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Cornwall Shop Small Join us at an upcoming Market and head to the Online Directory to shop small now. Cornwall Shop Small is all about BIG love for shopping small.

Welcome to Cornwall Shop Small, your destination to discover the county's most wonderful small, local & indie makers, creators, producers, small businesses and curators. It's your destination to discover Cornwall's most wonderful small, local & independent creators and curators of Contemporary Craft, Art & Design, Home & Lifestyle Wares, Vintage Finds and Local Food & Drink. Join us at one of our

upcoming Events, Markets & Pop Ups or head to the Online Directory for all the shop small inspo. The Trader Hub, is where small businesses will find trader news sign up & application info and, COMING SOON, FREE trader support & advice alongside access to an array of services, collaboration opportunities & expert workshops with discounts for Cornwall Shop Small Community Members.

HAVE YOUR SAY NEWQUAY! We need you 🫵🏼💛We were blown away by your incredible support of the BIG Newquay Market last year ...
25/01/2025

HAVE YOUR SAY NEWQUAY! We need you 🫵🏼💛

We were blown away by your incredible support of the BIG Newquay Market last year and are so excited to be returning to Market from the Spring (stay tuned for news)...

Ahead of that we wanted to ask you, our wonderful visitors, amazing traders and fabulous local businesses for your feedback. Your opinion will help us shape up our plans for the BIG Newquay Market so we can try and make it the very best it can be for everyone.

Your thoughts will also support the follow up on the fantastic funding we received from the Community Levelling Up Programme last year to make the Markets, and other events in Newquay, viable in the long term. Countless hours BTS went into the funding application and the work didn't stop when we were successful. We really do need you to have your say...

To make it easy we've created quick visitor, trader or local biz survey that only takes a couple of minutes to complete.

Just drop a note in the comments saying VISITOR or TRADER or LOCAL BIZ and we'll DM you the relevant link (unless your account is private). Or you can hop across to the survey links in bio

Hugest thanks you local hero ❤️🙏🏼❤️

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The BIG Newquay Market is a collaboration between with support from and funding application lead

DAY 1  with our Design Frontier showcase of Designers & Makers from Cornwall - we cannot wait to do it all again tomorro...
12/01/2025

DAY 1 with our Design Frontier showcase of Designers & Makers from Cornwall - we cannot wait to do it all again tomorrow. Find us on stand J59 until Tuesday 💛

Featuring:studio













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3 DAYS TO GO until the .frontier showcase of Designers & Makers from Cornwall heads to the UK's leading design-led retai...
09/01/2025

3 DAYS TO GO until the .frontier showcase of Designers & Makers from Cornwall heads to the UK's leading design-led retail trade event

Design Frontier is an initiative putting Cornwall at the forefront of the contemporary design world. The Design Frontier showcase at Top Drawer S/S ‘25 is presented by and highlighting the exceptional quality of the work being made in the region.

From this Sunday 12th January to Tuesday 14th January you'll find us at stand J59 - we would love to see you there

with our lead exhibitors:studio





and micro makers:









Head to the link in bio .frontier for a preview and stay tuned on socials to see what we're up to 💛

05/01/2025

What does a Cornwall Shop Small 2025 look like? All the PLANS 👇🏼 Let's go 2025

📣 Our OG BIG Truro Market alongside Truro Farmers Market returns from the Spring. We'll be filling the streets of with all the small biz beautiful on our new ongoing date of the second Saturday of the month ❤️ Truro BID Visit Truro

📣 We're also heading back to our beautiful coastal home of Newquay as we collab with Newquay Farmers Market to bring the local love at the BIG Newquay Market on the first Saturday of the month from the Spring ❤️ Love Newquay

📣 Our Summer of Shop Small LOVE festival tour is back and bigger than ever before with a series of weekenders of music, mayhem and shop small joy to look forward to ❤️

📣 And... Christmas. I'm not going to say too much right now as we have 3 seasons of wonderful between us and it BUT all I will say is that it's going to be brimming with seasonal magic ❤️

📣 Ahead of all that I'm so excited to be working with Creative Kernow Associates to be taking a collective of some of the most talented Cornish Designers & Makers to the awesome retail showcase that is Top Drawer London - this time next week it will be day 1 of the show and I can't wait to share more about it with you in the coming week ❤️

📣 Aside from that there's some other exciting plans coming together BTS that I'll share more on soon ❤️

Thanks you lovely lot, can't wait to hang out this year. For now, don't forget that you can head to the bio link for all the shop small inspo in the Online Directory ❤️

Sarah ❤️

P.S. application news for shop small superstars coming later this month

This year felt BIG and sometimes it felt like A LOT. But we did it and I'm really proud of what we've made happen togeth...
31/12/2024

This year felt BIG and sometimes it felt like A LOT. But we did it and I'm really proud of what we've made happen together. Pulling together this 2024 in numbers has blown my mind and made me 🥹 as I'm pretty sure it was all worth it ❤️

⚡ 276 amazing small biz superstars welcomed to the shop small crew at Markets or the Online Directory and over 2.6k of you signed up for news. Thank you to each and every one of you for being utterly epic and making our community what it is ❤️

⚡37 wonderful Market days (41 planned with 2 relocated and 4 cancelled due to wild winds) and 10 gorgeous pop up days making up an incredible 1,088 days of trading for the shop small crew. Thank you to each and every local hero who has come and said hello, shown support and shopped small ❤️

⚡1560 hours on the computer, 492 hours at events, 312 hours in meetings, 208 hours on the bus and 72 hours of training is very roughly what my year has looked like. Thank you family and friends for being so understanding with how lax I've been at life this year ❤️

⚡Countless amazing folk that I got to work with across the year. Ever thankful for all you have done for me and the shop small crew this year ❤️












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Plus many many more ❤️

Happy new year you amazing bunch of people.

Here's to the next adventures - stay tuned for 2025 news.

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'Twas the night before Christmas and tbf I expect it might be mayhem... Just a note to wish you a very Merry Christmas a...
24/12/2024

'Twas the night before Christmas and tbf I expect it might be mayhem... Just a note to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a reminder that you're amazing. I'm so very grateful for every single one of you and your wonderful support.

Swipe for the energy I'm aspiring to this season - slightly smug 'got this' vibes thanks to . IRL my hair might not have seen a brush for 3 days but the tree is up and the (shop small) gifts are wrapped and I'm about to have a 🍷 in front of the 🔥

Sending love to everyone and wishing you festive joy or festive peace. Hoping you have the kind of time you need and deserve tomorrow (and beyond).

S ❤️🎄❤️

✨It's happening - we did it you miraculous beings!✨Join us tomorrow, Sunday the 22nd of December from midday into the ev...
21/12/2024

✨It's happening - we did it you miraculous beings!✨

Join us tomorrow, Sunday the 22nd of December from midday into the evening as we host a Mini Miracle at Project Eighty Three, Wesley Yard, Newquay.

From midday we'll be bringing you an array of the best shop small and eat local traders to get your last minute Christmas shopping, seasonal self care and festive feasting sorted. Think the best locally grown veg and meat, artisan foodie gifts and curated wines all alongside sustainable fashion, beautiful jewellery, hand thrown pottery, handmade gifts and local art & illustration, o and there'll be treats for the minis and furry friends too! The Market closes at 6pm but the festive fun continues...

There's a bar serving up winter warmers and stocked with all your local favs, latino street food to bring the heat and to keep energy high PLUS a full programme of live music full of the best vibes, classic tunes and festive joy...

*Please note timings are subject to change*

Midday StevePanter Music
2.30pm Joseph Hurworth
4pm Newquay Rowing Club Singers
4.40pm C birds Singers
5.20pm The Clams
6pm - Daisy Dewey
6.45pm - Selena Brose
7.15pm - Newquay Boardriders Choir, Community Singalong and Prize Draw

PLUS the Newquay Boardriders crew will be joining us throughout the day as they raise funds for their Usher Cup adventure with their fabulous raffle, merch and a special Atlantic Brewery NQY BR brew.

So, do you believe in miracles? We do (mini ones anyway).

We really hope to see you at ProjectEightyThree from midday tomorrow for a spectacular day filled with community spirit, festive cheer, local treasures for your last minute gifting, seasonal eats and treats, fresh produce for festive feasting, a bar of local tipples, a full programme of live music and the warmest welcome out of the wild weather all while helping to raise some money for the local Newquay Boardriders group.

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WE NEED YOU to help us perform a mini miracle! The met office has issued a yellow warning for wind on Sunday and with gu...
20/12/2024

WE NEED YOU to help us perform a mini miracle! The met office has issued a yellow warning for wind on Sunday and with gusts predicted at over 60mph we have made the difficult decision that we can't go ahead with Sunday's Miracle on Fore Street in its original format. But all is not lost... in fact we have a really lovely plan and we need your support...

Instead we'll be hosting a Mini Miracle at the wonderful this Sunday the 22nd of December from midday to 9pm. Full of the same festive vibes, community spirit, a full live music programme, seasonal tipples and treats along with shop small and eat local magic. The event will also still be supporting our amazing community partner the local group.

Stay tuned for our Mini Miracle line up ✨✨✨

Boscawen Street Christmas Market UPDATE... The current forecast of high winds this weekend means that sadly the final Bo...
20/12/2024

Boscawen Street Christmas Market UPDATE... The current forecast of high winds this weekend means that sadly the final Boscawen Street market planned for tomorrow, Saturday 21st December, has been cancelled. However, the The BIG Christmas Market, Truro (wooden cabins on Lemon Quay) will be open tomorrow and Sunday, and the city’s shops, eateries, and two indoor markets will all be open as usual across the weekend. Don't forget Father Christmas will also be at the Royal Cornwall Museum tomorrow and tickets are still available.

The Boscawen Street Christmas Markets are a collaboration between Cornwall Shop Small, Truro Farmers Market and Truro BID.

For all information on Christmas events in Truro please go to visittruro.org.uk Visit Truro

This one ❤️❤️❤️ BIG shop small shout out to  Kitty has been a true Christmas ⭐ this festive season supporting me and the...
17/12/2024

This one ❤️❤️❤️ BIG shop small shout out to

Kitty has been a true Christmas ⭐ this festive season supporting me and the crew through the joyful mayhem of the Christmas Market Tour. She's sparkled her way through early mornings, rainy days and ever changing challenges. She's brought boundless positivity, limitless spirit and endless tenacity. We literally could not have done it without her. Thank you Kitty 💕

While the shop small crew have a few more festive markets left tomorrow is our last late night Boscawen Street Christmas Market of the year and Kitty's last shop small shift (of the year - really hoping that Kitty will join us for more adventures in '25).

Find Kitty, me and the shop small crew in the heart of our great little city of Truro tomorrow, Wednesday the 18th, from 9am - 9pm. We would love to see you there.

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✨ Something MIRACULOUS is coming... ✨👉🏼Join us for the most wonderful festive celebration in our gorgeous town of Newqua...
16/12/2024

✨ Something MIRACULOUS is coming... ✨👉🏼

Join us for the most wonderful festive celebration in our gorgeous town of Newquay with community at heart ... Miracle on Fore Street ✨

Come down to Fore Street, Newquay this Sunday 22 December, from midday to 9pm, for a spectacular day filled with community spirit, festive cheer, local treasures for your last minute gifting, seasonal eats and treats, fresh produce for festive feasting, a bar of local tipples, a full programme of live music and loads of family friendly fun all while helping to raise money for the local Newquay Boardriders group

DON'T MISS 👇🏼👉🏼

✨ Our Miraculous Christmas Market & Christmas Produce Market bursting with local makes, seasonal gifts and fresh produce for your festive feasting

✨ An array of festive menus, seasonal street food, eats, treats & tipples at amazing local businesses Milk Cafe, forestreetcafebar, Feastie's Festive Pop Up, Baggiebettie and more all alongside our fav food and drink to go from Atlantic Brewery Elseafood.Cornwall Braslou Biere Spudmecornwall and Elly Owen Wine

✨ A full programme of amazing live music across the day featuring StevePanter Music Joseph Hurworth the C Bird Singers , Harry Bird, Daisy Dewey, Selene Brose on the car park stage along with pop ups from The Clams at 5.30pm on the Sainsburys Steps and Newquay Rowing Club Singers at 4pm at Milk Cafe

✨ Free meet Father Christmas and Christmas Crafts with Blystra Arts at Belushi's Newquay from 1-5pm

✨ Free drop in festive printmaking workshop with artist Maya Jonah Box & Barber from 3-6pm

✨ Free Christmas Storytime with Clemo Books at Fore Street Cafe at 5pm

✨ Free festive floral demo Coastal Flowers & Gifts at 5.30pm

✨ Free Kids Christmas Disco and glitter pop up The Fort Inn, Newquay from 6-7.30pm

✨ Fundraising Newquay Boardriders Raffle with amazing prizes, draw at 8pm followed by Boardriders choir at community singalong at 8.30pm

⭐⭐⭐It's going to be miraculous - see you there ⭐⭐⭐

Miracle on Fore Street is a collab between the local Fore Street Businesses led by Milk Cafe, Cornwall Shop Small & Newquay Farmers Market with huge support from Love Newquay and on the day help from the fab Newquay Lions Club

✨ Something MIRACULOUS is coming... ✨👉🏼Join us for the most wonderful festive celebration in our gorgeous town of Newqua...
16/12/2024

✨ Something MIRACULOUS is coming... ✨👉🏼

Join us for the most wonderful festive celebration in our gorgeous town of Newquay with community at heart.

Come down to Fore Street, Newquay this Sunday 22 December, from midday to 9pm, for a spectacular day filled with community spirit, festive cheer, local treasures for your last minute gifting, seasonal eats and treats, fresh produce for festive feasting, a bar of local tipples, a full programme of live music and loads of family friendly fun all while helping to raise some money for the local group. 

DON'T MISS 👇🏼👉🏼

✨ Our Miraculous Christmas Market & Christmas Produce Market bursting with local makes, seasonal gifts and fresh produce for your festive feasting - midday to 9pm Fore Street Car Park & Alma Place

✨ An array of festive menus, seasonal street food, eats, treats & tipples at amazing local businesses at Milk Cafe, Fore Street Cafe, Feastie's Festive Pop Up, Baggy Bettie and more all alongside our fav food and drink to go from Atlantic Brewery, Elsea Food, Braslou Biere, Spud Me and Elly Owen Wine

✨ A full programme of amazing live music across the day featuring Steve Panter, Joe Hurworth, the C Bird Singers, Harry Bird, Daisy Dewey and Selena Browse on the car park stage along with pop ups from The Clams at 5.30 on the Sainsburys Steps and  at 4pm at Milk Cafe

✨ Free meet Father Christmas and Christmas Crafts with  at Belsuhi's from 1-5pm

✨ Free drop in festive printmaking workshop with artist Maya Jonah at Box & Barber from 3-6pm 

✨ Free Christmas Storytime with  at Fore Street Cafe at 5pm

✨ Free festive floral demo  at 5.30pm

✨ Free Kids Christmas Disco and glitter pop up  from 6-7.30pm

✨ Fundraising Boardriders Raffle with amazing prizes, draw at 8pm followed by...

✨ Boardriders choir at community singalong at 8.30pm

⭐⭐⭐It's going to be miraculous - see you there ⭐⭐⭐

Miracle on Fore Street is a collab between the local Fore Street Businesses led by Milk Cafe, Cornwall Shop Small & Newquay Farmers Market with huge support from LOVE Newquay and raising funds for Newquay Boardriders

🎄 MERRY & BRIGHT 🎄... all the seasonal sparkle and festive colour heading to the Boscawen Street Christmas Market tomorr...
13/12/2024

🎄 MERRY & BRIGHT 🎄... all the seasonal sparkle and festive colour heading to the Boscawen Street Christmas Market tomorrow, Saturday the 14th of December ✨🌈✨🌈✨

Expect an array of locally created and curated seasonal gifts, contemporary craft, art & design, sustainable home & lifestyle wares, vintage finds, artisan food & drink and fresh local produce all alongside delicious street food, community connections and great live music ❤️🌲❤️

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The Boscawen Street Christmas Markets are a collaboration between Cornwall Shop Small, Truro Farmers Market and Truro BID





We MADE it ✨✨✨ After a wild weather pause I'm o so ready to be back with the shop small magic for the most wonderful tim...
09/12/2024

We MADE it ✨✨✨ After a wild weather pause I'm o so ready to be back with the shop small magic for the most wonderful time of the year (🥄 decoration from the amazing .shop who always bring the 🪄)

You'll catch the crew at the Boscawen Street Christmas Market this Wednesday from 9am - 9pm (for festoon lit late night shopping) and EVERY Saturday and Wednesday up to Christmas (yes that's right, each and EVERY one because I have decided that the weather from here on in is going to be festive beautiful).

At the Boscawen Street Christmas Market you can expect an array of locally created and curated seasonal gifts, contemporary craft, art & design, sustainable home & lifestyle wares, vintage finds, artisan food & drink and fresh local produce all alongside delicious street food, community connections and great live music.

O and we're just a weave away (mulled wine in hand) from the on Lemon Quay meaning there's even more shop small reasons to come and see us all.

We're stopping traffic (aka there's a road closure on Boscawen Street) for these Markets meaning you can mooch and be merry in the heart of our great little city.

The Boscawen Street Christmas Markets are a collaboration between and

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✨ 2 weeks until something miraculous ✨Join us for the most wonderful Festive Celebration and Christmas Street Market in ...
08/12/2024

✨ 2 weeks until something miraculous ✨

Join us for the most wonderful Festive Celebration and Christmas Street Market in our gorgeous town of Newquay with community at it's heart 💛

WHAT'S ON, Sunday 22nd of December from midday on and around Fore Street:

Last chance to shop small at the MIRACULOUS MARKET open from midday - 9pm! Featuring
✨ Local art, craft & seasonal gifts
✨ Fresh produce (fish, meat and veg) for your festive feasts
✨ An array of street food, eats & treats.

Lots of LOCAL BUSINESS SPECIALS and FREE FESTIVE ENTERTAINMENT!

Full programme of LIVE MUSIC from midday - 9pm featuring:
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C Bird Singers
Daisy Dewey
Harry Bird & Lowrie
Selena Browse
+ the Soulful House Choir!

​FREE (donations for Boardriders) Meet FATHER CHRISTMAS and get your CHRISTMAS CRAFT on with Blystra Arts, drop in at Belushi's courtyard between 1 - 5pm

FREE ​(donations for Boardriders) Festive PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP with Maya Jonah, drop in at Box & Barber between 3 - 6pm

Newquay Rowing Club Singers performance, Milk Cafe at 4pm

​Storytelling with Clemo Books, Fore Street Cafe at 5pm

FREE ​Festive FLORAL DEMO at Coastal Flowers at 5.30pm

FREE ​Kids CHRISTMAS DISCO at The Fort Inn from 6 - 7.30pm

AMAZING RAFFLE IN SUPPORT OF NEWQUAY BOARDRIDERS - prize details coming soon, buy your tickets from Milk Cafe or Surfing Life until 6pm on the day. Winners announced that evening at the event.

Huge thanks to the Newquay Lions for their support with marshalling the road closures.

And more ✨✨✨

A collaboration with the Fore Street Businesses, Cornwall Shop Small and Newquay Farmers Market with huge support from LOVE Newquay raising funds for the local Boardriders group.

TBH today has been a bit of a s**t show for so many small businesses out there (my face didn't get the memo). It's   and...
07/12/2024

TBH today has been a bit of a s**t show for so many small businesses out there (my face didn't get the memo). It's and one of the most important days of the year for our local high streets and indie traders. But Storm D has wreaked havoc. Rightly so many events have been cancelled and people have been advised to stay at home. Wherever you are please be safe and cosy! AND (s**t show aside) I wanted to hop on here with a little reminder that while you're nested up at home you can still support small, shop local and bring loads of JOY!

JOY to small biz owners who cherish your support.
JOY as you're putting money back into your local community.
JOY through the unique and beautiful things you can buy, keep or gift.

So instead of googling it up why not head to the Online Christmas Market OR Shop Small Directory links in bio to discover 100s of amazing local creators, curators, bakers, makers, artists, designers and more for all the JOY.

Plus it's only a few days until the storm will have passed and we'll be back celebrating the value of shopping small in person on our Christmas Market Tour ✨✨✨

P.S. I'm posting this while the elec has come back on, it might just be a brief reappearance as we've been dipping in and out all day so bear with me if it takes a while to reply to messages 🙏🏼💕

Beautiful artwork by Rebecca Strickson Illustration
via Holly Tucker

WE ARE THRILLED to announce the designers and makers that  and  will be taking to  for the .frontier showcase 👉🏼Our lead...
05/12/2024

WE ARE THRILLED to announce the designers and makers that and will be taking to for the .frontier showcase 👉🏼

Our lead exhibitors are:studio





And the exhibitors coming as part of Cornwall Shop Small curation are:









Congratulations to all those selected - we can't wait to see your work at the show!

For anyone wishing to visit us in London, Top Drawer will be open from Sunday 12th January to Tuesday 14th January 2025 and you'll find us at stand J59

Boscawen Street Christmas Market update... The forecast of very high winds this Saturday means that sadly this Saturday'...
05/12/2024

Boscawen Street Christmas Market update... The forecast of very high winds this Saturday means that sadly this Saturday's, 7th December, street market has been cancelled but will be back on Wednesday the 11th. However, the Truro Christmas Market village (wooden cabins on Lemon Quay) will be open along with the city’s shops and eateries, and two indoor markets will all be open as usual. Don't forget Father Christmas will also be at the Royal Cornwall Museum on Saturday and tickets are still available.

This Saturday is Small Business Saturday, so it will be free to park in all Cornwall Council car parks and to travel on the Truro Park and Ride this Saturday 7th, as well as the 14th and 23rd of December.

The Boscawen Street Christmas Markets are a collaboration between Cornwall Shop Small Truro Farmers Market and Truro BID .

For all information on Christmas events in Truro please go to visittruro.org.uk

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