Great gift ideas for teachers available in my Etsy shop

I've recently had a couple of lovely Mums buy pieces from me as end of year gifts for their child's teacher, so I thought that I'd share with you some pieces from my Etsy shop that would make make a great gift for a teacher (or anyone with a love of quirky handmade accessories) and would be something special they could always keep long after the wine and chocolates are gone!

My handmade, knitted button brooches are embellished with recycled fabrics and I make them in a variety of colours (I welcome custom orders if there's a specific colour you would like that I haven't featured) and they arrive presented in a beautifully hand decorated gift box too, making them the ideal special present to treat a teacher (or yourself) to! Check them out in my Etsy Shop!

A thank you gift- 20% off in my Etsy shop!

By way of a very big thank you for reading my Blog, you can now get 20% off all purchases in my Etsy shop until 5th May- Just enter the code Thankyou20 at the checkout and treat yourself or a loved one to some unique handmade jewellery and accessories!

Christmas Fair festivities!

I can't believe there are only two weeks left until Christmas day! I've been getting in the spirit and had a very festive weekend! On Saturday I had a thoroughly enjoyable (and unseasonably warm) day taking part in The Minories Christmas Art and Design Fair in Colchester. I enjoyed chatting to lots of new people as well as catching up with some familiar faces! There was such a lovely atmosphere and The Minories is a beautiful building for events like this- my table was in the Ballroom.

My Bookmarks 

 My neighbor at The Minories fair was the lovely Lindsay from Slumbermonkey Designs. check out her lovely handbag mirrors- they feature Lindsay's own designs. I also loved her shrink plastic jewellery created using her own illustrations- check out her Etsy Shop here

Clare Sams quirky knitted pieces are right up my street! What a talented lady, check out her website to see more of her brilliantly subversive knitted pieces

Mary Lu had taken over the Garden Room with their vintage clothing and homewares- all very tempting! Both Mary and Lucy taught me at college so it was nice to chat to them

On Sunday, I wrapped up warm and traveled to London to share a stand at Spitalfields with my frien Louisa Dash who makes beautiful accessories.

A Christmassy Spitalfields Market

Louisa makes these beautiful statement leather flower brooches, i-pad cases,  key chains and bags. We had a lovely busy day and we did treat ourselves to some nice food from the market- it's very hard to resist!

Thank you if you came to say hi over the weekend. I'm happy to think that Louise Dawson Design pieces will be wrapped under some Christmas Trees :o) Merry Christmas to you all!