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Photograph above and included in slide show courtesy of: The Stone House
By Contributing Columnist AmyMark aka AmyOrangeJuice
Britain must be a strange place to the outside observer, for such a small Island we have 4 very distinct country’s with their own culture and languages, all ancient and fascinating. I have always felt privileged to live in such an interesting and diverse country and it never worries me that we cannot afford holiday abroad as with all the history and amazing countryside on our doorstep we can always find a new corner of Britain to discover.
So last week we drove from our home in South West England to a small village called Cilgerran in the far West of Wales, to join old friends in an ancient house, in a gorge on the river Teifi and despite the typically wet Welsh weather we had a wonderful time.
In honor of the marvelous time we had there this article is all about the talented makers from the mountains and valleys of Cymru!
These earrings remind me of the swallows swooping all around the river at the back of our holiday home and they are made from recycled materials, so they have an eco heart too!
The countryside of Wales is stunning, mountainous, yet lush, imposing, yet charming and no Welsh showcase would be complete without the work of Lynwood Crafts; her detailed brooches are stunning and as my baby is called Violet, how could I resist including this piece?
The ancient house we were staying in was at the foot of a deep gorge and we had a 60 ft waterfall at the bottom of the garden; which was stunning. The garden was a wonderful place to sit and watch the wrens tending to their nests in the cracks in the gorge and Whimsical Wren’s summer bracelet is a lovely reminder of the magic of this summer garden.
The garden was also great for the gang of kids to play in (5 including ours!) and they would have had great fun playing with this soft tea set from Cwtch who is based in Cardiff (where I had a first date with my future husband).
This funky camera case has been included in honor of the amazing amount of ice cream the kids managed to consume in a week! They had at least 1 a day!
We always take a large amount of craft stuff for the kids to play with on the inevitable rainy day and this French crochet dolly would have gone down very well with the older girls!
As it was they made a lot of jewellery on the rainy days, but none as accomplished as the lovely work of Maxine!
It was a bit cold of an evening, so some of Teabreaks crochet would have come in handy to cuddle up with!
Wales is an ancient country, full of myths and legends from the Celtic past and Fflwcs interpretations of the characters from these tales would be great to fuel the imagination of the little ones (I have my eye on these for Christmas).
Holidays go far too fast and I always wish we could stretch time so not to have to return to real life so soon. There is so much to see in Wales, we visited castles, country homes, children’s farms, unspoiled beaches and an iron age fort. Diolch Cymru (thank you Wales) we will be back to see you soon! In the meantime I will keep my eye out for more talent from the lush valleys of my husbands home land!
