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Kick off your shoes - it's official, summer is here! If you're planning on hitting the beach, make sure you enter our latest competition to win a handmade retro style surfboard. Other highlights this month include our interview with bespoke shoemaker Deborah Carre, an inspiring mosaic workshop using broken vintage china, and a special offer from Pure Light Candles. Plus there's still time to enter our Design a Journal competition...

Win a retro wooden surfboard

There's just a few days left to enter this month's competition to win a retro style wooden surfboard from The Original Surfboard Company. Handmade in Devon, they're inspired by the classic British sport of surf-riding, and are designed to be used lying down, making them suitable for all ages. Enter now...

Meet the Maker: Deborah Carre

This month we meet Deborah Carre, bespoke handmade shoemaker and one half of London based design duo, carreducker. Find out what inspires her and why it takes over 200 steps to make a pair of handmade leather shoes. Read interview & watch video...

Learn to make a mosaic mirror

For our latest Course Notes feature, craft journalist Clare Kelly headed to South London to try out the art of mosaic, at a workshop run by Smashing Chintz. Find out how she got on, using fragments of broken vintage china to create a stunning handmade mirror. Read feature...

Latest Discoveries...

Here are just a few of the fantastic businesses who've joined us this month: handmade felt cushions by Megan Quinton (pictured), gifts and homewares by talented British designers from Ugly Be Gone, quirky British jewellery designs by Hoolala , luxury knitwear from Quinton Chadwick, contemporary garden art by Down to Earth, creative courses from The Workshop by Sally Bourne Interiors , greetings cards and giftwrap by Rachel Goodchild, original artwork and prints from Arts Hut, and many more. Browse our Directory...

Free votive from Pure Light Candles

If you're planning on dining al fresco this summer, now is the time to stock up on some 100% natural candles to light the table and keep bugs at bay. Pure Light Candles are offering our readers a free votive candle when you place an order by 31st July. Just email gifting@purelightuk.com to claim your free votive. Visit shop...

Design a Journal Competition

There's still time to enter our 'Design a Journal' competition, in conjunction with The Fabric Press. One lucky winner will see their own design printed onto cotton and made into a beautiful fabric covered journal for them to keep. You don't need to be a designer or even to submit artwork. Simply email a motif of your own design to us at journal@frombritainwithlove.com by 30th June to be in with a chance of winning!

In the Press...

We've been in the press again this month with Country Homes & Interiors magazine calling us "a fantastic directory of beautiful homeware made in British workshops and studios", while we also got a mention in The Times which featured vases by Maggie Williams Glass, one of the businesses they'd spotted in our directory.

Keep in Touch...

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