Arran Street East are productive, current and right-now. In a world where image is everything, they have created an image for themselves and a product that backs it up. I am entirely smitten and caught up in their magic.
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"Don't be a busy fool" she told me wisely. As an award winning fashion stylist, author, journalist and TED talker, Annmarie O'Connor speaks from the heart.
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For someone so young, Hazel is accomplished and poised. She knows her business and today that puts her on the other side of the camera lens from where she is accustomed to be.
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Her ceramics studio sits at the top of the hill overlooking English Harbour. A gentle breeze cools as it blows through the open doors. I am surrounded by the blues of the ocean and the blues of the pottery
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Every now and then you meet someone and you stand in awe of their energy and charisma that is just BIGGER. Meet Mary Wilkinson. She is one busy lady, with a natural beauty product line of her own, owning a spa, living between 2 continents and bringing up a young lady too. What can I say, but wow!
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My biggest artistic love affair was probably with mermaids. Whenever I was asked what I was going to be when I grew up I would respond with, ‘Mermaid drawer, obviously.’
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Carib Bean Coffee Company has been one of my favourite brands in Antigua since the moment I first discovered the island. Not just because they roast really delicious coffee, but also because of their creative marketing and enthusiastic growth of the business.
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She admitted that the colours of the ocean run through her life from the clothes and accessories she chooses to the clean and simple décor in her homes in Antigua and Palma. I noticed that it sparkles even in her eyes!
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She is at once outrageously inspiring, compassionate, engaging and utterly chic….her genius sparkles through her paintings that glint with gold leaf. …
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Caroline Fabre has written 8 books, from novels to children's books and recipe collections. Her latest The Magnificent Mango is a Caribbean culinary offering that satisfies the most discerning of palates.
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I'm so excited to meet you", I said, possibly unnecessarily, but most evidently. Naydene is light, bright and gorgeous, like her paintings that explode out from your walls with a vivacity that asks you to stop and look closer at the layers of collage and colour that are her signature style.
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I wanted to be an artist since I was 5 years old and I used to draw anyone who would sit still long enough. Meet Jan Farara, working artist in Antigua in the Caribbean and her wonderful collection of pieces featured by interior designers in exclusive resorts like Jumby Bay.
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I ask her when she took over the business, how long did it take before it could sustain her financially? "I carried on with my day job in the beginning" she says, "It was a couple of years before I thought it could go somewhere, before I saw the future potential, saw it morphing into my own thing." Now she employs between two and three people according to business needs all year round.
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"I'm an island girl", she tells me. I can feel the vibe, from her beach chic home eclectically filled with strategically placed art collected over the years, patterned co-ordinated fabrics in the many seating areas and coloured tiles. What strikes me immediately is her beauty, then I find her warmth and sunshine. Like a cat that curls up elegantly on the sofa, so does Charmaine, a feline coil of grace and elegance, of polish and poise, I am won over within minutes!Charmain
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Annalea Mills, boho chic handmade leather designs in Antigua, available for shipping worldwide. This is a hippy chick, designer, Mom, sailor and wickedly talented lady. Have fun reading her story.
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