August 24th, 2010 §
After speaking to lots of producers and visitors who have attended past events I’ve held, the feedback was that they would like an additional event around September…so here it is! The Autumn Food & Gift Fair will be held on Sunday 26th September (11am – 5pm) at Makeney Hall Hotel (just off the A6 near Belper). Entry is £1 (free for under 16s and fabulousplaces.co.uk Derbyshire Card Holders).
Exhibitors include Lucy Sheeran Cards, Created Gallery, Stately Brides, Happy Spaces Ltd, Tattered Rose, Bow Boutique, Amanda Hamilton, Cachepot, Just Lily Jewellery and many more!
If you have any questions about the Autumn Fair please don’t hesitate to contact me.
August 16th, 2010 §
I’m delighted to announce the following upcoming fabulousplaces.co.uk events:
Autumn Food & Gift Fair
Sunday 26th September 2010, 11am – 5pm
Makeney Hall, Belper, Derbyshire
£1.00 entry (free for under 16s)
Free entry for fabulousplaces.co.uk Derbyshire Card holders.
fabulousplaces.co.uk Christmas Market
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st November 2010, 10am – 5pm
The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby
Full information coming soon!
Click here to take a look at the venue!
If you have any questions regarding these events please click here to contact Deb.
August 12th, 2010 §
I am incredibly excited to announce that the fabulousplaces.co.uk Village Shop is open! The Village Shop is a marketplace exclusive to the places and producers featured on the website. Here you’ll find some truly wonderful products from Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
Click here for a browse!
Enjoy
Deb
July 14th, 2010 §
Join us for tea, cake and fabulous shopping!
I’m delighted to be organising, with Rudd Moncrieff Lifestyle Workshops, a Blooming Great Tea Party for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
The Tea Party will be quintessentially British and full to the brim with fabulous cakes and savories, vintage crockery, fabulous food and gifts to buy, flowers, bunting and much more! Tickets are £10 each and include a fabulous goody bag and a drink on arrival. Tickets are limited, so if you’d like to join us for a wonderful exclusive event click here to purchase your ticket. The tea party is 11am – 3pm on Thursday 29th July in the gorgeous Shottle Hall Coach House Marquee.
I would like to say a huge thank you to Rudd Moncreiff, Beau Shabby Vintage China Hire, Dorset Cereals & Northern Tea Merchants, Artisan Biscuit Company, Clipper Tea, The Lavender Patch and Shottle Hall for being so incredibly supportive of the event. A special thank you to Simon Partridge Vintage Vocalist.
I hope you can join me…it’s going to be fabulous!
Deb
June 22nd, 2010 §
Join us for tea, cake and fabulous shopping!
I’m delighted to be organising, with Rudd Moncrieff Lifestyle Workshops, a Blooming Great Tea Party for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
The Tea Party will be quintessentially British and full to the brim with fabulous cakes and savories, vintage crockery, fabulous food and gifts to buy, flowers, bunting and much more! Tickets are £10 each and include a fabulous goody bag and a drink on arrival. Tickets are limited, so if you’d like to join us for a wonderful exclusive event click here to purchase your ticket. The tea party is 11am – 3pm on Thursday 29th July in the gorgeous Shottle Hall Coach House Marquee.
I would like to say a huge thank you to Rudd Moncreiff, Dorset Cereals & Northern Tea Merchants, Artisan Biscuit Company, Clipper Tea, The Lavender Patch and Shottle Hall for being so incredibly supportive of the event.
I hope you can join me…it’s going to be fabulous!
Deb
May 20th, 2010 §
I am over the moon with how the fabulousplaces.co.uk Summer Fete went last Sunday at Shottle Hall, what a truly wonderful day and…it didn’t rain!!
A huge thank you to all the fabulous shops and producers who kindly gave up their Sunday to sell their lovely wares…there was an array of tempting goodies of offer including locally made ice cream, farm produce, delicious cupcakes, crafts and cards. Thank you to everyone who joined us, I hope you enjoyed the day!
The idea behind the events I run through fabulousplaces.co.uk is to offer you an opportunity to enjoy local, independent crafts and produce. I couldn’t have imagined it to be in a more appropriate setting…Shottle Hall is a stunning venue and I hope you all had a good look around and enjoyed the setting. I’m sure you’ll agree the grounds are beautiful and the picturesque views made the Summer Fete a truly wonderful event to wonder around. With over 4,500 visitors throughout the day I really can’t wait for the next event!
A huge thank you to Carol and her team from Polly’s List for the fabulous Polly’s Corner. The games, bouncy castles, face painting and stalls were full of nostalgia and put a smile on so many little faces!
Thank you again to everyone who helped make the event a huge success!
Here are some photos taken by lovely Twitter friends @clairetweet and @dawn_e . Thank you for taking the photos…they’re fab!
April 11th, 2010 §
I’m delighted to announce the next fabulousplaces.co.uk event…the Summer Fete will be taking place on Sunday 16th May at Shottle Hall Country House Hotel.
11am-5pm, Sunday 16th May 2010
Shottle Hall Country House Hotel
Shottle, Derbyshire
I’m taking a traditional Summer Fete and adding a fabulous twist to bring you a perfect day in the countryside. There will be scrumptious local food in the marquee, shops and producers selling their fabulous wares in the House and Polly’s Corner (Supported by Polly’s List) of fun for the little ones. My aim is to bring you an event celebrating the most fabulous places and producers from fabulousplaces.co.uk and somewhere you can visit with friends and family and spend a few hours in the countryside.
Click here to go to fabulousplaces.co.uk Summer Fete information. The full exhibitor list will be added to the website in the next few days.
Please note:
Not all exhibitors will have the ability to accept card payments. The nearest cash machines are in Belper…there will be lots of fabulous things to tempt you!
Dogs are welcome, but will not be allowed in the House and marquee.
There is a picnic area on the lawn, but this is only for use with food purchased at the event only.
March 17th, 2010 §
Bow at the Printworks have launched their brand new online shop! 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. It’s great to a fabulous place growing in this way. Good luck Susanna!
Take a look at Bow online at: www.bow-boutique.co.uk.
If you fancy a trip to the shop, click here for full details.
March 8th, 2010 §
Each month I award someone from the site ‘place/producer of the month’. For March it’s Pumpkiz in Draycott. 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. 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. Near to Draycott is Breaston where you’ll find Andersons Deli and Cachepot.
Happy travels!
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. There will be a selection of fabulous places and producers to browse and there will be demonstrations being held throughout the evening. Blackbrook House will also be holding cheese and wine tasting. With the event being so close to Mothers Day, it will be the perfect opportunity to find something special for Mum. 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 Printworks
More fabulous businesses added daily…
Click here to get your ticket to the Indulgence Evening
Click here to get your Derbyshire Card. 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
