by dev@caithnesscreativedesign | Feb 12, 2025 | blog
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 5 I first took part in my first craft fayre about a year after setting up in business. I say “I” when really it was my late wife Maureen. For she was the person that endured the many hours of staffing our stand waiting for customers. The first...
by dev@caithnesscreativedesign | Feb 11, 2025 | blog
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 4 The first three years of Glass Creations was a very steep learning curve for me in experiencing people both as customers and as supporters. One supporter at the time was Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise (now Highlands and Islands...
by dev@caithnesscreativedesign | Feb 3, 2025 | blog
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 3 Money is a must when starting a business as I found out very quickly. I bought a building which although was fitted with shelves and had a bench courtesy of the previous owners, “Wood Goods and Chattels” I needed more. I needed glass, burner...
by dev@caithnesscreativedesign | Feb 1, 2025 | blog
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 2 Glass Creations is a name of a business but not an address, so I needed to come up with a title of a place that was recognised by all especially the post service. Thus, the building we bought was now known as “Thurso Glass Studio.” I chose...
by dev@caithnesscreativedesign | Jan 30, 2025 | blog
BLOG – 35 YEARS AGO BLOG 1 Thirty-Five years ago, “Glass Creations” was born so here the first of thirty-five blogs describing some history. I moved to Caithness in 1981 to work as a scientific glassblower at Dounreay. Expecting to make a lot of very technical...
by dev@caithnesscreativedesign | Jan 14, 2025 | blog
OCH EYE THE NO, NO, NO, NO! I am not that familiar with my body parts. As long as they all work as designed then I am fine with that. My eyes are important to me as I guess they are to all. When, a few years ago I was told I had the start of cataracts then I spoke to...
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