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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Let's Go Fly A Kite!

It is believed that the Kite originated in  China over 2000 years ago - how wonderful to think that we still honour and enjoy the tradition of kite flying today! Festivals and events are held around the world  every year to celebrate it. 

                           

Whether you're an avid kite flyer or are wanting to give it a try for the first time, there are plenty of opportunities of for it across the UK this summer!

We found a great website, kitecalendar.co.uk, which is frequently updated with all the places and dates you can join in in the world of kits! Some events are focused on professional flyers that provide exciting entertainment with giant kites of all shapes, sizes, and ages. Other allow you to take your own kite along, get flying or meeting others to give you tips and tricks! 

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Ellie Ellie Wears - Festival Edition!

Festival season is fast approaching, so this weeks Ellie Ellie Wears provides a little guide to the essentials! Even though you're likely to get rather muddy, it's still important to look your best and that's what this years festival fashion is all about. This lightweight vest top with crochet detail from Joy paired with a pair of denim shorts makes for a casual but effortlessly cool look. And for the biggest music enthusiasts, our Music Score Sheet pendant Necklace is the perfect accessory go with it!

Any festival style wouldn't be complete without a bit of on-trend fringing - this Suede fringe backpack is great for carrying all your essentials, and small enough to take everywhere with you!

Vest top - Joy

Denim shorts - Rokit

Backpack - Topshop

Wellies & Sunglasses - Joules

Necklace  - Ellie Ellie

Every Cloud has a Silver Lining Friendship Bracelet - Ellie Ellie

What's on your festival checklist?

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The Charleston Festival!

The Charleston Festival is a brilliant festival in the heart of Sussex, with an extravaganza of books, ideas and performances. Charleston is located just 6 miles from Lewes in East Sussex, and is used to be the home and meeting place of writers and artists of the Bloomsbury Group! The festival includes great events throughout, such as book readings and signings and talks from authors, as well as a selection of lovely food!

Taking place in the traditional marquee in the beautiful surroundings and grounds of Charleston farmhouse, if you an avid book worm and reader you will no doubt find so many interesting things at this festival!

With an absolutely stunning garden the festival you can tuck into lunch with the lovely views and plants.

To read more about the festival and see some live festival footage visit the website!

Brighton Arts Festival!

Brighton Festival is a celebration of theatre, music, circus, dance, literature, debate, film and family events. It's now in its 48th year and takes place in venues across Brighton and Hove for three weeks in May.

It's England's biggest curated mixed arts festival and attracts some of the innovative artists and companies from the UK and the world.

Starting on the 3rd of May, the Brighton Festival has a whole host of different shows, activities and arts to explore. A good way to start the festival is with an explosion of colour and activity with the Children's Parade! With 5,000 young people involved and 83 schools involved, the parade is sure to be a vision of activity and colour.

Different sections of the parade will focus on difference arts, including dance, film and books. With music and dance this parade is going to be a great activity to go and watch next weekend! The parade starts at 10.30am in Kensington Street!

For more about the Brighton Festival, visit the website now!

Get set for a spooky halloween!

Tulley's Farm has a world wide reputation for supplying outstanding local foods, providing a great experience with friendly service and fun family seasonal events! Around Halloween, Tulley's Farm transforms itself into its Halloween festival, with fun days and fright nights!

On the weekend of Saturday the 19th and Sunday the 20th of October, and in November Tulley's Farm hosts its Spooktober fest, fun park and its Shocktober fest scream park! A great event for families and friends!

Voted the UKs No1 Halloween family attraction, the day is sure to be filled with frights as well as fun and is something the family won't forget!

Including fun shows, fireworks, a horrid hayride, boo barn and spooky trails this festival has everything for all the family!

Find out more about the festival and for tickets see the website!

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

The Isle of Wight 'Festival of the Sea'

We love the seaside at Ellie Ellie and we are very excited at the idea of visiting the Isle of Wight for the Festival of the Sea.

The Festival of the Sea will take place across the island over nine days between Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 22nd of September and there are so many great events and activities going on that it is definitely going to be a fun filled week!

During the festival there will be musical events, beach art, fishing events and cookery as well as many more interesting activities to get stuck into, all revolving around the seaside theme and celebrating the Isle of Wight's maritime history.

For more information about the festival visit the website

The Agatha Christie Festival on the English Riviera

'Since the early 20th century, Agatha Christie has been thrilling readers and TV audiences with her gripping stories of crime and mystery'.

'The statistics behind her life are impressive enough. In her 85 years she wrote more than 80 books, many of them best sellers, altogether selling an estimated two billion copies worldwide and making her the best-selling fiction author of all time. Her global appeal is testified to by the fact that her stories have been translated into more than 45 languages'.

In honour of the Queen of Crime, who was born in Torquay in 1890, the Agatha Christie Festival is the event on the English Riviera, South Devon's beautiful bay that sees ladies and gentlemen immerse themselves in a host of activities, from today till Sunday the 22nd of September.

With tea parties, theatre, vintage bus tours and dinners, this festival is sure to be a fabulously fun week to celebrate Dame Agatha Christie's life!

The Official Agatha Christie Theatre Company perform their latest Agatha Christie production to the delight of audiences, as well as book launches, competitions and other exclusive events.

To read more about the festival and more of whats going on see here!

Isle of Wight Garlic Festival

Set in the stunning Newchurch in the heart of the Isle of Wight, the Garlic Festival is the best of food and entertainment!

The show, on this weekend the 17^th & 18^th of August features a vast array of sights, tastes and produce to suit all ages. 

Just a few things going on at the festival include:

                Huge garlic marquees, featuring cookery demo’s all day long

                100’s of arts and craft stalls, businesses and mouth-watering food

                Local produce and live music on a big stage with beer tent

                Children’s entertainers, archery and giant fun fair

As well as being huge garlic fans, we love the sound of this festival and think it would be a great way to unearth yummy garlic recipes which we would love to try out.

So… In true garlic appreciation of this coming weekend we have come across a glorious garlic inspired recipe and we hope you love trying it out…

Feta & Garlic Rosemary Scones... Mouth Watering

 

Take a look at the recipe here... Feta & Garlic Rosemary Scones

Browse the Garlic Festal website for more info About the Show. Happy Garlic Festival!

Did someone say sale?! Yep, we did! ELLIE ELLIE SALE STARTS NOW!

Well it's that glorious summer sale season and Ellie Ellie has pulled it out the bag with over 50 products with up to 50% off! *squeals*

The time to treat ourselves is upon us. No more looking longingly at your computer screen, making eye contact with your purse and being met by a disproving face. Oh no my friend, ties have been cut, prices have been slashed and it's time for that beautiful guilt free shopping that only dreams are made of- everyone loves a bargain, yeah?

We've put together our sale tip offs- the must haves, the picks of the bunch, cream of the crops, kings of the castle (you can see where we're going with this). 

For Him

Going to kick things off with these little classics. Perfect accessories for those chic geeks, that we all know and fancy. Grab 'em in 4 different colours- red, blue, white and black! A snip at a mere £17 (yep, 30% off!)

Ellie Ellie's Upcycled Building Brick Cufflinks, made from real LEGO.

Man of Steel is storming/steaming up cinemas all over the UK at the moment. Those who have seen it know where I'm coming from when I say that Superman has opened my eyes to the true meaning of beauty..for those of you who haven't seen it - do so. Ellie Ellie's Super Hero Cufflinks are now £17 - perfect for your super hero chap!

Super Hero Cufflinks, handmade using upcycled comics!

For Her

Over in the girl's corner we have a little something perfect for any music lover, festival goer or vintage fan! These cute studs are made from vintage music score sheets. Each pair is entirely unique and made by our fair hands in our Sussex HQ.

These beauties are now £6.50! Check 'em out here.

Here's a favourite of ours..handmade from vintage stamps in a beautiful silver plated heart pendant. Just gorgeous (bias!). They come on 23" chains making them a fab accessory to wear with knitwear or simple tees! To top it off they even coming in their own Ellie Ellie bags- get your hands on one now for a £11.50! 

30% off! Shop for them here!

If that's wet your whistle you can shop the entire sale here! Go on fill ya boots!

What we're listening too

The girls at Ellie Ellie HQ are known throughout the office block, for singing rather loudly, attempting harmonies and free styling lyrics (obviously as well as being extremely hard workers and highly professional).

This week Danielle brought us the most beautiful retro radio to have in the office, so naturally we all took turns to pick albums and songs that we wanted to share with the gang. 

Our new radio in all her glory! What a beauty

If you're music lovers like us here are our fave songs that we wanted to share with you, if you do one thing today give these a little listen- drop us a comment to let us know what you think!

The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love

Ben Howard - Keep Your Head Up

 James Vincent McMarrow - If I Had A Boat

  Kodaline- Love Like This

 The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way

  Nina Simone- My Baby Just Cares For Me

If you're music lovers like us, these may tickle your fancy. Handmade from original music sheets, these are perfect for any festival goers or musicians (or those who just love a good ol' fashion sing song!)

Ellie Ellie's Music Sheet Studs - find them here!

Ellie Ellie Music Sheet Mirrors are perfect for sorting out those fly-aways. Find them here!

Ellie Ellie's Music Shore Heart Pendants are perfect for a festival outfit! Find it here!