Kitschen Sink Christmas Tour

This is it!  A goal I set at the beginning of this year was to take Kitschen Sink on tour. I haphazardly decided to open a shop in March and it got postponed, but what better time to target but Christmas gift shoppers for a mini tour!

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Come along and say hello to me at one of the following events - I love nattering so ask me (almost) anything!

October
Saturday 22nd  - Albion Place Art Market - Leeds City Centre

November
Tuesday 8th - Reet Sweet at Leeds University Union - Riley Smith Hall, University of Leeds
Saturday 12th - Albion Place Art Market - Leeds City Centre
Saturday 19th - Super Duper Fair - Floral Hall, Winter Gardens, Blackpool
Sunday 27th - BUST Craftacular - York Hall, Bethnal Green, London

December
Saturday 3rd - Designers Marketplace - Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt
Sunday 4th - Reet Sweet at the Corn Exchange, Leeds
Sat/Sun 10/11th - London TBC
Saturday 17th - Albion Place Art Market - Leeds City Centre


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Skull and Cross Buns: Custom Made Supplies #1

Aaahh I proper love stationery! Just something sexy about paper and pens isn't there?

So I am super lucky to be friends with Paul Jamie Kidd of Kidd81 - a creative designer who created some awesome branding for Kitschen Sink.  He's given me all the graphics I need to look super swanky - but I like to keep it a bit DIY and the handmade feel of everything I do alive using the graphix he's given me....

So when it came to thinking about paper bags and envelopes I decided to get a custom stamp made - hand made!! I have bought a couple of Skull and Cross Buns rubber stamps before and decided to take the plunge and get a custom stamp of my logo made.  What do you think?

I am very happy indeed.  I might make the envelopes a little more festive with the other stamps when the time is right!

I have another custom made supply (sort of) coming soon - I can't wait to get it, and to show you!

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Mini KAPOW Collection Pins Debut

I've been locked away cooking up some stuff for all the markets I have planned on the lead up to Christmas... here's a peek at one...

Mini KAPOW Collection Pins - perfect for fellas!

The idea came from a male friend of mine (photos may follow) who asked for one.  Quite a few blokes said they liked the Kapow Collection and asked for something more laddish! So - here's what we came up with.  The colours were chosen by him too - and I double checked on Twitter and tweets confirmed these were good 'lad' colour (sorry to stereotype!).

The Mini Kapow Collection Pins are currently exclusive to my real-life stall only - online availability coming soon!  Do you like my new paper bags in the background?

These will debut at my shared stall with Carla from Maus Haus this Saturday 22nd October at Albion Place in Leeds City Centre.  Come say hi and p-p-p-pick-up a Kapow Pin!

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I haven't been here much lately so...

...Why not come see me in person, and paw and peruse the jewels here...?

Kitschen Sink @ Reet Sweet
October 1st and 2nd (Saturday and Sunday)
at The Corn Exchange, Leeds

It's all really good quality, fun shiz! See ya there (so excited!!)

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Saltaire Festival Special - all very English

Ah yes, that time of year again!  Saltaire Festival is one of my most favourite events - the high end art/craft fair, the boat trips, the foreign food market stall, beer festival and party in the car park!

I was delighted to have been accepted to sell at the Art Trail Festival Special. It's one of my favourite events to sell at... always lots of characters to chat to and it's local for my friends to come by!  We also get display boards which is great, I can show off my press coverage!

The festival always feels like we are gripping onto summer with both hands, even though it has pretty much gone... I love to see the festival boat doing the rounds and people walking down the canal from the brewery.

A really awesome day.

Professional photos of the event to follow!

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Shortlisted! Leeds Retail Awards!

Oh wow. I can't tell you how happy I am to deliver this exciting news!  I have been shortlisted in two, yes two categories in the Leeds Retail Awards!

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The first category is Local Designer, and the second is Jewellery... how ace would it be for a little independent such as myself to win this, since last year it was like Pandora or something?

But I do need votes, lots of votes, to actually win!

♥ Vote here for Rowan Grant - Kitschen Sink in Local Designer and Jewellery categories ♥

Fingers, toes, arms, legs and eyes crossed! x_x

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Drink your greens! A delicious smoothie recipe

After my trip to the Trafford Centre I felt inspired by the smoothie concoctions in Selfridges.  I'll be honest. I'm not a massive fan of veg or salad, nor do I particularly enjoy preparing fruit. I could eat those pre-packed fruit salads all day if they weren't so expensive! Sure, it may seem lazy. But I work full time and run a couple of businesses, so what I put in my mouth, I don't like to faff with too much.

It's starting to get to that time of year where I am traditionally stressed out preparing for Christmas markets, and I just started a new job, so I need to take care of myself! So I picked up some ingredients to blast myself a super-nutritious smoothie.

This is just...

♥ Two thirds of a glass of cloudy apple juice
♥ Half a tin of pineapple (fresh if you can afford it)
♥ Half a mango
♥ Big bunch of baby spinach

...all whizzed up in a blender. Drink immediately to make the most of the nutrients, over ice!

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