On Thursday we celebrated World Book Day! At the start of the week we launched a competition to win a Jellycat Coral Cutie. To be in with a chance of
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This last week we have changed all our window displays, as we move from February into March. We have gone for the obvious Mother’s day theme on our large Melbourne
This week I have been at the NEC in Birmingham attending the Spring Fair. This is essentially the place where shops go shopping! There is a vast amount of stalls
Following on from the last blog, I have been cracking on with working through some more of my resolutions for Magpie’s Nest. One of the biggest changed we have implemented
Happy New Year, hoping that you all had a great Christmas whatever your plans were. Like most people I made a few New Year’s Resolutions relating to the shop, many
Christmas is fast approaching, and many of you will be busy writing out Christmas lists and buying Christmas gifts. This history of Christmas gift giving has its origins in pagan
This week we have been taking part in the Just a card campaign,https://www.justacard.org/ the idea is simply to raise awareness and remind people to support their local makers, creatives and
On Friday 15th November we began the mammoth task of getting our Christmas shop ready for opening on Saturday. This sounds like a simple enough thing to do, but believe
This Sunday will be remembrance Sunday and Stalybridge will be full of people from all walks of life, and all ages coming together to remember those who gave their lives
Remember remember the 5th of November, Gun powder treason and plot. I see no reason why gun powder, treason should ever be forgot! I remember learning this rhyme at school