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The Guild Dumfries POP UP SHOP

We are really excited to announce that The Guild Dumfries C.I.C will be popping up in Dumfries Town Centre once again! We are delighted to have secured the use of an empty propery within a prime location in the heart of the town and are able to host a Festive Pop Up Shop for 4 weeks from the 28th November through to the 24th December. We know that the festive period this year is going to be even more important to makers & creatives and we want to encourage people to shop small and support local businesses that live and work in our region.​

 

We can't wait to throw open the doors of our pop up shop and showcase 70 talented makers, designers, producers from across the region & beyond. It will be a one stop shop for all things beautiful, unusual and handmade. A place where customers can purchase covetable products they might not find elsewhere in the town and they'll also be happy in the knowledge that they are buying directly from local makers. The Guild Dumfries C.I.C want to provide our community of makers, creatives and producers with a platform so they can flourish and grow. We want to showcase and champion our talented creative community and raise awareness of the importance of shopping small and local.

 

Our Pop Up Shop in August last year was an overwhelming success, over the two-week period we saw between 500-1000 visitors to our shop every day. With many of our makers having to restock time and again due to the huge demand for their desirable products. We were astounded to find that shop sales generated over £15,000.00 for our makers in only 14 days! We are delighted that we've been able to secure our pop-up shop premises in The Loreburne Centre again this year and we want to thank them for their support. This time round we will take over a bigger premises and open for a longer period so we can allow visitors a safe place to shop. But this also allow us to collaborate with even more businesses!

The Guild Pop Up is no ordinary shop though, as a social enterprise we want to run a business, make a profit, but any surplus income we generate from this project, after covering running costs and overheads, is reinvested in the business and goes towards its social aims. We use that money to create a positive social impact and it will help us to develop the types of facilities, projects, events, activities and opportunities our community and town needs.

 

Please do pop in and visit! It's going to be the perfect place to get all your christmas gifts under one roof, you'll be supporting independent businesses and our social enterpise while you're at it too. Why not take a pledge this Christmas and shop small and make a big difference we can't wait to welcome you. 

Our Collective of 70 Makers, Creatives, Food & Drinks Producers

from the Region & Beyond

We  can't wait to work with our community of makers during this exciting project to nurture new connections and grow the partnerships we had already made at our previous events, projects and market festivals.

Ann Smith Arts

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Astrid Weigel

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Caerlaverock Candles

WEEK 1 + 2

Carrot Top Design

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Copeland Walker Art

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Dark Sky Spirits

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Somberknots

WEEK 1 + 2

Deborah Campbell

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Dorothy Stewart Handwovens

WEEK 1 ,2,3 + 4

Earth Threads

WEEK 2 + 3

Elfy

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Ellid Ceramics

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Ellie Lauder

WEEK 4

Endure Leather

WEEK 3 + 4

Farm Boy Brews

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Freedom Chocolate

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Galloway Arts

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Galloway Belters

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Girl of the Sixties

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Glenstocken Herb & Plant Co.

WEEK 1,2 + 3

Hannah Pascoe Illustrations

WEEK 1 + 2

HappySnail at Studio 17

WEEK 4

Historic Gifts

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Holywood Aromas

WEEK 3 + 4

Horncraft Scotland

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

House of Rothach

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Idiom

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

ille ILLUSTRE

WEEK 4

In House Chocolates

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

in the loop macrame

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Jane Fraser Studio

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Janet Carson Art

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Juli Partlett Ceramic Design

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Kate And The Ink

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

KB & Co. Designs

WEEK 1 + 2

Kindness & Co CIC

Laconic

WEEK 2 + 3

Leah Halliday​

WEEK 2 + 3

Lever Photography

WEEK 3 + 4

Little Dot Creations

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Liz Jones Studio

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Lorraine Gibb Jewellery

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Mauralen

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Morrison’s Crafts and Gifts

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Mountain Daisy flower farm

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Mucky Ducky

WEEK 1 + 2

Natalie Farrell Handmade

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

NorthStone Art & Jewellery

WEEK 1,2,3+4

Och Vegan

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Old Toll House Crafts

WEEK 1 + 2

Pip and Ell

WEEK 3 + 4

Professor Pods

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

RedApple Handmade

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Rhubarb 'n' Custard

WEEK 1 + 2

Roncadora Press

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Rosie's shed

WEEK 4

Ruin & Redemption

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

 

Solway Silver

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Studio Ides

WEEK 3 + 4

 

The Adorned Page

WEEK 2 + 3 

 

 

The Galloway Fudge Company

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

The Grey Earl

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

The Kitchen Witch

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

The Little Willow Kitchen

WEEK 3 + 4

The North Kind

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

The Wee Shade Shop

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Wee fairy folk

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

WeeMake

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Wildflower Designs

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Woman of the Woods

WEEK 1,2,3 + 4

Mala Interiors

WEEK 2 + 3 

Station House Cookery School

WEEK 2,3 +4

Beer Without Borders

WEEK 2,3 + 4

We are delighted to secure a festive pop-up shop premises in The Loreburne Centre and we want to thank them for their support. The Guild will take over one of the empty properies in the shopping centre, the former Monsoon premises. We have worked hard behind the scenes to transform into our pop up into an inviting space to welcome potential cuustomers. The property occupies a prime location within the town centre and is the perfect location with lots of potential customers passing the large shopfronts. 

FESTIVE POP UP SHOP LOCATION:

Unit 35 |  Loreburne Shopping Centre

High Street | Dumfries and Galloway | DG1 2BD

 

 

OPENING HOURS:

Monday to Saturday  |  9am to 5pm

Sunday | December | 11am to 5pm

 

If you're a maker, designer. artist, producer or indie business owner and are keen to find new ways to get your products in front of new customers in a prime location then why not sign up t.o our mailing list. We are keen to collaborate with makers from across the region and beyond. We hope that we can work together to offer makers support and opportunities to grow their business and build their audience.

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