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maid in the meadow

Making organic skincare products for yourself, family or friends is easy, fun and will save you pounds, compared to buying organic skincare products on the high street, plus you'll know exactly what you're putting on you and your families skin. Want to know more? Join me on one day workshop and learn the skills to make your own beautiful organic skincare products, using natural and organic ingredients. Make a capsule range of products which can be mixed and matched with clays and exfoliants to create many more products! Workshops are held near Norwich, Norfolk and are open to everyone, but are particularly suitable for anyone who is new to making skincare products. The workshops are kept small so that each person can receive individual attention if needed. All ingredients and materials are provided, Just bring an apron! Here’s what you will learn, create and take home on the day! Learn about the different types of products you can make. Explore the different types of ingredients; plant oils, butters, waxes, clays, exfoliants, essential oils and hydrosols used in natural skincare products. Discuss the role of antioxidants, emulsifiers and preservatives with green credentials. You will make 4 beautiful organic facial or body care products suitable for your skin type. Learn new skills enabling you to continue making your own beautiful products at home. All the information discussed on the day and the formulas for the products you make, are included in a printed spiral bound handbook to take home with you. The handbook Includes handy charts to help you choose the right essential oils, plant oils,butters and waxes. UK suppliers list for packaging, ingredients and equipment. Further reading and how to take your new found skills to the next level.

lingerie master classes

Love luxury Lingerie ? Why not join one of our masterclasses and learn from the experts , how to design & make your own beautiful Lingerie . We are the first and only London based Lingerie Master Classes, that are focusing on luxury finishing techniques and running now more then 10 years : Whether you like to learn for yourself or your business - We will offer you professional sewing advice and an insight into the world of intimate apparel. Here at LMC we do specialize in Lingerie Sewing Workshops / Design Workshops / Pattern Grading + Pattern Construction Workshops/ Patterns / Luxury Lingerie Sewing Kits and Supplies with a focus on high end sewing and high quality notions. All our classes are deliberately small, so that we can focus on individual projects and needs. Join us in person in the London studio OR join us now WORLDWIDE to design and sew your own stunning luxury lingerie, including: PANTIES/ BRIEFS / THONGS / FRENCH KNICKERS / SOFT BRAS / ACTIVE WEAR / STRUCTURED BRAS / SUSPENDER BELTS / BRALETTES / SUSPENDER BELTS / CAMISOLES / BODICES / CORSETS / SWIMWEAR / VINTAGE LINGERIE & much more.... With each Online Masterclass you can choose to supply your own materials or receive a high quality sewing kit send to your home that will include all those difficult to find lingerie supplies that you will need during the workshop. Easy to follow sewing instructions are also included and you can join us online for your interactive/ live sewing/design/pattern cutting advice during each workshop. You can choose from a wide selection of Beginners to Advanced Sewing courses to suit your sewing level & create beautiful lingerie and swimwear in a small group of like minded sewing enthusiasts. We also offer 1to1 ONLINE & in person sessions worldwide now. Please get in touch if you are interested to join and we can arrange a suitable time within your time zone and subject of your choice. There is no easier way to get expert advice how to sew your own luxury lingerie to fit your size or learn how to start your own lingerie brand with our business consultation service and pro pattern cutting/grading service. Can't find a date that suits your travel plans? If you are travelling from abroad , we can always add extra dates for you - if you let us know in advance

kem sewing studios

Colyton

Dressmaking Workshops Working with calico fabric you can learn the elements of garment making with the right procedures step by step. Calico is easy to work with and you can see what you are doing on its crisp surface. Making samplers will quickly give you the confidence to sew all the elements of garment making, e.g. zips, pockets, shirt collars, and facings, in the actual fabrics. With our expertise and guidance, you can achieve beautiful results from your projects! Browse through the workshops to discover what each one involves. WORKSHOPS INCLUDE All materials are provided for in the technical workshops: fabrics, threads, zips, and haberdashery. The project-based workshops require you to bring your own fabric, trimmings, and haberdashery. Pattern workshops will be where you can learn how to make your own, or adjust a current pattern to your own design or fit. You will need to bring your sewing machine, its toolbox, instruction booklet, and small dressmaking scissors. We do have a spare sewing machine to reserve if you don’t have one, or if yours is too heavy. Venue is in the InStitches Sewing Room that is part of the Juliette McElligott Jewellery School. Coffee and Tea are provided. Day workshops will have a lunch break that you can bring something along for, and there are also Colyton Market Square shops and various cafes. If you have any questions about your sewing experience or about the workshops please contact me [https://kemsewingstudios.co.uk/contact/] for advice. Workshops will repeat over time, so check out the calendar [https://kemsewingstudios.co.uk/workshops-calendar/] for dates.

mrs laura horne

Laura, the founder of Beautiful Boho is a creative holistic healer & natural witch. She is a Reiki Master Teacher & Crystal Healer. Laura knows how to gain permission & harnesses the power of naturally found materials including crystals, precious metals & minerals, essential oils, shells, feathers, and other holistic remedies to help heal and adorn in a truly unique way. Laura is passionate about her craft, she makes her pieces in ritual cleansing and infusing them in healing reiki energy, raising the vibrations each piece with pure love. Laura holds you in her heart when making your piece, not only will you feel the healing powers from your Beautiful Boho piece you will feel the love when you open your order, Laura also loves to give little extra gifts as an act of gratitude. Laura knows how powerful this type of healing is after falling extremely ill a few years ago and exhausting all conventional avenues of medication. She returned to her inner guidance of magic and holistic pain relief and healing. After healing herself and awakening her power she will stop at nothing to share her gifts and her knowledge of the power within the natural gifts for Mother Nature present all around us. Laura is of service to you in many ways, you can purchase via her website by shopping intentionally or for looking for a specific collection. You can have a bespoke piece made for you, where Laura will tap into you physically, emotionally & spiritually to produce a truly unique piece made especially for you. You can book a healing appointment with Laura, she offers an exceptional & unique service where you will receive a blessings box of bespoke magical pieces as your aftercare. By appointment, you can make a special trip to see Laura in person at her sacred space where she creates her magic and is filled with many Beautiful Boho pieces for you to purchase. You can have a bespoke piece made for you during your visit. You can also visit one of her many stockists and shop for your Beautiful Boho piece, just visit the stockist page on the website for more information. Laura also regularly holds sacred circles, creating a beautiful space with ceremonial cacao for you to learn about and meditate with crystals, essential oils, make your own healing jewellery piece, learn and be attuned to the amazing healing energies of Reiki 1 & 2 which will benefit you, your spirit & your soul in so many beautiful ways.

essential oils & you

Aromatherapy Consultation & Custom Blending – designing and making botanical products for health & wellbeing, perfumery & skincare. Workshops, Courses & Retreats – practical classes at beautiful botanical locations. Essential Oil Supply – my own brand of oils sourced from organic farmers & artisan distillers. Aromatherapy Consultation & Custom Blending Service £30 for a 30 minute session – includes an aromatherapy product designed specifically to address your symptoms or needs, with personal instructions for use. Click here to book a session. Private consultations can be arranged in person, by telephone, zoom, skype or email. The session will require you to fill out a confidential client information & consent form in advance and will involve up to 30 minutes of dedicated consultation time. A personal blend will then be designed and made to support your personal needs. This is posted to you with instructions on use. This session is suitable for anyone interested in using essential oils or aromatherapy products to support their health & wellbeing. Essential oils are powerful tools that can support us in diverse ways, from serious chronic illness, to day to day nurturing. Symptoms & conditions that aromatherapy products can help with include: scar care, arthritis, aches & pains stress & anxiety nausea (very helpful during pregnancy). sensitive skin, eczema respiratory conditions, colds, coughs, asthma Products that can be made to support after the session include: bath and body oils, face creams, cleansers & oils, balms, roll-on perfumes, inhaler sticks, pure essential oil for use in diffusers. Once you purchase your session you will be sent a link to book your time slot and confirm if you are able to join with zoom or an alternative method. See examples of the types of products possible and their purpose here. 60 minutes sessions are available for £60 if you feel you would like a more in depth consultation. WORKSHOPS, COURSES & RETREATS, from £45. Click here to view up and coming events. Alternatively, request a workshop to take place in your area, or book a private group or individual session. Some examples of popular workshops I offer are as follows: Natural Perfume Making Workshop – make your own completely natural, organic perfume, with the finest quality essential oils, usually set in Kate Langdale’s beautiful flower studio but can be held at a venue of your choice, eg. home, place of work… For more details read the notes from this workshop on my blog post Natural Perfume Making. Introduction to Essential Oils Workshop – to give you a taste of this workshop read my blog post A Basic Introduction to Essential Oils you can choose from a variety of option for making products with essential oils, including balms, massage oils, creams and perfumes. Natural Face Cream Making Workshop – to give you a taste of this workshop read my blog post Natural Face and Body Cream Making Workshop Hen Parties, Birthday Parties, Work Events– Making perfumes or face creams is a lovely activity to do with friends and family as part of a celebration or particular event. These can be tailored to your group specifically with regards to location, time and budget. Get in touch for more details and to make a booking.

the city seamstress

If you’re interested in sewing with us, read on for some class info! Guaranteed small class size of no more than six students so you get all the help you need. Classes are in person and take place in our Dublin 8 studio. All of our courses are suited to both beginners and intermediates as these classes are taught by individual attention, working on your own project in your own time and pace. We provide the sewing machines and supply everything you need to get you started with your first beginner’s project. If there is a project you want to work on you will need to bring all materials, patternwork and requirements of your pattern eg thread, notions, zips etc. If you’re attending as a beginner, you will learn basic machine functions, practice threading the machine and make a small stitch sampler. You will be shown how to insert a zip and make a small bag. Improvers, we can work with you on any project you may need guidance with. From alterations, cushion covers, upcycling vintage clothing, cosplay, cloning your favourite garment or learning how to make your own clothes, we can cover it all. We have a beautiful, bright, studio for you to learn in. There is a lovely sense of community in class, because the group size is small, you get lots of attention in a friendly, relaxed environment. All of our machines are new and easy to learn on. There is also an overlocker for student use and we provide basic sewing kit for you to use. This is a two hour class, from 6pm-8pm, once a week on the same evening each week, for three weeks consecutively. Course fee; €95 When booking a course, please check your dates carefully you must be able to attend all three dates, no refunds once booked. Missed sessions, for ANY reason, cannot be made up, transferred, carried over, refunded or credited. Class availability is extremely limited due to a backlog from the prolonged studio closure and and unfortunately we can only accept a small amount of students per session. Click on the Book Classes page to check out our current availability. SOME FAQ’S… Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the classes? This course is for people aged 13 and above. Where can I contact you with any questions? You can email us at hello@thecityseamstress.com Is the studio open to the public, can I call by? Unfortunately, no. Please note the studio is housed in a private artists studio, not a commercial unit. Access is granted to our class attendees and clients only. However if you would like to drop by to see one of our classes in action you can do so by booking in for an appointment where we will show you around and answer any questions. However we are not offering such appointments during Covid-19 restrictions. Is my booking transferrable? Your course enrollment can only be used for the dates booked, but you can transfer it into someone else’s name if you can’t make it – just let us know before they attend. What is the cancellation policy? Unfortunately, if for any reason you cannot attend the classes on the date you are booked for, we cannot reschedule it to a new date and there is no refund on classes and workshops. Please make sure that you, or the person you are booking for, can attend before booking a class with us. If you are unable to attend the classes you can give your place to your friend or family member. Please email us at least 24 hours before the course with the name of the person attending in your place. If unforeseen circumstances cause us to cancel the class you will be informed as soon as possible and a full refund will be made. We accept no responsibility for covering travel, hotel or other costs incurred by you. In the case of any further lockdowns your class will be rescheduled. Hope to get stitching with you soon!

ty-mawr lime

Brecon

Established in 1995, by husband and wife, Nigel and Joyce Gervis, Ty-Mawr Lime Ltd has made an enormous contribution to resurrecting the use of traditional building materials in Wales. Ty-Mawr Lime Ltd has gone on to become a market leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of environmentally-friendly building materials and systems, providing a 'one-stop' shop to clients throughout the UK. To see our range of suppliers please click here Products now include: Quicklime (for slaking to make your own lime products and hot mixes) Ready slaked lime putty ready to use ‘non-hydraulic’ lime (putty) mortars and plasters limewash hydraulic limes – Singleton Birch (Secil) and St Astier Agricultural Use Airtightness Products aggregates – suitable for use with lime putty and hydraulic limes for plastering, pointing, building etc natural and breathable paints for walls and woodwork natural insulation materials including wool, hemp, woodfibre, cork and wood wool recycled foamed glass gravel tools Systems using the above materials and registered with Local Authority Building Control include: External Wall Insulation Internal Wall Insulation Sublime Insulated Limecrete Floor Sylfaen Insulated Foundation System Warm Roof New Build Timber Frame Part of their success is a founding principle to work closely in partnership with a small handful of like-minded suppliers with shared passions and ethics including: Singleton Birch Secil St Astier Schneider Celenit Eden Renewables Natural Building Technologies Glapor Beecks and Aglaia Graphenstone Earthborn Other applications include Civil Engineering Acoustic Management Landscaping Ty-Mawr is renowned for the quality of the products and services which include Presales telephone support, how-to videos, application guides, data sheets to accompany all products Courses – at our training centre or on your site Site visits and recommendation report Technical calculations – u-value, condensation risk analysis etc to support your project Mortar and paint analysis and matching In that time, they have received numerous awards and accolades for their work in this sector. Ethical Company Award - Tŷ-Mawr is delighted to announce its successful accreditation for 2020 by The Ethical Company Organisation; We are really pleased to be listed in the top Ethical Ranking Companies of 2016 in the world; Sustain Wales Awards - In 2016, we were delighted to be shortlisted in the Sustainable Venue Category of the Sustain Wales Award and pleased to be announced as runner up (winner was Principality Stadium). The Leading Wales Awards 2016: In June 2016 our MD, Joyce, was announced as the 'Leadership for the Future' Winner at the 2016 Leading Wales Awards. Ashden Award finalist: In March 2016 we heard that we'd been shortlisted with 9 other UK companies for a prestigious Ashden Award; Responsible Business Champion 2015 - We were extremely pleased to have been presented with the All-Party Parliamentary Award for "The Responsible Business Champion 2015" by Roger Williams CBE MP; Powys Business Awards - Tŷ-Mawr was delighted to be presented with the Overall Winner for Development of New Markets at the 2014 Powys Business Awards; LABC Excellence Awards - Tŷ-Mawr Lime's sublime® floor system - a breathable slab-less insulated lime screed flooring system - was awarded the Overall Winner (Best Technical Innovation) in the Powys Building Control 2013 Excellence Awards, as well as the LABC South Wales Awards; World Architecture Awards - We were thrilled to hear that our glaster® was short listed for the World Architecture News (WAN) awards and was Highly Commended in the “Product of the Year 2012” category; Marsh Award for Traditional Building Skills - On the 14th March 2012, we were delighted to be invited to attend an award ceremony at Kenwood House, London where Nigel Gervis, founder and technical director of Tŷ-Mawr Lime Ltd, was presented with the prestigious Marsh Award for Traditional Building Skills by Mr Brian Marsh OBE; Online Retail Awards - ORA Prix 'd'Or - Tŷ-Mawr Lime Ltd was a winner at the 2011 Online Retail Awards (ORA e-commerce category); Wales Green List - In 2009 Nigel and Joyce Gervis were extremely proud to have been named as one of the 52 sustainable development champions in Wales’ first annual Green List; A Champion of Champions Award - Tŷ-Mawr were announced as winners of a “Champion of Champions” 2009 Agri-environment Award at Royal Welsh Show. Go Green Awards - The best in Welsh business and entrepreneurship were honoured at the Chambers of Commerce Business Awards 2009 in Cardiff. National Energy Efficiency & Healthy Homes Awards - Tŷ-Mawr were delighted to hear that their Sublime Insulated Limecrete Floor was named as runner up in the 'Product of the Year' category at the prestigious 2017 National Energy Efficiency and Healthy Home Awards. Sustain Wales Awards - Ty-Mawr were delighted to receive two awards at The Sustain Wales Awards, the first was as a runner up in the 'Sustainable Business' category. They were particularly pleased to receive the 'Special Recognition Award' awarded by Cynnal Cymru in recognition of the outstanding contribution made by individuals to sustainability in Wales - awarded to Nigel and Joyce for "sustained effort to a make a cleaner, greener, safer, healthier and more equitable world today and for future generations!" South Wales Chamber of Commerce Awards - Excellence in Environmental Management - Ty - Mawr is delighted to announce they were named as the winner of the Excellence in Environmental Management category at an event held in Cardiff's City Hall.