#Local4Lent event 2012 in the Corn Exchange, Leeds
There was a great range of food, art and craft stalls at the first ever #Local4Lent event held in Leeds Corn Exchange last year so we just wanted to share them with you. We also had the pleasure of live music from musician Dan Burnett and local artist Steve Blaylock exhibited his iconic Blue Peter Ship sculpture too. For pictures of the event please pop over to our Facebook page.
A personal collection of carefully sourced and created vintage, retro and up-cycled gifts; from scarves and jewellery, to vintage glassware. I have worked within the fashion industry since 1981, and my love for all things vintage has led me to create Fanni Loves Fufu. I like to ensure that each item I source or craft is in working order, cleaned and repaired where necessary and beautifully presented together with free gift wrapping if required! (
Saving household items and trinkety things from a life of landfill, and bringing them to the masses as one of a kind designs! All products are lovingly refurbished and will never be replicated!
Lots of little treasures lovingly handcrafted for your little one. Cushions, quilts, taggy's, bespoke clothing and lots more!
I design and create gorgeous handcrafted items from my home in North Yorkshire. My range includes personalised bunting, cushions and baby gifts as well as accessories for the home. Each item is made with love and attention to detail and many include 'rescued' clothing, buttons and embroidery.
Pinky Lu Lu
A quirky rainbow of colour on a dark day, she is a modern day womble re-cycling and up-cycling, making clothes for the eccentric anti-fashionista,you can find her crocheting and sewing funki camper vans to cushions, lavender houses to little flower's and all things in between! Cath kidston she is definitely not, but this modern day anti chintz warrior has a keen eye for a vintage trend...but with a twist.
Indie design company based in Bradford that produces cool, original interior artwork, designs, photography and greeting cards that offer an original alternative to the ordinary, everyday, mass sold department store designs.
Jessica Anderson - Artist
Jessica Anderson is a practicing local artist and is currently furthering her studies at Harrogate School of Art and Design. She mainly works with acrylic on canvas and has started experimenting with 3D installation pieces as well as film. Her first love is drawing and will continue to explore other media. She welcomes commissions and has some current work which is available for sale.
Purveyor of fine & fabulous things. Finest Imaginary creates laser cut plastic & wooden jewellery, screen printed t-shirts, and a range of accessories. Based in the UK but shipping worldwide!
Dunk Soap
Natural cleansing bars of soap hand-crafted in Yorkshire. Using our traditional recipe of natural, organic Palm (RSPO approved), coconut and olive oils, we add fragrance oils and botanicals such as lavender, flower petals and seeds to ensure our soap is fresh and lively rather than simply strong. As well as fresh soap cut straight from the loaf we handmake a range of visually fab dunkcakes (soap cupcakes) and chocolate brownies. An alternative to mass produced soaps with no synthetic bases or additives. All our soaps are vegetarian friendly and not mass produced. Our soaps are as natural on the outside as all the packaging has been designed by dunk and is 100% recyclable, suitable for the environmentally conscious. Gift sets may include natural beeswax candles, sustainably sourced wooden soap dishes; nailbrushes with natural bristles, natural loofahs, sisal soap sacks and authentic Dead Dea salts.
Sue Haynes – Complementary therapist
I mainly work from my dedicated treatment room at home in Chapel Allerton, although I also use a room at Pomegranate Organics in the City Centre. Wherever you visit me I put a lot of effort into making sure the therapeutic space I create is as relaxing and comfortable as possible. Relaxing music, scented candles and fragrant foot creams and massage oils also help to create just the right atmosphere.
Founded in 2010 by husband and wife team Amrik and Gursharon, Really Indian Fresh Curry Sauces were created around the idea that a fresh curry can be simple and quick to prepare at home.Gursharon and Amrik have broken the rules to share with you a curry sauce containing the original ingredients which their family has enjoyed for generations. The curry sauce is made from a special blend of 15 different spices combined with fresh chillies, garlic, onions, root ginger and tomatoes. The high quality ingredients are carefully cooked and blended to create a sauce with maximum aroma and flavour so you can enjoy a taste that is Really Indian at home.
Hand made in Melmerby, Nr Ripon, North Yorkshire using no additives and only the finest natural ingredients, locally grown wherever possible.
Billy and Mitch’s munch - @ourmunch
The result of a South African and New Zealander meeting in Yorkshire! You may know the guys from Kirkstall Deli Market, where they sell a delicious range of pates.
Handmade cordial drinks made from the fruits and flowers of nature with nothing artificial added. Our cordials are made by hand using traditional methods in small batches to finely tuned recipes using natural ingredients sourced locally and seasonally where possible with just a little British sugar added. You will NOT find any potassium's, sodium's, anthocyanin's, sucralose, concentrate's or saccharin's in ANY of our drinks (that's artificial colours, sweeteners, flavours and preservatives to me and you), unlike those found in many mass produced drinks.
Offering a range of fine local, regional and continental cheeses, Shaw's Cheesemongers is a local market based business. Established in Halifax by Paul Shaw in 2010 and covering two local markets, the business has now grown and trades at many specialist markets and events in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cheshire.
Our products are hand-baked by one of the most experienced pastry chefs in the North. After training, at Le Gavroche , Wendy spent 2 years in New York and Los Angeles. Upon returning to England she worked in some of London's best restaurants and has provided desserts for celebrities, such as Elton John at his White Tie and Tiara Ball plus his wedding, Robbie Williams, Danni Minogue and even the Queen. Andy has spent most of his career involved in different levels of catering. He has a passion for good tasting and good looking food. After a few years in the music/festival industry has now joined forces with Wendy to supply #brownies. We believe that our brownies are the best on the market, using free range eggs, fair trade cocoa, Belgian Chocolate and unrefined brown sugar unless otherwise stated.
Little Yorkie Pie - @littleyorkiepie
Every pie we make is lovingly handcrafted in Yorkshire. You’ll taste the quality in every bite, hope you enjoy. Located on Butcher’s Row in Leeds Kirkgate market and can also be found at farmers markets and food events.
Delicious Hand Made Biscuits Baked in our Wood Fired Oven, treats worth eating. We always use; local milled flour, fresh butter, our own hen’s eggs and real Belgian chocolate. And....No Funny Stuff! We cater for everyone with our biscuits; vegans, gluten free, sugar free, biscuits for cheese, children, traditional & modern too.
I am an American living in the UK for the last 15 years. I am passionate about many things but have taken my passions of food and art and turned them into my professions. The Yummy Yank is my business dedicated to the baking of homemade American desserts and other yummies, doing several farmers markets and food festivals a month.
"Yorkshire Honey is gathered from approximately 300 hives in fields and moors across the Yorkshire Countryside before being taken to our honey house in Scampston for extraction''. The charming village of Scampston has been our base since 1990 although we have kept bees here since 1974. The apiaries are sited in the Vale of Pickering on the Wolds and in the Howardian Hills and are moved to the North Yorkshire Moors for the Ling Heather. We also supply bees for the pollination of borage (starflower) in East Yorkshire."
Described as 'a haven of peace and tranquility' our family run farm puts freshness, quality and animal welfare at the heart of everything we produce. We produce a range of high quality free range and organic meats and home grown organic produce all of which are available to buy through our farm shop near Leeds. You can now buy our free range and organic meat online. We offer a home delivery meat box service so that more people can enjoy our produce without having to visit the farm shop or farmers markets.
Ever and After - Zana O’Connell (#local4lent co-founder)
Ever and After is a recycled fashion and accessory line by Zana O'Connell, it is all about taking something old and unused and breathing life back into it, turning it into something new and beautiful so its story can go on.. happliy ever after. The collections at the Local4lent Event will include a selection of handmade lingerie and jewellery, including pretty feminine bra's made from vintage silks and lace and also brooches and earings handmade using vintage mother of pearl buttons, beads and pearls.
Each item is designed and created by hand with love and care, ensuring that each piece is unique and special. We can also make items to order if you fancy something that we dont have, we'll be more than happy to design and make something especially for you.
I have been sewing for almost 50 years now, and that looks very scary in print! I am happy to tackle any job, large or small, from elaborate alterations to bridal gowns, to simple button replacements. On Saturday I will have a selection of handmade waistcoats made from vintage fabric, bags made from fabric cut offs and other handmade bits and bobs.
Click N Mix is one of those silly ideas you have while drinking in your local pub with a friend who, like you, has too much time on his hands. Whilst there are many places to buy sweets on the internet, they are all a little boring.
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