Samantha Newbury

“Hand crafted original artwork, bags, accessories, notebook covers, brooches and festive decorations - custom orders welcome.”

Shop Announcement:

DUE TO NEW REGULATIONS STARTING ON 13 DECEMBER 2024 (General Product Safety Regulations) I WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO SELL ANY ITEMS TO CUSTOMERS IN NORTHERN IRELAND - in order to avoid any potential rule breach I will cease shipping to Northern Ireland from Friday 6th December 2024 - my apologies for any disappointment this may cause.

My final day for shipping orders before Christmas 2024 will be Thursday19th December - my shop will not close over Christmas but any orders received from Friday 20th to the Thursday 26th will not be shipped until Friday 27th December.

All my A5 Reusable Notebook Covers now have the option to upgrade from the standard included ballpoint pen to a Parker Jotter for just £5.00 extra.

Any orders from my shop that are over £50.00 are automatically sent by Special Delivery, however, if your order from me is below £50.00, you can now upgrade your postage to Special Delivery by adding 'Postage Upgrade' to your basket (please note that this will only apply to items ordered from my shop not from other Folksy sellers).

If the item you are ordering is a gift going directly to the recipient, please let me know so I can send without an invoice.

My dispatch time set to 3 days to allow for unforeseen issues, however most orders are posted within 24-48 hours. Special Delivery orders will be shipped within 24 hours of receipt.

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  • Postage Upgrade to Special Delivery - Orders Under Fifty Pounds

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  • Gift wrapping service - birthday, anniversary etc

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  • Gift wrapping service - Christmas

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  • Finding My Tail - Poetry Collection, Book of Poetry

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    £7.00

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  • Walled Garden Hand Embroidered Picture, Textile Art

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    £300.00

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  • Tiny Fairy Tale Castle Hand Embroidered Picture, Textile Art

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    £40.00

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  • Rainbow Button Wall Art, Rainbow Picture, Button Art

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    £30.00

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  • 'Harris Tweed®' Christmas Tree and Parcel Set 2

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    £27.50

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  • Hand Embroidered Floral Heart on Pale Grey Wool Felt in Decorative Hoop

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    £25.00

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  • Hand Embroidered Snowflake Hoop Decoration, Snow Decoration

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    £15.00

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  • Miniature Hand Embroidered Bouquet Hoop Art in Blues, Pinks and Purples

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    £22.50

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  • Tiny Bouquet Hand Embroidered Mini Hoop

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    £10.00

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  • Hand Embroidered Felt 'Gingerbread' Snowflake Tree Decoration - A

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    £5.00

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  • Hand Embroidered Felt 'Gingerbread' Snowflake Tree Decoration - B

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  • Hand Embroidered Felt 'Gingerbread' Snowflake Tree Decoration - C

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  • Hand Embroidered Felt 'Gingerbread' Snowflake Tree Decoration - I

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  • 4 Christmas Hat Decorations, Festive Hats

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    £12.00

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  • Set of 4 Christmas Hat Decorations, Small Christmas Hats

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    £12.00

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  • Set of Four Miniature Hat Christmas Decorations, Festive Hats, Christmas Hats

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    £12.00

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  • Four Small Christmas Hat Decorations, Decorated Hats, Different Decorations

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    £12.00

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  • Decorating the Tree & Other Christmas Poems - Poetry Pamphlet, Christmas Eve Box

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    £3.00

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  • The Crow Secret - A story for Christmas Eve

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    £3.00

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  • Christmas Booklet Set - Poems & Children's Story, Christmas Eve Box

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    £5.00

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  • Vintage Festive Floral Print Christmas Stocking

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    £12.50

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  • Festive Print Christmas Stocking

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    £12.50

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  • Multicoloured Parcels Christmas Stocking

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    £12.50

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  • Scandi Style Christmas Stocking

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    £12.50

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  • Frosty Blue, Lilac and Silver Patchwork Christmas Stocking

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    £12.50

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  • Trio of Tiny Christmas Tree Tree Decorations

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    £12.00

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  • Trio of Tiny Christmas Tree Decorations, Little Christmas Trees

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  • Hand Embroidered Keepsake Christmas Heart Decoration - Baubles on Green

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    £10.00

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  • Hand Embroidered Keepsake Heart Christmas Decoration - Christmas Tree

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  • Hand Embroidered Keepsake Heart Christmas Decoration - Snowflakes on Grey

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  • Hand Embroidered Keepsake Christmas Heart - Festive Wreath on Cream

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  • Hand Embroidered Festive Keepsake Heart Decoration - Mistletoe on Red

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  • Black felt heart with hand embroidered bouquet of flowers, Hanging Decoration

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  • 'Loves me' Pink Felt Heart with Hand Embroidered Daisy Chain

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    £7.50

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  • Mum Hand Embroidered Green Felt Keepsake Heart

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  • Red Felt Hat Brooch with Purple Hand Embroidered Flowers, Red Hat Brooch

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    £8.50

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  • Hand Embroidered Miniature Summer Hat Brooch - Sunshine Yellow Floral

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  • Hand Embroidered Felt Hat Brooch - Lilac Floral

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  • Hand Embroidered Miniature Summer Hat Felt Brooch - Pink & White Flowers

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  • Hand Embroidered Floral Heart Brooch on Lilac Wool Felt

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    £9.50

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  • Hand Embroidered Holly & Mistletoe Wool Felt Heart Brooch, Christmas Brooch

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    £9.50

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  • Hand Embroidered Forget-me-not Wool Felt Brooch

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  • Red Felt Heart Brooch with Hand Embroidered Flowers

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    £6.00

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  • Hand Embroidered Floral Brooch on Purple Wool Felt

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  • Hand Embroidered Floral Brooch on Turquoise Wool Felt

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  • Hand Embroidered Mistletoe Brooch, Christmas Brooch, Felt Brooch

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  • Hand Embroidered Berry Wreath Brooch

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  • 'Harris Tweed'® Patchwork Crossbody Bag in Purple, Turquoise & Pink

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    £65.00

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  • 'Harris Tweed®' Crossbody Bag, in blues, pinks and purples with striped flap

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    £55.00

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  • 'Harris Tweed®' Handbag in Forest Green with Floral Panel & Bamboo Handles

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  • 'Harris Tweed®' Bag in Deep Purple with Striped Flap and Strap

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    £55.00

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  • A6 'Harris Tweed®' Reusable Notebook Cover - Rainbow Check, Rainbow Notebook

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    £15.00

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  • A6 'Harris Tweed®' Reusable Notebook Cover - Jade Herringbone with Floral Band

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  • A6 "Harris Tweed®" Notebook Cover - Pastel Spring Check

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  • A6 'Harris Tweed®' & Liberty London Reusable Notebook Cover - Poppy Red & Floral

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About Samantha Newbury

Samantha Newbury

Original artworks, handbags, notebooks and Christmas decorations, with a side order of poetry and photography

My Grannie was a Luton milliner (hat maker) and some of my earliest memories are of sitting with her in the back room whilst she sewed hats. My job (age three and a half) was to pick apart die-stamped blocks of silk flowers ready for her to use. I remember being fascinated by the leftover scraps of satin, velvet and paisley, and building castles and towers with empty cotton reels. And it was Grannie who taught me that you could make pretty much anything from fabric, if you put your mind to it, which meant, in due course, that I made a three dimensional fabric model of the inside of a pocket watch as part of my GCSE Art & Craft coursework, along with an embroidered dragon!

I love working with fabrics and thread - I even occasionally weave my own fabric on a small knitter's loom, and, having inherited the contents of Grannie's needlework box, I still find myself using her threads some days - though I'm still not sure what to make with piece of moonbeam-soft parachute silk that we found in there. She taught me never to throw anything away, it's amazing what you can do even with tiny scraps.

I find inspiration all over the place, and usually have a camera with me when I go out - I particularly like taking macro photos of the intricacies of nature. I'm also a writer, so always have a notebook to hand and sometimes the various threads of my creativity merge:

Something to Hang on Your Tree

Taking pieces from my workbox,
I add a skein of silk
the colour of holly berries, and delve
amongst the beads and sequins
for just the right green glass leaves,
a pinch of golden stars
and a single, perfect, snowflake.

Now I can sew;
setting each stitch with care,
each star one of wonder,
each leaf a hint of Christmas spice,
laced with the Season's crimson joy
and the sparkle of snow magic,
to create this little heart
for your Christmas tree
from me, to you, with love.

© Samantha Newbury 2005

A Note About Packaging - I am working towards being as environmentally friendly as possible. Cardboard boxes, bubble wrap, polystyrene pellets and air packs that arrive with supplies I've ordered are checked for cleanliness, saved and reused when packing outgoing parcels. In addition we get a lot of charity bags through the door and, rather than send the unused ones to landfill, if I need to protect an item against damp etc, I'll cut a plain piece from one of them to wrap it in. I also reuse the cellophane sleeves from greetings cards to package craft supplies and fabric that I have for sale. I do sometimes use polythene mailers, but am in the process of sourcing an eco-friendly alternative.

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