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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Bow at the Printworks have launched their brand new online shop! Â Venturing online is a result of many visitors to the shop asking if they’re online and when many visitors are tourists the owner, Susanna, felt it essential to take the next step and put all the products online.
From locally made jewellery to vintage china, bow-boutique.co.uk is a super new website. Â It’s great to a fabulous place growing in this way. Â Good luck Susanna!
Take a look at Bow online at: Â www.bow-boutique.co.uk.
If you fancy a trip to the shop, click here for full details.
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
Each month I award someone from the site ‘place/producer of the month’. Â For March it’s Pumpkiz in Draycott. Â Hidden away in The Courtyard off Market Street is a great place to head to for a cosy seat, coffee and a bite to eat. Â If you’re a regular user of fabulousplaces.co.uk you’ll recognise the photo of the coffee and walnut cake…it’s one of my favourite photos and, of course, I love cake!
If heading to Draycott is a little out of the way for you, there are plenty of fabulous places nearby to visit while you’re in the area…Frox is just upstairs from Pumpkinz and The Beetroot Tree is a short walk down Market Street. Â Near to Draycott is Breaston where you’ll find Andersons Deli and Cachepot.
Happy travels!
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
I am delighted to announce that the next fabulousplaces.co.uk event will be taking place on the evening of Thursday 4th March at the stunning Blackbrook House nr Belper.
Indulgence Evening
An exclusive evening of shopping, demonstrations & indulgence
Thursday 4th March 2010 (7-10pm)
Blackbrook House nr Belper, Derbyshire
Tickets are £5 each (event is free to Derbyshire Card holders)
Click here to get your ticket
Guests will receive a drink, mini cupcake & goody bag on arrival. Â There will be a selection of fabulous places and producers to browse and there will be demonstrations being held throughout the evening. Â Blackbrook House will also be holding cheese and wine tasting. Â With the event being so close to Mothers Day, it will be the perfect opportunity to find something special for Mum. Â Even better…why not take your Mum with you for a treat.
The event will be supporting the Wirksworth Rotary Club Aquabox Scheme, which sends vital resources and water filtering units to locations of natural disasters like the recent Haiti earthquake.  Proceeds from the entry ticket and raffle will be donated to the charity.
Exhibitors include:
Quirky Cookies & Cakes
Cocomine Chocolates
Lucy Sheeran Cards
Anney Grace Jewellery
Cameo Cupcakes
Housley & Co
Blossom Tree
Jamie Oliver Home & Giftware
Ribbon
Hearts & Homespun
Nina Carolyn Jewellery
Carol Cummins (handmade home accessories)
Lavender grey
Jack Rabbits
Eco Eco
Raggedy Homespun Crafts
Bow at the PrintworksÂ
More fabulous businesses added daily…
Click here to get your ticket to the Indulgence Evening
Click here to get your Derbyshire Card. Â If you are already a Derbyshire Card holder please click here to let us know you will be attending.
I would like to say a big thank you to the following businesses for supporting this event:
Blackbrook House, Belper
Dorset Cereals
Teapigs
Cameo Cupcakes
Quirky Cookies & Cakes
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
**UPDATE**
I am delighted to announce that the next fabulousplaces.co.uk event will be taking place on the evening of Thursday 4th March at the stunning Blackbrook House nr Belper.
Indulgence Evening
Shopping, demonstrations & indulgence
Thursday 4th March 2010
Blackbrook House nr Belper, Derbyshire
Tickets are £5 each (event is free to Derbyshire Card holders)
Click here to get your ticket
Guests will receive a drink, mini cupcake & goody bag on arrival. Â There will be a selection of fabulous places and producers to browse and there will be demonstrations being held throughout the evening. Â Blackbrook House will also be holding cheese and wine tasting. Â With the event being so close to Mothers Day, it will be the perfect opportunity to find something special for Mum. Â Even better…why not take your Mum with you for a treat.
The event will be supporting the Wirksworth Rotary Club Aquabox Scheme, which sends vital resources and water filtering units to locations of natural disasters like the recent Haiti earthquake. Â Proceeds from the entry ticket and raffle will be donated to the charity.
Exhibitors include:
Quirky Cookies & Cakes
Cocomine Chocolates
Lucy Sheeran Cards
Anney Grace Jewellery
Cameo Cupcakes
Housley & Co
Blossom Tree
Jamie Oliver Home & Giftware
Ribbon
Hearts & Homespun
Nina Carolyn Jewellery
Carol Cummins (handmade home accessories)
Lavender grey
Jack Rabbits
Eco Eco
More fabulous businesses added daily…
Click here to get your ticket to the Indulgence Evening
Click here to get your Derbyshire Card. Â If you are already a Derbyshire Card holder please click here to let us know you will be attending.
I would like to say a big thank you to the following businesses for supporting this event:
Blackbrook House, Belper
Dorset Cereals
Teapigs
Cameo Cupcakes
Quirky Cookies & Cakes
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
Win a year’s subscription to Country Living magazine!
Buy your fabulousplaces.co.uk Derbyshire Card before 11th December 2009 to be entered into the draw.
If you love fabulousplaces.co.uk, you’ll love the Derbyshire Card!  The Derbyshire Card is your perfect companion when shopping at many of Derbyshire’s independent places and producers featured  on fabulousplaces.co.uk.
Derbyshire Card holders will also be invited to exclusive fabulousplaces.co.uk events held throughout the year.  Be part of it…exclusive events, special offers and promotions!
A Derbyshire Card costs just £10 and can on fabulousplaces.co.uk by clicking here.
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
I am delighted to launch the fabulousplaces.co.uk Derbyshire Card is here! Â For many years I’ve been looking for a local card which is Derbyshire based and after no success I decided it would be perfect to launch one through fabulousplaces.co.uk for Derbyshire!
The Derbyshire Card is your perfect companion when visiting fabulous shops, cafes, farm shops and with many of the producers featured on the website.
The Derbyshire Card costs just £10 and gives you 12 months of fabulous offers and discounts.  In addition, there will be exclusive Card holder events held throughout the year for you to attend.  You will also receive a fabulous cotton shopper bag absolutely free!
Click here to find out more.
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
The fabulousplaces.co.uk Christmas Market is here! Â We’ll be taking over the stunning Blackbrook House on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd November 2009 from 11am – 5pm. Â All the stalls and food are all indoors, should it decide to to rain!
Click here to see the event preview email sent out recently.
The event will be the perfect way to start the festive season. Â There will be something for all the family, from face painting and craft corner to an outdoor German-style market and stunning Derbyshire food and gifts.
To browse the list of exhibitors please click here. Â Only places and producers featured on the fabulousplaces.co.uk website will be attending, so you know you’ll be tempted by the array of food and gifts on offer! Â Jewellery, gifts, Christmas decorations, food, cards and gift wrap, cupcakes, festive flowers and so much more!
There will also be a tombola and raffle, both of which will be supporting the Dog Trust.
You will also be given the opportunity to purchase your fabulousplaces.co.uk Derbyshire Card. Â The Derbyshire Card will be launched by fabulousplaces.co.uk and will offer lots of special offers and promotions at many of the places and producers featured on the website and also give you exclusive invitation to fabulousplaces.co.uk special events which will be held throughout the year.
Useful Information:
- Â Please note: not all the standholders will have card transaction machines. The nearest
cash machines are in nearby Belper.
- Â Entry and parking is free.
-  For directions to Blackbrook House in Derbyshire please click here.
See you there…it’s going to be fabulous!
Deb
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
I don’t like to wish away time, but I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to the Christmas Market! Â The planning is going great and there will be a wonderful selection of places and producers from the fabulousplaces.co.uk website. Â There will be something for all the family and will be a fabulous start to the festive season!
Christmas Market
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd November 2009
11-5pm
Blackbrook House, Belper, Derbyshire
Here are the fabulous places and producers attending to date:
Quirky Cookies & Cakes – novelty cookies, biscotti & much more
eco eco – ethical & eco friendly gifts for home & garden
Studio 61 Gallery Boutique – ceramics, bath & body, cards & more
the loaf – amazing artisan bread & festive handmade food.
Anney Grace Jewellery – handmade unique jewellery
The Blossom Tree - festive flowers & fresh door wreaths
The Beetroot Tree – hand crafted gifts and art
Housley & Co – handmade cushions pictures, bags & more
Bow at the printworks – home accessories & gifts
Vintage & Cake – homemade cakes
Elaine Lim-Newton – East Asian inspired ceramics
Lavender grey – home accessories & gifts
I Should Cocoa – artisan chocolate gifts
Jack Rabbits – gorgeous home cooked food
HWR Designs – handmade textile accessories
Havoc Jewellery – handmade jewellery
Usborne Books – fab books for little ones
Bluebells Dairy & Farm Shop
Blackbrook House will also be offering an outdoor German-style food market with hot offerings. You will also be able to preorder your Christmas Tree.
As with the Summer Fete, there will also be lots to keep the little ones entertained, from face painting to craft corner.
The Christmas Market is all about the fabulous independent places and producers featured on the website, so you can be rest assured that the quality and array of products on display will be the best Derbyshire has to offer.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
I’m super pleased to be able to announce that the next event for the website has been confirmed! Â The Christmas Market will be held on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd November 2009 at Blackbrook House near Belper. Â I am delighted to be holding another event at this stunning venue and even more happy to be running the event over two days.
As always, the events are a perfect opportunity to see lots of the places and producers from the fabulousplaces.co.uk website in one place! Â From Christmas wreaths and gifts to mince pies and home accessories…there will be something fabulous for all the family and some great extras..face painting, craft corner for the little ones and an outdoor German style market.
Full information will be on the website soon, but please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions in the meantime.
Deb
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
What a day! Â It began very early for me and with the early start came the rain and lots of it! Luckily it decided to move on around 10.50am just as the doors opened and the visitors arrived. Â I was so surprised by the number of visitors…many more than anticipated, but how fantastic! I’m delighted that so many people came along to support Derbyshire’s most fabulous places and producers and rightly so…..I’m sure you’ll agree, they’re fabulous and together put on quite a spread of goodies for us!!
I would like to say thank you to Blackbrook House for providing such a stunning venue!  Also, a huge thank you to all the visitors and exhibitors. I would like to say a special thank you to my friend, Lucy, for helping me throughout the day…what would I have done without you!!
Below are some photos from the event, but if you would like to browse all the photos please click here.
The lovely loaf chaps from Crich…taken a few moments before completely selling out of bread! Â 
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Lots of delicious food on the Fresh Basil stall:
Lovely home accessories from the Bottlekiln:
The Summer Fete was the second event I have organised and I hope to organise many more.  I would love to receive your feedback as my aim is to make every event as enjoyable as possible and ensure there is something for everyone.  To help me when I’m planning the next event I’m asking for your feedback and in return I’m offering you the chance to WIN a tin of Best of British cookies from the fabulous Quirky Cookies & Cakes!  Click here to complete the feedback form, I promise it’s short and shouldn’t take more than a few minutes!
Well, now I’m on to planning the Christmas themed event, but that’s all I’ll say about that….afterall, we’re still in July and mentioning Christmas feels wrong!!
Bye for now!Â
Debs
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