Bakewell Baking Festival!

It's not your average summer festival, and it's guaranteed not to disappoint! The worlds first baking festival is now in its third year, taking huge vintage inspiration for its stalls and entertainment - including a custard pie fight and mad hatters tea party for the kids! 

Held in the picturesque town of Bakewell, Derbyshire which is known as the "Spiritual home of baking", the festival prides itself on providing "quintessential English fun" for all the family, and its pet friendly, so why not bring the dog along too? As well as the old British favourites, there's delicacies from all around the world to get stuck into.. but don't forget to head to the vintage marketplace too, offering beautiful cake stands and crockery!

To watch demonstrations from professional bakers, visit a doggy deli, decorate some gingerbread and more, head over to the website to get your tickets!

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Spring into action! What to do and see this season

It's the season of new beginnings and the perfect opportunity for some adventure. So this Spring we have thrown together a couple of activities to keep the kids occupied during half term, and unmissable things to see in the great outdoors:

1) A Scavenger Hunt: Can you spot a squirrel, butterfly, or maybe just different colored leaves? With warmer weather and lighter evenings, all the signs of Spring have sprung and are ready to be found! While learning about the joys of nature, you and the kids will love hunting around to see how many weird and wonderful things you can find! 

If you need more than one scavenger hunt, each child could compete to find the biggest pine cone, or scariest spider! Alternatively you could encourage them to work together as a team.

2) Visit a fun farm: The Easter holidays are a perfect time to spend the day learning about baby animals, or maybe even see one being born! Wouldn't it be lovely to bottle feed a little lamb? Or have a pleasant pony ride through the fields? Many farms also include children's indoor and outdoor play areas for endless fun. Don't miss out on all the activities on offer at your nearest farm!

3) Relax with a hot chocolate: After all the fun and excitement of the day, there'll be nothing better than putting your feet up with a warm drink. Part of our enamel range is the blue trim mug, which is perfect for hot chocolate on a chilly evening. The kids can even decorate theirs with mini marshmallows or some sweet chocolate sauce. The whole enamel range, including a bowl, plate and tea can can be used indoors or for outdoor adventures this Sprin!

                                         

                                          

Which of these will you be getting up to this Spring?

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Take A Trip: Falmouth, Cornwall

Ellie Ellie believes there are many great towns and cities in the UK worth visiting, here we give you a quick guide to one of Cornwall's great towns, Falmouth!

Whether by Ferry, Car, Boat or train Falmouth is an exciting town worth a visit. Nestled on the South Coast of Cornwall, Falmouth boasts a huge variety of shops, restaurants, attractions and sea side fun, perfect for all the family to enjoy.

For families and children there is the action packed National Maritime Museum, featuring a range of objects, boats and collections to look at. The kids will be excited to see all the great collections and learn about boats and the water. If it is the beach you are after, Gyllyngvase beach is the perfect hotspot for relaxing, with a fantastic cafe situated at the top of the beach to fill those hunger pains.

  

As well as some great attractions and places for the family to enjoy, Falmouth is home to a thriving high street along with some great shops and cafes for browsing. The restaurants are also brilliant, with many sourcing ingredients, specially fish from cornwall, which makes it taste so much better.

The Shed and The Shack are two fun and buzzing restaurants and bars in Events Square, where you can order your favourite cocktail and taste a speciality fish dish!

Have you been anywhere in Cornwall we should visit?

Postal Bag Origami

We are always thinking of ways to re-use the materials we use in the office so that we can limit the impact on the environment of throwing rubbish away. Since introducing our jolly new postal bags to send out our orders in we have played around with origami and the result is a lovely Ellie Ellie boat!

Our postal bags can be recycled, but if you are up for a fun activity you can make an origami boat or hat! We are on hand to help you have a go at origami, and save the planet by recycling our new postal bags!

How to make an origami boat (that actually floats) Yipee!

1. Begin by cutting our postal bags so you have one rectangle piece (you can make two boats with both sides as well)

2. Fold the rectangle piece in half

3. Partially fold it again, which will make a crease near the top. This helps line up the corners

4. Fold down the top left and right corner

5. Fold each edge of the paper upwards, and open it up into a hat

6. To continue making the boat, bring the corners of the hat brim towards each other, the edges of the brim will be pushed forward (your squashing the hat into a square)

7. Take one lower corner of the square and fold it upwards, so the same to the other side

8. Now you have a folded triangle! Open up the folded triangle and bring the corners together, again you are squashing the triangle into a square

9. Pull the outer  corners of the square, one in each hand

10. Keep pulling to fully unfold your boat, staple the sides to keep in place!

We hope you've enjoyed creating your origami boat, the next time you receive your Ellie Ellie order you know what to do!

If origami doesn't float your boat, pop it in the recycling bin!

Have Fun!

'Re-design, Re-cycle, Re-love'

'Re-design, Re-cycle, Re-love' are three very important words here at Ellie Ellie, and we want to share out motto with you and let you know what it means to us!

 

Re-design is taking something that's been unloved and giving it a new lease of life with a little Ellie Ellie TLC. We transform forgotten treasures into something new, current and loveable.

 

Many of us remember the hours we spent wrestling over board games with our siblings, or those party games with our school friends - our products capture all those joyful memories and allows us to look back with a smile.

 

The Re-cycle aspect of our motto means taking something that's destined for a landfill and turning it into something completely different, to be used and enjoyed by one and all!

 

Recycling is gradually becoming a part of everyday home life, which is great! We push the boundaries even further by encouraging recycled gifting to spread the eco-friendly message.

Here at Ellie Ellie the 'Re-Love' aspect of our motto means taking something from our childhoods, that we have forgotten and turning it into something innovative for all to love again. You know, things like old fashioned board games or those scrumptious retro sweets that used to be the highlight of your school days.

All those things you used to treasure, we jog your memory about and look back on them with nostalgic fondness in our products.

Little Gnorm loves spreading our Ellie Ellie words of wisdom!!

Brighton SD2 Festival! Join in the Fun!

This Sunday sees the SD2 Festival take place in Brighton, with performances from The Wanted, The Saturdays, Conor Maynard and The Vamps, as well as many more. This festival is a great occasion in the heart of Sussex that can be enjoyed with friends and family, and the chance to take in the great surroundings of Stanmer Park.

A first for Brighton, the SD2 Festival in Stanmer Park is in its first year and comes from the organisers of Shakedown festival, which is currently in its third year!

Visit the website for more information on the festival and a chance to get tickets for this Sunday! With what is sure to be a great day with entertainment and fun! The website is full of information on travel and parking, making the day as hassle free as you can.

SD2 Festival