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Sunny September’s Trowbridge Weavers Market

What a gorgeous day! Brilliant sunshine, lots of lovely people & my stall is in between an ice cream van (@icequeenvan) and a gin stall (@tenhidesdistillery)! I’m outside again and much prefer it, although you may need to remind me I said that when we get to Not-so-Sunny November and Dark & Dismal December! ThereContinue reading “Sunny September’s Trowbridge Weavers Market”

Celebration, Dedication, Commemoration; a necklace for special occasions

A new design for 2023 is the Keepsake necklace.  Suspended on a fine, diamond-cut curb chain are as many rings as you need to represent what you’re celebrating.  Two – reaching the age of 20, making a family of one into a family of two, having your second child, reaching your second anniversary…Three – aContinue reading “Celebration, Dedication, Commemoration; a necklace for special occasions”

Who is Marmalade Emma then?

I often have people approach my stall asking “Where’s the marmalade then?” I laugh and tell them there’s no marmalade and my name isn’t Emma either. Marmalade Emma was a tramp who lived in the town where I was born, Colchester in Essex, from around 1900 until she died in 1917. Where she came fromContinue reading “Who is Marmalade Emma then?”

Novel November

Did you visit last Saturday’s Weaver’s Market in Trowbridge?  It was quite a fun day I think, what with circus training, music, and food as well as the stalls full of handmade things. We had a good time in Emmanuel’s Yard. I had extra help this time – I took  along an old friend, Jemima. Continue reading “Novel November”

To Market, To Market

To Trowbridge Weaver’s Market in fact. Stall set, payment gizmo charged, hand gel handy, mask on. Where’s my phone? Have I got the banner on straight? What have I forgotten? Oh, “Hello, lovely to see you!”…It’s 10am on the second Saturday of the month. It’s the Trowbridge Weaver’s Market, and Marmalade Emma is there! Emmanuel’sContinue reading “To Market, To Market”