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Hey Guys,
Just sharing with you a great new Irish website called www.swoop.ie. The website is gorgeous, I love their shopfront homepage.
It is a platform for Irish hand-made design and gifts. Oh, and Heather Finn Knitwear has just joined the shop floor 😉
Worth a little look!
Christmas at The Loft Market
Christmas at The Loft Market, Powerscourt Townhouse Shopping Centre, Dublin. Open every day from December 1st till Christmas Eve! (Love the flashing-baubles animation!)
Ranelagh Christmas Boutique now open!
‘The Christmas Boutique is popping up in Ranelagh Arts Centre from 12th to 23rd December 2012. Fill your Christmas stockings with a wide range of Irish-made gifts starting at €10. With a focus on contemporary, affordable Irish-made products the Christmas Boutique brings together the best of Irish design talent under one roof.’
Open from 11am-6pm daily with late opening until 8pm on Thursdays.
This 12 day event provides customers with an intimate Christmas shopping experience in the heart of Ranelagh. Choose from a selection of Irish made gifts including jewellery, accessories, homewares, ceramics, lighting, linen tableware, candles, framed prints and of course festive greeting cards.
The designers involved are:
A Box for my Treasure, Adam King, Andrew Ludick, Artysmarty, Brooke and Shoals, Curve Creative, Daddy Larry Design, Designist, Fawn, Filip Vanas, Grainne Lyons, Grand Grand, Heather Finn Knitwear, Jamie Lewis, Jane Carroll Design, Jennifer Slattery Textiles, Jenny Walsh Designs, Karl Sweeny, karoArt, Klickity, Laura Cassidy Designs, Little Hill Designs, Moth to a Flame, Placed, Punch & Fable, Rosemarie Durr Pottery, Slated, Snow, The Handmade Soap Company, Ursula Celano, World Coin Cufflinks, YouOrganic Skincare and Yvonne Kennedy Illustrations
It’s going to be a great event so don’t miss it!
Find it on Facebook!
Free tickets to National Craft Fair RDS
The National Crafts and Design fair runs from the 5th to the 9th of December, and my stand will be a rainbow of colour for Christmas. There will be lots of gorgeous treats for you and great gift ideas. I hope to see you at the show!
My stand:
STAND 91 in the main hall,
5th to the 9th of December,
RDS, DUBLIN 4
Swan cashmere wedding wrap
I was recently sent some lovely pictures from Grace, who wore my 100% cashmere ‘Swan’ wrap to her wedding. She looks stunning! The ‘Swan’ wrap is a perfect solution for staying warm on your wedding day, and is made from the softest 100% Cashmere. A shrug in the same colour is available.
Contact me directly for more info.
Cream crochet dress
A shot of my new cream crochet dress at the Council of Irish Fashion Designers launch, courtesy of Eilis Boyle.
Check out the Council of Irish Fashion Designers page on Facebook for more info.
RTE’s fashion blog – 10 of the Best!
RTE have included my work in a showcase of ‘10 of the Best‘ young Irish designers on their website, with Susannagh Grogan and Edmund McNulty amongst others. Have a look at their selection here.
New Irish designer pop up shop opens in Powerscourt
Fashion guru Marion Cuddy and Ireland’s hottest fashion label, ‘Kate&Ava’ will open a Christmas ‘pop-up’ shop in The Powerscourt Townhouse shopping centre in Dublin on Wednesday 1st December.
Open throughout December, the shop will stock a wide range of pieces from the Kate&Ava Autumn Winter 2010 collection, an exclusive selection of the duo’s much loved party dresses, as well as occasion wear from Tyrrell and Brennan, great knitwear from Heather Finn and Gertrude Sampson, and tops from Helen James.
Prices will range from €150-€320. With silk scarves and accessories from €30 there will also be an exciting selection of gift ideas.
Located on the 2rd Floor of the Powerscourt shopping centre (opposite The Design Centre)
Shop will open daily from:
1st – 31st Dec
10am-6pm
(8pm on Thursdays)
Oranmore Castle Christmas Market
You are cordially invited to the opening of Oranmore Castle’s Christmas Market. Enjoy mulled wine and music by candle-light in Oranmore Castle’s Great Hall.
Lots of great Christmas gift ideas including knitwear and scarves hand-made cards and jewellery organic preserves and chutneys home baked treats, as well as award winning herbal teas and the new De Dannann CD.
From 6 -9 pm on Friday 10th Dec
Market continues:
Saturday 11th Dec 12-6 pm
Sunday 12th Dec 12-6 pm
Oranmore Castle,
Oranmore,
Co. Galway.
www.oranmorecastle.com
