Author: Holly Hardiman

Stitch & Craft Show 2011

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Have a passion for haberdashery? Crazy about Cross Stitch? Potty for Patchwork?

The annual Stitch & Craft Show promises to be packed full of all things crafty and this year is zoning in on three areas – Knitting, Stitching and Crafting.

Held at the Olympia London on the 17th – 20th March 2011, the Stitch & Craft show is a date which should be on all crafters calendars.

For more information about stalls, exhibitions and professionals who’ll be at the show as well as how to buy tickets, visit the website.

If you can’t wait until March, have a look through Archive’s top rated craft retailers and groups:

Material Needs – an award winning craft retailer based in Somerset, why not have a look at their online services.

I Sew – promote sewing, dress making, soft furnishings and crafts. Sign up for hints and tips here.

Stitch London –  a group of individual crafters who have come together to form a stitching community that supports, inspires and challenges itself through stitch after stitch. Based in London, why not find out how to join by visiting the website.

Craft Guerrilla – a group set up to work with independent Crafts People, Artists and Designers Makers of quality hand made goods. Read the Craft Guerrilla manifesto online.

Home Comforts on Holiday

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The beautiful North Wales scenery

 “I’d never been on holiday to Pontins before, it was like a little home away from home! And having never stayed in a chalet before I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it was a little self contained apartment. The kitchen had everything you could need, I love cooking and it was really nice to go somewhere and still have use of kitchen facilities.

Camping is really really not my thing, I just hate it, I’m a real indoors kind of girl. The Prestatyn Pontins Centre was a stone’s throw away from the beautiful beaches, within easy walking distance of the town centre which had plenty of shops and lovely places to eat – you can’t stay in the apartment and cook every night can you?! But best of all, I could go back to the chalet with a smile on my face, knowing that I wouldn’t have to use any horrible shared ablutions and at the end of a long day, run a hot bath and just relax.

For families, Pontins offer loads of entertainment and activities on a daily basis, all you have to do is check what’s going on at the welcome desk in the morning. And if you love to swim, you’ll be happy to know the splash centre with its crazy water slides is open all day.

If you’re looking for an inexpensive holiday that’s loads of fun, I’d recommend the Pontins centres, there are loads across the country, the biggest site Blackpool and Prestatyn is the second largest.”

Check out Holly’s Pontins Accommodation Picture Diary below.

A bit of a British institution, generations of children have been whipped into a frenzy by the sight of the Pontins sign.

The morning dawns bright and beautiful over the Pontins Centre.

Apartment 514 - a warm, comfortable and relaxing weeklong seaside holiday

A table, a Tv and a sofa just out of view, it may be a little basis but in my opinion, it sure beats a tent!

Small but self-contained, this kitchen was a real luxury.

 All photographs ©Holly Hardiman 2010

For more information on Pontins Holiday Centres and details on how to book a holiday, visit the Pontins website.

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