Blaen Y Cwm

10/02/2025

Just down the road from the cottage, why not book a pottery session while you’re here???

10/02/2025

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A few dates for your diaries 🗓️ here ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Our next event is this coming Saturday, 15th February! With Cover Revolution

25/01/2025

Santes Dwynwen Hapus! X 💝

23/12/2024

Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Iach I Bawb! X
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Healthy New Year! X

Diolch am eich cefnogaeth, ymlaen i ‘25!
Thank you for all your support, onwards to ‘25!
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21/12/2024

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A Happy Winter Solstice to one and all.

From today we gain 2 minutes of extra light a day and by the middle of February that becomes 3 minutes and very soon nature starts to wake up for Spring.
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07/12/2024

Ydych chi’n hoffi ein torchau ni?? Mynd I aros nes I Darragh fynd adre cyn eu rhoi ar y drysau!! X

My daughter and I went to a wreath making session with .serendipity in the recently….. I won’t be putting it up, until Darragh decides to leave us!! X

02/12/2024

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19/11/2024

Blaen y Cwm dan eira! X ❄️❄️

Guests will be waking up this surprise!!!! ❄️❄️

17/11/2024

🎁Gift Vouchers availble🎁
Discover the art of pottery in a serene and inspiring environment, where you can immerse yourself in a range of techniques from handbuilding to wheel throwing. The studio offers the perfect backdrop to hone your skills and unleash your creativity in a relaxed and calm environment. Based in Carno.

12/11/2024

31/10/2024

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Nos Galan Gaeaf – Halloween.

This is a time when Christian and pagan traditions have become intertwined. The festival of Halloween derives from All Hallows or All Saints Day, which was a major Catholic festival. In rural Welsh communities, this time of year was celebrated as the end of the gathering of the harvest and the beginning of winter. The 1st November became known as Calan Gaeaf and the night before, Nos Galan Gaeaf or Ysbrydnos (Spirit Night) and over the years, many traditions became associated with this time;

* The Harvest Mare - Cornstalks were fashioned into the shape of a horse and hung above the hearth. However the women would try and prevent this happening, by soaking it with water and it was the men's job to try and get it inside, still dry.

* Coelcerth - A fire was built, with everyone placing a stone with their name on it, around the fire. If anyone's stone was missing the following morning, they would die the following year.

* Yr Hwch Ddu Gwta - This was reportedly, a black sow without a tail, accompanied by a headless woman that would roam the countryside.

* Touching ground ivy was thought to make you have nightmares about hags and witches.

* In order to see into the future, boys would place leaves of ivy under their pillows and girls would grow a rose around a large hoop, which they would jump through three times before cutting the rose and placing it under their pillow.

* In Pembrokeshire, if people looked into a mirror on Halloween, they would see witches and demons in their sleep.

Artwork - http://www.celticmystery.co.uk/samhain-goddess?fbclid=IwAR1HN2Lapsic1lfLC7MQuc0I_XGxegNjRCx3KR3bUt5nZl0P5Sftp2rT93Y

10/10/2024

O’n tŷ ni, tuag at Blaen y Cwm 🩷 💚
From our house looking up to Blaen y Cwm

28/09/2024

27/09/2024

Mae’n mynd I fod yn noson ddisglair heno!! 🌟
Twinkle, twinkle little star … guests are going to have a private showing from the hot tub tonight! 😍🌟🥂

21/09/2024

Be am fynychu gweithdŷ efo Elin tra bo chi’n aros gyda ni?! 🧑‍🎨 🎨 🖌️
Why not book a workshop with Elin while staying at Blaen y Cwm?!

Mae'r gweithdy nol ar agor!
Falch iawn o grosawu pobl yn ol yma i Fachynlleth am weithdai argraffu.
Cysylltwch os oes genych ddiddordeb mewn trefnu gweithdy neu am fwy o wybodaeth.
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The workshops is back open!
I am so glad to be welcoming people back here in Machynlleth for printing workshops.
Please contact if you're interested in booking a workshop or for more details.