Fantastic Glass Festival!

We just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who visited us during the International Festival of Glass!  We intended to add a few words to the blog over the weekend, but we were so busy we never found the time in the end.  It was lovely to meet so many new and returning customers, and we're delighted that our special edition Festival soaps, bath bombs, home fragrancing and Glassmakers Balm (a lavender balm infused with sea buckthorn that would be perfect for supporting the skin with minor burns) proved to be so popular.  We still have a few of these left, so catch them while you can!

Wasn't the Glass Festival fantastic?  Over the weekend thousands visited the Ruskin Glass Centre and the new Glasshouse Arts Centre and Webb Corbett Visitor Centre.  Despite the weather, people flocked to see the many exhibitions, took part in workshops, watched live glass blowing/craftspeople at work, saw the completed Portland Vase (really gorgeous!) and sampled the excellent food and drink before popping in for some retail therapy.  The atmosphere was wonderful all weekend, and on the final evening it was amazing to see so many people packed into the Glass Centre for the glass auction!

We think the Festival has been a huge success, and the renovated building looks fantastic and is the perfect venue for the British Glass Biennale exhibition (as usual the craftsmanship is stunning).  So if you get the chance to visit the exhibition (it's open until 15th September 2012) and new visitor facilities, we'd highly recommend a visit!  For now, we're taking a well earned rest today (Tuesday 28th) and will be open again tomorrow, so see you soon!

Back to work!

After a lovely relaxing summer break, the workshop is open again from today.  Our thanks to the many customers who have ordered off our websites while we've been away. We'll be working around the clock to process these (with your free gifts), so your patience is greatly appreciated!

It's been a fantastic couple of weeks, and didn't Team GB do well at the Olympics!!  We were lucky enough to experience it first hand at the tennis, and echo what everyone has said about the wonderful organisation and atmosphere in London.  So to everyone involved, we'd just like to add our own congratulations - you did us proud!!   

Visitors to the workshop will see that we still have our bunting and flags out - we're now looking forward to the Paralympics!  So to round off a fantastic Summer, we'll continue to offer our special edition Celebration bathing products for another few weeks in the workshop.  We're also looking forward to the International Glass Festival which will be celebrated at the Ruskin Glass Centre and other Stoubridge venues over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Phew - we're going to be busy again!