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On Tuesday I went along to the Scottish Trade Fair. If I'm honest I wasn't going to go as I thought it would never be as good as Top Drawer but it totally proved me wrong. Here are a few companies that I liked. Lisa Donati  Great cards and homeware gifts that are original and full of Scottish banter. Hilary Grant Hilary Grant is a Luxury Scottish Knitwear Brand and I just loved the colours and patterns. I really wanted this scarf. It's so lovely. This brand really reminded me of another company I like down in Nottingham called Seven...

On the 1st of January I started a drawing challenge that is being run by Lisa Congdon on creativebug.com. The challenge involves drawing something different for the next 31 days. Here is the list of drawings: Day 1 - Tree Day 2 - Teacup Day 3 - Chair Day 4 - Leaf Day 5 - Rose Day 6 - Sneaker (trainer) Day 7 - Pitcher (jug) Day 8 - Cat Day 9 - Bird Day 10 - Mushroom Day 11 - Broom Day 12 - Tulip Day 13 - Owl Day 14 - Fern Day 15 - Watch Day 16 -...

Today I went on a winter walk up Ben Bouie. It was very cold -1C and I was wearing way to many layers. Here are a few pictures from my walk....   The tree reminds me of one of my favorite quotes... "The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity....and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself." William Blake   The views were not as...

Happy New Year! I am excited about 2016 for Lomond Paper Co. I have lots of ideas for the future and will share them with you shortly. I thought I would write down 16 New Year resolutions as its 2016. I'm not going to put myself under a huge amount of pressure but I will be happy if I succeed. So here is my list....   1.   CREATE MORE PRODUCTS FOR LOMOND PAPER CO. 2.   TRY TO EAT MY 5 A DAY AT LEAST 5 DAYS IN THE WEEK  3.   COMPLETE A TRIATHALON 4.   DRAW SOMETHING EVERYDAY...

Well I finally got round to finishing the kitchen window using the chalk pens. Here is a picture before I started.... Here is the window afterwards. I just drew baubles and stars all over the windows and  made some paper snowflakes to dangle down from each window.   This room definitely feels a lot more festive now and I would highly recommend the chalk pens. My girls have loved doodling christmas designs with them too. I also brought this great christmas star garland from Funky Frills UK