My mother has always been very creative person & as a result I learnt to sew when I was very young & as a family we always crafted items for gifts & decoration! My father was a carpenter & his love of wood has always been with me!
Hello! We aren’t just one person…this is a team effort and the whole family is involved! We’re the Warmer Family;
Pat (the messenger, packer, deliverer and candle maker),
Maddy (the Instagram poster and website designer) and
Katie (the junior beekeeper)
We live in Ringwood and we have beehives dotted around Ringwood, Ferndown and Alderholt. We produce delicious pure, raw honey and beeswax candles.
I’m Suzi, Sue, Susan aka Oh So Suzi but I’ll answer to a few other names! I grew up in Ferndown and I now live near Bournemouth airport with hubby and the three dogs. I work full time in a local engineering company so my creative activates fit around that. I am lucky to have “workshop” which is a room above the garage, all to myself.
Please excuse the lockdown hair
Sarah Gifford from Flamingo Paperie
About 95% of my product range comes from Flamingo Paperie. I also have a small range of complimentary designs from other local artists and some giftables from WhistleFish.
Our high quality, value for money greeting cards and paper stationery fly the flag for great British manufacturing, design and innovation. We also produce a Christmas range which offers a wonderfully eclectic mix of designs, all exclusive to Flamingo Paperie and includes charity Christmas cards, advent calendars, wrapping paper, paper decorations and gifts.
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| My colourful stash of sumptuous yarn |
We were approached by Sarah Dudley one of our stall holders on the New Forest Craft Market, she told us how she wanted to help a student and friend of hers called Lucy and was setting up a just giving page for her and her family to raise money for a specialised wheelchair.
Please visit Lucy's Just giving page
We decided that we had to get behind this and help Sarah. We joined forces with our partner site New Forest Collective
Between the three of us we started to contact local businesses and our own creatives to see if they would be able to donate items to the raffle.
We have a growing list of donations and these can be viewed on the raffle page, here is a snippet of what we have.
You can purchase your raffle tickets via The New Forest Collective
There are many out there who share the same passion to support their community.
To be able to reap the benefits of a stronger connection with the people who are our neighbours, whilst simultaneously contributing to its growth and development, is important to me.
Whilst setting up the New Forest Craft Market I have had the pleasure to meet (socially distanced and more often than not, online) people who are eager to nurture where we live, not only for the benefit of their own small business but also for others out there who are in the same stages themselves.
The range of creative ideas people have and the exciting way in which they talk about them really shine through, and this is sometimes all you need to make it work. This coupled with support can make for a winning formula.
We thought that we might be small fry in the eyes of Julia's House, we are glad that we took the plunge to email them to ask if they would like to be one of our beneficiaries.
We spoke to Sarah who got back to us the following day and she was happy that we decided to support them.
Take a look at their Facebook page where they do a Friday Fundraising shout out, highlighting all the lovely individuals who raise funds for them in inspiring and imaginative ways.
We are really happy to announce another local Charity that we are proud to support.
The Isabel Baker Foundation was set up by Isabel's Mum who felt that many parents in the same situation lacked support both financially and emotionally when losing a child to a terminal and life-limiting illness.
She campaigned for change and continues to make a difference.
Please visit the Isabel BakerFoundation Website to find out the numerous ways in which they are able to support families.
The Isabel Baker Foundation will receive a donation from the support of our stallholders.
We are very happy to announce that we will be supporting Poulner Junior school with their fundraising.
They kindly let us know how the money we raise through our stallholders support will help them in their efforts.
We are currently raising money for a mindfulness area within the school playground.
A greater number of children have experienced anxiety this year as a result of the changes that they have to deal with and the awareness of social distancing measures that they have had to adopt for much of the last academic year.
Smaller charities provide support in various ways, they rely on individuals giving free time to support their cause. This can be through delivering parcels to vulnerable members of our community, cleaning up our town with litter picking or planting trees to help the environment, organising better recycling facilities and much more.
We are only a few days into setting up the New Forest Craft Market Group on Facebook and I am so grateful for all the wonderful messages of support.
It is so lovely to see people share the group page with their friends. This shows that we all want to support local and think about the importance in investing in our community, as well giving free time to local organisations who nurture where we live.
Small changes in how we go about our daily lives, caring about the environment can encourage others to do the same and make a big difference to many.
Our April stall fees will be split between Ringwood Infant School and Ringwood Actions for Climate Emergency RACE.
Mary kindly wrote a few words for us.
Here is a bit about us:
The concept of The New Forest Craft Market group on Facebook is to provide the local community with the opportunity to support local crafters and small businesses who in turn contribute towards local charities.
Sellers on the New Forest Craft Market group pay a small monthly fee to display their wares. These fees are then divided between a local primary school and one small local charity or fundraising organisation each month. Schools and charities are allocated funds on a rotation basis (not just once).
Our first Charity in March will be Batten Fighters Forever.
To find out more about Batten disease please read the following message from my friend Lisa Hover.
Andy and I have four wonderful children, all born beautiful and healthy.
Aiden, Annabelle, Georgie & Robbie.
