Tuesday 27 January 2015

Elefair Shop Revamp!

27th January 2015

There have many exciting changes to the Elefair shop recently and as we continue to develop the shop we gain more inspiration for future plans and projects! 

When we were first given our shop, there was alot of work to be done and we have come a very long way in a matter of months. 

When we first moved into our shop there were metal panels on the walls that needed to be removed
Our kitchen and bathroom area was looking a bit worse for wear and was due a good clean 
Once the metal panels were taken off the walls, we prepared our walls to be painted 
Our brilliant handymen laid our beautiful wooden floor

Last week we closed our shop on Thursday and we had our sponsors from Sharpline paint the shop walls. 




We are delighted with the outcome of this transformation and we are one step closer to opening our entire shop and getting it looking lovely for our customers. We will be working on further renovations for our shop now, including shelving systems and display areas for our products, along with bringing many new products in! 

This week we have had an honorary Elefairy, Mama Elefair, working in our shop and we had a very successful day yesterday. She has helped with many different things, including polishing up our beautiful silver jewellery which she loves and finds very therapeutic. 

Mama Elefair making our silver rings lovely and shiny

In addition to everything we have been up to recently, we are also planning our next window display, which should be a very exciting one! So keep your eyes peeled!

Thursday 8 January 2015

Happy New Year!

8th January 2015

Happy New Year everybody! Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year, we have been very busy throughout the festive season so here is a little update on what we have been up to!

Since opening our new shop in December, we have received excellent feedback on our products and shop and it is lovely to meet many new people that are interested in Elefair. 

Our shop is progressing and we've added many more products and features to our shop since first opening a month ago.
Beautiful handmade beaded earrings that we added to our range recently
Our packaging corner, which we set up this week! 
Elefair's Ethical £1 Bazaar
As well as developing our product range, we have started to feature other designers work within the shop, including products from a fantastic company called 'Cherry Pips', which specialises in unique handmade brooches and gift cards, which people seem to love!
A selection of 'Cherry Pips' brooches that are on sale in our shop
In order to keep our shop up to date, we recently changed our window display from our Christmas themed display, to a new royal themed New Year display. 
Our new royal themed window display, which was set up on Tuesday
We are very happy with the outcome of our new display and it has certainly caught a lot of people's attention, with many people complimenting us already!

This week we have had our sponsors, 'Space Outdoors' come to our shop to discuss signage for the front of the shop and we are excited that we will have a sign at the front of our shop very soon!

The final signage for our shop, designed by our placement student, Lydia Denton