tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801051591994175482024-03-05T03:53:52.037-08:00Afonwen Craft & Antique centreJanet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-78612252761919741212015-08-14T10:45:00.000-07:002015-08-14T10:45:37.824-07:00Where did Summer go....!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Something to brighten your day, another dull and rainy day today - although on the bright side its not cold. A few home grown flowers from our flower beds. I can't believe we are in August and so far the Summer weather has very disappointing. For the last 5 Mondays when we have been off and had our Family days out it has rained.....its quite a challenge entertaining 4 children from the age of 17 to 11 and keeping everyone happy. However we have had some great days out despite the weather. <br />
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Life here in the centre has been pretty hectic, balancing our daily jobs with finding new stock for the gift shop and antiques along with keeping an eye on Edenshine, menus and baking...... I have to say we have fantastic staff that all do an amazing job, we are here really to back them up and work as a team. <br />
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Our menus in Edenshine change every 3 weeks allowing us to keep it seasonal and very fresh. We belong to the Clwydian Range Food trail - this means we use local produce whenever possible , supporting our local economy and producers. In return we get to use some fantastic produce and create very seasonal menus. When writing the menus we really try hard to ensure we use the best local ingredients and offer a mix of traditional dishes with a few more contemporary flavours. <br />
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Steak & Ale Pie made with local beef, cooked gently in Hafod Ale with chunky carrots, onions & mushrooms. Served in our deep - short crust pastry</div>
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Salt baked Beetroot from Mostyn Walled Gardens, served with deep fried goats cheese, local leaves and walnuts. Finished with honey & mustard dressing</div>
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Banana Split , made with locally made Chilly cow Ice cream , perfect for anytime of the day, as we found out last week when someone enjoyed one for breakfast!! Whatever the time it's still yummy.. </div>
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Summer time equals time for Pimms and long chats with friends with lazy afternoons. </div>
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I think we now need to make the best of the last bit of Summer we have with positive thinking all the way. Make the best of the dry days, go for long walks, go out and meet friends and family, sample good food and the simple things in life. Make memories that can be treasured forever. </div>
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With a positive note I will be back blogging now on a regular bases, maybe post a few recipes and tips for cooking - show you what's going on in the centre - who's coming in with crafts and who's been. Maybe what new stock is arriving both in the shop and in the Antiques, vintage dept. Until my next blog, and please feel free to reply - I will do my best to reply . </div>
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Best Wishes, Janet, Adrian and team xx </div>
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<br />Janet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-57980673476476908392013-05-02T07:04:00.000-07:002013-05-02T07:04:16.775-07:00Catch Up with Afonwen Craft & Antique Centre<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Apologise for the time laps since our last blog. Christmas came along and with all good intentions time simply ran away - and now its spring!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">A quick catch up:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">After nearly 9 months of consultation and planning we changed our heating system in January from oil a Biomass boiler. We are very proud to have made such a change to an Eco friendly Boiler. This burns wood pellets, which in fact we source at least 95% of these from Blazers in Ruthin - cutting our carbon footprint down even further. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We had a few hick ups along the way but all is good now and it is definitely a very positive move for us, and one we are very pleased about. </span><br />
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Great excitement new boiler just arrived.......................<br />
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Plus two 500litre buffers..... <br />
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And the snow came.......in the middle of the heating being installed, but at least we had a back up plan. <br />
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And the snow came again....... this time in March and much thicker. <br />
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Back in the late end of last year we said goodbye to a couple of members of staff and hello to two more. Sharon in the Antiques department decided it was time to have a complete change and moved away. Paula came to join our team and has fitted in so well. Gail, Paula and Sharon (another one) all keep our vintage and antique stock so beautifully clean and sparkling. <br />
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Edenshine also said goodbye to a member of the team, one of our Chefs Dave. Our new chef Ani joins head chef James and Bethan in the kitchen, we are thrilled to say she has fitted in beautifully and is working really well.<br />
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We are in fact very lucky to have a very low staff turnover and are very proud to work with our amazing teams in both the centre and Edenshine. <br />
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Edenshine has been lovely and busy and I can't believe its now May!!. Easters been, the weather is a little warmer and its time to start thinking of our spring/summer to do list. It doesn't seem that long ago since we were ordering our summer plants last year let alone this year......<br />
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In March we were very pleased to fund raise for Ovarian Cancer and raised £340.00 with a coffee morning and raffle. Such a fantastic cause and we had a lovely time raising funds. <br />
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I was very lucky to be invited to Mostyn Walled Garden, it truly is magnificent set in the grounds of Mostyn Estate. We are delighted to now be using their produce. Freshly picked and tasting delicious. Our salads have never tasted so good !! <br />
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And of course the cake baking never stops....... one of my favourite things to do<br />
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One of our recent finds, with a little love and care it has come back to life and makes a beautiful piece of furniture - I'd love this in a hall with the telephone sat on top - just a little place to sit and chat !!<br />
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Time for picnics, vintage lemonade glasses and a gramophone just need a bottle of wine and some beautiful food!!<br />
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Looking forward to summer again.....<br />
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Love and Hugs Janet, Adrian and all the Team xxJanet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-3270563273871737802012-10-13T08:21:00.000-07:002012-10-13T08:21:29.485-07:0021 years at Afonwen Craft & Antique centre<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Since I last blogged we have celebrated our 21st Anniversary, so proud to say we have been here since 1991. I can still remember our first day. What a manic day that was. People everywhere, the centre was so busy - we ran out of scones and our cakes were very much diminished!! so it was straight to baking again.... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We have definitely learnt a lot since then and done a whole lot of growing up, made a lot of friends along the way and created a life for ourselves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">To celebrate we baked an extra large chocolate cake and shared it will all the staff and a few of our lovely customers. Maryrose pictured here with me has been coming to see us since practically the beginning, before Adrian and I were married, before we had children and before we had as many staff as we do today. Sometimes I can't quite believe its been so long but every now and again something happens to remind me how time just goes on. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Today we had a visit from Georgina an old member of staff, she just popped in with a friend for lunch and cake. George said the nicest thing that really made me smile and feel very proud of what Adrian and I do here. She said even 13 years on from leaving us, it was still the best job she has ever had and our training and standards have helped her right up to today. We have seen many wonderful young members of our team come and then go, as they progress on to University and their chosen jobs path. All of them take with them some strong work ethics - the simple one that you can be average at your job or great! and great is what we always want here. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thank you George that was a really lovely thing to hear and not only reflects on Adrian and I but the whole team.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This gorgeous bunch of flowers was from one of our team - Ben who was going off to uni. We will miss him after three years, but of course look forward to holidays when he may be back on the team or at least pop in and see us. Good luck Ben. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Supporting Local in every way has always been important, whether that simply means more to me now or whether it is actually more important than ever I am not sure. The links we have made with other businesses over the years seem just so much more essential now. Its great to appreciate what we have here in Wales and even more so in both Denbighshire and Flintshire. I think we are very lucky to be located in such a fantastic spot with the Clwydian ranges behind us and the A55 only 5 minutes away. It seems like we have the best of both worlds - a fast and easy road system and the peace and quite and of course beauty of the rural area we are in.</span><br />
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Well I think its time for me to say thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoyed all of our pictures . Until next time.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Well I can't quite believe we have been using facebook now for just over a year and blogging since last year..... Our plan was to hopefully give you the same warm and friendly feeling that you get when you visit the centre. As you know Adrian and I are always around and here to have a chat to, as are our fab staff. We wanted to give you a little bit of us without visiting, and keep you up to date with whats going on. Our new website is all about this, giving you a little bit more, a little of us. We are getting closer and have even booked a little photo shoot with the wonderful Holly Edwards so we can have our pictures on the website !! ( That really is a huge deal for us both). However we are doing it. We have also been working with Daydream Designs, a fabulous local design company ran by Sian and Rob Saunders, Sian has been very patient with us and has created a wonderful leaflet - something that fits with the website and is a new and exciting look for us. Can't wait till it all comes together now. </span></div>
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How sweet is this, and antique dolls pram. Someone very special would have owned this, and completely adored it. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The last few weeks have been a really busy with lots of stock arriving, some lovely gifts, stunning pine furniture and still we have more to come next week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Last weekend we had another cupcake decorating workshop, and again we had some fabulous people join in thefun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thank you for reading, hope you have enjoyed our tales from the centre, I will hopefully be back soon with more news.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Until then, Love from Janet, Adrian and All the team xx</span></div>Janet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-80281485568403523742012-07-31T11:47:00.001-07:002012-07-31T12:05:40.702-07:00Whats been going on at Afonwe craft & Antique centre<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Since we last blogged I just don't know where time has gone. Life seems to get fuller and fuller. Running a business and family keeps both Adrian and I very busy. This year we thought end of school term would be a bit easier with none of our four children moving school and going up to high school..... but not sure what happened- it was still really full on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We snuck in a visit to Harrogate trade show and Manchester Furniture show. Harrogate was a really long day starting at 5.00am and back home at 9.15pm. We walked our little feet till they could walk no more!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A spot of decorating in the restaurant, I love this painted green, its amazing how something so simple can make such a change. We have been thinking about changing our tables for a while now and taking the table cloths off, but after a lot of discussion and looking at alternatives we came back to the fact actually we like the cloths and so do all of our customers - so they are staying</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Time to use the flowers from our garden area, they are so beautiful xx</span><br />
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<br /></div>Janet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-14168142160229986792012-05-26T10:14:00.000-07:002012-05-26T10:19:21.626-07:00Sun shines at Afonwen Craft & Antique centre<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wow how beautiful the weather is this week, after all our rain and cooler days I think we are all ready for some sun shine. We have been waiting and waiting for the warmer times to get all our plants in for summer - its so pretty here when the flowers grow and sun shines. </span></strong><br />
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some of the plants arriving, can't wait till they all get planted. </div>
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Dave has such a great way with the plants, he is in charge of all the planting and care for these. They always look so beautiful in the summer. In fact I think we are looking pretty good already. <br />
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We have been doing a little extra work in the Vintage & Antiques department, some painting, a little rearranging - here is stage 1. Really pleased with this, this room is magnificent, bright and airy and has some huge windows. This was a dark wall and a little hidden - we love the changes. <br />
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I just love these, they remind me of a real cosy home, where things are care free and quite simple. <br />
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As things progress I will keep you up to date with all our changes, it may just take a little while so please be patient, I will post pictures.<br />
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Lots of our lovely customers have been enjoying this gorgeous weather and making the most of it eating outside.<br />
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We are so proud to be located in an Area of Natural Outstanding Beauty, with the river in front and the Clwydian Ranges behind it is so peaceful and relaxing sitting outside.</div>
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Ice cream Sundae, one of Adrian's favourite things, with fabulous Cheshire farm ice cream, whipped cream, sauce, flake and homemade biscuit to finish...... pure heaven on a hot day.<br />
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Last of all we are open all over the Jubilee, our bunting will be up and flags flying in honour of the celebrations. We have something going everyday throughout the week and will be serving a special Jubilee Afternoon Tea with Coronation Chicken sandwiches, delicious scones with whipped cream, Victoria sponge and a Delicious fresh strawberry and cream tartlet, or even come and join us for a glass of Pimms and sit outside - hopefully in the sun . What ever you do, have fun, rest and relax and spend time with loved ones. <br />
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Love Janet, Adrian and All the Team XXXJanet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com0Afonwen Craft & Antique centre, Afonwen. Nr Mold, Fintshire CH7 5UB53.041213040756489 -3.51562550.619786040756487 -8.569336 55.46264004075649 1.5380859999999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-63941701059062700572012-04-25T01:11:00.000-07:002012-04-25T01:11:08.021-07:00Cupcake workshop at Afonwen Craft & Antique centre<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Back at the beginning of the year I had the idea of running a cupcake workshop here in the centre. It should be simple, fun and hopefully encourage people of all ages to have a go. We set the date for the Easter Bank holiday weekend, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Not knowing how this would work, would people come? would they even like it! it was all a bit little scary; but the idea was a good one and really just needed some thought to make it a success.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We were very proud to have two of our children helping on the days. As a child growing up I was very lucky to live on a farm and work in the family business. This gave me many skills from simply talking to people, to serving, and as I got older dealing with the till. Mainly it gave me a sense of responsibility that I was being relied upon to do a job - and do it properly. Of course we never got the best jobs, my older brother and I got the muckiest, the dirtiest and the most repetitive jobs on many occasions!!. For Ethan and Phoebe there were no mucky jobs, no dirty jobs just good old fashioned serving and some cake decorating to be done. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The children did extremely well. They helped with greeting people, getting the cake toppings and cake boxes and serving on the till. This was a wonderful experience and in short spells they both enjoyed it very much. In fact it was a delight to spend this time with them - completely different to anything else they have done before, it let them see us at work, and us see them behaving so fantastically. We were very proud of them both for being so fabulous. </span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <strong>we baked extra cakes for customers to buy and take home. They looked so good and the samples went down fantastically. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The cake topping were displayed in jars for all to see and select from. From silver ball, to green and blue ones, chocolate buttons, sprinkles, glitter and marshmallows, mini eggs and sugar glitter.... so much to choose from. We cut our butterflies and flowers, adding glitter for the finishing touches. All ready for the workshop to begin.</span><br />
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Our very first customer made these three beautiful cakes. It amazed me how different every one was throughout the whole three days. </div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">"Wow just look at my fabulous cakes" - these truly were so pretty.</span></strong></div>
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We had boys and girls having a go and even a few big ones came. Hopefully we showed them its not difficult, its all about having some fun. With a little bit of spending you can get all the basic equipment and ingredients to play for hours and hours. </div>
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<strong>Ethan busy at work making monsters! in between helping with the workshop</strong></div>
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<strong>The work shop was a great success, in fact due to so many people asking us to do it again we are busy trying to schedule in another day. Adrian and I were so pleased - it was something different for the centre, something we have never done before and it made new people come into the centre and see what we are all about. The weekend was full of happy smiling faces. </strong></div>Janet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-34074555663016613272012-03-22T12:30:00.000-07:002012-03-22T12:30:32.105-07:00Spring is in the air at Afonwen Craft & Antique centreLast time I blogged snow lay lightly on the ground with a definite chill in the air. Since then we have had some gorgeous weather, some beautiful sun shine, some duller days and some pretty days - all telling us spring is definitely here..... <br />
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The Gift shop has had a major change around and we are delighted with the results. The shop looks brighter, lighter and bigger. See what you think....<br />
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Of course the Vintage and Antique stock keeps coming in as we make a new find. With each piece being individually selected, then cleaned, restored if needed and put out for sale - it is definitely a side to the centre that is always changing and cared for. I love Antiques and Vintage stock, its like buying something with a bit of character, something that's once been loved and giving it a new home again. Of course its also a very green thing to do... and that is always good. <br />
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Lastly I will leave you with our final picture of cakes... another passion of mine and Adrian's. <br />
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For the very first time over the Easter Saturday, Sunday and Monday we will be holding a drop in cup cake decorating workshop. The idea is you choose your cake, choose your topping and then the decorations and away you go. You could roll out and cut butterflies and flowers out, decorate with chocolate bits, or mini eggs, a selection from our many toppings..... just have fun and have a go. This will be great for the little ones to have a go and the big ones. What ever the age it should be a bit of fun and you get to take home your cake to eat. (Yum ) We are very busy getting all our toppings ready, planning the room and will be baking much closer to the time.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed all our pictures and finding out what we are up to in the centre, until next time .<br />
Bye for now Janet, Adrian and the whole team xxxxxJanet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-32405346756471899622012-02-19T05:35:00.001-08:002012-02-19T10:30:13.109-08:00February News at Afonwen Craft & Antique centre<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfflUpX0BPinZenEN3pceyPfU5JfUHtgihVatUeB3EDNNkXyJNGsStPdJLetdO4tmnNFjROMzbgC-yt3jCXg3TGCCXI-GBaxrYpo7LmUEKiNG91tn5Q-aliLpoSLi4McGhxNunbmYYys/s1600/100_2572.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfflUpX0BPinZenEN3pceyPfU5JfUHtgihVatUeB3EDNNkXyJNGsStPdJLetdO4tmnNFjROMzbgC-yt3jCXg3TGCCXI-GBaxrYpo7LmUEKiNG91tn5Q-aliLpoSLi4McGhxNunbmYYys/s1600/100_2572.JPG" yda="true" /></a></div>When we woke this morning there was a light dusting of snow everywhere, and it was my day in work. So armed with wellies, gloves hat and my winter coat I left home ready to clear the snow from the doors and spread the grit on the car park... What a relief when I got here the snow was just slush and the car park clear.<br />
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Spring cant come fast enough now, I long for some warmer weathers, some flowers in the tubs and buds on the trees. I couldn't help but smile at these brave little daffodils peeping through to show me spring is on its way. <br />
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In the centre we have had a lovely few weeks. Off to trade shows in Birmingham to find new stock and some new suppliers and now we are starting to see things arriving. Some cute handbags, some gorgeous reproduction pine furniture a few home accesories and so much more.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As ever we have been baking lots and the restaurant has been busy. Right now we are preparing for St Davids Day, planning our menu, making sure every dish has a link to Wales and of course using lots of wonderful local produce. As always our specials menu runs for at least a week before we alter it again. The St Davids Day menu will start on Tuesday 28th February and continue throughout the whole week. We are proud to be in Wales and always love to support the area. Our eggs are from a local farmer where the chickens run free in a field, the cream comes from Buckley and bread from Denbigh (Henllan Bread) . The meat comes from Llachwedd meats in Anglesy and Caerwys from Morgans Powri Gwych. Of course the Trout is just down the road in Bodfari, which is wonderful. Having all of these local connections and excellent suppliers makes a positive difference to us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The girls have been really busy in the Antiques cleaning some beautiful pieces of silver and treasures. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Gail and Sharon here are busy with detailed silver cleaning. Its good to have a giggle while working ! especially when you need to concentrate so much. We have such lovely customers who are always complimenting us on how clean and shiny everything is. </span></strong><br />
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</div>Janet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-85997789215015795092012-01-08T05:58:00.000-08:002012-01-08T10:37:09.438-08:00New Year and January brings a clear mind.......<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">December came and went in a bit of a whirl, with Christmas being such a busy time for all. We had a wonderful one, its the one time in the year that we make a real effort to send time together as a family and all the staff have a few days off to catch up with their loved ones. As far as New year is concerned I have never been a big one for resolutions and empty promises. I really prefer to focus on whats important in the future and be positive. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Life goes by so quickly that sometimes its nice to just take a minute and look at what matters, we always come back to the same thing which is family, friends and work. Its the balance that is the tricky bit. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">With New year gone and the decorations away I love to have a clear mind, start to think about the year ahead and get inspired for some changes. This doesn't have to be big, maybe a good sort out at home, declutter a draw or two or perhaps think of all the things we want to do in the coming months. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">For work we start to think again of new stock, visits to the NEC, building relationships with new suppliers and meeting our existing ones again. Finding something exciting for the antiques and vintage side of our work is continuously on going but the thrill of a New year always gives you an extra push. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Before Christmas we were given a fabulous book, cooking with vegetables, less sugar and no fat - so this week I had a little play and made some fat free almond and strawberry muffins. Oh they are delicious, from then I made apple and cinnamon and raspberry with chocolate chips (which was cheating with the chocolate but its OK now and again). All of these have courgettes in and really are so light and tasty you would never know. In fact tried them out on a some friends and our children - they went down really well and no one guessed !!. That to me is a good result. We already have the lemon & Almond cake as a regular and Carrot cake which has also changed to the healthier recipe, which you may remember form earlier blogs.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Great to read in the "You" magazine Emma Bridgewater cake tins still as popular as ever. We have a great range here.</span></strong><br />
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Love Janet, Adrian and all the Team xxxJanet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-72227335531014667922011-12-02T04:13:00.000-08:002011-12-02T04:13:02.309-08:00Its been a busy week.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This week and in fact last seem to have flown, we are well and truly into the Christmas feeling here with the decorations up, lights twinkling and Christmas music playing. </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today we had some gorgeous hanging hearts delivered - they are so sweet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Janet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-36938506417730884292011-11-19T05:39:00.001-08:002011-11-19T15:05:57.588-08:00Wow Christmas is coming.....<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I can't believe Christmas is nearly here. Where has the year gone again..... We spend so much time being busy and concentrating on the children, our home, work and life around us that time just goes by so quickly. Its crazy we plan some times so far ahead that as it starts to arrive sometimes it comes as a shock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We start Christmas Lunches on Tuesday, so lots of preparations to do and time to get into the festive season with a smile. Christmas trees, lights, baubles, candles, and of course Christmas music. I love this time of year, and quietly start to get a bit excited, I get that feeling in my tummy and just love to see people out enjoying themselves. For me its always about being with family and friends. I just love to buy gifts, but not just any thing will do. It has to be the right gift for the right person, not always costing a lot, but with love and thought behind each present - then all wrapped beautifully making it really special. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">For nearly twenty years we have been making Christmas cakes and party foods ready to be collected for Christmas (in fact all year round but Christmas is the busiest time).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Always popular are the cheesecakes, gateaux, chocolate fudge cakes and mince pies deep filled, not to mention the quiche and sausage rolls that are a huge hit. As Christmas draws closer we start to work late and bake all these goodies that are ordered ready to collect - usually just a few days before the big day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We have rum sauce to make, and Turkey to roast, chipolatas to wrap in bacon, stuffing to prepare and all the great bits that go together to make a Christmas meal special. Tuesday really will be a busy day, but a good day. Our cranberry sauce was made this week, full of fresh orange, onions and a little red wine, its a recipe we have used for many years and it really is delicious. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Sunday evening we will be decorating the restaurant. For me its the tree that has to be perfect. Lots of twinkling lights, baubles, stars and glittery decorations. Its the centre piece to the decorations and makes everything else look special. The rest of the centre will be worked on Tuesday morning , with fantastic garlands to fill the corridor and a tree to place in the entrance with lights. Christmas here is special, magical and inviting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">If you notice so far my image of Christmas does not include the words, stressful, hustle and bustle or exhausting.... that is really not the Christmas we try to create. Hustle and bustle? maybe but not in a pushing, rushing way, just bustle with with noise of happy people shopping. Stress - No, you can get that somewhere else, and exhausting - well take your time, think about your gifts and maybe have a break half way through the shopping with lunch or coffee and a gorgeous cake to revive you. Life is stressful at times and we are all too busy, but at least I can live in hope that we here can make it a little easier and maybe a lot for fun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I will post pictures of our festive decorations as soon as we are ready.... Thank you again for reading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Hugs from Janet, Adrian and all the team xxx </span>Janet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-86693701120206573942011-11-13T11:11:00.000-08:002011-11-13T11:11:00.812-08:00Styling your Home<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Today I think anything goes, in both fashion and dressing your home. The best style is one that shows off your personality, your love for life and makes you feel happy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We have seen so many influences through the years, many of which return and become trendy again. We are very lucky at the centre to be able to hand pick a wide selection of furniture from many eras. I have to say I am definitely drawn to the Art deco period and funnily the 60's and 70's have some really interesting pieces. Retro is another one that is quite quirky and has found its way back today. For me its usually the shape of something that appeals and the feel of it. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Not many of us can completely restyle our homes as our tastes change, but maybe by adding pieces as they take our fancy is the answer. I love to mix and match, vintage, antique and modern all together, lots of woods, add in some glass and something shiny, blending colours - just make it yours. Mix and match doesn't just stop at furniture but crockery is a classic example. Mixing vintage/ antique cups and saucers is very much "in" today in fact at times seems even perfect. The trend in lots of magazines is homely, pretty and when using vintage not to match the crockery. Add in beautiful plates that co-ordinate and you have a perfect style. </span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Of course there are always people who like to match and everything must follow a theme - this is just fine, it comes right back to if it suits you, your personality and your life then its got to be right. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Friday Murray Taylor will be hand carving love spoons. Please keep looking at our facebook for up dates as we have lots going on until Christmas for you to enjoy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Well that's all for now, thank you for reading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Janet, Adrian and all the team xxx</span>Janet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-74932131325556937272011-10-31T03:59:00.000-07:002011-10-31T03:59:41.615-07:00Tales from the centre<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well I can't believe that its two weeks since my last blog. Life has been very busy juggling home life and work and we managed a few days off in the middle with the children which was truely fun with a lot of giggles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I was lucky enough to attend Flintshire Business Awards dinner two weeks ago, it was a very good night and great to see so many fantastic businesses that exist here in Flintshire. Split the Difference - Vintage VW camper van company won best Tourism business, such a cute and delightful company. We are very pleased for them and will continue to enjoy all their news on facebook. Well done. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Adrian and I have been a fabulous book - cooking cakes with vegetables, no fat and less sugar. Poor Adrian hasn't really seen a look in yet!!. So far we've made the Lemon and Almond cake with courgettes and the Carrot cake which really should be called a carrot and Orange cake. They are delicious. Light, full of flavour and moist. Can't wait to try some more and really hope they go down well in the restaurant. The first two have been a real hit. </span><br />
Watch this space for more cakes!!<br />
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</div>Janet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-89623830891425260392011-10-17T04:22:00.000-07:002011-10-17T04:22:37.800-07:00Getting Ready for Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> Wow its the middle of October already and Christmas is really on its way... We've been busy getting ready behind the scenes for months now, ordering the stock, planning the displays and now its here. Time put it all together. We had such fun rearranging the shop, Adrian and the Girls have done a fantastic job. <br />
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As a child Christmas was always so magical, with stockings at the end off the bed, Father Christmas leaving such wonderful gifts and the time we spend together. Although life is different now, the magic of Christmas is still with us and we try to give this to our children. Traditions are past down to our children and the magic lives on. For me giving gifts is a pleasure, they always have to be thought about, sometimes funny, sometimes useful and some times thoughtful - which ever they are it has to be right. Through our search for stock in the shop Adrian and I always kept this in mind. It doesn't have to be expensive or even big but just perfect. <br />
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</tbody></table>Janet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-82386733763791961022011-10-09T01:58:00.000-07:002011-10-09T01:58:55.291-07:00Life in the RestaurantAs aways Restaurant life has been busy. We have a fantastic team of staff many who have been with us for a good number of years - in fact without such a team life would be very difficult. Bethan who is a total super hero works in both the restaurant and kitchen, she has been with us now for over 19years. A whole life time of changes and growing up together. James our head Chef has been with us for nearly 15 years ( although he had a few years break in the middle) and Dave our other chef is nearly into his eight year with us. <br />
The restaurant staff are just as vital and stability in a team is very important to us. Luckily we have a core team who work with Adrian and I, and know their job inside out. Jody and Gill make a great team and work very happily together in the restaurant looking after all our lovely customers. Lastly we have a wonderful team of younger members that join us for weekends and holidays and usually stay with us until uni or school life is over. <br />
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But for now this week as ever we have been busy with a new menu change and finalising the Christmas menu. Planning the new menu always takes a lot of thinking, balancing the dishes and keeping on a few favourites. We are delighted to be using fresh local sausages from Morgans Powri Gwych in Caerwys, Trout from the local fish farm in Bodfari and as much local produce as we can. I had more local apples again this week, which I love. So many crumbles and pies to make.....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one is ready for an order, waiting to be collected and eaten with friends......<br />
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</tbody></table>Along with the sweet side of baking we have been making our very popular quiche and truly special sausage rolls. I learnt how to make these as a child from my mum, plenty of good sausage meat and not too much pastry. In fact my love for cooking came from my mum. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plenty of good sausage meat and not too much pastry!! </td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Baking and home cooking was simply a way of life for us as we grew up. Mixed with a busy house and plenty of people to feed, I guess looking after people and catering just really came naturally to me and has turned into a job that I love and feel very passionate about. I have to add the best bit of all is I found someone that just as dedicated and caring to share this with and work with everyday. Adrian my hubby.Janet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380105159199417548.post-2157539355744923112011-09-29T03:26:00.000-07:002011-09-29T03:26:00.677-07:00Antiques and Vintage in North Wales<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Antiques and Vintage stock is very much on trend today, with the going green ethos and recycling thinking of today. We have some very cute pieces in this week , here are two of my favourites.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This fantastic Victorian crib could be used again with beautiful blankets for a baby or maybe with soft rolled towels in a bathroom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Art Deco Saddler Tea pot just makes me smile... <br />
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</tbody></table>Keeping on trend this week we have had some beautiful new curtains and blinds fitted to the front windows in the building. This is part of our upgrading scheme and preparing for the colder months. We are very pleased with the service received from Anderson Blinds in St Asaph. We truely couldn't have had better service and such a great end result. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New curtains looking Fab in the Restaurant<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just look at the new curtains in one of our rooms, they just set everything else off so beautifully.</td></tr>
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I hope you have enjoyed our first blog and will look forward to getting to know us both and all our team in the future.Janet Afonwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842708883500469776noreply@blogger.com1