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AD* Welcome to my fifth Derbyshire Christmas gift guide! Every brand featured is locally based and independently operated. All have an exceptionally high quality offering and exemplary levels of customer service. The vast majority are female founded and have a strong commitment to sustainability – businesses with heart and soul that I am truly proud […]
If you’re single, Valentine’s Day can be nauseating at best and downright depressing at worst. Not that we should ever need an excuse to celebrate female friendships, but Galentine’s is a great one! Here’s some ideas of how to celebrate Galentine’s day this year in Derbyshire (and support some gorgeous small businesses whilst doing so). […]
[AD – Contains occasional affiliate links] Welcome to the 2023 Derbyshire gift guide – head here for my 2024 Derbyshire gift guide for an updated version. This is my guide to a Derbyshire small business Christmas, bursting with brands with heart and soul offering thoughtful gifts that are guaranteed to delight this festive season. Shop […]
Updated November 2024 Last year, I set out to write two gift guides. One was a ‘clickable’ Derbyshire Christmas Gift Guide for those who love to online shop, and then this one, which is more about the experience of shopping, supporting Derbyshire high streets and brick and mortar shops and having a lovely festive day […]
And the Derbyshire small businesses who helped make our day special On our fourth wedding anniversary I thought it might be fun to share some throwback pictures of our Derbyshire wedding and the lovely, local, independent businesses we used to make our day special. Who doesn’t enjoy looking back through their wedding snaps?! Any excuse… […]
Hello lovely! Find a newer, shinier version of this Galentine’s blog post here.
Explore the beautiful gin shop in Barlow, Derbyshire for a full range of gin related gifts from lovely, local, independent small businesses. Barlow is a pretty village situated on the edge of the Peak District, but easily accessible from Chesterfield or Sheffield. Tucked away in the farmyard of Church Farm is the craft distillery and […]