SHOP Relaunch & February Events!

THE REFURB!

The bad news is ... SHOP is going to be closed for one week from Monday 30th January until Sunday 5th February, but the GOOD NEWS is that it's for a very good reason ... we're having a total refurb!

As you may know, throughout January SHOP has been home to The 50p Rummage Room, with the intention of raising money for a new floor and rugs for SHOP.  See how we got on with raising the money and the FINAL totaliser on the blog here!

During the refurb week we're going to: replace the floor, insert new rugs, rearrange the furniture (possibly) and weather permitting bling up the outside, quite literally, with gold gloss paint and a brand new a-board!  Check the blog or twitter for updates on our progress throughout the week!

Of course you're all invited to the relaunch - see below for details and for another February event!

REFURB RELAUNCH

  MONDAY 6TH FEBRUARY
11am - 6pm

Come and see how we've to make SHOP more beautiful and join us in a glass of pretend Champagne.
Congratulatory slaps on the back optional.
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POP-UP CAFE

 SATURDAY 18TH FEBRUARY
11am - 6pm

  On the 18th, the SHOP Arts Space will play host to a pop-up veggie/vegan cafe.  Two dedicated home-chefs are menu planning as we speak, but you can expect 'Real Meal Deals' - a main, a drink and a cake, all freshly baked with real ingredients and for a very reasonble price!

When the foods gone, the cafe will vanish too, so make sure to get in quick.
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EXHIBITION

 20TH - 25TH FEBRUARY
12pm - 6pm
  UWE MA Fine Art students, Caroline Bacon and Seila Fernandez Arconada take over the Arts Apace for a week.  The booking has just been taken, so check the blog and twitter for more details as we get them!

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MAKING THINGS CLUB

 29TH FEBRUARY
7pm - 9pm  

 Everyone likes makings things, but there's nothing better than making things with other people, it's socialable AND you will find you are more productive, fact!

You can bring something you're already working on (sewing, knitting, painting - anything!), or just bring along something (anything!) to nourish those creative urges for one night only.

You'll feel better.
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New Floor Totaliser: FINAL WEEK!

That's right, the last day of the 50p Rummage Room has arrived and we're totting up the final amount going towards SHOP's new floor and rugs.

We also had some excellent floor-related news this week - SHOP had a generous donation of some second-hand (fitting for a vintage shop) lino, almost exactly the same as the sample we found!  Aren't we the luckiest?  This means that the aim of £300 is now happily way above what we need.

SHOP has decided to use any surplus money to invest in improving the arts space lighting and to put towards repainting the exterior of SHOP, which is looking pretty rough right now to be perfectly honest!

Thank you to everyone who supported The Rummage Room, as always we couldn't do half the things we do without everyone's support.  So, for that reason, we're going to give you the honour of pushing the Totaliser button for the last time!

Everyone ready? 

Okay, 

3 ... 

2 ... 

1 ...

PUSH!

TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY SQUIDS!! We're over the moon with that!  Make sure to come and see the results of the make-over on February 6th when we reopen after our refurb!

New Floor Totaliser: WEEK TWO

The Rummage Room has been doing brisk business in week two and The Totaliser is looking healthy!  So healthy that we allowed ourselves to do a ickle bit of sample shopping for our new floor!

But before that, obviously you're on the edge of your keyboards waiting for the new total, so here it is.

OH FOR FUPP'S SAKE WILL YOU STOP SITTING ON THAT RUDDY BUTTON, IT'S NOT THERE FOR YOUR COMFORT, IT'S LIKE THE RED BUTTON IN THE WHITE HOUSE, DO YOU WANT TO CAUSE WW3?! WELL, DO YOU?!!!  JUST LEAVE IT ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Ahem*

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Yup, that's right OVER half way!!  Thank you to everyone who has parted with 50p and for taking the 304 items off our hands.  However, don't fear if you haven't visited yet, as there is a still a week to go and plenty more bargains to be had, so get yo'asses down here!

To the lino!  We wanted something that basically looks like our floor does now, but when we've just painted it and that stays like that for longer than about two weeks.  So, we were thinking plain white lino, until we spotted this little beauty!  It's kind of like pretend white laminate flooring, but in real life is much nicer than that sounds:

Check that lino out!

Come back next week to see what the final total is!

New Floor Totaliser: WEEK ONE

It's week one of the Rummage Room New Floor Fundraiser at SHOP (catchy name, huh?) and we thought we'd update you on how the New Floor Totaliser is looking.

So, brace yourselves ... just got to find the button ... where is it now?  Oh WHO SAT ON THE BUTTON?!

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That's right, that's just under 25% of the total after just four days and with another two weeks to go.  Looks like that lino is going to ours, ALL OURS!

Although we're really pleased with the progress so far, there are still plenty of bargains (vintage and non-vintage) to be had.  Here's some examples of the treasures already mined for JUST 50P!!!:

• 1970s exercise bike (still working)
• Ikea chairs
• LOADS of great vinyl
• Fab old games
• Two 50s projectors (still working)
• Pictures
• Jewellery
• Books
• Gilbert and George original exhibition poster
• Umbrellas ellas ellas
• Vintage dresses and coats

So get y'asses down here before the 28th January to pick up some bargains of your own!

JANUARY RUMMAGE ROOM!

Beginning on January 9th at 11am and continuing right through until January the 28th at 6pm, SHOP introduces its first ever Rummage Room!

During January the SHOP Arts Space will be transformed from a chin-rubbing exhibition space to what we are affectionately calling our car-less boot sale! 

 

Over the 5 years SHOP has been alive, we've managed to accumulate a whole load of general stuff - some unsung gems, some well ... let's call them rough diamonds - and the time has come to shift 'em!

You can be assured too, that the prices will be car-boot-tastic, much, much, much lower than SHOP's usual fair-prices.

The reason we've decided to do this is because we're raising money for a new floor.  Those of you that have known SHOP a while may remember the blinding white of our gorgeous fluffy rugs when we first opened the doors to number 19 Christmas Steps.  They're now somewhat mucky and the floor they cover isn't much better.

We want to sell off these goodies to raise money for some super-retro lino and some new less fluffy, less white, more durable (but still everso delicious) rugs.

 

 

So please come along and help yourselves to a few bargains and help SHOP reach the pinnacle of it's... New Floor Totaliser!