A Tea-Light-Ful afternoon...

Tealightful Candles will be popping up at the Crafty Christmas Market on Sunday 29 November. Yay!

If you're looking for a beautiful and ethical gift for someone this Christmas, then a Tealightful teacup candle could be just the ticket! Homemade locally using the very best Eco soy and natural fragrances these gorgeous teacups get a new lease of life and make a wonderful gift.

Come and visit the Tealightful Stall on Sunday 29. Don't forget we'll be in our usual venue of the warm and welcoming hall of the Beckenham Methodist Church. From around 1.15 onwards. With real cups of tea too!

Creative Yogi joins the Teapot

Mary, a local creative and yoga teacher will  be joining us at the Crafty Christmas Market on Sunday 29 November and brings her handmade wellness products for us to enjoy. The range includes practical yoga mat bags, fabric covered notebooks and eye pillows made using fresh lavender from her garden.

Mary says she started making out of necessity after having searched a long while for good quality eye pillows to use in her yoga classes and finding nothing, so she set about making her own. 

She uses pre-loved, up-cycled fabrics as well as ethnic prints, in particular Japanese and Egyptian prints to make all her products so her range is ethical as well as beautiful. There really is something for everyone at the forthcoming market! 

Join us from 1.30pm onwards as we throw open the doors of the Beckenham Methodist Church hall doors and welcome you to our 4th Crafty Market. Come and browse, buy and MAKE gifts, enjoy a cup of tea and a slice of cake and be entertained by the wonderful Harriet Eaves as she performs again for us this year. Admission is Free.

See you there! 

Miss SoS x x

Why Not Send It?

One of our contributors to fast approaching Crafty Christmas Market is Claire Westall, purveyor of beautiful, handmade cards and the designer-maker behind 'Why Not Send It'.

A regular at Handmade Palace, Claire has a loyal client base who love her stylish & effective greetings cards. Come and find Claire on her stall at the Crafty Christmas Market – Sunday 29 November, from 1.30 onwards... See you there! (We'll be at the Beckenham Methodist Church Hall, Bromley Road, just up from Chom-Chom). Don't forget, entry is FREE!

I made that!

At this years Crafty Market there will be a Maker Table.... an area for adults to make their own craft-inspired gifts.

The children's craft table will also be present but we wanted to be able to offer the opportunity for everyone to make something! The projects will not require a degree in art but when complete will look smashing none the less!

Come along on Sunday 29 November to try your hand at making. Entry to the event is free and charges will apply for the maker projects. We'll be in our usual venue in the hall at Beckenham Methodist Church which is positioned diagonally to St. Georges church.

See you there x x

We Love Trees!

If you're out and about in Beckenham you may find our posters on trees in and around the area. Daddy Teapot and I have been out and about today spreading the word of the teapot! We have found this method of advertising our event to be the most effective.

But please be reassured, we hate litter and we love trees so as soon as the event is over, we'll return to the trees we have borrowed and remove the posters!

It's no Mystery as local Author appears at the Xmas Market.....

Indeed! Local author, Christopher Bowden, will be selling signed copies of his literary mysteries at the forthcoming market! If you're stuck for a gift idea then this could be it! His novels The Blue Book, The Yellow Room, The Red House and The Green Door will be available for purchase and will be signed by Christopher himself.

The notoriously hard to buy for will be a thing of the past once a visit to the Crafty Christmas Market has been undertaken. Investigate no further and snoop along on Sunday 29 November. Entry is Free!

Zoe Hodgson coming to BR3!

Zoe Hodgson is a Handmade Palace favourite and is well known for her iconic prints of local landmarks. She'll be at the Crafty Market in just over 3 weeks with a fantastic range of prints, cards and homeware.

Entry is free so come and join us on November 29. They'll be a host of talented local artisans along with the pop-up tea room and we'll be joined by Harriet Eaves who'll be performing some festive favourites for us! Whoohoo!

Hold em high, Cowgal!

The Alexandra Nurseries in Penge, SE20, http://www.alexandranurseries.co.uk proved the perfect location to take some snaps of the Fabulous Fripperies new range of retro-inspired clutch bags.

Rosa with the Barbara & Lori clutch on the left and the Peggy and Rita clutch on the right

Rosa looked beautiful on the day with her modern day Victory Rolls and vintage-style outfit. She wore a genuine vintage coat by Boo to a Goose, drank tea and ensured the FabFrip range of products looked even more amazing!

The range will be available at The Crafty Christmas market, coming soon on November 29 in Beckenham. Yee-haa!