Gift Guide - Sellers for the Dorset Team Christmas Fair

Our gift guide this week is a sneak preview of some of the items by stallholders at the Dorset Team Christmas Fair.

There is something for every taste and budget with items ranging from DIY craft kits to home furnishings and from jewellery to art work.

Have a browse here and we hope to also see you at the event on Saturday 3rd December at the Wimborne Allendale Centre.

Entry is FREE and there will be 70+ stalls.

Many members are also taking part in a special Buy and Collect promotion which allows you to buy in advance of the event and collect on the day. For those taking part please see: http://dorsetteam.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/buy-and-collect-at-dorset-team.html

Meet the Seller - Dorset Team Christmas Fair - Do a Little Dance

Name: Sojung Kim McCarthy

Shop Name: Do a little dance

Shop Link: https://doalittledance.etsy.com

Located in: Bournemouth

Sells: Embroidery hoop art, coin purses & other embroidered accessories

Maker's Story: Sojung Kim McCarthy is a Korean-born designer/ illustrator/ maker based in Bournemouth, Dorset. Madly obsessed about tea, coffee, furry animals and all things girly, Sojung makes crafts that reflect her passions. DoALittleDance is Sojung's bespoke brand of handmade gifts all designed and crafted by herself. It started as a way of using up the growing pile of fabrics she had accumulated, but she ended up hoarding even more materials along the way! Her dream is to keep creating crafts and drawings that make people happy.

Dorset Team Christmas Fair: Sojung Kim McCarthy will be selling her hoop art, coin purses and other embroidered accessories at the Dorset Team Christmas Fair on Saturday 3rd December at the Allendale Centre in Wimborne.

Please come along, meet her 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