One of the new bars at this year’s Royal Highland Show is The Botanical Garden run by Edinburgh catering company Hickory. There will be talks and tastings by mixologists, 13 Scottish gins for sale such as Isle of Harris, Rock Rose, Arbikie and Pickering’s and a range of gin-based cocktails. The Show is open until 8pm today, Saturday 25 June and 6pm tomorrow, Sunday 26 June.
Here’s a couple of nice architectural projects by Fife Architects, based in Anstruther; one is a mill conversion in the East Neuk and below is a timber clad extension near St Andrews in Fife.
Earlier this year, Create in Fife launched the Fife PechaKucha at Fire Station Creative in Dunfermline. The second event in their series is now planned for Thursday 30 June at FSC, between 7 and 9pm. PK Night started in Tokyo in February 2003 – PechaKucha is Japanese for chit chat – it was originally conceived as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.
Japanese artist Mariko Kusomoto uses polyester fabric to create these translucent three-dimensional wearable and sculptural jewellery pieces. Brooches, necklaces and rings are all inspired by various sea creatures.
No11 Brunswick Street was opened in 2012 following a £900,000 refurbishment to the grand town house by husband and wife team Hamish and Susan Grant. The boutique hotel and restaurant is in the centre of Edinburgh, close to The Playhouse and down a quiet street just off London Road. Originally built in 1822, the Georgian Town House was designed by the famous architect William Playfair. In the 1930s the building
Flower school sounds much more charming than flower arranging classes. When she’s not busy creating wedding flowers for brides, Louise of Lou Lou Flowers is running a flower school at Fire Station Creative in Dunfermline, Fife. Short courses include Boho Bridal Bouquet and Pimp up your Pumpkin in October in time for Halloween. Details of courses listed below. Sunday 12 June – Half Day Workshop Luxury Hand Tie Gift Bouquet
We’re a bit late to this party; this funny instagram account has already been featured in The Independent and The Evening Standard. The Deliciouslystella instagram shares all the latest spirulizer, smoothie and coconut water recipes. Forget the avocado – just make sure you stock up on your Haribo.
If you’ve a yen for a yurt then both these locations might be easy on the eye. The first is in Fife, on the Cambo Estate, and, because it’s May, their famous snowdrops might still be out – and the second is in The Trossachs close to Loch Lomond (pictured above). Trossach Yurts started as an organic farm called West Moss-side near Stirling and is also a centre for craft workshops and
It’s hard to believe such intricate pictures have been created with thread. These diminutive compositions with exquisite detail and variations in shadow and light are by LA-based artist Michelle Kingdom.
Painter Sharon Black, Ladybank and furniture designer Mark McCance, Kinloch are just two of the artists opening the doors of their studios to the public for the Open Studios North Fife weekend from Saturday 7 May to Monday 9 May. The weekend is an opportunity to see the interesting spaces in which artists work, to hear more about their methods and sources of inspiration, buy or commission something for your