It’s our last day at Lady Butterworth’s in Holly Bush Lane! Thank you to every­one who has made our move to the town cen­tre a dream come true.
We hope that you will fol­low us there as we bring the High Street to life again with our fan­tas­tic and won­der­ful prod­ucts.
Have a good week­end every­one. x

Lady Butterworth’s Holy Bush Lane shop interior

A Must Visit– A. G Hendy Home Store in Hastings Old Town.

A. G Hendy Home Store is one of the most incred­i­ble shops I have every been in. In the Old town of Hast­ings, this shop gives noth­ing away from the out­side but go in and it’s like enter­ing a good old fash­ioned home store from the 1930’s. Hendy him­self took three years to turn his vision in to real­ity and trans­form this shop in  to what can only be called a piece of art itself. He spent seven years col­lect­ing the vin­tage items that fill his shop– all in fan­tas­tic con­di­tion. Based on three floors, every room on every floor is just full of won­der­ful objects. There is also a tiny restau­rant here where the main din­ing table is the other end of the chefs prepa­ra­tion bench. Check out the pho­tos and if you’re down that way, this is a must see. x

Lady Butterworth’s went to A.G Hendy in Hast­ings Old Town

HAPPY EASTER x

Happy Easter to all our lovely cus­tomers. I’m off to eat as much choco­late as I can. x

Happy Easter At Lady Butterworth’s

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: No8

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: Rose Heart Hanger.
1. Bend a wire coat hanger into a heart shape.
2. Attach green moss to it with twine. This can be sourced from florists or gar­den cen­tres.
3. Now attach the dried roses with twine. Add as many as you like.
4. To add a fin­ish­ing touch, sus­pend a zinc heart in the middle.

It really is this sim­ple and makes a beau­ti­ful Easter gift.
Have a fan­tas­tic Bank Hol­i­day and Easter week­end. x

Rose Heart Hanger– Lady Butterworth’s

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: No7

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: Lace Treat bas­ket
(plus some­thing fes­tive to put in them)- Choco­late Easter Nests!

1. A stiff­ened lace doily makes a sweet bas­ket for a cake or treats.
YOU WILL NEED: saucepan, sugar, water, lace doily or what­ever fab­ric you choose to stiffen.

–Make a sugar syrup in the saucepan by boil­ing together 1 part water to 2 parts sugar.
–Allow the syrup to cool slightly before plac­ing the lace in the syrup.
Press it down well for a cou­ple of min­utes to allow the fibres to absorb the syrup.
–Lift the lace out care­fully.
–Place the lace over an upturned saucer, cup, glass or bowl so that the lace is cov­er­ing the under­side of the ves­sel.
–Let the lace dry before remov­ing it fro the saucer or what­ever you have cho­sen to use as a mould.

2. Now for the choco­late Easter Nests!
INGREDIENTS:
5 Shred­ded Wheat
150g milk choco­late
50g but­ter
3 tbsp golden syrup
Mini Eggs

–Crush the Shred­ded Wheat into a bowl with your fin­gers.
–Break the choco­late into pieces and put into a pyrex bowl over a saucepan of boil­ing water.
–Add the but­ter and golden syrup and melt over a gen­tle heat.
–Line two bak­ing sheets with non stick bak­ing paper.
–Stir the Shred­ded Wheat into the choco­late mix­ture
–Spoon eight mounds onto the bak­ing sheets, shap­ing into rounds with dips in the cen­tre. You can also use cake cases to spoon your mix­ture into.
–Chill in the fridge for sev­eral hours until set, then peel off the nests care­fully and fill with mini eggs.

Pop them in your lace bas­ket for a lovely easter gift.
Have a great week­end. x

NEW IN!

NEW IN: On a dreary day like today there’s noth­ing bet­ter than open­ing a deliv­er­ing with these lovely crea­tures in!
All of these char­ac­ters are machine wash­able and are suit­able for chil­dren from birth. x

Knit­ted T Rex, Stegosaurus and bird at Lady Butterworth’s

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: No6

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: Ther­mos flask Lamp Bases.
These look awe­some and you can cus­tomise the lamp­shade to tie in with your inte­rior.
–VERY IMPORTANT: Remove the glass lin­ing from the flask.
–Drill a hole in the side near the base for the elec­tric cord.
–A light­bulb holder can be fixed to the neck of the ther­mos (you can buy these in Home­base or any hard­ware or DIY shops).
–Wire your plug up. This link may help you with this
http://www.pgs-online.co.uk/2011/05/electrics/how-to-wire-a-plug/
–Use a vin­tage lamp­shade as it is or try cus­tomis­ing it with but­tons, rib­bon, lace etc. You could even strip a lamp­shade down to its frame and work with it this way. Maybe wrap­ping wire and beads around as shown below.

You could do this idea with pretty much any­thing.
Have a great week­end and wrap up warm. x

Ther­mos flask lamps at Lady Butterworth’s

Happy Mother’s Day x

Wish­ing all you lovely ladies a very happy Mother’s Day for tomor­row. Time to put your feet up and be pam­pered me thinks. x

help­ing mum– Lady Butterworth’s

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: No5

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: Sil­ver Hang-ups.
Cre­ate inter­est­ing but prac­ti­cal hooks out of any­thing!
– Bend old pieces of cut­lery. Boot fairs, antiques shops and flea mar­kets are full of vin­tage sil­ver cut­lery so its easy to source.
TIP– Cut­lery with beau­ti­ful mono­grams and pat­terns make more inter­est­ing and dec­o­ra­tive hooks.
–Drill holes in the cut­lery, mak­ing sure you use a drill bit espe­cially for metal.
–Attach to the wall or a piece of wood. The wood can be painted or try find­ing an old bat­tered cast off (an old door frame, floor board, wooden panel) that has a shabby look to the paint work.
Enjoy the week­end. x

Vin­tage cut­lery hooks– Lady Butterworth’s

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: No4

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: Teacup Planters.
Here’s a lit­tle some­thing espe­cially for Mother’s Day.
–Choose a teacup of your choice whether its vin­tage or mod­ern (whichever works with your inte­rior). We love vin­tage so this is what we are going to work with.
–Either gather top­soil from a flower bed in the gar­den or you can buy bags of soil from your local gar­den cen­tre.
– Bulbs can be bought from you local gar­den cen­tre also, or you may be lucky enough to have some in your gar­den that you can dig out. I would advise using hyacinths (they smell beau­ti­ful), daf­fodils or suc­cu­lents (these need very lit­tle look­ing after which is always a bonus and can be bought in small pots form the gar­den cen­tre).
– It’s as easy as this:
For the bulbs fill your cup with soil and place the bulb on top.
For the suc­cu­lents, pop a bit of soil in the bot­tom of your cup and pop the plant on top adding more soil to the top and sides so its com­pact.
–To make them look even more attrac­tive you can pop moss around the top to hide the soil (this can be bought from a florist).

And there you have it a home­made gift that doesn’t cost the earth but looks beau­ti­ful and will last longer than flow­ers.
Enjoy your week­end. x

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: bulbs in teacups at Lady Butterworth’s