New retailer, PRETTIEZ of Clarendon Park!

Prettiez, 61B Queens Road, Leicester

Prettiez stocks an eclectic mix of artworks, crafts & gifts; Keeley Clarke (centre)

It's always great to have a new outlet selling my art works and PRETTIEZ at 61B Queens Road, Clarendon Park in Leicester is the latest!

As well as original and reproduction art works, owner Keeley Clarke stocks a wide range of eclectic and fun items, including ethnic clothes and accessories that are perfect for festivals! Her shop has been so well received that in 2012 she was awarded the title of Leicester Market Entrepreneur of the Year! 5 years on Prettiez continues to attract a significant footfall. Well done Keeley!

Keeley shares my love of the joyful and quirky and is (happily!) also now selling a range of my own work, suiting all pockets and tastes. You can pick up something as small as a Leicester Town Hall ‘Red Shoes’ postcard, or a canvas bag, a quirky drawing of Big Ben in a gorgeous box frame or an original painting of Leicester's Turkey Café, all by yours truly!

If you’re stuck for gift ideas then Prettiez is definitely the place to visit!  
Prettiez is also on Facebook & Instagram: Prettiez (@my prettiez)

Great advertising by nutty local knitters!

What better way to advertise?

A knitted bollard cover could add colour to 
Brussels' bronze 'peeing dog'!

Out and about around Clarendon Park, I chanced upon a craft shop on Queens Road called 'Knit One'.
I'm not a knitter but my attention was captured by a couple of unique and colourful bollard covers. Knitted, of course.
What fun! Presumably made by the unquestionably creative managers of the shop, the bollards edge the pavement outside 'Knit One' and the woolly bollard jackets not only advertise the shop but show what can be achieved with wool, a sense of humour and a little imagination.
My only question, one which presently remains unanswered, is whether the cosy bollard blankets shrink in the rain or when local dogs chance to raise their leg? 
Or perhaps these attractively crafted covers put them off their aim?
Let's hope so :)

A taste of the country in the city - courtesy of nutty knitters