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Indulgence Evening – 4th March – Blackbrook House

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

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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)
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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

the next fabulousplaces.co.uk event!

Monday, January 25th, 2010

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**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.  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

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

Monday, December 7th, 2009

blog-imageWin 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.

the Derbyshire Card is here!

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

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I am delighted to launch the fabulousplaces.co.uk Derbyshire Card is here!  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.

fabulousplaces.co.uk Christmas Market 2009 – it’s here!

Monday, November 9th, 2009

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The fabulousplaces.co.uk Christmas Market is here!  We’ll be taking over the stunning Blackbrook House on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd November 2009 from 11am – 5pm.  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.  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.  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!  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.  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:

-  Please note: not all the standholders will have card transaction machines. The nearest
cash machines are in nearby Belper.
-  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

Jack Rabbits publish first book!

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

I was excited to get my hands on a copy of the new book from Jack Rabbits.  Written by the owner, Amelia Horne, the book, Forty Nine; A refreshing approach to everyday foods, brings together everything we love about Jack Rabbits.

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Forty Nine is designed to offer a structure to the meals you eat, the ingredients you use and to simplify mealtimes.  This book is a must for your Christmas stocking list!

It’s fantastic to see a fabulous place publish a book and what I love is that it’s stylishly designed, visually pleasing to flick through, inspirational and a great addition to my cook book shelf!  The book is just £10 and you can purchase your copy of Jack Rabbits on Queen Street in Derby.  For more information about Jack Rabbits please click here.

Amelia will be selling the book at the upcoming fabulousplaces.co.uk Christmas Market at Blackbrook House (nr Belper) on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd November 2009 (11am – 5pm).  For full information please click here.

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Fabulous Faces win League 3 of BBC Radio Derby’s Ed to Head!

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

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After achieving 24 out of 25 during our week on the BBC Radio Derby’s Ed to Head Challenge we were back on air on Friday 30th for a tiebreaker question with the Ripley Traders.  The tiebreaker question was ‘how many artists are there listed under ‘y’ in the BBC Radio Derby music library.  Our guess of 116 was closest!

We had a great week taking part in the challenge and winning League 3 was fantastic.  A HUGE thank you to the team and all the helpers on Twitter!  The Fabulous Faces team was made up of places and producers from the fabulousplaces.co.uk website.

Listen to BBC Radio Derby on Wednesday 4th around 2.15pm and we’ll be on air!
BBC Radio Derby, 104.5fm

happy birthday to the loaf!

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

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Happy 1st Birthday to the loaf and what a year it has been for them!  I’m sure you’ll all join me in saying a huge congratulations to both Andrew & Roger.  I love the loaf and if you haven’t called into the shop in Crich yet…what are you waiting for!?  I promise you won’t be disappointed!
Take a moment to visit their page on the fabulousplaces.co.uk website and leave them a birthday message.
Deb

Bluebells in top 3 for BBC’s Farmer of the Year 2009!

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

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I have received some great news from Bluebell’s Dairy…they have been nominated for BBC Farmer of the Year 2009 and are down to the last 3!  This is amazing news and we wish them luck!  The Brown Family are very passionate about the farm shop and dairy and were blown away by the news.  I will keep you updated on how things go for them…fingers crossed for Bluebells!

To find out all about Bluebells please click here.

This morning there was an entire radio show on BBC Radio 4 all about Bluebells & to listen to is please click here.

Team ‘Fabulous Faces’ on BBC Radio Derby’s Ed to Head!

Monday, October 19th, 2009

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What a fabulous start to the week…we successfully answered all 5 questions correctly on our first day on BBC Radio Derby’s Ed to Head challenge.  A big thank you to everyone who sent through answers via Twitter and text…we really appreciate your help and if you’re listening in tomorrow and/or the rest of the week we would love to hear from you!  We will tweet the questions also.

Team ‘Fabulous Faces’:

Me – Deb, Owner, fabulousplaces.co.uk
Claire Sutton, FP Club Member & Domestic Goddess…click here to visit her fab blog.
Wendy & Jason – Quirky Cookies & Cakes
Kerry – The Blossom Tree
Charlotte – Cupcake Corner
David – squarechilli (the developing mastermind behind the fab places website)

Fingers crossed for a successful week!  If you would like to help the Team you can click here to follow us on Twitter.

Deb