An evening at Bow - Thursday 9th June from 7pm onwards

Bow Boutique in Matlock are inviting you to their first shopping indulgence evening in the new shop!  With extended ranges of gifts, cards, & interiors, including vintage & one off ‘upcycled’ furniture pieces, the evening will be a perfect opportunity to enjoy a glass of bubbly whilst browsing new ranges from Gisela Graham, Greengate, East of India and many more local unique artisans.  There will also be inspiring demonstrations from local artisan, Hearts & Homespun.

Location: Bow Boutique, 8 Causeway Lane, Matlock, Derbyshire.  DE4 3AR.

Bow will also be exhibiting at the fabulousplaces.co.uk Food & Gift Fair at The Roundhouse on Sat 2nd & Sun 3rd July 2011.  Full event information can be found at events.fabulousplaces.co.uk.

Throughout Summer I’ll be offering regular competitions through fabulousplaces.co.uk.  This week The Studio Photographers are offering a wonderful prize of a family photoshoot, at their studio in Mickleover, including a 12 x 8 photo worth £145!

The Studio are based in Mickleover, Derby, and offer a full portrait and wedding photography service.  Please click here to browse their website.

To be entered into the competition please click here & follow fabulousplaces.co.uk on Twitter!  It’s that simple!

The competition will end at midnight on Monday 6th June 2011.  The winner will be notified the following day.

Congratulations to Phil from Derby who is the lucky winner of a £60 flower bouquet from Tineke Floral Designs in Matlock, Derbyshire.

Come & say hello this Saturday…we’ll be at Wirksworth Farmers Market selling the fabulousplaces.co.uk magazine, etc.  We’ll be offering the magazine at a special Farmers Market price of just £2 (rrp. £3.50).  The Farmer Market can be located on the main road through Wirksworth (St Johns Street) from 9am until 2pm.

You’ll also have an opportunity to buy the I heart Derbyshire cotton shopper bag and also pick up a flyer for the upcoming fabulousplaces.co.uk Summer Food & Gift Fair at the Roundhouse on 2nd & 3rd July 2011.

Hope to see you there!

The Alphabet Gift Shop in Mickleover will be unveiling a fabulous extension to their current shop space this coming Friday, 27th May 2011, and you’re invited to their grand opening from 10am!

There’ll be lots going on and if you wear something pink you’l receive 10% off!  There’ll be lots of new stock to browse, cupcakes and bubbly and a charity raffle in aid of the Lewis Mighty Fund.

Please see invite above for full information.

The Alphabet Gift Shop will also be exhibiting at the fabulousplaces.co.uk Food & Gift Fair at The Roundhouse on Sat 2nd and Sun 3rd July 2011!  Click here for full information.

Tineke Floral Designs, Matlock, Vintage Floral Bouquet

Yay, it’s competition time…how would you like to win a £60 bouquet of stunning flowers?

Tineke Floral Designs are offering one winner a bouquet of flowers, delivered to you…anywhere in the UK!  Tineke Floral Design specialise in beautiful floral arrangements for special occasions and delivery throughout the UK.

All you have to do is follow fabulousplaces.co.uk on Twitter and answers the following question:

Q:  Where in Derbyshire is Tineke Floral Designs based?

TWO stages to enter:
1.  Submit your answer here.
2.  Then click here to follow fabulousplaces.co.uk on Twitter…easy as that!
BOTH STAGES MUST BE COMPLETED TO ENTER!

Competition closes midnight on Thursday 26th May 2011.

To find out all about Tineke Floral Designs click here.

Good luck!

Cheshire has been luanched for just over a month now and we’ve been out and about searching through the back streets to find you some of the special hidden gems and talented makers.  Here’s a taste of what we’ve found so far!  We have some truly fabulous places in the pipeline and can’t wait to share them with you!

Click on a link below to find out more about the place or maker in Cheshire:

Zoe Corney, Cheshire
Handmade By, Congleton, Cheshire
Callula Glass, Cheshire
Button Box, Cheshire
Cherry Tree Gallery, Knutsford, Cheshire
Little Nut Tree Toys, Wilmslow, Cheshire
Cornelius Potts & Uncle Monty, Cheshire
Snapdragon Florist & Tea Room, Chester

Sign up to fabulousplaces.co.uk blog alerts and we’ll let you know when a new fabulous places or maker in Cheshire is added the website!

After a wonderful Christmas Market, I’m delighted to be announcing the fabulousplaces.co.uk Food & Gift Fair at The Roundhouse on Sat 2nd & Sun 3rd July 2011!  Doors will open at 11am.

Lots of stalls offering delicious food and handpicked gifts for you and your home.  As always, the events are planned and designed around the type of events I like to visit.  There are lots of great events taking place in the area, but the fabulousplaces.co.uk events are always different and offer something for the whole family.

Polly’s List will be back again this year offering truly special crafts and fun for the little ones.
Catherdral Quarter Hotel will be cooking up some delicious food on the BBQ.
The Roundhouse will be full with stalls…all personally handpicked by me!

Click here for full information & exhibitor list.

Entry is £1 (free for under 16s)
Supporting Cancer Research UK

fabulousplaces.co.uk will be out about over the Summer at the following events…we’ll be promoting all things fabulous and also selling the magazine:

Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 May 2011
Derbyshire Food & Drink Fair
For full information about the event please click here.  This year’s event will be held at Hardwick Hall.

Saturday 4th June 2011,  9am – 2pm
Wirksworth Farmers Market

Saturday 26th June 2011, 1pm onwards
Duffield Carnival
Eyes Meadow, Duffield
Click here for a location map.

Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd July 2011
fabulousplaces.co.uk Food & Gift Fair
The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derbyshire
Click here for full information.

You can now buy your copy of the fabulousplaces.co.uk etc. magazine at the following fabulous places:

Online at fabulousplaces.co.uk

The Bottlekiln, West Hallam
Bluebells Dairy, Spondon
Studio 61, Holloway
Hassop Station, Bakewell
The Loaf, Crich
Alphabet Gift Shop, Mickleover

We will also be selling the magazine at the Derbyshire Food & Drink Festival at Hardwick Hall on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May 2011.

The etc. magazine is a 2011 publication from fabulousplaces.co.uk with 74 pages of Derbyshire, food, places, days out, inspiration and makers.

Click here to purchase your copy online at fabulousplaces.co.uk now.

etc. magazine is brought to you by fabulousplaces.co.uk & thingswemake.wordpress.com

Derbyshire maker, Lucy Sheeran, has launched a new range of personalised drawings to her beautiful range of products.  Personalised home drawings are now available to purchase on the Village Shop…what a wonderful gift for someone special.  The drawings can be of your home, favourite place to visit or a wedding venue!

To find out more about Lucy’s personalised drawings click here.