Dorset Etsy Team gift guide - everything you need for a special local handmade christmas.

Everything you will ever need for a perfect handmade Christmas, the Dorset Etsy Team makers have it covered.  

Meet the Seller - Dorset Team Christmas Fair - Sarah from Delicious Bits

Name: Sarah Ricketts

Shop Name: Delicious Bits

Shop Link: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Deliciousbits

Located in: Wimborne

Sells: Jewellery and Cards

Maker's Story: DeliciousBits - jewellery, cards and prints full of beautiful colours and textures

Ever since I was old enough to pick up a pencil I have always loved drawing and painting and being able to use my creative imagination. I new art and creativity would focus big in my life.

My Dad was an architect and my Mum loved to sew on her old Singer sewing machine. She would regularly make my two sisters and I fab, colourful clothes to wear. My Dad was a huge inspiration and mentor to me and he always said I could achieve anything if I really set my heart on it.

So I went on to Art college and after 5 years dabbling in fashion and illustration, I finally ended up specialising in graphic design which I have continued to do for a number of years now. I still had a yearning to create and in my spare time would experiment with various crafty techniques. Glass painting was one, then a few years ago I bought a box of brightly coloured beads and have never looked back!

I get so much pleasure when I tip out a pile of gorgeous beads on my table and then move them around to see which one complements which. Some times i will sit for hours until the mix looks right, then when it all clicks I can start to thread/create my piece.

Dorset Team Christmas Fair:  Sarah will be selling jewellery and cards 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