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Jewellery workshop with Shh by Sadie at Hub RWY Plymouth

Get creative with my first ever jewellery workshop at Hub RWY Plymouth! All details are below - hope to see you there!

Wednesday 29th November, 7pm – 9pm
Hub RWY Plymouth, Melville, Royal Wiliam Yard, Plymouth
£35 per person including a 2 hour workshop and welcome drink

A rewarding introduction for anyone keen to learn the craft, make your very own beaded necklace to take home with you, hosted by Plymouth-based jewellery designer, Sadie from Shh by Sadie.

Choose from hundreds of beads – semi precious stones, sequins, glass, Czech crystal, wooden, vintage, coral chips and more; design and hand make your necklace to take home with you!

Ticket price includes all materials required to create your necklace, including hands on step-by-step guidance from professionals, plus a welcome drink.

Buy tickets here.

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Let's support independent businesses #4 - Jakob from Love Local Collective

We are back with another independent business interview this week with the contagiously enthusiastic Jakob from Love Local Collective, or LLC. LLC is on a mission to support, promote, and strengthen local businesses by sharing awareness and encouraging consumers to shop locally.

So it will be interesting to hear what Jakob has to say from his experiences connecting with many, many small businesses, and what he thinks the future holds!

♥ Jakob’s Interview ♥

Jakob Love Local Collective Plymouth Devon

Describe Love Local Collective in three words: sharing the love.

How long have you been running your business? We set up as a company in June 2018.

What inspired you to start your business? And what keeps you going? I grew up in Liverpool, which has roughly over 500 independents. My family and I would often visit our local independents for coffee, brunch, lunch or dinner.

You will always get better services, quality and passions with independents. Corporate or chain places never have staff who care about what they do! Shopping locally benefits SO many more people. Spread love, shop local.

And what keeps me going? The face of people when I’ve given them access and help to our 30 thousand monthly readers. I just love helping local businesses thrive and grow!

What are a few of your fave local producers that you’ve seen since starting LLC? I’m in the fortunate position to have met many wonderful local makers. From jewellers to hairdressers. Makers to the best makers of food. A personal favourite of mine is V is for Veggies. She makes the most incredible vegan cakes ever! I'm not even vegan! :-)

What do you think the future holds for shopping? I think we have difficult times ahead, which is why I've set out to get even more businesses involved so we can get people to shop locally instead of spending their cash with the corporate giants.

What’s the best bargain you ever bought? It has to be when I got a load of pallets from a building site! I then made our bed out of them. Long story short I bought the builders some beers for their hard work! A pallet superking bed. Winning.

What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever done? I’ve had numerous surgeries on my back. And setting up this company and going away from “normal” life!

What’s your biggest fashion faux-pas? I used to work for AllSaints when I was younger. This was before I decided to start a local revolution! We decided to wear some women’s shorts for the day at work! Brace yourselves, photographic evidence below!!

Find Love Local Collective online here and on Instagram here.

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Bridal hen party jewellery workshop in Plymouth - Royal William Yard

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I recently teamed up with haberdashery + workshop provider Make at 140 to teach a hen party workshop in Plymouth!

The bridal party wanted to make freshwater pearl and crystal bridal hair combs that they would wear on the big day. How exciting!

Well, I had never made a hair comb before, let alone taught somebody to make one! But when Lizzy from Make at 140 asked if I would be interested in teaching the workshop I was sure I could teach myself in time!

I started by Googling images of wedding hair accessories so that I could check what type of hair comb the bride would like, and then used YouTube to teach myself wire beading techniques. LOL. Honestly, I don’t use YouTube enough - there are so many useful tutorials on there, I’d recommend looking up WHATEVER you’re trying to learn and see what you can find next time!

On the day of the workshop we had a beautiful large workshop space at Ocean Studios in Royal William Yard, Plymouth. Lizzy had organised tea, coffee and fresh pastries for the group - and it was my lucky day because I got to snaffle the spare pastry! :p

The hen party all made a variation of the same style of hair comb, using a combination of grey and white freshwater pearls, glass crystals and silver wire.

You can see photos from the workshop below, including their finished bespoke wedding hair accessories! I think they did an amazing job!

You can find out more about Shh by Sadie workshops here and more about Make at 140 here.

Sadie xx

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Tea and Bun Plymouth - delish vegetarian food review!

Tea and Bun Asian restaurant cornwall street plymouth

Last week I visited Tea and Bun in Plymouth for the first time.

I remember first hearing about the Asian restaurant on Cornwall Street, near Plymouth Market last year - I am not sure whether it had just launched, or people I knew had just starting talking about it…and it took me over a year to get my bottom perched on their stools and tasting their amazing food!

Tea and Bun is a small, cosy little Asian restaurant and it was just bustling with people eating in and ordering food to take away. It was Saturday lunchtime and it was so busy that I thought we were going to have to give up and go elsewhere - but just as we stepped outside we noticed somebody in the window putting their coat on so dashed back inside again. Yay, Tea and Bun was back on!

I ordered jasmine tea, mushroom and tofu ramen and fried mushroom gyoza. Chris had a selection of meaty small dishes! The food was amazing, and I already want to go back and order more gyoza.

I shared a couple of pics on my Instagram and from the reactions, I’m not the only person who loves their food! :D

It’s great to see a small, independent business in the centre of Plymouth doing so well. Small businesses often put their heart and soul into their, erm, businesses (being one myself, and being friends with so many others, I can tell you this first-hand!). And so to see Tea and Bun so busy it was exciting. I am thrilled for them and will be back eating gyoza as soon as I can get there!

Find Tea and Bun on Facebook here.
Tea and Bun, 135 Cornwall Street, Plymouth

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Plymouth events - make your own leather feather earrings at Ocean Studios, Royal William Yard

Come along and make your very own statement earrings in time for spring!

You’ll make two pairs of beautiful leather feather earrings. You’ll choose from a variety of leathers (vegan option available) to cut out and then paint your own feathers.

Go wild with painted polka dots and patterns or keep it simple like the examples shown here!

All materials provided. Suitable for all levels. Booking essential.

£20 per person and you will make two pairs of earrings to take home with you.
To book email hello@shhbysadie.com

Located at the Makers Table in Ocean Studios, Royal William Yard, Plymouth. Cafe facilities available (with amazing cakes!!).

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