Spring Fair - Featured seller - Love from Hetty & Dave

For the past few weeks we have been featuring different makers and sellers on our blog who will be selling at our Dorset Team Spring Fair in Wimborne on Saturday 5th May. 

This week our featured stallholder is Zoe who runs Love from Hetty & Dave . 

Zoe in her studio wearing one of her brooches

Zoe is based in Bournemouth and makes hand stitched leather jewellery, customised shoes and handbags, plush slugs (!!). 

Rainbow plush slug!

Zoe graduated from Kent Institute of Art & Design in 2001 after completing a degree in silver smithing. After graduating she was drawn to the more tactile qualities of leather and textiles and in 2004 begun making her own range of hand stitched leather handbags, purses, brooches and necklaces which successfully sold these at famous Portobello and Spitalfields markets in London. 

Work in progress - Stitching leather bee necklaces

In 2007 she set up her shop on Etsy and sells her wares all over the world from Etsy, her website and boutiques in the UK, Europe and Japan. 

A sneak peek into Zoe's studio

Zoe has had a number of celebrity customers including Amy Winehouse, Deborah Meaden and Jodie Harsh. 

Zoe is also the author of the book 'Love Leather Accessories' and has starred on 'Kirsty Allsopp's Handmade Christmas'. 

Rainbow ballet pumps by Zoe. 

Come along to the Dorset Team Spring Fair to meet Zoe and see her wonderful quirky creations in person. 

You can find more information about the event here on our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/282450382285845