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I couldn’t let `Plastic Free July' go by without celebrating some of the many creative ways stallholders at Stroud Farmers' Market avoid single-use plastics (and multi-use plastics for that matter 👏).

From paper bags for bread and paper-wrapped flowers, to label-free olive oil bottles, refillable honey jars and plenty of beautiful, reusable products, there are lots of brilliant ideas to spot around the market.

I’m proud to be a Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free Champion too. I received the award five years ago for avoiding single-use plastic and reusing and recycling wherever possible. My products come in recyclable glass bottles and jars, soaps have a package-free option, I reuse postal packaging, and gift boxes are wrapped in recycled silk scarves to create gifts that are unique, beautiful and useful 💝

The photos feature my fellow fourth-Saturday-of-the-month stallholders Rustic Puglia , Stroud Brewery & Taproom , Karobi's Ghee, Cymbal Knits, Urraca Studios, Hobbs House Bakery and more. Just a few of the Stroud Farmers’ Market businesses finding thoughtful and inventive ways to use less plastic 💚

My next market is on 22 August when you can fill your recycled shopping bag (available from the market 😉) with gorgeous aromatherapy home fragrances - soy wax candles, diffusers and pillow sprays 🪻💤

And if you can't wait that long, you can order on my website with the promise that your items will be carefully wrapped in recycled packaging 🤎📦

I’ll be back at Stroud Farmers' Market this Saturday, and the weather forecast is looking just about perfect 🌤️ Not too hot, thankfully, after the last couple of months!

I’ll have all my usual home fragrances, made with pure essential oils to help you relax, sleep or focus, including pillow sprays, reed diffusers, candles and room sprays 🪻

The Baptist Hall Craft Market will be on too, so do pop in while you’re in town. This brilliant original Farmers Markets Booming poster came from the Citizen newspaper and is on display inside the hall, a beautiful Victorian red brick church hall, which is filled with fabulous farmers' market art.

Fun fact: when the poster was printed, I was probably working at the Citizen. But that's a story for another day… 😊

See you on Saturday, 9am–2pm.

Last month’s Stroud Farmers' Market was a hot one ☀️ It looked busy, but there were times when hardly anyone walked past my stall.

Then along came this absolute superstar in a sunflower hat and bright yellow sunglasses 🤩

We stood chatting for ages, discovered we had friends in common (it’s Stroud - of course we did) and he left me smiling like a loon 😁 It’s amazing how one unexpected conversation can completely change your mood 😊

If you need a little boost yourself, I’ll be back at Stroud Farmers’ Market on Saturday 25 July with my Focus room sprays and reed diffusers. They’re made with a blend of pure essential oils including lemon, pink grapefruit, rosemary, peppermint, eucalyptus and black pepper to help lift your mood and clear your head.

Thank you, sunflower hat man. You probably had no idea how much brighter my afternoon was after you stopped by. 🌻

😴 *RESTOCK* I’ve dropped more Sleep Easy pillow sprays into Made In Stroud shop - where they live on a special “sleep shelf” - how cute is that? 🥰

They’re made with 4 pure essential oils:
💜 lavender to relax busy minds,
💜 soothing chamomile,
💜 gently uplifting neroli
💜 grounding patchouli.

Together they create a comforting scent that helps signal to your mind that it’s time to slow down and get ready for a relaxing, deep sleep.

Made in Stroud carries the whole College Green Sleep Easy range - pillow sprays, diffusers, soy wax candles and bath soaks.

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Thank you to everyone who shopped at Stroud Farmers' Market on Saturday - you were rewarded with cooler temperatures and even a slight breeze😊

Here are some of my favourite market picks from Rustic Puglia, Seb's Cider, Salt bakehouse, Bibury Trout Farm, Jess's Ladies Organic Milk & more- did any make it into your basket?