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Well Lomond Paper Co. has been up and running for a whole year. It has gone so quickly. It is a crazy time to have a 1st Birthday as Christmas is fast approaching and their is so much going on in the retail world after the controversial Black Friday sales. I thought I would use this blog post to reflect on my first year.  If I am honest this first year has had its major highs and lows. I have managed to find some great customers who have given me the confidence to carry on and I have had a...

A few weeks ago I decided to do a pop-up shop in my house. I sent out an event on Facebook and invited local friends and last Wednesday the event took place. It was such a fun thing to do. Luckily I had some FAB friends helping me out. Karen and Lesley helped make tea and coffee and Caroline and Tamara made amazing cakes. The event took place from 10am-2pm so that I could work it around the children coming out of school. Unfortunately, as I was very busy I forgot to take photos aaaahhhh!!! Nowadays you have to take...

This time of year is just so beautiful. It is definitely my favourite season. The colours are just so amazing. I went for a wee walk the other day as the sun was out ALL DAY!!! That does not happen often here. Everyone is so much happier too. Here are a few pictures from my wander about the town.

Finally, I have added my Christmas cards and 2017 Wall Calendar to my shop. I hope you like them. I always find Christmas tricky as there is just SOOOO much stuff already out there. I have gone with Christmas Food theme this year. I loved creating the cards and the glitter glue has been a fun added addition to the cards. I really wanted to add foil but it's so expensive and really not worth my while at the moment. If you want to have a peek at all the Christmas cards click here The 2017 Wall Calendar is similar to last years...

I came across these Halloween treats in one of my daughter's magazines and had to give them a go. We have Boo-nanas, Tiny Pumpkins and Fang-tastic Bites.  Boo-nanas Peel a banana and slice in half, then use a dab of chocolate spread to stick on chocolate chip ghostly faces! I used raisins as I couldn't find chocolate chips. Tiny Pumpkins Peel satsumas then stick a piece of apple pencil sweet in the top. Fang-tastic Bites 1. Cut a cookie in half and spread one side of each half with strawberry jam. I used chocolate spread. Strawberry Jam would be better...