Caroline's Wedding Studio

Caroline’s Wedding Studio – Wedding/Prom/Evening Dress Sale & Hire Caroline’s Wedding Studio is a small business run from home, based in Sutton Maddock. I offer a personal, friendly service on a one to one basis. I cater for all budgets and have New and Preloved Dresses in stock. Offering the facility to Purchase or Hire the Dress of your Dreams! Viewing is by appointment only and there is no hard [...]

 

Autumn Bus Stop Vintage Fair

We are very excited to announce the date of our next Bus Stop Vintage Fair… Our Autumn vintage fair will take place on Saturday October 6th at St Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury between 10am-4pm. We have some fabulous stall holders booked in selling a lovely mix of ladies and gents true vintage clothing, retro and vintage homewares, handmade items and craft items, jewellery, accessories and gifts. We also have a yummy [...]

 

Ladies' Night at Brantano Footwear with West Mercia Women's Aid

Local businesses come together to support West Mercia Women’s Aid at Brantano Footwear in Shrewsbury. The businesses hold stalls or displays to highlight their products/services and Brantano offer attendees 20% discount in the store on the night, a new season preview and choice of top name brands. There will be a representative from West Mercia Women’s Aid, who have been helping victims of domestic violence for 30 years this year. [...]

 

Dulcie Blue Bakery

My visit to Dulcie Blue Bakery last week to make arrangements for my wedding cake was a delightful experience. From the moment I spoke to Chris on the phone, describing the sort of thing I wanted, and she cheerily declared “That’s called a Naked Cake” I knew it was going to be fun. Complying with my theory that Monkmoor is the new Belle Vue, the bakery was just a short [...]

 

Mamapie's Bake Shop comes to Shrewsbury Market Hall!

One of the latest businesses to set up shop in Shrewsbury’s Market Hall is the new Mamapie’s Bake Shop. This little piece of cakey heaven is a one-woman baking outfit, owned and run by me, Liz Pyman. The inital idea for my baking business sprung up over many an ice-cold beer and spicy stir-fry while my husband and I were living and working in Thailand. We were constantly thinking up [...]

 

Mykita Duncan Sunglasses

I had a picture of these sunglasses emailed to me. They are ridiculously expensive at £238 but some people like nice sunglasses and these are pretty nice (I’d buy them if they were a fiver) so I thought I’d share the info. Here’s what their website says… “Mykita Duncan Sunglasses from S/S 11 collection in dark brown and taupe. These sunglasses feature a taupe coloured seethrough acetate frame with a [...]

 

Mac OSX Lion... it's a bit try hard really.

Being a bit of a geek, I updated to the new Mac operating system ‘Lion’ on the morning that it was released to the public on the 20th July, last week. Now I say I’m a geek but I’m not one of those super intelligent nerd-a-lingers who can hack into the girl nextdoor’s Facebook account with a sponge and a rusty hammer. No, I just like shinny things. However I [...]

 

Hot UK Deals

The best resource for UK deal hunters, described on the site as “Deal anarchy for the masses”. If you have something you have your eye on but can’t stretch to paying full price for it then it is worth bookmarking this user generated deal archive site. Nice people all over the UK log on to publish deals they have spotted in shops and online for others to find and benefit [...]

 

Landmann cast iron round charcoal BBQ / Outdoor heater now 1/2 price - £15.00 at Tesco Direct

This is a deal found on the net, it may have expired or may be inaccurate by the time you read it. Landmann cast iron round charcoal BBQ (Can also be used as a Log Burner / Outdoor heater) now 1/2 price – £15.00 at Tesco Direct Order online for free delivery to your local store. Looks like a fantastic product for the price, not only is it portable but [...]

 

Shops I like in Shrewsbury

Watson and Thornton on Mardol– tons of gorgeous fabrics and everything to go with. Lovely people. The range is glorious, I never found a shop that matched it the whole time I lived in London. At the moment I am loving the stretch jersey cottons, they are great for making t-shirts and t-shirt dresses, and cotton is just ace to wear. British Red Cross charity shop on Mardol. I love [...]