Weekend Loves: Colourful crafts, sportswear styles, and wasabi mayonnaise
Some of what we're loving this Weekend.
Joanne Mooney has almost 45,000 followers on Instagram who love her colourful approach to life.
We love her approach to interiors, her recent ‘Make something out of nothing’ videos with her mum and her eye-catching punch needle artwork. Mooney brings her Punch Needle Extravaganza to Hen’s Teeth Gallery in Dublin next month with sponsorship by DFS.
The weekend of the 10th to the 12th of November will include an exhibition of Mooney’s punch needle art pieces as well as punch needle workshops to give others tips on how to master the craft.
The weekend also has a charitable element with opportunities to donate to Alone and 10% of all proceeds from the exhibition going to this brilliant charity for older people.
- To find out more or to book a workshop visit hensteethstore.com.
Rosie Connolly’s lifestyle brand 4TH ARQ recently landed at Life Style Sports and is now available in several of the Life Style stores around Ireland including those in Mary Street and Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin and The Capitol in Cork City.
Founded in 2020, the premium 4TH ARQ brand offers a fusion of performance and style with quality on-trend designs that are favoured by sport and fashion-lovers alike.
The current 16-piece collection, which is also available on the Life Style Sports website, includes easy-to-wear fleece zip tops (€40), jackets (€120) and joggers with matching sweatshirts (from €40).
Best known for his timely comic impressions of public figures from politicians to TV personalities, Mario Rosenstock is one of Ireland’s most well-loved comedians and entertainers.
Fans of Rosenstock’s acclaimed Gift Grub series are in for a treat at The Everyman Cork next Saturday night as he brings his uncanny impersonations and on-the-money satire to the stage with St. Finbarr’s GAA, alongside special guest comedians Tadhg Hickey and Cornelius Patrick O'Sullivan.
Expect a good dose of mockery, slagging and camaraderie as the three amigos take to the stage for a great night.
- November 4th, The Everyman Cork, 8pm. everymancork.com
Design & Crafts Council Ireland recently launched their annual Made Local campaign - designed to highlight many of the beautiful, well made and surprisingly affordable products designed and made by craftspeople across Ireland.
At the launch of the event, we spotted some beautiful pieces for the home including these fab mugs by Dundalk ceramicist Etaoin O’Reilly (€25).
Perfect for tea, coffee or a warming hot chocolate, these mugs will add a little bit of tactile luxury to your everyday life and also make lovely presents for the tea or coffee drinker in your life.
Other pieces for the home that caught our eye were beautiful table linens by Jennifer Slattery and Stable of Ireland, little trinket bowls with gold embellishment by Danu Ceramics and lovely wooden bowls by Clover Woodcraft.
- To discover more beautiful Irish design see madelocal.ie.
Looking for something to keep the kids occupied this midterm break? Emerald Park (formerly Tayto Park) are hosting two spooky events this Halloween that are bound to suit little and big kids of all ages.
The ‘Tricky Trail’ by Theatreworx Productions is designed for younger children with a treasure hunt through the Ghoulish Graveyard, Freaky Forest, Scarecrow’s Barn and the Hay Bale Maze.
Meanwhile, the park will open for no scare night-time adventures too giving visitors a chance to experience all the thrills of the biggest attractions at the park by moonlight - from the Cú Chulainn rollercoaster to the Power Surge.
- For more information on tickets and pricing see emeraldpark.ie.
If you love Japanese food you may know that what’s usually sold as ‘wasabi’ outside of Japan - the hot green paste served with sushi and sashimi - is often a fake wasabi made with horseradish and green food colouring.
Irish brand Too Savage has harnessed the power of real wasabi for its new Wasabi Mayo (€5.95) - using wasabi grown not in Kyoto but in Co. Kilkenny by Pat Fitzgerald of Beotanics specialists in rare and hard-to-grow ingredients.
Too Savage’s tasty condiment is vegan and gluten-free with no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives.
Great with sushi, seafood and sambos, it is the latest addition to the range which includes a Spicy, a Curry and a Smoked Garlic Mayo.
- Available in specialist stores nationwide including The Asia Market and Fallon & Byrne as well as at toosavage.ie.
