creations - it’s really great to hear that they consider them as precious as we do! Their creativity and innovation is what drives Welcome Home! As always, the:

Product of the day: Drop Scones Not Bombs - Eco Shopper

Wish I had this great bag today with so much to carry about! This canvas shopping bag is perfect for the eco warrior inside. With a recipe for drop scones on the label and a message for the masses about peace and harmony, I love it! Designer Stuart Gardiner also makes matching tea towels, and fantastically humorous homeware available in store and online.

Now, I’m off to treat myself with some homemade scones!

Meghan

6th July

Meghan here again, it may be cold and rainy outside but it’s warm and cosy here at Welcome Home! Today has all been about jewellery, giving the gorgeous jewellery cabinets a bit of TLC - we have some great treasures inside from Fairtrade Kenyan Jewellery to unique jewellery made by local artists and designers. Later this week, we are hoping to present an exciting new range of jewellery, so I recommend you pop in to see some delights! But for today I can’t stop admiring the:

Product of the Day: Bird Hand Shadow Ring

Designed by Inca Starzinsky, this acrylic laser cut ring in the shape of a hand shadow bird is adorably unique. With many other designs available such as: Dinosaurs, Rabbit and Deer, I can’t help but be charmed! Each ring comes packaged in bespoke envelopes with an illustrated information sheet showing each of the hand positions used to make the shadows. Available at Welcome Home online and at our store, hope you like them too!

Just wanted to say thanks to all the lovely people who came down for a great workshop at UPMARKET. This Saturday 16th at UPMARKET there will be another great workshop! More details soon!

Meghan

Friday 1st July

Hi everyone, Meghan again, the sun is shining gloriously today and it has been another lovely day here at Welcome Home. I have been taking some photos and letting my creative side loose, so hoping to have lots of new surprises online soon for you all, but for now I'll leave you with the,

Product of the Day: Choker Vase

Welcome Home has just introduced a brand new collection of work by London-based ceramicist Jo Davies, available in store now, in our online shop and there are even more pieces available over on our Culture Label site. Her beautiful porcelain vases, cups and finch bowls are individually made featuring twisting lines that occur naturally when being thrown. I think they will bring a touch of elegance to any and every table, now all I need is someone to buy me some flowers!

Don't forget, drop in at anytime between 12 - 5pm at UPMARKET tomorrow for a free craft demo!

Fingers crossed the sun will be out again tomorrow!

Meghan

Day 2

Hello again, Meghan here. Another great day at Welcome Home - today we organised a new free craft demo that I'll be running for all of you, so come down this Saturday 2nd July to learn how to make a floral textile brooch at U P M A R K E T and enjoy the rest of the craft stalls and BBQ.

There are so many great things down here at Welcome Home, so hard to choose just one but here it goes:

Product of the Day: Hello Tiger Blue Mirror

An essential in any handbag or pocket, this delightfully humourous mirror is guaranteed to put a smile on your face and certainly charms me. Designed by Åsa Wikman and at just £4, what a treat!

Hope to see you all this Saturday and Sunday!

Meghan

Introducing Meghan!

We have a new intern here at Welcome Home, Meghan will be joining us for the next couple of weeks and sharing her experience with you all here. I'll hand over to her now...

Hello everyone, I am very excited to tell you that I’m the new intern at Welcome Home, situated at CCA. We are already getting stuck in with a brand new window display of treats, so if you fancy popping in for a chat and looksie, do!

There are so many delightful things here at Welcome Home so I thought I’d highlight a few special pieces over the course of this week.

Product of the Day: Garudio Studiage Flat Pets

Have all the perks of owning a pet without the messy downsides! I adore this little screen printed puppy - who wouldn’t want to wake up to his wee cute face? So far, I can confirm he is very well behaved and obedient, he has really mastered the command: Stay! This eco-friendly pup has been printed and die cut on an A4 sheet of recycled grey board and is available at Welcome Home online or in the CCA at just £10.00.

Later this week we are hoping to introduce a brand new workshop and I’m really looking forward to UPMARKET this Sat and Sun at the CCA Terrace Bar with Aye Aye Books, so stay tuned!

Meghan

last chance to see...

Our 234D exhibition ends this Sunday 19th July, make sure you check it out if you haven't already!

demo and workshop

Sunday 19th June is the last day of the 234D exhibition at Welcome Home and to mark the occasion we've got a special workshop and demonstration taking place from 12-4pm. Join us to try out some amazing new software developed for 3D design by Anarkik3D with Ann Marie Shillito:

You just have to try Cloud9 3D sketch/modelling ‘haptic’ software as it can’t be described adequately. If you don't know what ‘haptics’ is, it's the astonishing ability to "touch" virtual objects.

Can you imagine the ease with which you could manipulate complex designs with a real sense of 3D touch instead of awkward menus and control interfaces? Haptics makes for a better interface for designing digitally in 3D.

If you are a designer, a maker, an applied artists and freaked by 3D CAD (even Rhino and sketch-up) this is for you. Anarkik3D designed and built Cloud9 for designer makers. It is tested by designer makers and the company’s CEO, Ann Marie Shillito, is an internationally known and respected designer maker and jeweller. She will be here to give hands-on demos and she promises it will be great fun, for all ages!

You can see videos here and here

fabric bangles

New and exclusive to Welcome Home, these beauties are available in store only for £8...

U P M A R K E T

Here's some good news for when the sunshine decides to join us again... UPMARKET is a new weekly market taking place 12-5pm every Saturday and Sunday throughout June and July in the CCA Terrace Bar. It will be a small, fun and friendly market with stalls selling craft, design, books, vintage, illustration, art, fashion, jewellery, homewares and lots more. There will also be a BBQ and great djs with surprises each week. If you'd like a stall please email upmarketcca@gmail.com with details of your wares and the dates you'd like to book in for, it's £10 per day! See you all at the first one on Saturday 4th June...

Culture Label

Welcome Home is now on the amazing Culture Label site - go and do some shopping!

blogging for craftscotland

I've written a blog post for craftscotland as a guest blogger for Craft month. It's all about 234D, have a read here and remember you can come in and see the exhibition for yourself until 19th June.

hand shadows

LOVE these, that is all.

234D

PREVIEW THIS THURSDAY 12TH MAY, 6-8.30PM

2 dimensions to 3 dimensions by 4 designers

234D is a collaborative project between FAB3D and Welcome Home, which fuses craft with digital fabrication technologies to produce a range of innovative lighting. The exhibition and project launch will feature work by four Glasgow based designers – Amanda Faulkner Whalen, Black Arches, Chloe Highmore and Fun Makes Good.

The project translates 2D patterns to 3D designs resulting in 4 pieces of contemporary lighting. 234D is about working in new ways and challenging the traditional design process with technology and vice versa.

13th May - 19th June