Rosa Rosa Felt Bag Kit

Hi everyone, just a quick one this morning as I have loads to do, just thought I would share one of the new felt-making kits I will be launching at The Clothes Show Live next week.

Hope you like!!

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Sara Moseley Photography empowering people and renewing self confidence

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Sara’s passion for creating beautiful images is infectious.   Her relaxed nature and ability to put you at ease ensures she captures those moments of interaction and emotion that make you and your family unique.

Specialising in photographing women and driven by a keen interest in capturing the very essence of you, Sara draws on her own experience of being a mother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, friend, photographer and business woman, to produce fresh, vibrant and emotive images you will never tire of looking at.

One of the key things that grabbed my attention about Sara is her absolute passion for making women feel good about themselves and seeing the beauty that lies in all of us... through a celebration of wonderful images from her La Femme collection. I was so taken with the incredible quality and subtlety of this range I have put myself down for a La Femme Session.

La Femme embraces everything that a woman would want to be and more and gives each of us the opportunity to emancipate our feminine side.  Embracing who we are, exactly as we are, as Sara states "because you're gorgeous and deserve the best"

So what are you waiting for give yourself the perfect gift experience and capture the magic that is you!

You can follow Sara on Twitter

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Heart Galleries Heart talented artists...

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Heart Galleries are committed to offering only the highest quality Limited Edition prints, sculptures and original artwork by today’s leading artists. Heart offer a wide choice of styles to suit every taste and regularly introduce new artwork and artists to our collection.

Heart Galleries pride themselves on superior quality of framing and offer an elite framing service to all of hearts customers.

Heart Galleries have over 10 years experience in the art business and over this time have gained a fantastic reputation for offering excellent customer service.

Heart also pride themselves on forging valuable relationships with local artists, to ensure that local talent is supported.

So, whether you are beginners in the art world or serious collectors, come in and visit our gallery and have a browse or chat to our knowledgeable and friendly staff who are always happy to help and advise you.

For further information or to view our extensive range of artwork, please visit our website www.heartgalleries.co.uk

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The Allen Brown Gallery Contemporary Precious Jewellery ethically traded!!!

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Good morning lovely makers and creators, this morning I wanted to introduce you to the Allen Brown Gallery.  

Featured above is just a small selection of the stunning pieces that the Allen Brown Gallery produces, this is master craftsmanship at its best.  The Allen Brown team are dedicated and passionate about sourcing ethical and fairly traded materials, as well as choosing conflict free diamonds for the incredible jewellery pieces that the Allen Brown Gallery designs and makes.

We feel that it is the job of a proactive, innovative and forward-looking business like the Allen Brown Gallery  to be at the forefront of new ideas, not just in design-which is what initially draws many people to them-but increasingly in this globalised world, to encourage people to consider the route source of their precious items.

Ethical Trading/Fair Trading 

Allen Brown are well-known locally for using unusual gemstones and coloured diamonds, highlighted in their frequent use in collections over the past 22 years.  They believe that the best way to achieve ethical trading is to deal with the mines and their representatives themselves. So Allen has been sourcing stones personally for a number of years, working with a few hand picked mines in Brazil they know that the workers are fairly treated and employed in safe working conditions.

Conflict Free Diamonds

Allen Brown Diamonds are purchased from legitimate sources not involved in funding conflict in compliance with United Nations Resolutions.  Sellers guarantee that they are conflict free, based on personal knowledge and/or written guarantees provided by the seller of these diamonds.

I have to say that my husband and I have had personal experience with the Allen Brown Gallery, my husbands parents recently had their 40th wedding anniversary and it was to be a year of celebrations.  My husband wanted something extra special to mark this milestone and momentous occasion, the Allen Brown Gallery delivered on every level from the very first meeting, to outline sketches, to keeping on budget and delivering on time.  Nothing was too much trouble for Allen and his team and care was taken to listen to our requirements and make something unique for the gift receivers, something that was very special to them in design and finish.

If you are planning a very special precious piece of jewellery for a loved one or family member this Christmas then you don't need to look any further the Allen Brown Gallery is the ONLY place you need to visit.

BeautyQuest the ultimate pamper experience

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At BeautyQuest we want you to look and feel good and we ensure you will leave feeling radiant and revitalised. We pride ourselves in our high standards of beauty treatments and caring approach. 


We offer an extensive list of beauty treatments which include the full range of Sothys facials and body treatments, Environ, traditional wet shave for men, St Tropez tanning, massage, threading, waxing, manicures, pedicures, Callus Peel Treatment, Calgel, O.P.I eye treatments and much more.


Feel free to browse our extensive retail area where you can treat yourself or someone special. There is something for everyone! We offer gift wrapping service and also BeautyQuest gift vouchers ideal for that perfect present! Customised gift sets are available for men and women.

For offers and promotions view our website and facebook page.

www.beauty-quest.co.uk                       

 

Permanent Cosmetics - Enjoy perfectly applied makeup, all day every day!

Carrie Frost - Fully Qualified Nouveau Contour Permanent Cosmetics Technician.

Consultations available.

Give your face a soft lift without the need for surgery.

Wrinkle Reducing Injections and Dermal Fillers from Dr Charlotte Green

(Aesthetic Medicine MB BS BSc DRCOG) at regular clinics at BeautyQuest.

Free consultations available.

For more information about any of the above treatments or to book an appointment,

Phone BeautyQuest: 01543 481152

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Featured Maker Caroline Watts Embroidery

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Caroline Watts Embroidery products are designed and handmade in Britain using pure linen, French dried lavender and the finest embroidery threads. Embroidery designer Caroline Watts, uses pure linen and cotton gingham to create her beautiful accessories for both the traditional and modern home. Inspiration for her designs comes from her garden and the surrounding Yorkshire countryside. Whether you are looking for a gift or a little treat for yourself, the products will definitely delight you. The lavender bags can be used as a decorative hanging, hung in a wardrobe to protect clothes from moths or the smaller bags could be tucked inside a pillowcase to encourage relaxation and sleep. The process of hand embroidery means that every items will vary slightly from the image provided.

I have to say that I have not seen embroidery quite like Caroline's, I adore her designs and will be making a purchase to sell in the boutique very soon.

Please take time to visit this wonderful designer who is currently being featured in Not on the High Street

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Nottingham Hospice great services and Christmas Santa Stroll finishing at Nottingham Castle

Nottingham Hospice provide Care Services for their community from the Daycare facility in the heart of Nottingham, and through their Hospice at Home service within the patients’ own homes. The primary aim is to provide ever improving, free professional Daycare and Homecare for all patients over the age of eighteen within the Nottingham area, in order that patients may live their lives as fully as possible and be able to die with peace and dignity.

It costs £2.5 million to run the hospice a year. Of this, approximately 30% comes from NHS Nottinghamshire and the remaining £1.8 million has to be raised from donations, fundraising activities and events, the Hospice Lottery and through the Hospice shops.


The hospice have a great range of charity cards online which can be viewed by clicking here.


This year they are hosting the Christmas Santa Stroll event for the whole family as follows 


Nottingham City Centre- Starting and Finishing at Nottingham Castle Sunday 5th December 2010 - Registration starts at 10am, Walk starts at 11:30am.


This will be Nottingham Hospices first ever sponsored Santa Stroll event which starts and finishes at Nottingham Castle. It's a short stroll (1 mile) through the City of Nottingham with everyone following Santa’s sleigh dressed as Santa!

I hope that many of you will be able to support  this worthy cause as its something we may all need at some point or other in our lives.

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Featured Artist Russell Wilson with his Knitting Hill Cards for Clintons

Well today we have a treat for you... several months ago a lovely young man came into the felt boutique to buy some wool to finish off a needle felting project he was doing for Clinton's cards.  It was all top secret and we couldn't let on what was going on, as all the characters had to be physically made and approved before going to press.

Well I am very happy to say that the process has now been completed, all the needle felted characters chosen and immortalized in print... I think you will agree from the photos above that the results are breathtaking.

The collection is called Knitting Hill cards and there are forty different designs in selected Clinton's stores right now, so get yourself on down and see them all up close and personal.  There are quite unlike anything I have ever seen before and I am absolutely thrilled for Russell.

My thanks to Russell for giving me the opportunity to share this new collection with you.

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Sneak Peep at another Felt Kit for the launch at The Clothes Show...

Morning lovelies, just thought I would give you a sneak peep at one of the new felt-making kits I will be launching at The Clothes Show Live this year.

Introducing Little Nerisa Merissa, Nerisa Merissa Means at sea and it's my love of the coast and all things nautical that inspired this make.  As a child I was fortunate enough to have grandparents that lived in Brighton very close to the sea, we often went to Brighton beach with a picnic for the day where the colours seemed to be beautiful tones of taupe duck egg and grey from the faded wood piers.

Of course the flowers are not particularly nautical, but anyone who knows me knows that I have had a long standing love affair with roses, from the Bianca roses I had on my wedding day to the daisies and/roses I have used in my fabric bag designs and my card making/scrap-booking.

Hope you like :)

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Saturdays Featured Seller Climbing Tikes

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Introducing Gavin and Hannah Pearce husband and wife team from Essex and their fabulous concept for todays children.

Climbing Tikes is an Essex based business and has been set up by a husband and wife team who know just how important it is to encourage our children to play outdoors.  As a family business you can expect to see an excellent service and most certainly you will not be treated as a number.

Climbing Tikes frames have been sourced from a very reliable European manufacturer and are not the flimsy overpriced product that can be seen in most garden centres or high street toy shops. Climbing Tikes are the sole distributor of this product in the UK and can offer excellent deals on delivery and even assembly if required. 

When I first discovered this company it was like a light bulb moment... of course this is what we need to get our children away from the front of the TV and computer games and out having fun, learning vital skills for the future.

It has long been a worry of mine that due to the TV and gaming age that we are all in, even down to the very little ones toys... that children are not getting enough opportunity to explore and be creative in the way that perhaps our generation was.  When we were children we would go out first thing in the morning with a packed lunch and come bag just before dark, we would clime, run, play and explore whilst setting our imaginations free.

Due to the growing influence of gaming and of course the ever apparent danger that our children are no longer safe to play out all day unsupervised as perhaps we were, children are being less creative through no fault of their own or their parents. As a creative in a creative industry we are just not seeing enough creative playtime with the youngsters and this concerns me for our future and our future generations... if we continue in this vain we will have a next generation of very tech savvy people but potentially with a lack of creative resurgence.

For me Climbing Tikes is the ideal solution, it provides all the elements that we as children would have encountered yet within the safety of the back garden.   If yo do one thing this winter for your children, take a look at Climbing Tikes you will not be disappointed.  Gavin and Hannah will be only to happy to answer any questions, you can contact them via email: info@climbingtikes.co.uk

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Mary-Lou's fab and funky retro felt bag...

Well last but definitely not least and fan-fare please!! Mary-Lou's fab retro black and cream swirly bag.  I think you will all agree another great make from another first time felt-maker.

Thank you Mary-Lou for being such great company and for sharing your make with us all.

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Clare's plum and teal floral delight

Well as promised yesterday, introducing Clare's plum and teal floral delight, just lovin that flower Clare, great job.

Thank you for being such great company and for sharing your make with us all :)

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Fab First time felt -makers and their fab felt bags, todays featured maker Gayle...

Hello lovely makers and creators, today and for the next few days I will be featuring some fab new makes from first time felt-makers from Saturdays felt bag course.

Today we feature Gayle's fresh pale blue and cream handbag with over the shoulder handles, just love those swirls Gayle :)

My thanks goes out to Gayle for being such great company and for sharing her make with us all.

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