Dragonfly Creative Arts

22/01/2025

**Fairy Wing Earring Update Update**

The first of the collections (well technically the second) has been updated with new options! I've got a ton more to do tomorrow.

We somewhat lack our usual earring model so I might resort to super gluing them to myself for photos for the new collections. Or nudge Ronja to pop up.

Anyway, photos below for the new collection #2 -

https://dragonflycreatistore.etsy.com/listing/1598412728

Shop now!

Best Regards,
John

20/01/2025

Love is in the air! Honestly! it's coming!

Or may already be here!

Fast of the back of the festive holiday period is the season of loooooooooove (or Beekeepers if you are very geeky about the lore).

St Valentine's day is coming soon!

Why not take advantage of our lovely potion necklace collections for that special person.

In mixed up currently in our winter sale discounts too!

Links on the photos!

best regards,
John & Indi

Etsy collection #1 - https://dragonflycreatistore.etsy.com/listing/960004751

17/01/2025

A gentle reminder that our amazing winter sale is now on -

https://dragonflycreatistore.etsy.com

Use the linky above to access what we have on the online shop. But as ever it's a tiny fraction of what you may have found on the Apothecary & Merlin's Grove at a convention near you!

If it's not online just ask here or on Etsy, we will show you what we have made and we can apply the same discount to what we have made in the studios here!

Best Regards,
John

17/01/2025

Making, making, making.... :)

I'd love to show you more fantastical, magical, "thingys" we've made but as usual the start of the year tends to begin with inventories, ordering of supplies and tidying....

I've been listening to the wonderful "The Painted Man" by Peter V. Brett so I keep thinking about painting "Wards" onto shields while I made the blanks..... Might happen :)

Indi has found some more Fairy Wings (ethically collected from under the snow melt) and is assembling some earrings. While enjoying her 10 millionth cup of tea....

Beyond that we're still waiting on our events we've applied for this season 25, so no announcements on our tour schedule as yet. Soon thou. Once we've enough booked to do another map I think.

Best Regards,
John & Indi + (Merlin & Willow)

13/01/2025

WINTER SUPER SALE! (we honestly couldnt think of a better name)

Since we're due a uber Etsy refresh we thought it would be time to give you the biggest sale we've ever done!

15% off pretty much everything on the Etsy shop for most of Jan!

Enjoy!

https://dragonflycreatistore.etsy.com

11/01/2025

Sometimes we make pretty things just to have them as decor on the stall...

We love them a little bit too much.

Anyone want a lantern for your adventures? I could make spares :)

(and then we went for a walk because it was so pretty out)

09/01/2025

Season 25.... oh my we have awesome some plans for you....

But not quite ready to share... so lets have a little photo recap of the last few weeks of our rest, recouperation (read john not talking), xmas and funtimes (see bottles of "potions")....
...and cats.... lots of cats....

Apothecary business resumes tomorrow!

Best Regards,
Indi, John, Merlin & Willow xx

23/12/2024

Happy Xmas everyone!

Thank you from the bottom's of our heart for making this such an epic year for us. We've been blown away by the response we've had to our little family apothecary throughout season 24's tour.

We've had the pleasure to work with such great organisers, running such superbly run events throughout the UK. It's been an honour working with you all.

We are still hibernating a touch trying to regroup and plot another years making. Already have some really exciting things planned. Which will have to wait until our xmas carnage is done!

All our love,

Indi, John (Ronja + Merlin + Willow)

p.s Here are some of my favourite photos from this year!

06/12/2024

As promised.... the first of the stock we made for the last event we had to cancel!

Little mimics anyone? They are totally house trained to only eat the things you want to store inside them.

We've got 6 made up but the blue eye'd one here may be taken already.

Message us here for details or to grab one quick... Otherwise I'll pop them onto the etsy shop over the weekend.

Best Regards,
John & Indi

05/12/2024

We're still here! and trying to get our online orders out as fast as we can.... it's certainly not the end to a great season 24 we'd like but Laryngitis/lost voice/cfs flare ups/mystery stomach pains/visits to A&E/lurgy be damned the show must go on...
..i'll be putting up some items not normally seen on our Etsy shop here in the next day. Clearing some of the extra stock we'd made for the last event as well as some old classics.

As ever if you have seen things in person at events and cannot see them online just message us here or Etsy (or even Insta) and we can show you what we have left!

Our best festive greetings,
Indi & John

29/11/2024

Nope.... we couldn't make it..... Such a massive apology to Exclusively Highlands and all the lovely Inverness customers. We have had to pull out of the market this weekend at the last moment.

It's such a tough call, when this is your livelihood, to know you have to just rest to get better.... we hate it and we'd got as far as moving everything to the door to load the van before we faced the reality of both of us being too ill to proceed. One would have been able to soldier through, but both made it impossible.

Sorry everyone whom was looking forward to catching up with us again this weekend. We really are feeling bad for letting you down.

I'll try and work on getting at least some of the stock we made for this event up on the Etsy or facebook for sale before xmas.

All our love,
Indi & John

Dragonfly Creative Arts

p.s Photos of -

1. sad photo of boxes waiting to be loaded last night.
2. happy photo of the stall at Eden Court 1 two weeks ago. we love the small setup
3. the bestest neighbours (Woodiesdriftwood) & world leading expert on seagulls + tiny houses.

27/11/2024

Gosh.... gotta admit we're struggling a bit with our health after such an epic year but the end of season 24 is almost in sight!

One last weekend! and it's going to be an xmas epic! Exclusively Highlands Eden Court Christmas Market No.2 in Inverness!

Hopefully it warms up a bit (it's -5c at the mo) and we can open the van doors for loading tomorrow!

Tonight it's relaxing with a bit of Harry Potter and a lemon and honey!

It's almost time for our last Highland market of 2024.
Here is there exhibitor list:
8 Doors Distillery
Adze & Froe
Angus Grant Art
Annie's Herb Kitchen
Applecross Photographic Gallery
Badass_Bakes_
Beeseep Organics
Blushful Earth Handmade
Caledonian Cider Co.
CarnieBees
Catherine Mylles Art
Chardon Macaron
The Coorie Company
Daughter of the STAG
Dani’s bees
Designs by Inez
The Damn Fine Cheese Company
Dragonfly Creative Arts
Ellon Spirits
Ellys May Jewellery
Flow Glass
Gold Moss
HAME - Tartan and Tweed Homewares
Highland Antlers
Highland Boundary
Highland Craft Studio
Highland Liquor Company
Highland Patissier
House of Tweed
HRM Ceramics & Glass
Hunte Designs
Ice & Fire Distillery , Scotland
Ingleneuk
Ingrained Inc
Isle of Mull Coffee Roasters
Isle of Mull Seaweed
Jack Spowart Illustration
JEMS
Juniper Fox Designs
Just Hammered by James Ritchie Sculptor
Kelly Munro Jewellery
Kilted Fudge Company
Kirsty Stewart Jewellery
The Loch Ewe Brewing Company Ltd.
Magic glass by Magdalena
Mudness Ceramics
Natalie Croft Art
Patricia Griffin Textiles
Peat
Perfect Scents Highland
Pomology
Reloved Highland Barrels
Riverbank Craft & Plants
Rose & mannie
Rose Cottage Country Kitchen
Sarah Leask Studio
Sazzy Designs
Sew Special
Sisu Stationery
Skyetails
Slainte Sauces
Slate Road Designs
Snowdrop Candles
Soap and Mhor
Spice Harmony
Spindrift Pottery
Surya Luna Naturals
Sward Designs
The Crafty Highlander
The Wheezy Bead
Unravel Tea
Val’s Scottish Tablet
Vanessa Bathgate
Wandering Beachcombers
Watt a Story
Whinnyfold knitwear
Wild Glass
Woodie Drfitwood
Z D Ceramics
Zingy Tingy Beeetroot
Zoe Davidson Jewellery
Alba Seafood
Seasonal Flavour
Woodmill Game

14/11/2024

Once again, the only photo I took all weekend at Comic Con Liverpool.... a great plague doctor cosplay!

One more for the collection.

13/11/2024

Next up on our season 24 tour! The last two events of the year the fantastic Exclusively Highlands, Eden Court Christmas Craft & Food Fair in Inverness!

This is the most local thing we've done all year and the best chance (this or the later one) of catching us in the highlands, close to home.

A little different from our normal comic con's this year but come dressed up anyway...... we're going to be bringing the xmas weird as normal. :)

See you there hopefully!

Best Regards,
Indi & John

Dragonfly Creative Arts

13/11/2024

Comic Con Liverpool....... wow.....

That was something quite special. We got home at 4.30am on Monday and it's taken this long to kick ourselves back into working gear.

It's truly humbling your feedback for our little wife and husband (and Ronja + cats) business. We really spent the whole of the summer getting ready for these last 4 weeks. You guys made it all worth it.

Knackered but smiling.

Until the next time.

Best Regards,
Indi & John

09/11/2024

LIVERPOOL WE LOVE YA... Day 1 done.

So amazing to see you all again.

Currently enjoying a Rosa's Thai and resting the legs before tomorrows carnage!

Thank you!