I'm planning on lots more in person events this year - I realised after 2020 just how much I'd missed seeing customers in real life, making new stallholder friends and bouncing ideas off real people. Here is the list so far of where I'll be showing up, please do come and say hello if you're visiting any! It's also worth keeping an eye on my social media incase I get any free tickets to give away.
11th - 14th May RHS Malvern Spring Festival Three Counties Showground, Malvern, WR13 6NW 9am – 6pm each day 8th July Edgebaston Artisan Market Edgbaston Village, Greenfield Crescent, B15 3AU 10am- 3pm 29th July Moseley Arts Market Alcester Road, Moseley, B13 8JP 9am - 3pm 5th August Malvern Arts and Food Grounds of Malvern Priory, Abbey Road, WR14 2AY 10am to 5pm 13th August The Nest Artisan Market SwallowsNest, Little Verzons Farm, Ledbury, HR8 2PZ 10am to 3.30pm 18th-20th August Art in Penallt Humble by Nature, Upper Meend Farm, NP25 4RP 10am - 4pm each day 17th September Wye Valley Makers The Shack, Bastion Mews, Hereford HR1 2BT 11am to 3pm 22nd-24th September Malvern Autumn Show Three Counties Showground, Malvern, WR13 6NW 9am - 6pm each day 7th October Malvern Arts and Food Grounds of Malvern Priory, Abbey Road, WR14 2AY 10am - 5pm 14th October Edgebaston Artisan Market Edgbaston Village, Greenfield Crescent, B15 3AU 10am- 3pm 28th-29th October Nature in Art’s Gift and Craft Fair Nature in Art, Main A38 Twigworth, GL2 9PA 10am to 5pm each day 2nd November Herefordshire Festive Gift Fair The Pavilion Rooms, Ledbury Rugby Club, HR8 2LP 4pm - 8.30pm 18th November Christmas at the Castle Hatherop Castle, Cirencester, GL7 3NB 10am - 4pm 19th November FestiveNest SwallowsNest, Little Verzons Farm, Ledbury, HR8 2PZ 10am to 4pm 25th November Malvern Christmas Lights Grounds of Malvern Priory, Abbey Road, WR14 2AY 10am to 6.30pm 2nd-3rd December Gloucester Quays Christmas Market Gloucester Quays St Ann Way, Gloucester GL1 5SH 10am - 6pm (Saturday) and 10am - 5pm (Sunday) 9th December Edgebaston Artisan Market Edgbaston Village, Greenfield Crescent, B15 3AU 10am- 3pm
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This week is all about prepping for the lovely Festival of Nature in Bristol harbourside, which I'm chuffed to be part of this weekend. From a secret mobile cinema, to studying fossils and perhaps a visiting Dinosaur! It's the largest free nature festival and well worth a visit, even if you don't browse the eco-friendly design market :)
This year, I'm very excited to be exhibiting at a Christmas Design and Food event at the National Trust property Sutton House in London on 3rd-4th December. And if you visit armed with this jazzy flyer below, you get 2-4-1 entrance. Hooray!
I really need to get better at announcing events that I'll be exhibiting at prior to them happening... Anyone fancy being my social media manager? Anyhoo... The Embankment Summer Market organised by the wonderful City Showcase was brill as always. It felt like summer in a tropical jungle on the banks of the Thames, with food stalls, live music and designer shopping. Not much more to ask for really!
The Festival of Nature was as lovely an event as I'd hoped. Perfect free day out in Bristol, with appearances with plenty of furry and feathered friends, free trees and activities and some rather nice nature-focused shopping. Here's a young chap enjoying trying out my bamboo pens. For a full write up, I recommend heading over to Erin the Giraffe, photo used with permission.
Due to exhibiting at this beautiful event for the first time in the Newcomer's Market, (eek!) I've got bundles of tickets to give away!
You can either win general admission tickets or late night shopping tickets for the Thursday evening. There are a few ways you can win them. Just follow on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter and comment to let me know what type of ticket you'd prefer. I look forward to meeting you there! (The Country Living Magazine Spring Show runs 16th - 20th March 2016. Prize is for admission tickets only, not transport or accommodation. Winners will be picked out of a hat and notified by the 2nd week in March. The hats decision is final!) Next weekend, I'll be taking part in this fab Bristol market! Pop down, say hi and browse some beautiful design-led gifts. It might be the weekend of Black Friday, but rise above the high street craziness and support small. I'll be attending: 28th-29th November 11am-5pm 12th-13th December 11am-5pm You can see all the event details here. In their own words:
Get ready for Bristol’s biggest independent Christmas market! It’s a FREE event and a perfect day out to bring your friends and family. On November 28th we are launching an action packed Christmas market, bringing you up to 100 brilliant stalls, a programme of live music, mulled drinks, entertainment, comfy seating with cosy blankets, fire pits, live art from Upfest, a special guest from Aardmann Animations and much more… Not to mention the real ice Ice Rink, brought to us by At-Bristol Science Centre in Millennium Square. The market runs along the Bristol’s beautiful waterfront, from the cascade Steps (by the Watershed), through Anchor Square (next the Aquarium) and around the Ice Rink in Millennium Square. At the heart of the market is our brilliant traders, the best local artisans, creators, designer-makers, producers, street food and experiential stalls. Finally don’t forget to get your skates on and visit Bristol city centre’s With tickets starting from £5 and discounts available on At-Bristol and Ice Rink tickets, the Harbourside really will provide a whole day out for all the family! Images courtesy of the organisers, ta very much. London friends! And anyone else interested, I'll be at the Embankment Summer Market this weekend (held in Victoria Embankment Gardens.) Come and say hi! Last year I accidentally coordinated with my stall... It's an ace design/food/music festival organised by City Showcase all for free!
You don't have to take my word for it - Time Out and The Evening Standard have lovely things to say, amongst plenty of other press: "This three-day sales spectacular brings together some of the brightest and most talented artists, artisans and fashion designers around." "The distinctly glamorous Embankment Summer Market is a unique, must-go event in a wonderfully scenic location on the Northbank of the Thames between Embankment Station and the Royal Courts of Justice and Somerset House." Come and say hi this weekend :) Things have been manic lately… I’ve been freelancing back at moo.com, orders are piling up and I’m trying to prepare for another Trade Show in early January that I’ve been selected for (more on that another time.)
So, in order to catch up a bit, I’m putting all my online shops on holiday as of this Monday until the New Year. If you’re thinking of ordering something for Christmas, it’ll have to be this weekend I’m afraid! www.notonthehighstreet.com/katemoby www.katemoby.com www.etsy.com/uk/shop/KateMoby :) BIG NEWS.
You may or may not of heard of it, but there's a massive trade show held in September at Olympia every year called Top Drawer, where people like John Lewis and Amazon come to pick new stock. There's a special section for 10 hand picked new designers called "Spotted" … And I've been chosen as one of the 10! Massive YAY and also EEK! So I'm frantically rushing around trying to work out how I could produce on a large scale, just in case someone big likes what they see! See here and here for my little profile piece on the website. Fingers crossed! |
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