The Crowborough Emporium

We have a few bits & bobs you might be interested in. Take a look around the emporium below for the items currently available. If you would like to place an order please see the How to Buy page.

Remember - Post and Packaging is FREE to any delivery address within the UK. Please contact us for non-UK rates.

A copy of Ready, Steady, Dig!  with a couple of errors corrected, and signed by the author and/or the Lar of your choice - please specify when ordering. Also please specify any particular dedication you would like (and whether in English, Latin or Anglo-Saxon).

£8.00 including post & packaging each

Now this book has gone to a second edition you can order a copy of Gnome or Mr Nice Guy signed by the author and/or the Lar of your choice - please specify when ordering. Also please specify any particular dedication you would like (and whether in English, Latin or Anglo-Saxon).

£8.00 including post & packaging each

A copy of The Mice of St Goran signed by the author.

£5.75 including post & packaging each

Please make your cheque payable to "St Goran Bell Fund Appeal".

And if you want one, when you buy the book you can also get a cute little wooden mouse for just an additional £1.00. Up the total price per book to £6.75 and we'll include the mouse when we send you the book.

We are now selling knitted mice from Alan Dart’s wonderful patterns, and already our Mouse Gallery stars “Acorn Annie” and “BoBo the Clown” have both scampered off to new homes! 

I’m happy to knit any of the mice in the Alan Dart range, either in full size (ie using double knitting wool, like BoBo) or in mouse size (ie using three ply and embroidery silk, like Annie). As usual, all mice proceeds go to the St Goran Church Bells Fund Appeal. The following are already available, and I’d be very pleased to knit any others on request (Take a look at Alan Dart's website to see the full range of patterns):

Acorn Annie

SOLD!

BoBo the Clown

SOLD!

Harvey the Harvest Mouse

Knitted from the Alan Dart pattern called “Haymaking Harry” (at five and a half inches tall, Harvey is slightly smaller than the Alan Dart original, as he is mostly made from 4 ply rather than double knitting wool)

£8.50 including post & packaging each

Picnic Peggy

Knitted from the Alan Dart pattern of the same name, Picnic Peggy stands 6 inches tall.

£6.00 including post & packaging each

Shirley the Shopper

Adapted from the Alan Dart pattern “Bramble Betty” using 3 ply and embroidery silk instead of double knitting wool, so she is only 5 inches tall.

£6 including post & packaging each 

 

Little Clown

Adapted from the Alan Dart pattern “Winsome Clown” using 3 ply and embroidery silk instead of double knitting wool, so he is only 5 and a half inches tall to the top of the bobble on his hat.

£6 including post & packaging each

 

Terry Pratchett's Grim Squeaker, aka The Death of Rats

In this version he’s an egg cosy, but he can also be knitted as a mobile phone cosy, ipod cosy, etc etc.

£5 including post & packaging each

 

More coming soon …

DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR MULTIPLE MICE PURCHASES!

A white mug printed with "Rooks Ridge Roman Villa" and either the "Crow" logo or my version of the mosaic from Chedworth Roman Villa known as the "Spirit of Winter" (actually he's the Genius Loci of Rooks Ridge, but don't tell the National Trust)

The printers had big problems with both mug designs, and they've very kindly sent me all their rejects for nothing, saying that if I can sell them the money should go to the St Goran Bell Fund Appeal, which is great. The only thing wrong with the rejects is that the lettering of "Rooks Ridge Roman Villa" isn't very clear, because it's in Castellar font, white on black. It's perfectly readable, though  (in the final versions, it's Castellar black on white).

£5.50 including post & packaging each

"Rejects" (see above):  £4.00 including post & packaging each

Be the first to try out the new Olympic Exhibition event - Indoor Gnome Bowling.

Includes 6 gnomes, 2 balls and a set of instructions.

£12.00 including post & packaging each

The same as Indoor Gnome Bowling but bigger!

Still includes 6 gnomes, 2 balls and a set of instructions but with much bigger bits.

£19.50 including post & packaging each

Power cut? Forget boring candles and tea-lights. Try a replica Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp instead (uses ordinary olive oil). There are two designs: one shows a Roman soldier waving a sword, and the other depicts the quadrigae or four-horse chariot.

£9.50 including post & packaging each

Why use the back of an old envelope for your shopping list when you can use a replica Roman Waxed Tablet and Stylus? Not only does it look pretty classy, but the writing surface is real beeswax, so it smells lovely too!

£9.50 including post & packaging each

An eco-friendly shopping bag, sold in aid of St Goran Bell Fund. Unbleached linen, approximately 15" wide by 16" deep.

Text reads "St Goran Bell Fund. Ringing like the clappers since 1772!"

£3.00 including post & packaging each

or Two for £5.00 including post & packaging each

(Photos to be added soon)

A parchment coloured Fruit of the Loom Tee-Shirt with one of the following slogans: 

MEI PARENTES DIMIDIUM EUROPAE

DESPOLIA VERUNT - 

EGO TAMEN NIL ACCEPI PRAETOR 

HANC TUNICULAM MISELLAM * 

--oOo--  

SI HOC LEGERE SCIS 

NIMIUM ERUDITIONIS HABES ** 

--oOo-- 

The Rooks Ridge crow logo appears below the slogan. 

(Translations 

* My parents plundered half Europe, and all I got was this lousy tee-shirt 

** If you can understand this, you're over-educated) 

Sizes: S M L - I'm not sure how those equate to standard sizes, so here are the actual measurements, which you can check against something that fits you: 

S = length 27 inches, width 18 inches (ie 36 inches all round) 

M = length 27 inches, width 20 inches (ie 40 inches all round) 

L = length 28 inches, width 21½ inches (ie 43 inches all round) 

I can order other sizes, colours and slogans, if anyone is interested. Suggestions for appropriate new slogans gratefully received! 

£7.00 including post & packaging each

All of these pieces of jewellery are made by hand by the author herself.

Please note that as all of this lovely jewellery is made by hand each individual piece will be slightly different from the next.  The images here are for guidance only to give you an idea of the pieces available.  It's all part of the appeal, don't you think?

Rainbow pendant

A dichroic glass pendant, (2 x 1½ cm)  rainbow on amber.

£6.00 including post & packaging each

Rainbow pendant and ear-rings

A dichroic glass pendant (4½ x 1½ cm) and matching ear-rings, rainbow on clear glass

£12.50 including post & packaging each

Amber pendant and ear-rings

Dichroic ripple glass on dark amber glass, pendant (3 x 2 cm) and matching ear-rings

£12.50 including post & packaging each

Blue Cross pendant

Opaque cross on mid-blue (4 x 1½ cm)  

£4.50 including post & packaging each

Pale Blue Cross pendant

Grey cross on pale grey-blue (3 x 1½ cm) 

£4.00 including post & packaging each

Mid-Blue Cross pendant

Royal blue cross on cobalt blue pendant (3½ x 1½ cm)

£4.00 inc p&p each within the UK and within the EU

Greeny Blue Cross pendant

White cross on greeny blue (more turquoise than it looks in the picture)  (3 x 1 cm)

£4.00 including post & packaging each

Flower Cross pendant

Opaque cross on royal blue with millefiori centre (4½ x 2 cm)

£5.00 including post & packaging each

Blue Stripe pendant

Blue, white and clear stringers in triangle shape (4 x 1½ cm)

£4.50 including post & packaging each

Red Cross Pendant

Opaque cross on red (4½ x 2 cm)

£4.50 including post & packaging each

Ripple Dichroic pendant with chain

Dichroic ripple glass pendant (4½ x 2 cm), with silver-coloured chain running through the glass

£12.50 including post & packaging each

Lavender pendant and ear-rings

Dichroic glass pendant, (3 x 1½ cm)  and matching ear-rings, dichroic stringers on lavender

£12.50 including post & packaging each

Lavender Stripe pendant

A pendant of lavender, pink and clear glass, decorated with pink stringers (3½ x 2½ cm)

£9.50 including post & packaging each

Lavender pendant with stringer

Clear glass on lavender, enclosing a dichroic stringer (3½ x 1½ cm)

£6.50 including post & packaging each

Green pendant and ear-rings

Fused glass pendant (6 x 2 cms) and matching ear-rings,  yellow, green and clear glass

£12.50 including post & packaging each

Small dichroic pendant

Pendant of dichroic stringers on a clear, bottle green background

£4.00 including post & packaging each

Tapwasher pendant

A very weird pendant! Clear glass over opaque, enclosing a tap washer to create a unique bubble effect (5 x 3 cm) 

£10.50 including post & packaging each

Red & Orange pendant

Dichroic glass pendant even brighter than it looks in the photo (2½ cm across)

£10.50 including post & packaging each

Black & Silver pendant

Silver and dichroic glass pieces on black glass pendant (5 x 2½ cm) 

£15.00 including post & packaging each