want to work with us?

reetsweet is currently looking for a confident, fashionable and passionate marketing assistant to help with flyering, promotions and events! do you have bags of love for craft? if you would like to earn some extra money in your spare time working for leeds' no1 craft fair as it expands please get in touch! email me at reetsweetevents@gmail.com with a bit more about yourself! x

Exciting times @ reetsweet!!

We love it when we have good news about our fantastic stallholders!! Lianne Mellor aka Mellorware, creates stunning chinaware with intricate and delicate animal illustrations, hares at tea, hedgehogs eating cake...pretty amazing! And obviously other people think so too! The one and only Liberty of London are now selling Lianne's range at their stunning London store...



We spoke to Lianne about her success! "Having the opportunity to work with an incredible store like Liberty is really wonderful. To have them match my own faith in my products and see it go on sale within their prestigious London store is really special! Its a dream come true and I can't wait to work on new products for them in the future"



We wish Lianne every success for the future and we are so proud of her achievement!!

one for your mum!? reetsweet's sister fair:

Reetsweet's big sister market is heading to the corn exchange this weekend, a slightly more grown up affair 'Handmade at the Corn Exchange' is a boutique style fair featuring more traditional crafts. You'll find a classic selection of precious jewellery, ceramics, woodwork and homewares, along with great gift items...saturday and sunday this coming weekend July 2nd and 3rd...Leeds Corn Exchange

free art show!

There are two things I love...free stuff and art! Put them together and you've got me coming through the door, that's why reetsweet's events are always free! So, on the subject of great free arty events, you might want to attend 'Ready or not, Here we come' Leeds College of Art's graduation exhibition. Catch it until thursday based around The Art College on Blenheim Walk and Vernon Street...the events page on facebook has all the info! Sweet!

from reetsweet with love x

illustration by lizzy stewart
who will be at loop arts festival

There are some fantastic arts, crafts and creative events going on in and around Leeds in the next few weeks and reetsweet will keep you up to date! Firstly, we have Loop Arts Fair this weekend, for more info visit http://www.looparts.co.uk/.

It's not just exhibitions from artists, illustrators and graphic designers, there's a shop curated by the wonderful nous vous and also workshop talks from the likes of THE james jarvis. It runs from 17th to 19th June at Marshalls Mill, Leeds.

For tickets visit their website here! Check back as we preview more for you to do in the next few days (whilst you await the next reetsweet!)...

rainy days and reetsweet sundays...

A few more pictures today from the last fair, we are also please to announce our next fair on august 6th and 7th...a whole weekend of craft! However, if you can't wait that long we also have a sister event 'Handmade at the Corn Exchange' on July 2nd and 3rd, 'Handmade' is a more grown up affair featuring glasswork, textiles, precious jewellery and woodwork and promises to be something for everyone...come take a look!


Meanwhile...enjoy these goodies from last weeks' fair...

more from 'the vintage jewellery box'

new brooches by debbie greenaway

amazing work by jil made this

more lovely headwear by bee anchor

thanks for dropping by!

Lots of shoppers enjoyed the reetsweet fair on sunday, here's a few pictures of what you missed if you didn't make it down!...

what a venue! the stunning leeds corn exchange

some amazing intricate necklaces by maneggi

more teddy goodness by strawberry kitten

some amazing retro printing by helen memo

now stocked at Liberty of London...

the one and only lianne mellor

To follow updates on facebook go here or join us on twitter! We will be posting more pictures of our favourite finds over the next few days...thanks for supporting handmade with us!

see you tomorrow? reetsweet's big fair @ the corn exchange, leeds

I just thought I'd post a last minute blog with a few more pictures to tempt you into our fair at the corn exchange tomorrow.

We have a few new stallholders I want to give you a sneaky peek of, from meadowlarks - woodwork and textile wonder (middle pictures), prints and textiles by kathleen tea drinker (top picture) (see her blog at http://kathleenteadrinker.blogspot.com/) and not forgetting the gorgeous drawings and stuffed toys by jenna alldread! Go to http://jennaleealldread.blogspot.com/ to preview more of her works on sale tomorrow!


Remember it's free to visit - we do not charge! And we will be there from 11am and there are cupcakes by the marvellous tea dance co ladies once again!

sugar and spice and all things nice @ reetsweet tomorrow!

I think one of the best handmade purchases you can ever make is something to keep like a handmade toy or ornament - there's something very comforting and lovely about that handmade toy you got as a child, or the piece of one-off pottery you bought as a treat to yourself one memorable day...



Sian Wheatcroft will be at reetsweet tomorrow exhibiting her fabulous bears - she has a new collection! Her works always sell well so get down early to see her collection of modern, loveable, collectable bears! For more pictures go to www.strawberrrykitten.com



11am onwards tomorrow at the corn exchange x