May Day… ksshht.. ksssssht… May Day
25.05.2011
To celebrate the lovely month of May and just \’cause they are nice Papa Stour are offering 15% off all purchases up until the start of June. Why don\’t you pop on over there and have a squiz - I\’d personally give you a big old smacker on the lips if you bought something from the selection of available Soosiemaroon (that\’s how it rocks on twitter) products, but I promise I won\’t hold it against you if you decide that you can\’t live without these Ships Crew Russian Dolls by home brewer of all good knickknacks, Allistair Burt. I keep telling everybody that I can\’t, but noone seems to be listening…
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17.05.2011
Its been a little while since Susiemaroon has joined the Funk Fair crew. So I thought it was time to re-test my willpower and set up shop aside some of the best vintage fashion and homeware dealers in Scotland. Hell, I\’m going to go all out and say best in the UK. Its one heck of a market and I know that I\’m coming out with less notes than I went in with. No matter how much I sell. You can assist my quest to support the vintage crew by treating yourself to a wee Susiemaroon Respectable Spectacle case to slip into your new vintage satchel… you know you want to!
Glasgow… we are coming.
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24.04.2011
I can\’t quite believe how long it has taken me to get around to updating this wee blog of mine. I am rather embarrassed at my efforts. Sorry Marooners, sorry. My chosen moment to have a waffle may be foolish. It took me at least two hours to write a three line sentiment in a card today. My pen was poised but my mind was blank. I think I experienced writers block. This is, perhaps, a good thing. It will definitely delay my attempts to write my autobiography which I may entitle \’The Life and Strife of Crayola Gummage, the Queen of the Abreev\’s\’. Why? Well, many moons ago my loving sister took it upon herself to re-name me Crayola Gummage when I pointed out that my fingers seemed to swell up and take the form of crayons when I was subjected to temperatures above 25ºc. Years later she pointed out that I seemed incapable of verbalising full words. I agreed and pointed out that it takes far to long to complete full words, in this day and age you have to move fast. I\’m sure you would agree.
Anyway, my reason for blogging wasn\’t to disappoint you (I know you will be after finding out that you will have to wait a little longer to experience my autobiography), in fact, I am blogging with good news. The news that the Pigeon is POPPING once more. Get yourself along to Lovely Pigeon\’s best Pop Up yet!
A Right Royal Pop Up will be with you from the 28th April - 9th May and will coincide with the Fence Collective\’s yearly takeover of the East Neuk, otherwise known as Homegame.
Enjoy!
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Just when you thought they couldn\’t give you any more, the Fence collective have squeezed out another stonker!
Haarfest runs from Monday 16th to Saturday 21st of August.
With music from these guys how could you not have a good time…
King Creosote, Lonepigeon, The Earlies (some of), HMS Ginafore, The Oates Field, Inspector Tapehead, Adem, OnTheFly, Seamus Fogarty, The Pictish Trail’s ‘bit of strange’ (recorders at the ready!), Eagleowl, Silver Columns, FOUND, Meursault, Withered Hand, Pip Dylan, Gummi Bako and Kid Canaveral.
aaaaand (just in case you were wondering) I\’ve not found my voice. My voice will not be breaking glass. No. Instead my wears will be available in the resident popup shop brought to us from Lovely Pigeon (and she is lovely).
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14.07.2010
Perhaps I should be a TV presenter… well, maybe radio. This face was made for radio. with follow on titles like that my links would be legendary. Yeah. No. Okay, okay, maybe not.
Anyway, I digress as usual. Check out my new felt iphone pouch soon to be available on www.notonthehighstreet.com/susiemaroon. Now that would jolly up your pocket wouldn\’t it.
Watch this space… or this link…
I hope my design skills are a little sharper than my humour.
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07.07.2010
Okay, so my recent trip to Berlin may well have inspired my reworking of Finch and Fouracre\’s fantastic mini tenement model or it could just have easily have been the flu that descended on me on my return. It pretty much felt like a bomb had fallen on my head…
If you want to see what some of Edinburgh\’s finest artists and designers have made their tenement models why don\’t you pop in past The Red Door Gallery in Edinburgh. The reworked kits will be on display in their windows from the 11th of July. I for one canny wait to see what delights have come about!
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4.05.2010
They\’re coming, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! Those Made in the Shade Girls are conquering Scotland and if you don\’t know already (tut tut, get your fingers back on the pulse) the first EVER Made in the Shade market is popping up in The Roxy (previously known as the Bowery) on the 15th May 2010.
Be there or be square!
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13.04.2010
Ooh, we can\’t wait for the weekend here in the Susiemaroon studio. No, not cause we hate work but \’cause once again Susiemaroon and Wooden Tree are teaming up with our wares and heading West. Those mavericks from The Maisonette have gathered together all of the best independent Scottish Labels for another fantastic day of marvelous market-ry…
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16.03.2010
I just don\’t know. Does it mean that middle age has arrived when you laugh at your own jokes and start making \’dad\’ comments? I mean I\’m not even the same sex as my da. Actually those two sentences have depressed me so much (and reminded me that my 30th birthday is fast approaching) that I have to go and have a cup of camomile and eat some hummus. That\’ll calm my nerves. While I do just that why don\’t you have a look at my new Biro Bookmark. It made me smile…
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29.11.2009
Just to help Santa Clause fill his sack, Susiemaroon has reunited with Wooden Tree for not one but three. Yes, you heard me. Three funfilled tip-top, top - notch markets in Scotland\’s most beautiful city, Edinburgh. I\’m gonna try and keep my penny\’s in my pockets but to tell you the truth I have already come to terms with the fact that money is not safe in these parts!
Come humming a carol or two!
FUNK FAIR Saturday 5th December 10am - 5pm Christ Church Hall, Holy Corner, Bruntsfield £1 entry
20th-21st Century Design Fair Vintage through to modern
Good quality, well-respected vintage dealers selling clothing, jewellery, collectibles and furniture (mostly dealers who only do the big fairs down south ie have no shops or outlets but have fantastic stock!). Retailers such as Godiva and Iconic (Grassmarket) will also be there and young designers including Susiemaroon and Rowanjoy.
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MAGPIE Sunday 6th December 12noon - 6pm The Lot, 4 Grassmarket, Edinburgh FREE ENTRY
Magpie is a brand new venture aiming to showcase the best art, craft and design talent around. Magpie loves the unusual, individual and eclectic.
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West End Fair Sunday 20th December DETAILS TO FOLLOW
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01.10.2009
Boutique, craft fair, five-and-dime, mart…..whatever you want to call it, the MarchéMarché bazaar brings you all the affordable quintessential treats and trinkets you can\’t live without. Cunningly devised by Edinburgh’s finest creative trio Ruth Moir – the brains behind your favourite watering hole and listening post The Bowery, together with the creative input from Edinburgh based embroidery revolutionist Susie Brown of Susiemaroon (thats me) and tip-top kitsch crafter Kirsty Anderson of Wooden Tree.
MarchéMarché debut on Saturday 24th October 2009 from 12noon-6pm offers an alternative to the normal head-throbbing, hair pulling trials of high street shopping showcasing eye-popping design, fantastical craftwork and re-worked vintage delights from your granny’s linen cupboard this is one un-missable chance to shop your socks off… MarchéMarché is the most exciting market Edinburgh has ever seen. Far from your standard table trawling twee craft affair, which makes you flail your arms, yelp and run in the opposite direction, MarchéMarché oozes pizzazz.
In fact, just in case shopping isn’t your thing we are bringing in the Cocktail shakers and martini glasses to construct just a few of the best classic cocktails fit for all those Audrey Hepburn’s and Humphrey Bogart’s out there. Tea trolley’s stacked with cupcakes, music from Edinburgh’s finest local music scene stalwart and serial blogger Song by Toad, a chance to make your own creations in the MarchéMarché minimart workshops. Slip on those glad-rags and make a day of it…
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20.09.2009
UP AND COMING EVENTS UH HUH, THATS RIGHT…
ooh aar, thats not all… Keep those windows to the world open for more information about the first ever marchémarché five and dime mart. Och I, we know how to keep the corners of your mouth turned up the right way on the fast approaching dark nights…
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28.07.2009
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24.07.2009
I know its a little soon to be posting more news… I mean you guys might explode if you take in too much information in one go… thing is, I might explode if I don\’t share this little beauty with you. I mean who knew so much could happen inside an old wardrobe (leaving aside The Lion and the witches closet of course). Come on and put your hands together for FOUND\’s latest creation, cybraphon. Move aside Pet Shop Boys…
If you want to see this baby live in action it will be robotic-ing all the way through August in its temporary new home, Inspace. The only gallery in Edinburgh where you can boogy the day away with everybody\’s favourite musical wardrobe.
Cybraphon we loooove you….
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20.07.2009
Many moons ago I went to Art School with a clever little chap called Darren Wilson. He\’s the brains behind SEEDBOMB… You guys have absolutely no excuse to refrain from buying these unusually constructive bombs. Can you think of a better way to get your little soldiers interested in the environment?
… and if you live in Edinburgh don\’t be frightened if you come across me dressed in camouflage tossing my grenades (Seedbombs, not real of course) around the city. Aaah, the world would be a happier place if the worlds military forces used these little babies as their main weapon. We can always dream…
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18.06.2009
Thats right people, the Susiemaroon collection is now available from the fabulous Not On The High Street online department store. Enjoy browsing the Susiemaroon collection in a stress free environment with a cuppa-cha…and a nice wee digestive…
Happy Shopping Gang!
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03.06.2009
Whip out those old address books, Susiemaroon has now moved… For those of you using the old faithful pen and paper - its true, they still exist - I must apologise for my itchy feet over the past year. I have had a big part in ruining the \’S\’ section in your little books. Scribbles all over the page? I am truly sorry. I personally adopted the regular use of a pencil when entering details in my little black book for a while. My mild obsessive compulsive tendencies made me. These days I try to tell myself that scribbles give character to the little raggady fella\’… I have recently started to realise that I am a bit of a paradox, what with my hoarding tendancies, love of junk shops (shops which I\’m sure would prefer to be referred to as antique shops) and over the top desire to have everything in its place. Does that just make me a perfectly balanced human being? I hope so…
… anyway, I went off on a tangent… the NEW Susiemaroon studio address is…
SUSIEMAROON • 37 WAVERLEY PLACE • EDINBURGH • EH7 5SA
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29.04.2009
Event: The Funk Fair
Date: 2nd May 2009
Opening times: 10am-5pm
Please join us at the much awaited Funk Fair for good old fashioned fun and funk on the holiday weekend. Susiemaroon has teams up with Wooden Tree to offer you a chance to get your groove on with some quirky home and fashion accessories fit for Kings and Queens… and if that wasn\’t enough Susie (that\’s me) from Susiemaroon is clearing out her wardrobe so look out for some vintage bargains…. here we gooooooooo….
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10.04.2009
Aaw shucks…
It\’s going to be a busy couple of months here at Susiemaroon… my new studio is set to be my old studio. I\’m packing my handkerchief on a stick (I really wish it was going to be that easy) and trundling over town to Edinburgh\’s East side. It\’s kind of dangerous over there. Edgy some might say… well, as edgy as you get in Edinburgh!
April will also see Susiemaroon partnering up with the top gals from the NOT ON THE HIGH STREET department store to launch the online Susiemaroon boutique. Keep your eyes peeled…ears flapping… fingers poised for news of the launch date here.
Here\’s some rather flattering excerpts from some rather lovely journalists (aaw shucks, thanks you guys…) to get those juices flowing!
Scotland on Sunday: “…Susie\’s design skills are just as sharp as her ethical point of view…its definitely a site to bookmark for future purchases…”
“…Classy eco-friendly greeting cards that stand out from the crowd for all the right reasons…”
Eco Home and Garden: “…with designs like these, who could resist splashing out on something a little different…”
Sunday Times: Melinda Ashton Turner features Susiemaroon \’modern doily\’ as one of the best new designs for your home
tenddelacreme.com \’Currently Obsessed With\’: “…these magnificent tool-inspired belts by independent eco-label susiemaroon definitely say something about the woman wearing them. (I was thinking something along the lines of, “I can fix a sink in a pair of stilettos faster than you can say boo,” or “If you think I\’m fierce in a pair of 3″ heels, you should see me work a 3/4″ Ryobi power drill.”)…”
Trendhunder Magazine: “…in addition to being ultra chic, the line is low on the cruelty factor as it gets its leather from Scottish Venison Dealers. Now even the most stylish woman can rock a tool belt and still look hot and feel eco-chic!”
Scotland on Sunday: “…If you\’re looking for a new floor covering, leather may not be your first choice but a new collaboration between Susiemaroon and respected homeware retailer Pure Design will ensure it is something seen on all of the most style-conscious floors…”
The Scotsman Magazine Green Issue: “…Susiemaroon\’s socially conscious accessories are as far from scratchy hemp trousers and ethnic objets d\’art as you can get…”
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