24/08/2026
Last weekend The emporium of beautiful things —run by Andrea of Allthings Spoon and Beverley of Inside and Garden —teamed up with Warbletone Presents and Warming up the Homeless. , to host a fantastic fundraising event it was a beautiful, sunny day full of good vibes with live music, poetry, food, drinks and stall selling homemade bakes and handmade crafts.
Delicious carribean food wasserved by Trini Jam, burgers by Greyskull Coffee Hastings , Beer and Billtong (doing exactly what the name says), delicious homemade bakes by Bliss Bakes, there was also an Ice Cream Van (because who doesn’t love an Ice Cream Van) and last but not least Adam Elfred-Ross (Spiritual Infusions) was doing fantastic cocktails.
If you were in the mood for shopping or browsing Emporium of Beautiful things were selling their excellent range of gifts, art, crafts and more. There were also some other fantastic stall holders such as LAW Designs selling handmade Silver Jewellery, hand-picked crystals by Crystal Waters Love and The Ochre Fox Gallery had great art on display.
People generously donated prizes and across the raffle and contributions from the businesses in St Andrews Mews they were able to raise £500 for Warming up the Homeless.
There was live music from Danny Goring and his excellent band The Housecarls. The Martlets, Ed Boxall . Fantastic vocals and energy from Fidelis Omini and a range of other great music from Tim Hoyte and great duet from Nigel Horn acoustic guitar and Marylin Thomas on the violin.
Poetry from Tim Rich , Neil Baker, Tim Barlow
MC'd by Peter Elliott
Thank you to everyone else involved
photos by Tides of Trade and Lee Sulsh
To be informed about future events by Emporium of Beautiful Things you can join their facebook group. Or if you can't make it to St Andrews Mews take a look at their website - https://www.emporiumofbeautifulthings.co.uk/