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Asking For Trouble is the crafty pseudonym of Marceline Smith, an artist and designer based in Glasgow, Scotland. I make handmade fabric purses, jewellery, stationery and accessories inspired by Japan.

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Well, I’m back

Friday, July 4th, 2008

I am back in Glasgow and we all had an awesome time in Thailand. Here is Oooew Bunny overwhelmed by the joys of the Rabbit Resort, in front of that very pool I posted below (which did look exactly like that!). I think my face had a similar expression most of the time as well. […]

Off gallivanting again, and a giveaway!

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Woo, I am off to Thailand today and will be sitting by this very pool at the excellently-named Rabbit Resort in Pattaya by the weekend. The pool has a rabbit pattern on the bottom! The rest of the holiday will be spent in Bangkok, shopping, eating and having larks.
The shop (and Etsy shop and Poppytalk […]

In The List

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Can you see my keyring? It’s just above Leonard the reject sock monkey. The List, Scotland’s listing magazine, did a great feature on Made in the Shade last week with this lovely spread of things from some of the people taking part. Click on the image to see a bigger verson at Flickr.
In other news, […]

Back from the beach

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

I am back from my holidays and had a lovely time - thanks for all your nice comments on the last post. I’m going to be tied up with stuff for Made in the Shade (and sleep, and LOST finale) for the next couple of days so you’ve got a little longer to add your […]

Mending

Monday, April 28th, 2008

I have not been feeling too great over the last few days, hence my lack of blogging. Instead I have just been watching DVDs and reading books and suchlike. I am not a good patient though and get very frustrated at not being able to get on with things. So one of the things I […]

How clean is your desk?

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Why is it so hard to keep a desk clean? Mine is so often piled with stuff that it just becomes impossible to use for anything. Considering this is my sewing desk, you can imagine how recently I have done any sewing! Because it’s also the closest thing to the door, I seem to use […]

What did I get in the mail today?

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Vintage Ribbon from eBay
Sadly my second lot as the first lot got lost somewhere across the ocean. Thankfully, the seller was awesome enough to send a replacement, and luckily still had the ribbons I wanted in stock. Anyway, aren’t they pretty? They will be new vintage ribbon keyrings soon, once my new batch of charms […]

Charity Finds

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Don’t you love a good charity shop rummage? My favourites are the ones stuffed with randomness from floor to ceiling and managed by lovely gossipy pensioners who will happily sell you a bag of stuff for £1. The big name charity shops are too clean and well-organised for my liking so one needs to travel […]

Gallivanting

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

So, yes, I have spent the last week gallivanting around the North East of Scotland stopping at every opportunity to refill my cake levels. It was very very cold so lots of cake had to be eaten to sustain me throughout all the efforts of charity shopping and sitting by the fire. Above is me […]

I Return

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

I return from the frozen wastes of the North, and I still have all my fingers and toes! We had lots of snow for the first half of the week and then some nice sunshine for the rest and then some rain to welcome me back to Glasgow. I’m currently sorting out all my photos […]

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