Guess What?

I was invited to showcase my work at the BVC Awards on 9th June. It was a great evening and it was a pleasure to be there and I was delighted when I won an award!! I won the Enterprise Inc Business Development Award 2010. Very exciting! Below are photos of me receiving the award, which was presented by one of my mentors Bill Everard.







I've finally put these photos up today as it's my last day on the Enterprise Inc program and I'm feeling a bit sad :( Now off on holiday to cheer myself up!

Best Comment Ever

I took part in the Art House Exhibition last weekend. Art House is an open house trail of about 8 houses, each house hosting about 5 different artists. I wasn't sure how well my work would go down there as it was a completely new environment for me but it was actually fantastic. Made loads of sales and had a lovely weekend, and reading this comment made my day:



I especially like the spelling - byoutafull!

Meeting the Lord Mayor

In May I was invited to meet the Lord Mayor of Leicester at a "civic reception to recognise the young entrepreneurs of Leicester." I had anticipated that there would be lots of people there and we'd probably just listen to a speech by the Lord Mayor and not even get to meet him but I'm happy to say I couldn't have been more wrong. There were only about 10 of us there plus the Lord Mayor and Mayoress. It was good to meet everyone and find out what they all did. There were some secondary school pupils there who were studying business and were members of the young chamber of commerce. I was really impressed with them - some of them are already planning on setting up their own businesses at 16 when they leave school!

We also discussed as a group some ways businesses could get involved with start ups and with giving work experience to students studying business and marketing. One of the other things we discussed was how we could encourage others to set up their own businesses and getting graduates to stay in the area. It was quite a good discussion actually and it was a great chance to get my voice heard. All in all, a lovely evening.

AIR exhibition

I've put it off for long enough - it's time to update my blog!

AIR Exhibition (see photos below) went extremely well. Despite some last minute hiccups, everything came together and we all had a great time at the private view. The flyers didn't arrive til 5 days before the exhibition opened (nightmare!) but despite this we had a regular flow of people through the doors and the exhibition has been one of the most profitable I've done. Words can't express how rewarding it was to see it all up and hear the great comments from the public. Organising that exhibition was incredibly hard work and took up a lot of my time, diverting it away from making and preparing for other exhibitions, so for it to do so well and get such great feedback was lovely. Job well done.


Setting up the exhibition


Setting up the exhibition