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    Introducing our new Guest Blogger – Susi Henson from Eternal Spirits

    A very warm welcome to Susi, the brains behind Eternal Spirits Nottingham, one of the UKs leading corsetieres and maker of fine lingerie, evening and bridal-wear ( and I personally can vouch for that!).  We asked Susi our customary 10 questions to get to know...

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    Guest Blog – A week in the life of… Part 2

    Sunday 13th Sunday tea party with 100 years of fashion with Emma Ojapah. It was so wonderful to hear about Emma’s research for her forthcoming collection, she brought with her the most delicate Nottingham lace collar from the 1890′s. We also had a collection of...

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    Guest Blog – A Week in the Life of…

    Tuesday 8th Happy International Women’s Day We had the first of our fund-raisers today …Laurie & I were running around a bit to start with but settle into things tea & cake (was going to be pancakes !) and the best looking chicks & hens...

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    Introducing our new Guest Blogger – Debbie Bryan

    A warm welcome to our new guest blogger, Debbie Bryan is a designer-maker based in Nottingham’s Lace Market who creates knitware and resin collections some of which are heavily inspired by Nottingham Lace and Nottingham’s Heritage. Her Studio and Shop is open to the public...

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    Creativi-tea

    Yes, I admit it, the title of today’s round up features one of the worst puns ever to feature on this website. But I am unashamed and unapologetic for, it appears, this week Nottingham’s creative communities will be gathered at events across the city featuring...

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    Links Round-Up: Writing, Making, Crafting

    Spring has nearly sprung. I’ll be glad when it finally does – wandering round Nottingham in the wet with a stinking cold is not a lot of fun, make no mistake! For this round up, there’s a smattering of the literary, the visually pleasing and...

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    Links Round-Up – Let there be Light

    The weeks are flying past, and (hopefully) it will soon be spring. To help bring cheer to the good people of Nottingham (and beyond), tonight and tomorrow sees the return of the ‘Light Night and ‘Lite night’ across the city – and for those of you planning...

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    Links Round-Up: A Week Early

      How do we at Creative Nottingham love our readers? Let me count the ways….Actually, Elizabeth Barrett Browning has already written that poem.  Perhaps I should attend the one-day workshop on unusual approaches to the love poem, being run by the Nottingham Poetry Series, on 13...

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    A blog post about inspiration

    I know what you’re thinking – hardly an inspirational title, eh? Yes I’m sorry about that. Today’s blog post is inspired by 3 things: first up, Creative Nottingham’s very own Charlotte Thomson-Morley writes about everyday items that inspire her. That is, the stuff round her...

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    Guest Blog – Setting up a craft business Part 2

    Hello again! Carrying on from my blog yesterday, something that I’ve found quite challenging in setting up my craft business is how to price my products. Looking at similar items that are on the market is all very well but if they’re mass produced it’s...

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