Contemporary Craft & Gourmet Food Fair - 19-21 Nov

If you've not got anything planned for the weekend of 19-20 November, do pop along to Sparkle! The Contemporary Craft & Gourmet Food Fair at the Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington. There's a fantastic range of work from more than 60 individual designer makers, including jewellery, glass & ceramics as well as a selection of gourmet foods.Sounds fab and I'll be going along especially to see local ceramicist, Isobel Allan-Lowe who creates beautiful pieces at great prices - perfect for Christmas presents!

Barnes Art Fair - Sat 27th November

The November issues are now out - and I'm particularly excited about the Barnes & East Sheen edition! A great cover by the artist Hugh McCarthy who is showing at the Barnes Art Fair on Saturday 27th November. There's going to be a great pop-up gallery full of artwork - you can buy a painting but pay just half now and half before Christmas - as well as an Arts & Crafts area and loads of other stalls selling food and Christmassy goodies. Can't wait!

November Editions now live

Your favourite local magazines for RIchmond and Kew and Barnes and East Sheen are now available online for you to read at your leisure.

We've also updated the website with a slightly new look for the home page as well as some new glowing testimonials from advertisers and readers alike.

Click here to check out the new look Home Page now.

Do you kiss your customers?

Emailing one of my lovely long-term customers the other day, I signed off Pippa x. Quickly emailed him again and apologised for the affectionate ending but realised that I actually often sign off like this with my customers. I've known many of them for more than four years now and we've built up great relationships over that time, which is why I always love talking to my customers and love my job! Happily, my lovely customer emailed back saying he liked kisses, so no red faces!

And to kiss or not to kiss people you know well when you meet them at networking events? Well that's another story...

Bumper September Issues as local schools hold open days

Very excited as the magazines come back from the printers in a couple of days – and they’re bumper September issues! From September through to November is when the local private schools hold their Open Days, so lots of them are promoting this in the magazines as they know they go directly into their target market homes.

I can’t believe it’s September already – what started off as a promising sizzling summer ended up a damp squib instead. Even our longed-for break in France was rained on – so we got in lots of culture but not enough time by the pool!

I’ve got some great new contributors lined up for the magazine and am always interested to hear from locals – so if anyone’s got anything they think might be interesting for the local community do let me know.

I thought that news about the economy slowing down in the US might affect new sales, but the opposite seems to be true. Reminding businesses that locals can only use them if they know about them and that the most cost effective way to do this is to advertise in the magazines is obviously working has I’ve lots of new calls!

Lastly, congratulations to Samantha Hamp at Heavenly Green! Her lovely daughter, Holly, 15, has made it through to the regional finals of a national singing competition – and if she makes it through to the next round she’ll be singing at the O2 Arena! Not bad, says Samantha, as Holly as only ever sung before a live audience once before! Heavenly Green do the most brilliant beauty treatments in Kew (they’re on Kew Green) so if you haven’t been in before do try them out!

Pippa.

July / August editions of Living In Magazines now live

Wow! What a fantastic few weeks it’s been! Though I say so myself, the June issues both looked fabulous, and the combined July/August issues look just as good and should be hitting the streets within the next few days.

Living In Barnes & East Sheen celebrates its 1st birthday this month and I just want to say thanks to all the residents and businesses who have let me know that they love the magazine and support it. It’s always great to have feedback so do let me know what you think of it and how I can improve it. I’m looking forward to growing the content in the coming year, too, and making it even better, using local contributors.

Thank you to everyone who came to The Kew Midsummer Fete – despite the really chilly June day (this is England, after all!) – we had around 5,000 visitors throughout the day and raised more than £5,000 for local charities. All of us on the organising committee are well chuffed and already planning how to make next year’s event even better!

Have a great summer!

Health & Wellbeing special in June's Living In Magazines

The June issue is back from the printers and is hitting the streets in the next day or so. Both Living In Richmond & Kew and Living In Barnes & East Sheen are big issues this month, which is great. If you're keen on health & fitness, check out the articles as this issue is a Health & Wellbeing special, with lots of great businesses advertising their services.

And yes, as June is finally here that means the Kew Midsummer Fete is only a days away! Yikes! So much time and preparation has gone into making this event happen, I can't believe that June 19th is almost here.

Of course all of us on the organising committee are desperately hoping for a sunny day but hey, this is England in June, it could be freezing or sizzling hot! Please do come along, eat some delicious food, buy some lovely treats and listen to some fab entertainment. All in aid of local charities! As well as dashing around making sure things are running smoothly I'll also be on my Living In Magazines stall, with the lovely Debbie doing the face painting (believe me, you don't want it to be me trying to paint your child's face...), so do come and say hello.

See you there!

June Editions now online to view and read

You'll find the latest June 2010 editions of Living in Richmond and Kew and Living in Barnes and East Sheen available online to read via our website - Living In Magazines.

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Great Features in this months Living In Magazines...

The May issues of Living In Richmond & Kew and Living In Barnes & East Sheen magazines are just hitting the streets now. And they’re rather fabulous- looking issues, even if I do say so myself! That’s because there are some great features in there this month.

Read about the Richmond Arts Society exhibition coming up and, of course, the Kew Midsummer Fete, which I’m involved in, which takes place in June. We’ve got around 50 fantastic stallholders booked in, selling everything from beautiful jewellery and ceramics to ostrich burgers and hog roast! There’s an old fashioned fairground and I hear that applications are being put in for the Dog Show! You can also read about the long history (over 250 years!) of fairs and fetes being held on Kew Green.

The last few days of April have been really beautiful and this is a great time to get out in the garden. Gardening expert, Valerie McBride Munro has some great hints on how to keep your garden looking great right through to the end of summer. Colour is the theme of the Homes & Interiors feature this month – add a little zing to your home with lime green, neon orange or perfect pink!

Have a great month!
Pippa

May Editions of Living In Magazines now online

No sooner had we published April's editions of Living In Magazines then it seems May's editions of RIchmond & Kew and Barnes & East Sheen Living In magazines are ready for distribution and going live on our website.

Both editions are now available to read online. Click on a front cover to visit our website and read the edition in full or visit our Back Issues page and browse our back issues since our new website design went live in March 2009.


Living in Richmond and Kew May 2010 Edition.


Living in Barnes and East Sheen May 2010 Edition

April editions now available to read online

Just a short note to let you all know that the April Editions of Living In Magazines - Living in Richmond & Kew and Living in Barnes & East Sheen are now available to read online.

Busy time ahead of the Kew Midsummer Fete

It’s been a really busy month – March seemed hardly to have gone out and I was already well into planning the Homes & Interiors special section for the April issue. There’s loads of great homes-related businesses in this issue which is great. And, of course, there’s plenty going on with the Easter holidays coming up, so do look at the feature on where to find all the locally organised Easter Egg hunts with the kids over the hols.

Being on the organising committee of the new Kew Midsummer Fete (www.kewfete.org) is taking up a lot of time, too. It’s great to have so many people in Kew really keen to make this work and we’re really excited about all the interest from local people and businesses who want to get involved too. If you want to be one of the sponsors, take a stall or just help out in a great community event, do check out the website or email me at pippa@kewfete.org for more information.

March editions of Living In Magazines now live

Residents near and far of Richmond & Kew and Barnes & East Sheen can now catch up with the latest March editions of Living In Magazines.

This months issues feature Homes & Interiors, Local history and Local Restaurant reviews.

Living In RIchmond & Kew and Living In Barnes & East Sheen are FREE independent directories, highlighting local businesses and services for local residents.

Our website - www.livinginmagazines.co.uk - has full copies of both magazines which you can read and browse through online.

February a month of "Fantastic Feedback" & Kew Fete

I’ve had fantastic feedback from all the businesses who were included in the February ‘Weddings Special’ edition. Thanks to everyone for their great features, too – I’ve had lovely feedback from readers who thought the whole issue looked beautiful. Many thanks to dress designer, Louise Selby, for her great cover shots!

It’s count-down time towards the Kew Midsummer Fete on 19 June and as part of the organising committee, there’s lots to do – especially as most of us are experienced at running businesses not local fetes! But it’s all coming together and we’ve got the Victorian fairground booked, around 40 stalls so far which will be selling beautiful objects from ceramics to paintings and textiles. If anybody wants to book at stall, just get in touch at my official Kew Fete address: pippa@kewfete.org

February 2010 issues of Living In Magazines now online

Hello readers and welcome to the first issues of Living In Richmond & Kew and Living in Barnes & East Sheen for 2010.

This months issues feature a weddings special - everything from designer wedding dresses and stunning wedding venues to fabulous wedding photographers and much more.

Click on the links to catch up with what's happening in your area and read the full magazine online.

Click here to read the February edition of Living in Richmond & Kew.

Click here to read the February edition of Living in Barnes & East Sheen.