The Creative Nook

09/07/2026

A little update from me.

The Creative Nook has now found its permanent home inside Harriet Bloom Design Studio at MAWS Arts & Crafts Centre.

Workshops will continue as The Creative Nook workshops at Harriet Bloom, but all updates, events, shop news, and workshop dates will now be shared through Harriet Bloom.

Please follow Harriet Bloom here: Harriet Bloom Design Studio

I’d love to keep you with me as this next chapter unfolds.

Netty xx

06/07/2026

We’ll definitely be using these in our workshop on 14th July: Creative Journaling for beginners!

04/07/2026

What a day… ❤️

Today we officially opened the doors to Harriet Bloom Creative Apothecary, and my heart is so full.

Thank you to everyone who came along to celebrate, browse, chat, ask questions, and simply spend time with us. Seeing people leafing through journals, discovering handmade treasures, sharing stories and filling the space with laughter was everything I’d hoped this place could become.

Harriet Bloom has always been about more than beautiful things. It’s about slowing down, creating, connecting and finding a little everyday magic. Today, it felt like that vision came to life.

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported this journey—friends, family, fellow creatives, neighbours, customers and everyone who has encouraged me along the way. Your kindness means more than you know.

If you couldn’t make it today, don’t worry—the kettle is always on, there’s always something new to discover, and I’d love to welcome you soon.

Here’s to the beginning of a wonderful new chapter. 🌿✨

With love,

Netty x

30/06/2026

Harriet Bloom Creative Apothecary opens here tomorrow! Such a great community of Artists & Makers!

Vibrant Summer colours in the courtyard at Maws, just outside the doorway of Salix clothing.

Come along to MAWS and you will discover :

Makers ❖ Expert craftsmanship
Artists ❖ Some of Shropshire’s finest artists
Workshops ❖ Hands-on experiences
Shops ❖ Unique independent retailers

The award-winning Tile Press Café with homemade cakes and bakes

🚗 Free parking
🎟️ Free entry
🐕 Dog friendly

📍 TF8 7LS

24/06/2026

Almost ready.

The space is slowly beginning to feel like itself.

The tables are here.
The shelves are finding their purpose.
The papers, ribbons, textiles and little gathered things are starting to take their places.

There is still plenty to do — of course there is — but the feeling is beginning to arrive.
Harriet Bloom Creative Apothecary opens softly on Wednesday 1 July at MAWS Arts & Crafts Centre in Jackfield.

It will be a small creative shop and workshop space for people who love beautiful materials, thoughtful making, quiet inspiration and the gentle joy of working with their hands.

Alongside the shop, The Creative Nook will become our calm programme of small-group workshops.

More little glimpses this week.

Soft Opening: Wednesday 1 July
Grand Opening: Saturday 4 July, 2–5pm
Studio C19, MAWS Arts & Crafts Centre, Jackfield

No ticket needed for the Grand Opening — just come.

20/06/2026

A little glimpse of what’s arriving tomorrow.

Two bespoke workshop tables, designed especially for our Creative Nook workshops by my cousin, Simon Poyser, a talented joiner and furniture maker.

They’ve been hand-made from reclaimed scaffolding planks, full of marks, grain, history and quiet character.

Exactly the sort of surface I imagined for this creative, nature-inspired space.

Soon these tables will hold papers, threads, ribbons, scissors, journals, cups of tea, and the hands of people happily making something.

I can’t wait to see them in the space.

Grand Opening
Saturday 4 July, 2–5pm
Studio C19, MAWS Arts & Crafts Centre, Jackfield

No ticket needed — just come.

19/06/2026

A little shelf story.

Today’s gathering includes ribbons, old lace, textured papers, soft threads and the sort of tiny useful things that make a creative table feel inviting.

I’ve always loved materials that feel like they already have a story.

A frayed edge.
A faded colour.
A paper with texture.
A ribbon that looks as though it has been waiting for the right project.

That is the feeling I want Harriet Bloom Creative Apothecary to have.

A place where you can come in for one small thing and leave with an idea.

Opening soon at MAWS Arts & Crafts Centre.

Grand Opening: Saturday 4 July, 2–5pm.

More little shelf stories coming soon.

16/06/2026

So many people quietly tell themselves:

“I’m not creative.”

But creativity doesn’t have to mean being good at drawing.
It doesn’t have to mean making something perfect.
It doesn’t have to mean knowing what you’re doing before you begin.
Sometimes creativity is just choosing a piece of fabric.
Threading a needle.
Pressing a flower into a journal.
Layering paper because the colours feel right.
Making something slowly, with no pressure.

That’s what The Creative Nook is here for.

Gentle workshops for curious beginners, quiet makers, stitchers, paper lovers, nature enthusiasts and anyone who wants to reconnect with creativity.

No experience needed.

Just curiosity.

Workshops begin from 13 July at Harriet Bloom Creative Apothecary. Details coming soon.

Follow along if you’d like a calmer way back into creativity.

15/06/2026

You’re warmly invited.

After months of planning, painting, gathering, sourcing and dreaming, Harriet Bloom Creative Apothecary is nearly ready to open its doors.

To celebrate, I’m hosting a gentle Grand Opening afternoon at MAWS Arts & Crafts Centre.

Come and browse the shop, see the workshop space, have a wander, enjoy a drink, and spend a little time among papers, ribbons, textiles, journals, haberdashery and beautiful creative materials.

GRAND OPENING:
Saturday 4 July 2026
2pm – 5pm
Studio C19, MAWS Arts & Crafts Centre
Jackfield, Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire

No ticket needed.
No pressure to stay for the whole afternoon.
Just come as you are.

I would love to see you there.
With warmth,
Netty

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