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Even though we have always held sewing and craft workshops, believe it or not, the Haberdashery side of things to Happydashery was never actually in the business plans when we first started... in actual fact the very first day we opened we were told off by a bystander who watched us open our doors that we would never compete with Fabric World, the most amazing of actual Haberdasheries down the High Street from us! 

Absolutely over the moon to be able to introduce you to the extremely lovely Mairi from @wovenbymairi We have been in talks with Mairi for the past few months to organise her running her unique weaving workshops at The.Work.Shop. 

Seeing as Buzzstock is just around the corner in our social calendars now, we thought it was about time that we got to hear a little bit more from Andrena, one half of the dynamic duo behind Buzzstock and Leighton Buzz Radio!

Meet the rather fabulous Suzanne, from Hooks, Needles & Threads, who is hosting workshops in Sashiko (the art of visible mending), Lace Making, Rag Wreath Making and the heritage craft of Making Dorset Buttons at The.Work.Shop.  Only recently returned from living in Singapore, Suzanne is really looking forward to teaching local makers about these heritage crafts.

After a day of Sunday relaxing and recuperating after a very hectic week, it is only right that we focus our late Day 5 of #marchmeetthemaker on the fab @sophiehome_london
Sophie designs beautiful and colourful cotton knit accessories for your home, as well as gorgeous nursery toys for children.  Sophie and Jess are a dream to work with and the quality of the throws and children’s toys are second to none… not only that but 5% of the profits go to @chooselove and the products are all ethically made!  What is not to love!? Anyway, instead of listening to us going on about this fabulous brand, you can read a bit more about them here in the founder, Sophie Diaz’s own words… 

We are not going to lie, we are huge fans of Ellie, the founder of, ‘Say It With Songs’.  Even though she grew up in Leighton Buzzard, it wasn’t u...

We couldn’t do a series of blogs about our suppliers and makers without featuring the amazing Zoe from @toocutecrafting.  Zoe is one of our incredi...

Seeing as it is #marchmeetthemaker, we thought we would showcase one of our fabulous makers and suppliers every day for the whole month and would feature them on our Instagram and on our, long neglected, blog here on our website.  Seeing as these fabulous human beings use the back of our shop as Buddy HQ, we thought we would start off with the lovely Lee and Wes from Buddy Fernandez Cards.