#nofrillsfriday sharing the love: Oxford-style!

Our first real bricks-and-mortar stockist, The Old Fire Station Shop, wrote a lovely intro to us and our work!  It's very exciting, and as we're only just into our second year trading, it feels like a fab step in the right direction.  Even better than that, we're featured alongside two other great makers (Vaux St. - incredible minimalist beautifulness, and Muck and Brass resin and flowers!  Want!) that we'd never heard of, and are now following on all the relevant channels!

SO - if you're in Oxford or the area, and you wanna see some of our pieces in the flesh, or you're a big handmade supporter, we reckon you should get your skates on and go have a mooch at the shop!

BLACKFRIDAY ZOMGGGG

This is our first year participating in BLACKFRIDAY.  It's been a contentious one, as so many makers refuse to participate for many varied and entirely valid reasons.  Some feel it's too American a tradition and isn't relevant in the UK.  Some feel it'll undervalue their work.  Some feel they don't want to participate in the commercialised nature of the BUYBUYBUY ethos of it all.

We understand all of those concerns, however we also (as shoppers ourselves) absolutely love to feel like we're getting a bargain, and at this time of year it comes just in time for xmas shopping.  So we ARE participating in the great BLACKFRIDAY sale'o'rama by offering 33% off everything in both our online shop here, but also on our Folksy shop which you can find HERE - using the code BLACKFRIDAY (cunning, no? ;) on both.  We've decided this year to direct you all to Folksy because we love it as a marketplace (they're based in Sheffield - keeping it all in the UK!  Woohoo!) and they have a really lovely supportive team of people who support and push us all to develop as sellers.  AND they have a marketplace full of lovely MADE IN THE UK items!  In order to illustrate this point, we've picked our favourites from some of the Folksy shops who are participating in a BLACKFRIDAY sale.  (We struggled keeping the list to just 15!  If you do a list of your own, share it so we can oooh and aaaah over all the lovely shiny British handmade loveliness!)  So without further ado, here's some enticing items from our fellow Folksy sellers!

Note: Each shop will set their own discount, but all of the shops will be using BLACKFRIDAY as their discount code.

Folksy x BLACKFRIDAY

Alice in Wonderland Ceramic Shadow Box by creativearth

We love Alice-inspired items, especially how dark and mysterious this one is.

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Bunny Ears Headband by Talulahblue

BUNNY EARS. HEADBAND. YES!

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Geometric Thread Art by Alison McIntyre

We love ALL of the colour palettes used by Alison - but this one is especially lovely!

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Wooden Baby Teether by Elabora

These would make a great present for parents who want something more interesting and abstract than the usual run of the mill plastic you usually find with tethers. (SUCH pleasing forms!)

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‘The Woodsman’ Ltd Ed. Soap by Oakwood Soaperie

These look beautiful, and the descriptions make me want to grab my bearded fellow and have an adventure in the forest!

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Can’t Dance card by Rachel Seymour Design

This card made Kirsty test out the suggestion which left us giggling hysterically. For the record, Kirsty CAN dance. I’m not so great.

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Hand-painted Clutch Bag by LizziCamilla

OMG NEW FAVOURITE SELLER ALERT - when we were trawling through BLACKFRIDAY sellers, we stumbled on LizziCamilla and could hardly pick our favourite from her listings - SO MUCH COLOURFUL FUN! LOVE!

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I Love Books bookmark by delphineandmax

We love books and we love ceramics and we love TEXT based items.. so this is a no-brainer awesome stocking filler we NEED!

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Chunky Copper Pinecone necklace by Curious Magpie

We LOVE bold statement pieces, and this not-quite-lifesize pinecone fits the bill and makes us want to roll around in piles of autumn leaves (whilst praying there’s no hidden dog poo traps!)

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Gertie the seal - OOAK painting - by menagerie/Emma Gray

ANOTHER NEW SELLER WE’RE IN LOVE WITH! CLLLLLLLLL of her paintings are SUPERCUTE and it was incredibly difficult to pick one - however Gertie won out as Kirsty’s nan was called Gertie, and we just love the swimming hat!

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Minimalist silver studs by RachelMaryUK

We like the abstract shape of these - making us think of fangs and mountains and other spiky objects.

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Trawler Lino Print by Emma Higgins - Printmaker

Nautical? Tick. Limited edition? Tick. Want? Tick!

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Seashell Brooch by Jules and Clem

Loving the styling of this brooch - we’re a big fan of jewellery designed specifically to work with shirts!

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You Cheeky Stoat Handmade Greetings Card by Dig the Earth

This shop has loads of funny cards using antique animal illustration and a healthy dose of humour. Sometimes we love puns - this is one of those times!

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Cheese and biscuit brooch by Hello Sunshine

Kirsty loves cheese. I do not, but I DO love biscuits, so this still gets a place in a list! :)

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