Sally Twinkle!
Written by Vicky on February 23, 2008 – 9:00 am -I’m so excited because I’ve just discovered that the best craft shop ever (in my opinion) has a website - Sally Twinkle!
Anyone who is remotely into crafts and has spent any time in Mansfield will know Sally Twinkle. This shop has been going for 40 years and is, as they say, “haberdashery heaven”.
Although I say its my favourite craft shop I haven’t actually been in there since I lived with my parents in Mansfield and that must be about 12 years ago now. Finding their website though made me really want to go back and visit, not only does it have so much craft stuff the ladies, or the ‘Twinkle Girls‘, who work there are lovely.
Unfortunately you can’t buy online from Sally Twinkle but you wouldn’t want to, that would take away from the fun of visiting the shop.
One time I went in there to buy hundreds of beads to make a lampshade (don’t ask!) and the lady who served me counted each bead out one by one and was quite insistent that I wasn’t allowed to touch them to help her. It took a quite while and Jez had to go and stand outside because we were nearly cracking up!
The Sally Twinkle website has a fab page about the history of the shop. I didn’t realise that they had a huge fire in 1979 and then a sports car smashed into the window a few years later!
Anyway, check them out at www.sallytwinkle.co.uk.
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By Claire on Feb 23, 2008 | Reply
Need to go! Need to go and buy random stuff I probably don’t need but can’t resist! Love the name - reminds me of Twinkle mag for girs in the 70’s…x
By Pamela on Feb 23, 2008 | Reply
Ooh, we need to organise an expedition.