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.

What I love about this time of year is that there are so many events taking place…there’s no excuse to be stuck for things to do!  Here are a selection to tempt you…

Bluebells Dairy – A Taste of Christmas
Thursday 11th November, 5.30-8.30pm
Celebrate the opening of Bluebells Christmas Marquee with a warm glass of mulled wine and tastings on many festive goodies such as Goose, Roast gammon, Christmas Puddings, Bluebells Homemade Christmas cakes and Mince Pies. Get Christmas off to a good start by placing your orders for your Christmas Turkeys, Chicken, Goose, Game +Poultry, Bluebells Hampers, Meats, Meat and Veg Boxes and cakes.  Click here for more information about Bluebells.

Christmas at Bow Boutique
Thursday 11th November 2010, 4pm – 8pm
An opportunity to see the beautiful new Christmas ranges, enjoy a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie…and take advantage of an exclusive 10% off!  Click here for more information about Bow.

The Bottlekiln presents ‘Carols at the Kiln’
Thursday 25th November, 6.30pm – 9.00pm
A wonderful evening of shopping and carols.  Enjoy a complimentary glass of mulled wine when you arrive.  Candlelit singing at 7.30pm and 8.15pm.

Shopping Evenings at Cachepot
Thursday 25th November and Wednesday 8th December, 7pm – 9pm
Cachepot (in Draycott, Derbyshire) are inviting you along to festive shopping evenings where you can indulge in mince pies, mulled wine & shopping.  Click here to find out more about Cachepot.

Girls & Boys Night Out at Colston Bassett in Nottinghamshire
Wine tasting, shopping & festivities at the gorgeous village shop that is the Colston Bassett Store. Click here to find out more about the Colston Bassett Store.

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!

Date for your diary…Sunday 16th May

If you love fabulousplaces.co.uk then you’ll absolutely love the Summer Fete!

This will be the second Summer Fete I’ve run through fabulousplaces.co.uk and I’m really looking forward to this one!  The Fete will be held at Shottle Hall where there’ll be lots of fabulous things going on inside and outside; gifts, local food, farmers market and a lots to keep the little ones busy!

Join us for a fabulous day in the countryside!

For more information and exhibitor list click here to visit the website.