The Merriment Makers Christmas Boutique Pops-Off after another amazing year

As we closed our doors tonight we had a few straggelers coming in an almost panicked state scooping up their chosen selection and tucking them under their arms.  If you suddenly remember you can't get through Christmas without that little someghing you found behind our now rather steamy windows, please just send us a wee message and we will sort you out, put you in contact with the maker directly or point you to their nearest stockest... biggest supprize is this fantastic jacket stayed on the manequin all weekend, even through the Satruday Night Fancy Dress Seshion! 

A HUGE thankyou to everyone who came, saw, bought, helped or sent their merry wares - wouldn't have been the same fun-filled weekend with out you.

All work and no play makes for a dull Saturday night

so hop on your paper plane and come see some Robbie Porter prints!  We will be here officially till 8pm tonight, but probably longer...  Robbie's A3 prints are just £45 framed up and ready to go and he is also featured in this years wall of pop out fame.

Clasic Christmas Toys

Anyone with an eye for design will have a soft spot for ye olde toys and we Merry Makers love a wooden snow man, fluffy fairy or christmas pud.  Andrew JL Ansell has transformed his love for classic photography AND toys into the most christmassy set of badges.  We love the bold colours and hint of nostalgia.  4 for £4 anyone?

Everbody loves lego, right?

What we have here is one of Rachel Eliot's first lego men, painted to promote a DIY lego man workshop, her name is Eve.  So far in the Lego man team we have a member of Kiss, a very precisly painted figure from a tallented 6 year old girl and the very first face ever drawn by a 3 year old boy - lovely moment, now preserved in glass forever, and as a lego man how amazing is that?  Rachel's workshop is open all weekend but she will be making guest appearances Saturday from 6 to 8 pm and Sunday from 12 to 3 pm.

Some of our new favourite things!

Claire McVinnie's badges, christmas tree decorations and gracefull clocks are all flying high on our list!  Espcially as they only come in at £5 for a tree ornament, £10 for a badge and £20 for a clock, swoop in fast before they are gone! 

Thistle do nicely...

The Merriment Makers is all about celebrating Made in Scotland, and these pieces by Helen Stephenson and Sharon Kirby are made right here in Studio 203.  Helen's leather thistles are available as brooches and keyrings for £10-£15 and Sharon's bird range includes birds on tree decorations, sticks, badges and coat racks.  Prices range from £3.50 to £50.

Anatomy of an eye glass case

As interpreted by the embroidary revoloutionist, Susiemaroon.  We are very pleased to have Susie's new collection on show this year, along side her already classic take on the mobile phone case and book mark we have the next generation of protection, for the new Kindle.  Oh it's a winner and we only have a few so get your elbows out!  All Susiemaroon wares are made with an eco concience and a ethicalyl sound heartbeat.

Incase your looking for us...

... we have made a map!  Click on the image for the details.  Any trouble?  Look for the Lisemore Rugby Club, the only stripy building in town, maybe?  If your heading away from town and you hit the police station on your left, you have gone too far.  If your heading towards town and you reach The Plesance Venue on your right, you've gone too far!  In either case, look for Jackie Box on Lamp Posts, fences, railings and walls and you can follow the trail straight to our doors... SO much work is arriving that we just can't take a minute to photo it!  Gonna be a goodie!

Some of our new favourite things are arriving in here each day at studio203!  From Claire McVinnie we have a range of wares including this awsomely named "Sunset Cowdog" tote.  Julia Smith's Deep Fired Ceramics label was a firm favourite last year, and with her super cute badges bike and elegent insect collection this year may just trump last year.  We are also happy as an elf in a workshop to have Gemma Petrie showcasing her hand painted homeware collection, her mirrors and boxes are compleatly unique. 

Get Involved!

The Merriment Makers Pop-Out Christmas Boutique

CALL FOR ARTISTS!!!

The Merriment Makers Boutique is re-opening its door on Thursday December 1 at 6pm for an extended 4 day run of fun. In this, our second year we are branching out to include workshops, live music and Tombol-Art as well as the opportunity to buy from some of Scotland’s newest and established artists, designers makers and shakers.

Would you like to be involved? This year we are inviting you to send us some images of your work, from anywhere across Scotland whether you are just beginning as a crafter or are experienced and established in your field – be it art, design, music or craft– we want to hear from you so please get in touch!

We need to hear from you by Sunday 13th November and will reply before Tuesday 15th. We are looking for any creative submissions, so please:

EMAIL – us some images or a web link and a little bit of information about you studio203gallery@gmail.com

FACEBOOK – Merriment Makers – A Pop-Out Christmas Boutique with a link to your page.

The Merriment Makers is run by the resident’s of Edinburgh’s Studio 203 at 203 Pleasance. Profits from the event go back into funding this artist led space and covering costs for this and future events. Please bear in mind we take a 40% commission on all sales.

Once you are on board, we will ask for your work to be with us by the 27th of November - in case we have a snowy month like last year. Have a peep at the photos on our blog: www.studio203gallery.blogspot.com

There is no item to small and no idea to crazy… we look forward to hearing from you!