February 3rd, 2011 §
With Valentines Day just around the corner I thought I would give you a little inspiration, whatever your budget!
The places and makers featured on the website together offer you everything you could possibly need for a fabulous evening with the one you love. Here are a few ideas…
Top Row (left to right):
Handmade personalised cushions from Housley & Co, handmade bath time goodies from Bow Boutique, Handmade personalised jewellery from Nina Carolyn Jewellery.
Second Row (left to right):
Handmade chocolates from BitterSweet Chocolates, Handmade Love Birds from HWR Designs, Garden Hampers from The Worm in Nottingham.
Third Row (left to right):
The Lime House Cafe is a Valentines Day lunchtime must & is located at the Harley Gallery in Notts, cupcakes from Star Bakery in Nottingham, handmade chocolates from I Should Cocoa in Belper.
Fourth Row (left to right):
Gorgeous flowers from The Blossom Tree in Melbourne, Jack Rabbits AGA cooked food to enjoy at home and handmade personalsed cards from Lucy Sheeran.
Valentine’s Food
How about cakes, cookies and cupcakes from Star Bakery in Nottingham, Cameo Cupcakes in Derby, Quirky Cookies and Cakes in Duffield and The Walk in Nottingham.
Chocolates & sweets from Bittersweet Chocolates & I Should Cocoa.
Fancy getting someone to do all the cooking for you? Jack Rabbits are offering a full 3 course meal for you and your loved one to enjoy at home.
These are just a small selection of the valentines ideas available through the places and producers in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Visit fabulousplaces.co.uk for some inspiration.
Have a wonderful Valentines Day!
January 26th, 2011 §
I’m super pleased to be holding an event at one of my most favourite venues…Blackbrook House! If you came along to the fabulousplaces.co.uk Summer Fete and Christmas Market in 2009 at Blackbrook I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s a gorgeous venue and driven by a passion for amazing food and service like no other.
The evening will offer you an opportunity to enjoy some Blackbrook hospitality whilst broswing over 20 fabulous stalls. Entry is free and doors open at 6.30pm. You’ll be offered the opportunity to enjoy a bite to eat and a glass of something lovely in the Blackbrook restaurant. The event will be the perfect introduction to Spring and also offer you an exclusive opportunity to browse new products from the fabulousplaces.co.uk places and makers!
Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about the event. If you would like to be kept up to date with event information please join the club and you’ll receive email updates…don’t worry, your email will be kept safe with us and we only send emails when there’s lots of fabulous news to tell you!
January 21st, 2011 §
I am very happy to let you know about a new publication from fabulousplaces.co.uk…the etc. guide will be a magazine style guide reflecting everything the website offers and some extra fabulous bits too! The first issue will focus on Derbyshire and will be something you can proudly keep on your coffee table or take out and about with you throughout the year.
I am thrilled to be working on the magazine with a good friend, Claire Sutton. Claire is a fab home cook, a talented photographer and shares many of the interests I have too, so the collaboration was an easy decision. Claire runs a blog called Things We Make and some of Claire’s recipes have featured on the fabulousplaces.co.uk blog over the last 12 months.
We’re very excited about the publication…if you love the places, makers and services featured on fabulousplaces.co.uk, great food and Derbyshire then I’m sure you’ll love flicking through the magazine. We’ve had such fun over the last 8 months…photo shoots, baking, eating, visiting talented makers and much more…our aim is for the magazine to have a real feel good appearance and reflect our passions for food, Derbyshire, great photography, local makers and artisans.
You can follow the etc guide on twitter where we’ll keep you up to date with the latest news and also let you know when it’s available. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch…we would love to hear your thoughts!
January 6th, 2011 §
I’m very excited to confirm the next fabulousplaces.co.uk event! The Food & Gift Festival will be taking place on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd July 2011 at The Roundhouse. The event will be bursting with handpicked food, drink and gift stalls offering the very best local produce.
If you are interested in taking a stall at the event to sell or promote your business please contact Deb.
January 1st, 2011 §
I would like to give a huge welcome to a new service added to fabulousplaces.co.uk…Cream Interior Design offer full interior design in addition to a gorgeous showroom based in the lovely town of Melbourne in Derbyshire. Visit their page on fabulousplaces.co.uk for full information.
December 7th, 2010 §
I love this time of year as I know the fabulous shop owners will be going all out to make their interiors look like winter wonderlands. So, I thought I would put together a post showing window displays and interiors from some of the fabulous places featured on the website. I think they might just tempt you to get wrapped up and head out in the cold!
atticusboo in Buxton
Visit the fabulousplaces.co.uk to read more about the fabulous atticusboo.
Le Chien et Moi, Nottingham
Visit fabulousplaces.co.uk to read more about the fabulous Le Chien et Moi.
Studio 61 Gallery Boutique, Derbyshire
Visit fabulousplaces.co.uk to read more about the fabulous Studio 61.
Lavender grey, Belper, Derbyshire
Visit fabulousplaces.co.uk to read more about the fabulous Lavender grey.
I don’t know about you, but these photos make me want to get out and about for some Christmas shopping! I’ll be posting more festive shop photos soon.
Useful note: if you’re making a special journey to visit a particular shop, do give them a call before setting off just incase the weather means their opening hours have changed.
December 2nd, 2010 §
The fabulousplaces.co.uk Village Shop brings you a truly wonderful selection of products from producers and shops from Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. The snow may stop you getting to your local shop, but the Village Shop is open 24/7! Here’s a selection of products you can buy through the Village Shop.
Click here to visit the Village Shop.
November 28th, 2010 §
If you visited the fabulousplaces.co.uk Christmas Market you probably spotted the gorgeous real Christmas trees at the entrance and in the foyer. These were from the wonderful and local The Little Tree Company who offer a great opportunity to hire a real tree for Christmas.
This got me thinking…I love real Christmas trees and we used to have one each year, but after a while I felt it was such a waste so we invested in an artificial tree which looked as close to ‘real’ as possible. After being surrounded by real trees at the event I decided to hire our tree from The Little Tree Company this year…it makes so much sense and means I can enjoy the wonderful aroma of a real tree again, I missed that!! The tree is delivered when I want it and collected after Christmas to be replanted.
If you like the idea of hiring a Christmas tree this year click here for more information.
My tree is scheduled to arrive on the 1st December…I’ll post a photo of it when it’s decorated!
November 23rd, 2010 §
Here are a selection of photos from the Christmas Market held at the Roundhouse on Sat 20th & sun 21st. A huge thank you to everyone for visiting…I hope you had a fabulous time!
A big thank you to Claire Sutton for the fab photos. I’ve also found some great photos of the venue here. More photos to follow shortly!
November 16th, 2010 §
The time is almost here for another fabulousplaces.co.uk event. The Christmas Market brings together over 70 handpicked food and gift stalls offering you everything for Christmas…gifts for all the family and festive food. There will be a wonderful festive fun corner for little ones and a restaurant offering you an exclusive opportunity to enjoy dishes from the award winning Jack Rabbits from the Cathedral Quarter in Derby. It will be an event not to be missed!
Click here for full information.
