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

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.

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