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Rua reborn!!

Posted by James McHardy

Introducing Rua Morningside
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Introducing Rua Morningside
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Our favourite Edinburgh markets

Posted by James McHardy

Like a lot of people we're big fans of markets! Edinburgh's rich & varied history means you are likely to find a massive range of unique and quirky products and and gorgeous artisan and homemade foods. Here is a list of our favs:

Stockbridge Market

Started in 2011 and situated in the Jubilee Gardens on the banks of the Water of Leith Stockbridge Market (pictured) was one of the first of the modern weekend markets. As well as a collection of local crafters you will find a massive range of stunning food from fresh fish to melting marshmallows and even a few gourmet dog treats and if you fancy a cuppa you are well served by Steampunk Coffee if you haven't popped into their cafe in North Berwick you're missing out! Do allow plenty of time though as the queue for food can often reflect just how amazing the food is.

http://www.stockbridgemarket.com/stockbridge.html Sundays from 10am to 5pm all year.

Grassmarket Market

Sister market of Stockbridge. Normally doesn't have quite the range of stalls as Stockbridge but has equally high quality from around 20 traders and with it being on Saturday doesn't mean you have to try run from one to the other on the same day! 

http://www.stockbridgemarket.com/grassmarket.html Saturday from 10am to 5pm all year.

There's a new sister joining the ranks on April 15th in Fountainbridge we'll be popping down to check that out too.

Out Of The Blue Flea Market

When we first moved to Edinburgh we lived in a lovely little apartment on Dalmeny St and Out Of The Blue was just across the road if we hadn't we probably wouldn't have found out about this little gem as its not somewhere you hear of as often. OOTB is based in an old B-listed Drill Hall originally built for the Royal Scots Regiment which they have transformed into a center for local and artistic communities and once a month a pretty large flea market. 45+ stalls selling all manner of furniture, jewellery, clothing, books etc as well as a little the Drill Hall Arts Cafe that has lots of little treats to have with your tea.

http://edinburghfleamarket.blogspot.co.uk/ 10am - 3pm once a month (check site for dates).

Royal Mile Market

We pop into here pretty much every time we are in town. Based in 17th Century Tron Kirk Church its a chance to pop into somewhere that hasn't been open since the 50s! Its such a gorgeous building and its great to see it being used again and even better thats its being as an all week market! Its full of small local designers and you won't see this stuff many other places so you really get the chance to pick up something different.

https://www.facebook.com/royalmilemarket/ 10am - 6pm daily.

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Like a lot of people we're big fans of markets! Edinburgh's rich & varied history means you are likely to find a massive range of unique and quirky products and and gorgeous artisan and homemade foods. Here is a list of our favs:

Stockbridge Market

Started in 2011 and situated in the Jubilee Gardens on the banks of the Water of Leith Stockbridge Market (pictured) was one of the first of the modern weekend markets. As well as a collection of local crafters you will find a massive range of stunning food from fresh fish to melting marshmallows and even a few gourmet dog treats and if you fancy a cuppa you are well served by Steampunk Coffee if you haven't popped into their cafe in North Berwick you're missing out! Do allow plenty of time though as the queue for food can often reflect just how amazing the food is.

http://www.stockbridgemarket.com/stockbridge.html Sundays from 10am to 5pm all year.

Grassmarket Market

Sister market of Stockbridge. Normally doesn't have quite the range of stalls as Stockbridge but has equally high quality from around 20 traders and with it being on Saturday doesn't mean you have to try run from one to the other on the same day! 

http://www.stockbridgemarket.com/grassmarket.html Saturday from 10am to 5pm all year.

There's a new sister joining the ranks on April 15th in Fountainbridge we'll be popping down to check that out too.

Out Of The Blue Flea Market

When we first moved to Edinburgh we lived in a lovely little apartment on Dalmeny St and Out Of The Blue was just across the road if we hadn't we probably wouldn't have found out about this little gem as its not somewhere you hear of as often. OOTB is based in an old B-listed Drill Hall originally built for the Royal Scots Regiment which they have transformed into a center for local and artistic communities and once a month a pretty large flea market. 45+ stalls selling all manner of furniture, jewellery, clothing, books etc as well as a little the Drill Hall Arts Cafe that has lots of little treats to have with your tea.

http://edinburghfleamarket.blogspot.co.uk/ 10am - 3pm once a month (check site for dates).

Royal Mile Market

We pop into here pretty much every time we are in town. Based in 17th Century Tron Kirk Church its a chance to pop into somewhere that hasn't been open since the 50s! Its such a gorgeous building and its great to see it being used again and even better thats its being as an all week market! Its full of small local designers and you won't see this stuff many other places so you really get the chance to pick up something different.

https://www.facebook.com/royalmilemarket/ 10am - 6pm daily.

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Where Red Fox Design came from

Posted by James McHardy

Hello and welcome to Red Fox Design!

For our first blog post I thought I would tell you a little bit more about us and how we got to here. In 2012 we had moved back to Ireland from UK and were working regular retail jobs and were looking for something a bit more! One night we decided to just give it a go and open a shop!

We wanted a name that was Irish but also one that people who didn't speak Irish (always handy to have a name people can actually pronounce!) so we decided on Rua. In Irish Rua means red and went with a fox for the logo which is Madra Rua in Irish (it literally means red dog). When it came to naming the new company we wanted something that would tie in with that but also had more about what we actually do and so Red Fox Design was born!

 

 

It was a little bit crazy but we were in a position to do it and thought we would take a shot! We opened the shop 16th February 2013 it took a bit longer than we thought and ended up with a lot of heart shaped chocolate!

If you're thinking about opening a shop the first 6 months are really tough! For a whole we were thinking oh no what have we done! Luckily after those first tricky few months we turned a corner and it became a lot more fun.

After a year or so we had given up trying to find the right sort of cards and so went about designing our own. The plan was just to sell them from the shop but people liked them so much we started to get approached by other shops to stock them as well. We had lived in Edinburgh for a year before we opened the shop and it was always somewhere we wanted to go back to and when our lease was up on the shop we decided the time was right to go back and decided to give something new a try so we decided to move on from just doing cards to designing all the products you see on the site now.

 When we first started looking for somewhere to base the company we naturally started by looking in Edinburgh but it would have ended up being a bit of a commute and there was really no need for us to be the city so we started to look further a field and eventually stumbled upon some office that were an old school house.

We also have a nice walk home in the evenings.

Red Fox is a small husband and wife team comprised of my wife Cara and me (hi there) ably supported by two cats.

 

And that is the story of Red Fox Design! Thanks for stopping by and if you have any questions feel free to ask away!

 

Thanks for reading

James & Cara (& peanut & sox cat)

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Hello and welcome to Red Fox Design!

For our first blog post I thought I would tell you a little bit more about us and how we got to here. In 2012 we had moved back to Ireland from UK and were working regular retail jobs and were looking for something a bit more! One night we decided to just give it a go and open a shop!

We wanted a name that was Irish but also one that people who didn't speak Irish (always handy to have a name people can actually pronounce!) so we decided on Rua. In Irish Rua means red and went with a fox for the logo which is Madra Rua in Irish (it literally means red dog). When it came to naming the new company we wanted something that would tie in with that but also had more about what we actually do and so Red Fox Design was born!

 

 

It was a little bit crazy but we were in a position to do it and thought we would take a shot! We opened the shop 16th February 2013 it took a bit longer than we thought and ended up with a lot of heart shaped chocolate!

If you're thinking about opening a shop the first 6 months are really tough! For a whole we were thinking oh no what have we done! Luckily after those first tricky few months we turned a corner and it became a lot more fun.

After a year or so we had given up trying to find the right sort of cards and so went about designing our own. The plan was just to sell them from the shop but people liked them so much we started to get approached by other shops to stock them as well. We had lived in Edinburgh for a year before we opened the shop and it was always somewhere we wanted to go back to and when our lease was up on the shop we decided the time was right to go back and decided to give something new a try so we decided to move on from just doing cards to designing all the products you see on the site now.

 When we first started looking for somewhere to base the company we naturally started by looking in Edinburgh but it would have ended up being a bit of a commute and there was really no need for us to be the city so we started to look further a field and eventually stumbled upon some office that were an old school house.

We also have a nice walk home in the evenings.

Red Fox is a small husband and wife team comprised of my wife Cara and me (hi there) ably supported by two cats.

 

And that is the story of Red Fox Design! Thanks for stopping by and if you have any questions feel free to ask away!

 

Thanks for reading

James & Cara (& peanut & sox cat)

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