Our Members
Our Members are what makes The Bee's Knees CIC special, and we're really proud of all of them. You can meet them all below, some you may already know
and some may be new to you.
If you're interested in joining our membership then head over to our membership pages.
Sarah Prudames
Mimic Gifts & Borrow My Office
What Sarah Says...
I'd like to just source pretty bath bombs and create pretty giftsets but it turns out running a business is a whole heap of paperwork, accounts, website admin, social media, serving on the shop floor, mopping up spills and forward planning! It's been a steep learning curve since leaving my IT career 12 years ago but turns out, I love to be busy!
I'm married with 2 pre-teen children, I like hiking and travelling and one day I'd like to have the time to get back into horse-riding!
Mimic Gifts
Market House
25 Market House
Leighton Buzzard
LU7 1EU
Borrow My Office
Market House
25 Market House
Leighton Buzzard
LU7 1EU
Alessia Tumbiolo
Ali's paper
What Ali Says...
I'm a bookbinder and I'm Italian. I moved to the UK 8 years ago and when we've settled in Leighton Buzzard, I've decided to come back to my passion, bookbinding. I felt in love with bookbinding at young age with my father's stories about his childhood binding books with his Grandpa in the family's loft in Sicily. I've then studied bookbinding in Italy that became part of me.
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Now I continue to study this craft experimenting and follow workshops and courses hosted by talented bookbinder all around UK.
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With this craftsmanship I've found my own way to transform raw materials to make bespoke keepsakes and unique daily use products to make everyone enjoy the beauty to have in their hands a beautiful tailored piece.
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I love The Bee's Knees because I grow, I share, I learn and I found a family to be there for and they are there when I need them.
Ali's Paper
Andrena Carden-Higgins
Bee Local Magazine, Leighton Buzz Radio and Buzzstock Music Festival
Bee Local Magazine
Buzzstock Music Festival