Flickers and Fairylights

The Notts UnderGround Bakery and MollyQueen present....

The Night Market 

@ The Golden Fleece

Tuesday 30th August

6 - 11pm

A wonderful selection of local crafters and makers, featured around the Golden Fleece pub on Mansfield Road. There'll be a wonderful range of beautifully crafted and hand made products mixed up with Artwork, Vintage clothing and lots more, by some of Nottingham's finest brands.

There will also be live music, Fresh Bread and cakes and Massage therapy to treat yourself to as well as a homely 'nook' to go and get your tarot cards read.

The fleece kitchen will also be serving their usual meals, as well as their fab range of tasty beverages so you needn't go hungry (or thirsty!)

*** Live Music from Louis Scott and more ***
Confirmed Stall Holders so far:
Massage Therapy - In a curtained area of the fleece, a lovely massage therapist

will be waiting with a wonderful array of massage treatments,

indian head massage, shoulder treatments.
Corrina Rothwell - Infamous in Nottingham, this lady designed the flyers

for the Sherwood Art Week Craft fair and has the most fabulous range of cards, prints and more. She radiates with genius and has the most incredible sense of humour.

The UnderGround Bakery - With her usual range of fresh baked breads and cakes,

the Notts UnderGround will tickle your taste buds and

fill your bags with tasty loaves for the morrow.

Love You More - A wonderful selection of home-made jewellery,

salt scrubs and beautifully thought out vintage style gifts.
Laura Stephenson - From beautiful framed paintings, to beautifully sewn bags,

Laura is a talented designer with gorgeous items.

She also has a magical collection of trinkets and trophies, vintage ornaments

and a beautiful eye for colour, texture and materials.
Bees Make Honey - The most wonderful selection of purses, bags, brooches,

gorgeous little aprons, and more all with a unique style and a whole lot of quirk.
MollyQueen Decoupage - Decoupaged furniture and frames, book art,

postcard poetry, quilling, pretty stuff and a customised renovation service for tired or worn out furniture. If you are one of those forward planning people it might be worth bringing

a photo of that horrible old chest of drawers in the spare room...
Tarot Readings - A local dabbler in the art of tarot,

come into the boudoir area and have your cards read.

Delivered by one of the friendliest faces, even bad news can be good.

Mwanabibi Sikomo - A new take on the word 'Fair trade',

Mwanabibi works closely with women in Africa creating fair trade opportunities

by selling their beautiful children's clothing and other african themed items.

Mwanabibi will be promoting her charity and will be raising money with a raffle!

Some great prizes to be had!

Lots more to come...

See previous post to find out how our last event went!

For more info on the stall holders and everything else happening

on the night check back soon or email 'mailing list' to

themollyqueen@googlemail.com
Elsewhere in the MollyQueen Kingdom...

We've been busy crafting, making and planning. We've quite a lot on over the next few months, all in the build up to Christmas. Obviously there is The Night Market, The next Marvellous Market on the 25th September AND lots more. 

MollyQueen and the Notts UnderGround are also looking at teaming up to put on a fabulous resident night at one lucky venue in Nottingham. 

There'll be all sorts of fun in store; sit tight and wait for details.

If you arent all ready on our mailing list, either sign up via the website:

www.mollyqueen.com

OR

email: themollyqueen@googlemail.com

And now.... for some random mini poetry

Pick a venue slightly off the beaten track....

wonder if people will find it,

write a sign on a little chalk board,

blow up balloons and bind it!

Duct tape and String 

 The child wants a 'treat' for being so good, 

"some chocolate or sweeties please?"

"Well Molly, my dear, you are in luck!

Have you ever seen one of these?" 

A choconana

And now my friends, we've come to the end,

Thanks for reading all the way through.

And on that note, i think that it

is time to say Adieu.

Au' gust of wind and a smattering of Sunshine

 What a fabulous day! We had a great time, the stall holders were fab, the weather was beautiful and loads of lovely people came out to say hello! The UnderGround Bakery was SO popular that she sold out TWICE! To make sure that doesnt happen again they'll be making double, if not more!

Thank you to everyone who made it on the day, we are so happy with how the day went that we're now planning the next two events, The Night Market and the next Marvellous Market. Scroll down for more info!

The main room, buzzing with people.

The wonderful Sam with her Jam and Jewellery

The Tarot Cave

The wonderful Louis Scott entertained the room with his soulful song

Will Jeffery and Louis were beautiful as usual!



 

The Mollyqueen stall

 

The Night Market

Tuesday August 30th @ The Golden Fleece - 6pm - 12pm

We have a fabulous range of stall holders who will help us to take over the golden Fleece on Mansfield road with their wonderful wares. Expect Live music, Artwork, Crafters, Makers and Shakers, Massage, Tarot Readings, Bread and cakes, Booze, Vintage and lots lots more.

**Live Music from Louis Scott**

More artists TBC

Check back soon for a full breakdown of artists and activities.

The next Marvellous Market is now being arranged, if you are interested in knowing more, please email themollyqueen@googlemail.com and we'll be in touch! 

Oh, and how could i forget, this is Holly Cat, the newest member of the MollyQueen Team... 

Isnt she pretty?

If you have read this far.... you're obviously a hardcore MollyQueen fan, and therefore deserve to know that there is going to be a super night coming up very soon combining all the things that we do best.... all i'll say now is..... "Word"

from MollyQueen and The UnderGround Bakery.

If you want to know more, email us with 'Word' in the subject box.

On the Cusp of Something Marvellous.

 On the Cusp of Something Marvellous.

The Marvellous Market is just days away, We are incredibly excited, we are looking forward to a busy day will lots to see and do, taste, hear and take home. There is an artist breakdown page on our website so please do take a look (or trawl back through a few blog posts) and have a read about everything that will be going on on the day. 

We have 21 confirmed stall holders, Beth's fabulous UnderGround Bakery CAFE, 1 Featured Artist with an interactive piece,  Interactive Community Art Projects, Bar, Secret Garden, MollyQueen sponsored Charity and MORE.

Its going to be fabulous, but dont take my word for it, come and see for yourselves!

Keep reading to hear about what we've been up to recently...

DeerStock Beer and Music Festival in East Bridgford

A beautiful weekend, Fabulous friends, food and Glorious Sunshine! MollyQueen and the UnderGround Bakery were there, Beth serving her scrummy Indian food - including Dosai's, Dhal, Indian Breakfast, Gorgeous Indian donuts 

and lots more! For more info on the Notts Underground please visit www.mollyqueen.com and follow the links to the blog.

Cant beat a weekend of 'camping' without actually camping,
and being able to use a shower.

Glorious.

MollyQueen and Notts UnderGround 'Camp'

MollyQueen Stall

MollyQueen stall (from a more Arty angle)

The bands were all fab but our personal favourites are the lovely and incredibly polite - Ed Bannard and of course, the gentleman that is Mister Will Jeffery. He wears a suit and everything.

Chalk Drawing of mister jefferette

Simon dropped by to the Festival to see what was going on and was
swiftly chased out of the village.

Molly loves the dancing (and the applause)

 To sum up, we had a great weekend and are looking forward to next year! Hopefully there'll be a Marvellous Market on site and we'll advertise it to a few more Nottinghamians.

Beyond Borders

The featured Charity at our next market. We'll be collecting donations to help send a suitcase out to Haiti just before Christmas full of essentials and equipment. There's more info about the work that 'Beyond Border's does on our website, please take a look and dont forget to bring your spare change along to the market - we're aiming to fill a suitcase! 

The Stuff Of Life Festival

MollyQueen is on the Committee for the Fabulous Stuff of Life Festival this year, we are helping to arrange the Craft Stalls and so are taking applications as of next week. If you want to be in for a chance (very limited space) then please send an email to themollyqueen@googlemail.com with 'STUFF' in the subject and you'll here from us next week.

Otherwise, hold your phone, we'll be back with more info nearer the time!

Oh, and the date is Saturday October 1st 2011 12 - 6pm

Last Years Festival from the MQ Debut Pitch

We've recently Been working on....

Customised and personalised greeting 'cards'. 

I say cards in speech marks because they arent really cards but until 

the photo's are done you'll never know...

A beautiful Novel covered Small table, will be on sale at the Market on Sunday....

Paper Crafts and Quilling......

Mannequin Modeling....

Etc...

P.S.

Dont forget, Federation Social Club, Claremont Road, Off Hucknall Road or Nottingham Road, Carrington, Nottingham, Sunday, yes, this Sunday, between 11 and 4, unless you are a confirmed stall holder in which case get there between 9.30 and 10......

see YOU there!

Nottingham Workshop Summer Craft Fair, Free Art, Sleep Scene, Making, Mending and Mooching.

The Summer Craft Fair @ The Nottingham Work shop

What a great day! We'd like to say thanks to everyone who came down and showed their support, and also to those people we met that will be attending our next Marvellous Market AND a big thankyou to Deb who organised the day. The Food was fab, the artists super talented and the people were lovely. Not to mention the honey roast Coffee from The UnderGround Bakery. Yummy! The Venue is pretty spectacular too! I can safely say we'll be doing a lot more events here, some fab ideas for the future! And lovely people involved. (And thanks to the beautiful Bee lady for the photos!)

A dog in a rucksack!

Tea?

Here's Some old Photo's from a Fish Themed pop up MollyQueen attended and helped to decorate. 

We now help Beth out with the UnderGround Bakery by personalising table decorations to suit the food. Perfect for parties! This is a little taster, there'll be more info coming soon.

Fish Quote Table Confetti

Message in a Bottle Menu Holders

Paper Fish Bones

One of our Centre Pieces - Mermaid on a wave

 ***A Marvellous Update about the next Marvellous Market 7th August***

We know have a bit of information regarding our community art Projects, we have launched a few new projects that will hopefully culminate into some spectacular public participating pieces. All we need is your help! Mixed up with the local crafters and makers, we'll have a series of stalls displaying projects based in and around Nottingham that you may like to take part in. Here's a sneak peak on a few of the different things to expect... 

Public Photography Presents:

Sleep Scene

This project aims to document the different scenes that people see before the close their eyes at night. We invite you to take a photo of your sleep scene; Be it a cracked ceiling covered with glow in the dark stars, a crooked and half open curtain covering the glimmer of dawn, the sleeping face of your beloved or just a blank wall. We'd like you to invite us into your homes and let us see what you see before you snooze. Nothing X-rated please!

Email your submissions to themollyqueen@googlemail.com 

Sweet Dreams!

MQ

The Thought Box

Yes, you've guessed it. Its a box of thoughts. What do you think?

A project that's outcome is based purely on how everyone is feeling on the day. 

The results of the findings will be displayed as a work of art at the following Marvellous Market.

Pop along on the day to let us know your thoughts.

Penny for them? Etc.

They Say Charity Starts at Home, but in this case, it starts with a suitcase

At every Marvellous Market we will have a sponsored local charity, for the upcoming market, its a local nursery nurse who visits Haiti EVERY YEAR to spend time with some of the poorest children over Christmas time.

She spends 3 months helping the children to read and write, helping in schools and spending time with the families that have so little. We are raising the money so that we can pay for an extra suitcase to be taken with her this year containing essentials such as shoes, school uniforms, pens, underwear, socks, school bags, school equipment and more.

Please donate what you can towards the cost (fifty pounds) of taking an extra suitcase (or two!) on the plane so we can help make what this lovely lady does that little bit more amazing.

For more info please email me at themollyqueen@googlemail.com or check back soon for a detailed bio and photographs of the children that we will be helping DIRECTLY (without having to pay managers/rent as most charities do).

Interactive Shadow Puppetry by Leanne Trappe

Aimed at children, this project will begin with a projector screen displaying puppets made out of interesting and unusual items. 

The children will be invited to speak into a mic to talk about what they can see happening on the screen and to help us to tell the story.

The voices will then be edited and pieced together to help create a narrative to the film.

And more!

A sneaky little enticement

And here's a little preview of the yummy cakes we'll be selling on the day, from The Occasional Cupcake... Mmmmm... and dont forget the UnderGround Bakery CAFE, the Live Music from Will Jeffery and Louis Scott AND the Secret Garden, Bar and lots and lots of friendly fabulous artists.

See YOU there! 

So what's going on at this Market then?

Mollyqueen's Marvellous Market - Artist Breakdown

Dont forget we've changed Venue!

We will now be @ The Federation House Social Club
on Claremont Road (which is off Hucknall Road and Nottingham Road)
Sunday 7th August 11am - 4pm

There is a huge carpark and there are buses that run up Hucknall Road and Nottingham Road. (any of the 'brown line' outside Waitrose and 'Yellow line' outside TKMaxx in town)

For those of you that have never been to a Marvellous Market before, here is a bit of information and a list of Stallholders and their particular talents. The Market is Marvellous because not only is it full of local artists, crafters, makers and shakers it is mixed up with community Art projects, Live music, events, activities and theres plenty to see and do. The Underground bakery is our main attraction and for this market will be featuring an actual sit-down, cafe style menu. The New Venue is a lot bigger than Hotel Deux and we have the benefit of a hidden garden at the back of the building (you can access this side too! From Ebury Road) so if you dont fancy sitting infront of the stage and warming your ears to a spot of live, local music then you can wander on outside and soak up some sun. (hopefully!)

Anyway, enough jabber jabber, here's the breakdown! As we book more artists i will be adding to this, if i've missed you out send me a nudge to themollyqueen@googlemail.com or poke me on facebook..... ;)

The UnderGround Bakery Cafe
The Underground bakery is looking forward to having more space to play around with at this new venue. Not only will they be there with the normal range of delectable savoury and sweet treats, but there'll be a cafe-style, sit down menu on offer as well as a chance to stock up on your freshly made, home baked breads. For those of you that attended the secret Tea party in Sherwood, you'll have had a taste of whats in store; for those that havent.... i hope i've tenderly tickled your taste buds.

Live Music

Drum roll please......... We have the amazingly talented and wonderful musical genius that is WILL JEFFERY performing on the day, with a little help from his friend LOUIS SCOTT.

More artists TBC

Artists

Ali Bee - Textiles Designer of pure brilliance and creativity. Her creations have real character and really make an impression. Beautifully thought out, made and  sewn with real skill and talent, Ali's stall will leave you wishing you'd learnt how to sew and had stayed on for Art at school.

Laura Stephenson - I think I said too many nice things about this lady before, so i'll tone it down this time. Laura is a very talented painter and always has a beautiful stall full of her range of work including gorgeous little home-sewn gifts, bags and purses, prints, vintage knick knacks and little pretty things.

Get Sneaky - Ok, I met this lady at an event a few weeks ago and was blown away by the range of creative items she had on her stall, and how it was displayed! She's obviously a genius, the ethos is all about recyling old, unused and unwanted items into glorious, beautiful and wanted items. This website really deserves a good look! Sneak over here.

Jess Hayes Gill - A fantastical designer lady, Jess will be there with her amazing range of tea towels and prints.

Corrina Rothwell - anyone who is planning to attend Sherwood Secret Garden Craft Fair will have noticed Corrina's amazing illustration as she designed the flyers! With a fab range of greetings cards, prints and more, she'll be there filling our faces with her hilarious sense of humour and super style. Check out her website here.

Christine and Betsy's Wares - This mother-daughter team have been busy building up a beautiful stock of vintage knick knacks, clothing and artwork. With an eye for beauty and not enough room at home to keep everything, their stall is always worth a good old rummage. You'll leave feeling as though you've just fallen out of a back street shop on portobello. She used to live in London dontcha know.

Emma's WoodShop - Literally, a genius with wood, this super lady personalises, renovates and makes hand crafted wooden letters, furniture, frames and anything you can think of in wood. We're very excited for Emma's debut stall.

Bees make Honey - They do you know, and as we know that bees make honey, we also know that this fabulous lady makes beautiful hand made, home sewn bags, purses and other exquisite items. That bloke of hers is quite talented too! Ask about the perfectly designed craft table and display tables she uses to showcase her wares.

Rosa's Ribbons - Shabby Chic inspired Gifts. This website seriously deserves a look-see. Tie a ribbon round your 'mouse' finger here.

MollyQueen Decoupage - We're back with our usual range of creative nonsense but this time we have gone for more of a display of our furniture and customisation service. We have also branched out a bit into other directions, including paper art, cards and prints. Come take a look see!

The Occasional Cupcake - For that sweet tooth of yours, or your boyfriends, or your childrens, mum's grandma's etc. the Occasional cupcake will be there providing her usual, amazing range of sweet treats and all things sweet for you to enjoy on the day or take home for a nibble on later. Does commissions too. Dont forget to ask her for a card!#

Ruth and Franble's Colourful Creations - Two colourful creatives are coming to showcase their wares. Pictures and Prints to textiles and cushions.

Sam's Jams - A firm favourite of ours, Sam will be back with her tasty range of home made jams and marmalades along with her new range of soaptastic goodies! A crafting genius, this lady will leave you wanting to run home and run the bath (and stick some bread in the toaster).

Yarn Loft - Exactly what it says on the tin, A supplier of all crafters... The Yarn Loft will be there with her beautiful and inspirational range of materials and yarn's to send anyone home with a cunning craft idea (and hopefully the motivation to follow it through!)

Activities, Installations and Art Projects

Interactive Art installation by Leanne Trappe
Shadow Puppets
(more info coming soon!)

Massage Therapy

Tarot Readings

Facepainting

Public Poetry

Public Photography

The Thought Box

We are still waiting on a few confirmations so dont worry if your name isnt on the list! Just send me an email and we'll get that sorted. Dont forget to check back nearer the time as i'll be updating this list and adding activities, projects and more so you know what to expect!

For now, Thats all, but do please check back nearer the time as there will be more to read about, get intrigued about and to come and quell your curiosities about on the day.

MQ xx

If you are a crafter and want to know more about this or future events please email me at themollyqueen@googlemail.com and i'll get back to you.

Joyous June, Vintage Tea Parties, Crafting and a lot to look forward to.

Happy June Everybody! Hope you are all enjoying the intermittent sunshine and floods of rain.

We've been a busy bunch here at MollyQueen, recovering from our last Market, which was a great success and attending some fantastic events in our fair city. Thanks to everyone who came along, and to all of the artists who featured their work. We dont have many photo's of the day, so if anyone has any please send them in to us and we'll get them up!

The Next Marvellous Market is going to at a different venue, located just 2 minutes away from Hotel Deux. It will be at The Federation Social Club which is on Claremont Road and is easy to get to from either Nottingham Road or Hucknall Road. We are very excited, this is set to be the biggest market yet! We have room for double the amount of stalls, we have a large stage for live music and entertainment AND there is even room for an Underground Restaurant Cafe. (Not actually Underground)

There is also a large car park and a SECRET GARDEN so you can relax on your Sunday afternoon and 'catch some rays', 'chill' or whatever it is we do these days...

Sunday the 7th August between 11 - 4pm 

@ The Federation Social Club on Claremont road

(Venue can be access from both Ebury Road AND Claremont Road, 

but the Car park entrance is on Claremont road)

Link to Google Maps

The market will be open to the public between 11 and 4pm and the bar will be open serving drinks, teas and coffees all day. For more info on the market or to apply as a stall holder, please email me at themollyqueen@googlemail.com

Anyway, here's a bit of what we've been up to recently, and what we have coming up before the next Marvellous Market.

Book Mobiles

Drying the Glue

Final Result,
not the best photo but you can see the swirly whirlies i put in!

 Urtopia @ Moog - MQ on the Road - Thursday 9th June

We are waiting for the photos, but can say that it was a fantastic night, met loads of wicked people and won a fantastic set of scales on the raffle! Ha ha!

Urtopia is a travelling boutique that raises money for Macmillan Cancer Support and is run by a super dooper lady called Emilie who is basically, rather fabulous.

We are hoping that Urtopia will have a section at our next market, pop back nearer the time for an update and a full breakdown of artists!

We were also lucky to meet the owner of this fluffy fellow, the lady from Sneaky, another fabulous organisation that we hope to have featuring at our Market. The ethos of this company is recycling and re-using what some people may consider as rubbish to make amazing, creative and beautiful items ranging from record ear rings and jewellery all the way to cheeky garters and funky fascinators. Take a look at their website here.

UnderGround Bakery Vintage Tea Party - Saturday 11th June

On Saturday we tagged along as the UnderGround Bakery took over a small unused shop space in sherwood and used the spacious veranda to serve a selection of cream teas, afternoon teas, sandwiches and scones. 

A wonderful day had by all, read about it and see some photo's at the UnderGround Bakery blog here.

Coming up in our Diary

SAW Secret Garden Craft Fair

Craft Fair @ Nottingham Workshop Sunday 10th July 11am -3pm

DEERSTOCK Beer and Music Festival July 30th - 31st

Two Little Fishes

Here's a Sneak peek of the decorations we did for the UnderGround Pop-up - 'The Fish and The Loaves', last weekend. These photo's were taken during construction so arent quite finished but you get the general gist. Themed Crafts are great fun, and look great as decorations. The more random and sporadic the better - talking points for guests!

I'll upload the pic of them in action on the night as well as the menu and some more info about the UnderGround Restaurant. The next one is going to be amazing!

I'll be back later with a few more pictures and some info about what we are going to be up to over the next few weeks. We've been busy crafting away for a fab vintage event next week @ MOOG and another fabulous pop up day in Sherwood, again; vintage themed! Perfect!

Sardines Frame  

This frame is decoupaged with pages from an old book and has two sardines placed in the middle. Heavily varnished for a retro look. 

The following pictures are of table decorations that were placed around the venue 

on the evening of the meal.

Fishy Circle - Table Cut-outs

School of Fishy Cut-outs

Driftwood Fish Bones Table Decoration

Paper Fish Bones Table Decoration

Centre-Piece Book Sculpture - Fish and Ships

Fish and Ships front view

This piece is entitled 'The Breaking Wave'. It has coiled pages with quilled paper and wire extended fish overflowing over the edge of the wave. The wave ends with a neat fold and layered at the front edge are words describing the flow and feel of a wave as it breaks.

'A Breaking Wave' Book Sculpture Centre-piece

"Breaking Wave" Side View

This piece is my favourite, a double sided wave sculpture with a folded fishing boat in the centre. Since this photo, i added quilled coils and wire extended fish to create more 'bounce' and character cut-outs from magazines to populate the boat. 

Centre Piece - Quilled Fishing Ship

Side View - Quilled Fishing Ship

This is my little creative companion, who generally sits quietly while i cut and curl. Although to tell the truth, she's distracting even when she's well behaved.

My Creative Companion

The Next photo's are of a few vintage style cards i made for the event at MOOG on Thursday the 9th.

The event is called Urtopia and is all about recycling old things into new and beautiful things. There'll be more info coming soon about this event, its an evening one and looks set to be amazing! Lots of crafty brands and designers there to show off their stuff and party with you - DJ's and food available too. What better? Oh! Vintge clothes! Yes :)

Here's another decoupaged picture i've been working on. 

Not quite finished yet but you get the colourful idea!

This is a book mobile that i left hanging in the street as a gift of 'Free Art'. A new project i am starting, the idea is that you find something and give something back to a complete stranger. If you would like to partake please get in touch and i'll tell you what to do!

And finally, here's a beautiful double rainbow to make your eyes smile.

Back soon (Oooh! That sounds like 'Backsun') 

p.s. Watch Winnie the Pooh The Original.... pretty.

Magnificence and Marvellousness

xx MQ xx