Recycled jewels and belts

Jewellery designer Heather Shaw produces handmade, quirky pieces of jewellery. Having a particular love for recycling and reclaiming unusual pieces, to incorporate in her jewellery. Collecting vintage, antique and found objects this Huddersfield based designer produces one off quirky items of jewellery.

for more click here

Home made and Edible Lip balm

Well looks like winter is finally here – again – and the need for a good lip balm has never been greater. But whatever you use you will ingest small amounts of the product and while there are lots of good natural lip balms on the market, lots contain stuff that is not so tasty. In additional to synthetic preservatives and flavours, white petrolatum the basis of many balms, is derived from petrol. Yuk

Alternatively, making your own lip balm is really easy and can be made from natural ingredients that are actually edible. This recipe is from The Soap Tub, a Huddersfield firm that supply base ingredients for making balms, bath bombs and soaps

1 tablespoon beeswax pellets

1 tablespoon roughly chopped shea butter
1 tablespoon grated cocoa butter
1 tablespoon sweet almond oil

1 tablespoon castor oil

Melt the whole lot together and pour into little pots to set – the end result is a really nice, very effective lip balm. Pots and ingredients can be bought from The Soap Tub or as they are now called castle hill cosmetics – visit them on line at www.castlehillcosmetics.co.uk or phone them on 01484-453453
As I work out doors a lot digging mud, applying lip balm from a pot with grimy finger is not ideal. I use wind up style (lip stick type ), tubes instead of pots. You can reuse old lip balm tubes – you will need to wash them out obviously and rewind them. Sometimes you have to push the base plate down a little before they will wind down. Or you can buy new, empty tubes from www.aromantic.co
Filling the tubes is fiddly and a small funnel helps.

Queensgate Market

One of my favourite places to shop. 

Location, contact and opening times

Here you can get un wrapped cheese and ham and even smoked fish so avoiding plastic packaging (polluting and potentially damaging) .

There is also a wool shop

Finally it is a grade two listed building and not for the usual Yorkshire town Victoriana reasons but because of its blatant 70s design. Follow the links for design notes, tile association and architects comments.

Walking

Its free and good for your and doesnt require that much in the way of resources. Try <a href=”http://www.walkinginyorkshire.co.uk/“>walking in Yorkshire for some local walks

want to walk with some chums – join up with the
Huddersfield Rucksack Club

Holmfirth Art Market

Sunday 23rd November 10 – 4 pm Holmfirth Indoor Market

A wide range of stuff from a wide range of artists – local artists keeping it real.

Birds Edge Countryside Project

creating countryside facilities for wheelchair users and the general public

 BECSIDE CHARITABLE TRUST

c/o TAMARISK HOUSE

33A GREENFIELD ROAD

HOLMFIRTH

HD9 2LA

 

Tel. 01484 684797

e-mail: gstevesellars@freenet.co.uk

Registration no. 1121918

Art Space Bates Mill

 Artists Studios Open Weekend

There will be a wide range of artwork as well as fashion and accessories to view
and for sale. Great for Christmas shopping.

  
To see whats avaialable go to art space uncut

Preview Night: Friday November 28th 6 – 9pm   
Saturday, November 29th 11- 6pm  
Sunday, November 30th 10 – 4pm

A Transition Town Medly

As well as our event  on Tuesday with Incredible Edible Todmorden, there are also a couple of other events you may wish to attend, both of them arranged by Marsden and Slaithwaite Transition Towns.

 

The first, on Saturday 15th November costs £15 and involves films, food and  live music from 2 bands including Paprika Balkanicus……if their last event (a Cuban Night) is anything to go by it will be informative, great fun -  and will go on late into the night!

 

I have attached the poster. Tickets can be either collected in the town or organised by phone. 

 

There is also an opportunity to get involved with Permaculture (a way of building  ‘resilience’ through design and growing methods) through a weekend on November 29th/30th November with Andy Goldring, and I have copied in the information below.

 

The rather beautiful poster, also attached, tells  of a longer course to be held in the new year based in Hebden Bridge where there is also a fledgling Transition Community.  

 

Where to buy ….

In the run up the Christmas I am featuring local shops for local people… but not I want to quickly assure you in a league of gentlemen kind of way. No these are wonderful products for groovy people. Things made and sold by charming Huddersfield folk for your delight and delectation.

Dressing up … and  it has to be  knit wear created by our very own Ruth Walker of Snood. Her recycled jumpers are not just the bees knees ecologically speaking but are really lovely designer items in their own right.  Read on….

Want a piggy note book for  the sketcher in your life … dont we all? Get one made by local hill dwellers who roam free on the grassy slopes round Emly – sounds surreal but  the books are really nice … find out  more here

Then of course you will need a card – these are rather lovely printed on sustainable board, printed with vegetable inks and  they come in biodegradable cellophane wrappers …..click here for more

Perhaps this year you plan to be uber green and make your own presents…. yes me too (right) … so lets get knitting – how about some toasty hot water bottle covers – they are quick and easy.

Toasty toes the knitted way

Knitting your own hot water bottle cover for the cold winter to come is a great way of

a) saving on the heating bills
b) not burning your toes while doing so

and they make great presents

For knitting hot water bottle covers you will need knitting needles and wool – click here for stockists

Heres a free pattern

If you want to knit in a friendly environment you might want to join one of these knitting groups