Bopsom & SON

With Lyonshall Nurseries & Garden Centre – I just got recognised as one of their rising fans! 🎉

Spending my evening putting out the new Mode at Rowan Alpaca wools. They are sooooo soft!

Arriving for the vintage show. Saturday and Sunday in Kington.

12 years at Bopsoms ....Time has flown!

Low ankle bamboo socks back in stock!

Cord pulls made by local woodturner. £3.50 each.

Door wedges made in Kington.

New in this week!

English Soap Company gift sets are available now!

Herefordshire-based photographer Andy Compton has made the shortlist of the prestigious British Journal of Photography's Portrait of Britain award.
This image of Nick Turner, a local cobbler, was taken outside his shop. Nick has cerebral palsy and has been a cobbler in Kington for 36 years.
The Portrait of Britain is the UK's biggest annual photography competition and sees the shortlisted images published in a book by Bluecoat Press.
100 of the portraits will be selected to be displayed in high streets, shopping centres and transport hubs across the country on digital screens.
Well done Andy!

John's page Help John Noonan raise money to support Macmillan Cancer Support

New in...costume jewellery by Hot Tomato.

Brighten up your Autumn with a brightly coloured beret.

New cards in from Dry Red Press

New in at Bopsoms! Offas D**e cards and tea towels. Great gifts and ideal for holiday lets.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐃!

Here at The Swan Hotel, we can not wait to see the return of Kington’s Wheelbarrow Race this years! It’s one of the bestest nights in Kington!

We are so excited to see what everyone is going to be dressed up as this year.

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Date for the diary… 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞…

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 Kington Festival 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛, 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚞𝚙 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚛 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝.

New In! Vegan friendly and paraben free fragranced hand and body lotion.

Hi I’m Carrie the founder and creative director of Carrie Elspeth jewellery which I started in 1999 with help from the Princes Trust. I don’t often post pictures of myself on socials as I am actually quiet shy but International Women’s Day is the perfect day to say ‘Hi’ and tell you a little bit about me 😊

I can trace my inspiration for running my own business as far back as when I was a little girl visiting bead shops in London pouring over all the colourful glass beads and other treasures. Fast forward to 1997 and after completing a degree in Art History I spent a year travelling around Thailand, Australia and New Zealand in a little camper van with my then boyfriend Steve (now husband of 20 years with 3 children!). I took inspiration from the places I visited and the people I met, some of which had run their own successful businesses themselves. I knew that when I got home that I was going to start my own business and that’s just what I did.

Drawing on my love of colour, something my creative parents had certainly encouraged, I designed jewellery that I hoped would put a smile on people’s faces. It was as important then as it is today that my jewellery was made to a very high standard, and that it was all made in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Over the years I have won several accolades for my jewellery including Welsh Woman of the year for design, world young business achiever, and several “Gift of the Year” awards. (I am blushing whilst typing this! ☺️) Perhaps the pinnacle was when I was invited to Buckingham Palace for a reception with the Queen to celebrate British Design 👑

So to wrap this up on a personal level I am so grateful to all the inspirational women around me from the team in the studio who work so hard, the awesome ladies making all the jewellery we sell, our wonderful female sales agents, and the companies that supply us run, owned or staffed by women from all around the world 🌎 All of our lovely retailers and of course the women we make jewellery for. You’re smashing it girls, you keep the world turning and from the bottom of my heart I thank each and every one of you! 💕

To celebrate I’m giving you all 25% off my favourite designs for 24hrs 🥰

https://www.carrieelspeth.co.uk