We were so thrilled to have been one of Deborah Meaden's Twelve Tweets of Christmas. She described madebyhandonline as "representing some real talent" - exactly our original ambitions, so her comments and recognition were just wonderful for us, after just one year!

As we zoom into 2012 we have some exciting plans for madebyhandonline both 'on' and 'offline'. Our new Printmaking section is now open within our Home and Garden category, and to start off our collection we have some beautiful prints of original watercolours by ceramic artist Katrin Moye.

We have more printmakers in the process of joining us and are really excited to watch this category grow to offer a diverse range of styles and printmaking techniques. If you're a printmaker based in the UK and would like to sell and promote your work with us please see our Join Us page and do get in touch.

The luxury hotel Bovey Castle have been incredible supporters of our work. Not only have they provided us with competition prizes, but they also ordered 55 bespoke sets of Rachel Dormor's advent candle pots for their Christmas guests. This was a huge project for Rachel, whose fingers were suffering a bit by the end, and we also spent many hours wrapping and packing! Bovey Castle and their guests were thrilled with Rachel's pots and this was a great opportunity for us to promote madebyhandonline.

We're now discussing plans for a pop up exhibition at Bovey Castle. We'll also be sposoring The Contemporary Craft Fair, Made By Hand in Wales and The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair again this year.

Whatever happens in the global markets we're determined to battle through and promote great British Handmade!

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