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

Meet the seller - Dorset Team Fair - Slumbermonkey Designs

Name: Lindsay Buck

Shop Name: Slumbermonkey Designs

Shop Link: www.slumbermonkey.etsy.com

Located in: Durweston

Sells: Handmade illustrated jewellery and accessories, original illustration cards and prints, felted accessories.

Maker's Story: "Although I have had my shop a couple of years Slumbermonkey Designs has really blossomed since I moved to Dorset. I have always been interested in making and creating and gradually began to experiment with ideas using my own illustrations. I love wildlife, particularly woodland creatures, and my shop reflects this love. I design quirky and whimsical jewellery and design and sell cards and prints all in my unique style. In 2015, due to my husband's job, I relocated to Dorset along with our dog Holly. Our new house has a wonderful studio overlooking our garden where I now work, inspired by everything around me."

Dorset Team Christmas Fair: Lindsay will be selling her illustrated jewellery, accessories and cards at the Dorset Team Christmas Fair on Saturday 3rd December at the Allendale Centre in Wimborne.

Please come along, meet Lindsay and our other makers and sellers.

Doors open at 10am and close at 4pm and it is free entry.

For more information please see our Facebook event page or blog post

Meet the Seller - Dorset Team Christmas Fair - Georgie from Beauxoxo

Name: Georgie

Shop Name: Beauxoxo

Shop Link: http://beauxoxo.etsy.com/

Located in: Dorset

Sells: Handmade hair accessories

Maker's Story: "As clichéd as it may sound, ever since I can remember I have been making things out of anything that I could get my crafty hands on, from endless drawings for my friends and family to decorating and painting old broken violins in my college days. Whilst at university I increasingly felt like a fashion student in a musician's body and I found myself spending more and more of my time 'honing my craft'.

Before long, I realised that there was an apparent lack of distinctive yet fun hair accessories available on the market at an affordable price; therefore, I began extensively researching the best ways to make hair accessories that oozed both of these qualities and, thus, Beauxoxo was born. I like to channel the idea that hair accessories, like pieces of jewellery, can transform a look and enhance personal style whilst also making fresh fashion trends accessible to those on a budget. In 2010, I began selling my pieces on a local level at markets and through 'I Love Crafty' in Bristol, before officially launching my international Etsy store in the same year. My business soon escalated when, in 2011, I was invited to attend and partake in the Clothes Show Live 2011. During the event, I was approached by Jamie Stevens, the X Factor hair stylist, who subsequently purchased a variety of my pieces for Little Mix to wear on the show. To my surprise, when the Final show aired, Perrie walked on stage flaunting one of my glitter bows. Since then, my business has boomed and there has been a real demand for my unique yet wearable hair accessories, turning what was once a part time sewing and crafty hobby into a full time dream job! I now create hair bows, flower crowns, wire headbands, turban headbands, chain headpiece, knitted headbands, bow headbands, glitter hair bow, dolly bows, butterfly hair clips, butterfly hair crowns, lace headbands, daisy headbands and so much more. All handcrafted by myself, Georgie, in my little Dorset studio, by the seaside in the south coast of England, UK. "

Dorset Team Christmas Fair: Georgie will be selling her handmade hair accessories at the Dorset Team Christmas Fair on Saturday 3rd December at the Allendale Centre in Wimborne.

Please come along, meet Georgie and our other makers and sellers.

Doors open at 10am and close at 4pm and it is free entry.

For more information please see our Facebook event page or blog post

Meet the seller - Dorset Team Christmas Fair - Carara Designs UK

Name: Cara

Shop Name: Carara Designs UK

Shop Link: www.CararaDesignsUK.etsy.com

Located in: Bournemouth

Sells: Handmade handbags, childrens tepees and gifts and homewares

Maker's Story: I started my company over 12 years ago and work from home on the south coast in my little shed often with my toy poodle Lucia. I design and make handbags, children tepees and home wares.

My designs have a distinctive style from my use of vintage, remnant and salveged fabrics including tapestries and embroideries. My favourite part of designing is adding the embellishments, I use old buttons, vintage lace, brooches, broken jewellery, and anything else I have collected in my various tins that I think may come in useful one day!

I use a range of techniques my favourite being hand and machine embroidery, appliqué, patchwork and I always design and cut my own patterns often cutting straight from the cloth. I am completely self taught it has been a case of trial and error over the years but now have a confidence in my ability and work and because I rarley use a pattern it adds to the individuality of each piece I produce which is my whole ethos of unique one-off design.

Dorset Team Christmas Fair: Cara will be selling bags, teepees, gifts and homewares at the Dorset Team Christmas Fair on Saturday 3rd December at the Allendale Centre in Wimborne.

Please come along, meet Cara and our other makers and sellers.

Doors open at 10am and close at 4pm and it is free entry.

For more information please see our Facebook event page or blog post

Meet the Seller - Dorset Team Christmas Fair - Sarah from Ten and Six Crafts

Name: Sarah Taylor
Shop Name: Ten & Six
Shop Link: http://tenandsixcraft.etsy.com
Located in: Sixpenny Handley
Sells: Handmade fascinators, hair accessories, bags, purses and jewellery

Maker's Story: 

Hi, I'm Sarah, the owner, creator and chief tea drinker at "Ten & Six".

Ten & Six began back in 2014 with the design of a headpiece for me to wear at Royal Ascot that year. After a career of 20+ years in financial services, my full time job is now to design and make unique headwear and other apparel, such as bags, purses, earrings and cufflinks, from my spare bedroom in home on Cranborne Chase in Dorset. And I love every minute of it! 

In the last year or so, I've extended my product range to include hair accessories such as 1950s style headbands, kiss clasp purses and bags and the occasional piece of jewellery. Whatever I create, I try to make it quirky and fun.

I thank my lucky stars every day that I live in such a beautiful place and spend my days doing something that I love.

Dorset Team Christmas Fair: Sarah will be selling her handmade fascinators, hand accessories, bags and jewellery at the Dorset Team Christmas Fair on Saturday 3rd December at the Allendale Centre in Wimborne. 

Please come along, meet Sarah and our other makers and sellers.

Doors open at 10am and close at 4pm and it is free entry.

For more information please see our Facebook event page or blog post

Announcing the Dorset Team Christmas Fair Stallholders.....!

With all this beautiful weather, winter couldn't feel further away but behind the scenes the Dorset Team have been preparing for their annual Christmas fair in Wimborne and we are very excited to announce the members who were successful in their applications.

A big thank you to everyone who applied this year and congratulations to those who were successful. Also, a HUGE thank you also to the hard work of the panel this year who individually went through every single shop that applied.

We look forward to seeing the following stallholders at our Dorset Team Christmas Fair on Saturday 3rd December.

Although the date seems a long long time away please do pop the date in your diary or follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/events/866031100155674/ to our event page and click interested or going and it will remind you nearer the time about our event.

Stallholders:

Alison from AMA Designs who will be selling seasonal hand painted wooden bunting, garlands, wreaths and home décor items.

Annie from Annie's Farmhouse Crafts who will be selling bespoke wooden items made from reclaimed wood.

Apple Crates

Apple Crates UK who will be selling handmade wooden apple crates, crate furniture, personalised wooden crates, wedding centrepieces and rustic retail display units.

Lauren from Apulina who will be selling needle felt animals & greetings cards

Nkolika from Art by Nkolika Anyabolu who will be selling her art, paintings, greetings cards and art prints

Sally from Attic Light Home who makes and sells clocks, chalk boards, coasters, greetings cards and fine art prints of her art work.

Laura from Bahru who will be selling jewellery and gifts for the wild at heart!

Beauxoxo

Georgie from Beauxoxo who will be selling handmade hair accessories

Jenny from Blooming Vintage who will be selling her handmade stationery including journals, sketchbooks, photo albums and scrapbooks

Caroline from ButtonsnBits who will be selling handmade one of a kind jewellery

Cara from Carara Designs who will be selling handmade handbags, childrens tepees and gifts and homewares

Catherine Woowat who is an artist who makes and sells ceramic sculptures and hand built vases as well as textile art.

Jane from ChalkhillBlueCrafts who makes makeup bags, totes and cushions.

Danielle from Chibi Chi Designs who will be selling paper cuts gifts as well as hair slides and earrings

Rachel from DAISY and ARTHUR who make handmade crochet cards, bunting, decorations and homewares

Sarah from Delicious Bits who will be bringing her handmade cards and jewellery

Do A Little Dance

Sojung whose shop is Do A Little Dance. She will be selling embroidery hoop art, coin purses & other embroidered accessories

Samantha from Dorset Hill Jewellery who designs and makes jewellery in Sterling and fine silver, gold and gemstones.

Ali from Dorset HodgePodge who will be selling cards, gift boxes, gift bags and materials for your own crafting projects such as washi tape and paper

Jules from Dorset Made who sells cushions, framed wall hangings, throws, quilts and cards

Frankie from Frankie and the Buttons who makes handmade button jewellery and accessories

Gemma Bullen

Gemma Bullen who will be selling paper cuts and homewares

Soph from Indie Willow Dorset who sells small hand crafted Fair Trade leather goods and Fair Trade scarves

Mellissa from Jam Design Studio Craft who will be bring to the fair her paper cut products

Jennifer from Jennifer Grace Creates who will be selling her painted wood jewellery and button badges, as well as her new range which will include mugs, prints, and cards with my artwork on too.

Sophia from Jessalli who makes personalised soft furnishings

Karey from KareyKitKatz who makes knit felted hand bags, brooches and needle felted cute animals.

Kate Wakley Textiles who will be bringing to the fair her coastal inspired textile art and coastal designed homewares.

Katie Rewse

Katie Rewse Illustration who will be selling cards, prints and vinyl stickers illustrated who made and designed by Katie. She is currently also working on a new range of cards.

Andrea from KisstheFrogx who sells handmade textile and fabric art including a selection of animals and cloth dolls

Emma from Knitted By Aunty Emma who will be selling her hand knitted toys and gifts.

Donna from Little Vagaries who will be selling prints, illustrated stones and stone amulets, greeting cards and original artwork.

Love From Hetty and Dave

Zoe from LoveFromHettyandDave who makes handstitched leather jewellery and accessories

Susan from Made by swimmer who sells original handmade toys and accessories using recycled fabrics

Mary Jane Lillie who makes hand felted gifts,kits, hand painted greeting cards and teacup bird feeders

Kirsty from May Cottage Soaps who makes handmade soaps milk soaps from goats milk from the goats she rears.

Lizz from Mid Summer Lily Academy who will be selling hand drawn and self published colouring pages/books, notebooks, artwork, wooden gifts(pyrography) and cards. She also has new items coming soon....!

Angela from MysewingboxUK who will be selling fabrics, haberdashery sewing boxes which are perfect for if you are making your own Christmas gifts this year!

Nathalie Moore Design

Nathalie Moore Design who makes and sells cute, quirky and colourful prints and products - largely cat related!!

Susan from Nature In Fine Art with her fine art prints, greetings cards, coasters, mugs etc

Linda from NdiehsDesigns who designs and makes her own bags and purses in her own designed fabrics

Lynn from Nemeton who will make exhibiting and selling her intricate beaded jewellery alongside her new range of wind chimes

Nicolette Dawn

Nicolette Dawn who will be selling her animal themed wire sculptures

Angie from Peggy rae emporium who will be selling soy candles in vintage vessels such as teacups!

Jennifer from Rhubarb Hill Crafts who will be selling polymer clay gifts, jewellery and decor

Zoe from SandAndSeagulls who makes jewellery inspired by the seaside

Sarah Lovell Creations who will be selling hand illustrated cards, prints and colouring books

Ruth from Satis House Five who sells jewellery and vintage inspired light boxes as well as crafting supplies

Shelley from ShellBellesCreations who makes polymer clay jewellery and decorations

Maxine from Simply Love Art Studio who sells limited edition prints

Lindsay from Slumber Monkey who sells handmade illustrated jewellery and accessories, original illustration cards and prints, felted accessories.

Snug Creations

Gemma from Snug Creations who sells hand knitted accessories for babies, children, adults and home

Donna from Soap and So UK who makes and sells soap, bath bombs and candles

Natalie and Jo from Studio Pickles who make jewellery, embroidered bags and prints

Suzanne from Sunny Bunny Crafts who sells handmade textile items for the home and kits

Sarah from Ten & Six who sells handmade fascinators, hair accessories, bags, purses and jewellery

TERRI PEAY who sells illustrated homewares, cards and prints

The Cat in the Shoe

Lucy from The Cat in the Shoe who will be selling her textile sculptures and art dolls made by hand from re-claimed and re-purposed fabric.

Sarah from The Stitchery Dorset who makes bespoke tree decorations, Christmas stockings, Cards, Cushions and Bunting

Ian from Tipana Crafts who makes unique, hand crafted wooden products using new and reclaimed wood.

Tina from TS Jewellery Designs who will be exhibiting and selling her handmade silver and gemstone jewellery

Catherine from Velvet Barnacle who will be selling original art, cards, prints and mixed media jewellery

Wildfire Candle Co

Nina from Wildfire Candle Co who sells Soy woodwick candles and wax melts

Katherine from Wildkat Jewellery who sells an eclectic mix of vintage and handmade jewellery

Jess from Winged Heart Jewellery who sells handmade jewellery

John from Wooden Craft Art who makes traditional wooden furniture, wine racks, "plaice" mats, oak letter boxes and book marks all from unusual local timber.

Please find examples of our stallholder's products below on our curated team board.

EVENT: 2016 Dorset Team Christmas Fair curated by DorsetTeam on Etsy