I could moan on about the state of the world, or get all droopy about the greyness of the sky – but I’m not going to. It’s all got a bit much lately, so instead I’m going to write about something that cheers me up, another post about a friend’s fantastic shop in Hay..
I heard about Becky before I met her. A woman came in to my work wearing a beautiful embroidered, felted wool bracelet, and I was like – Oooo! where did you get that?Information gained, I soon enough made it up to Hay Castle where Becky had her shop.
Since then Becky and her partner Tom have moved down to Castle Street and the shop there is an absolute wonder. Like Simon in my previous post, Becky is enormously creative, knowledgable and has the magpie eye for finding interesting and unusual objects, clothes, shoes, jewellery and all manner of fascinating things. I wander around her shop with my mouth open and you could easily spend an hour or two fossicking for treasure.
She is also one of the best friends you could have, kind, wise and a hoot, with a London background in magazine and T.V. work, she is an interesting person who is interested in other people – how lucky I am to have been able to come to the other side of the world to meet her.
Oh and Tom is lovely too!
Some photos folks…
Here is the woman herself under a waterfall of vintage scarves..
These are some of Becky’s own creations, beaded and embroidered brooches and bracelets, which you can’t buy on the net, so you’ll just have to come to town and visit..
Two floors of Amazing Emporium!
It was fun taking the photos but once again I don’t think I’ve done it justice. So if you are in town and have had your fill of books, you can always take a wander into Tom and Becky’s shop and you might just find some lovely thing that you can’t do without 🙂
Excellent photos!
Thank you 🙂