Make sure your vote sticks, Muddy Stilettos poll closes this Sunday
Time to stick your stiletto where it counts – a raft of indie greetings retailers have made it through to the Muddy Stilettos finals and need your votes by Sunday to get them over the line.
Spread across 28 areas, in three of the 27 categories – Best Art Gallery, Best Bookshop, and Best Lifestyle Store – the retailers all sell cards alongside their main offer, and are proud to be in the running as Muddy Stilettos celebrates a decade of helping promote the most exciting indie business and High Streets.
All nominations are made by members of the public, championing originality, creativity and quality, and the awards have become among the most coveted for small independent lifestyle businesses across the country.
“Whoop! Whoop! We’re super proud to be Muddy finalists,” Aga Marsden cheered from Highworth Emporium near Swindon. “We’re absolutely delighted to be a finalist in the Best Lifestyle Store category in Wiltshire – even more so that this nomination was achieved thanks to our wonderful customers!”
And in the Herts & Beds area, No.14 Ampthill is also a Best Lifestyle Store contender, with owner Jo Barber “so pleased” at the nomination, and she added: “How amazing is that! I was having a rubbish day when the email dropped, and it completely lifted my spirits.”
Voting for the awards closes on 4 June 2023 at 11.59pm – the list of finalists across the three categories which include card sales is below. To make sure your favourite gets your vote click here and pick your county, enter your email address and choose the category, then pick your top finalist and enter. You’ll then receive an email to verify your choice, click through to confirm to make your vote count.
MUDDY STILETTOS AWARDS FINALISTS 2023
BERKSHIRE
ART SPACE
The Base, Greenham
R Young Art Gallery, Wokingham
Clarendon Fine Art, Windsor
Alan Kluckow Fine Art, Sunningdale
Castle Fine Art, Reading
BOOKSHOP
Newbury Bookshelf, Newbury
The Little Bookshop, Cookham
Hungerford Bookshop, Hungerford
Crunch Comics, Reading
Quench, Wokingham
LIFESTYLE STORE
Marmalade, Hungerford
The Live Well, Caversham
Kiki & Bow, Pangbourne
NOOD Stores, Caversham
The Corner Shop, Woolhampton
BUCKS & OXON
ART GALLERY
Carina Haslam Gallery, Gt Missenden
Meakin + Parsons, Oxford
MK Gallery, Milton Keynes
West Ox Art Gallery, Bampton
Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
BOOK STORE
Mostly Books, Abingdon
Chapter 2, Chesham
The Wallingford Bookshop, Wallingford
The Book House, Thame
Jonkers Rare Books, Henley
LIFESTYLE STORE
Su Chases, Amersham
Last, Haddenham
Bull + Tash, Chesham
Edie + Po, Thame
Gilt & Grain, Abingdon
CORNWALL
ART GALLERY
Penlee House Gallery And Museum, Penzance
Byre Gallery, Millbrook
Kim Potter Art, Hayle
Jackson Foundation Gallery, St Just
Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance
BOOKSHOP
The Edge Of The World Bookshop, Penzance
Hurley Books, Mevagissey
Shrew Books, Fowey
The Old Bookshop, Looe
Stir, Wadebridge
LIFESTYLE STORE
Teylu Trading, Newquay
Coast, Mousehole
Just Lily, Porthleven
The Byre, Launceston
DEVON
ART GALLERY
KARST, Plymouth
Burton At Bideford, Bideford
Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
Magenta Fine Art, Ilfracombe
The Mad Cow Gallery, Plympton
BOOKSHOP
The Bookery, Crediton
East Gate Bookshop, Totnes
Owl & Pyramid Bookshop, Seaton
Arcturus Books, Totnes
Dogberry & Finch, Okehampton
LIFESTYLE STORE
Bøde Living, Sidmouth
Me & East, Totnes
Brogan Buzec, Seaton
Leela, Tiverton
Storeys & Tails, Bideford
DORSET, SOMERSET & BRISTOL
ART GALLERY
Heritage Courtyard Gallery & Studios, Wells
The Whittox Gallery, Frome
Sladers Yard, West Bay
Studio 74, Bristol
The Holburne Museum, Bath
BOOKSHOP
Bailey Hill Bookshop, Castle Cary
Gullivers Bookshop, Wimborne
Winston’s Hunting Raven Books, Frome
Little Toller Books, Beaminster
Lyme Regis Bookshop, Lyme Regis
LIFESTYLE STORE
Prior Shop, Bristol
Andrassy Living, Ilminster
Cherryade Life Store, Poundbury
Solsken, Frome
Make By Mary Temperley, Hambridge
ESSEX
ART GALLERY
Art Exchange, Colchester
Chelmer Fine Art, Chelmsford
Firstsite, Colchester
Nicky Gayle, Chelmsford
Whimbrelart, Tollesbury
BOOKSHOP
Caxton Books, Frinton On Sea
Chicken And Frog, Brentwood
Hart’s Books, Saffron Walden
Maldon Books, Maldon
Red Lion Books, Colchester
LIFESTYLE STORE
Beatrice & Lilly, Rochford
Blume, Rayleigh
Little Boat Gifts, Brightlingsea
Suzi M, Chelmsford
Vintage Style Living, Thaxted
GLOUCESTERSHIRE & WORCESTERSHIRE
ART GALLERY
Cotswold Sculpture Park, Somerford Keynes
Three Storeys, Nailsworth
Nature In Art, Gloucester
Cotswold Contemporary, Cirencester
New Brewery Arts, Cirencester
BOOKSHOP
Fireside Bookshop, Stroud
Octavia’s Bookshop, Cirencester
Borzoi Bookshop, Stow-On-The-Wold
Rossiter Books, Cheltenham
The Cleeve Bookshop, Bishop’s Cleeve
LIFESTYLE STORE
The Curated Store, Stow-On-The-Wold
The Cotswold Snug, Moreton-In-Marsh
Betsy Benn, Cheltenham
The Malthouse Collective, Stroud
Emporium Gifts, Cheltenham
HAMPSHIRE & ISLE OF WIGHT
ART GALLERY
Chalk’s Gallery, Lymington
Seaview Art Gallery, Seaview
Forest & Cove, Romsey
Cowes Gallery, Cowes
Palais Des Vaches, Exbury
BOOKSHOP
The Imaginarium, Lymington
Medina Books, Cowes
One Tree Books, Petersfield
Goldfinch Books, Alton
October Books, Southampton
LIFESTYLE STORE
The Hambledon, Winchester
Niche, Denmead
H&B Style, Winchester
Overton Gallery, Overton
No.64 Biscuit House, Milford-On-Sea
HERTFORDSHIRE & BEDFORDSHIRE
ART GALLERY
Eagle Gallery, Bedford
Courtyard Arts, Hertford
The Wynd Gallery, Letchworth Garden City
Gallery 1066, Baldock
Broadway Gallery, Letchworth Garden City
BOOKSHOP
Next Page Books, Hitchin
Chapter 25, Barton-Le-Clay
The Book Nook, Ware
BOOK, Leighton Buzzard
Our Bookshop, Tring
LIFESTYLE STORE
No.14, Ampthill
Maggie J & Co, Tring
Blush Gifts And Home, Stevenage
Wild Ivy, Hitchin
Proven-Salle, Bedford
KENT
ART GALLERY
Fourth Wall, Folkestone
Under The Rainbow Events, Bluewater, Dartford
Lilford Gallery, Canterbury
Artique Gallery, Tunbridge Wells
Don’t Walk Walk, Deal
BOOKSHOP
The Folkestone Bookshop, Folkestone
The Classroom Children’s Bookshop, Westgate-On-Sea
Sevenoaks Bookshop, Sevenoaks
Catching Lives, Canterbury
Tales On Market St, Faversham
BEST LIFESTYLE STORE
Platform, Canterbury
Made In Ashford, Ashford
Luxe Vida, Tunbridge Wells
Rock Paper Scissors, Canterbury
Gift Edition, Sevenoaks
LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLAND
ART GALLERY
Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester
Wistow Gallery, Wistow
Atkins Building, Hinckley
Adore Fine Art, Leicester
Wingates Gallery, Market Harborough
BOOKSHOP
Kibworth Books, Kibworth
Quinns Bookshop, Market Harborough
Fox Books, Leicester
The Rutland Bookshop, Rutland
Old Curiosity Book Shop, Hathern
LIFESTYLE STORE
Freckles Gifts, Barrow Upon Soar
Charlie & Alf’s, Oadby
The Home Of Handmade, Woodhouse Eaves
Ssnug Living, Market Harborough
Harriman And Co, Leicester
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE & DERBYSHIRE
ART GALLERY
Level Centre, Rowsley
Jarva Gallery, Whaley Bridge
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
The Harley Gallery, Welbeck Estate
Derby Museum & Art Gallery, Derby
BOOKSHOP
High Peak Bookstore & Café, Buxton
Dormouse Books, Belper
The Book Case, Lowdham
Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham
Scarthin Books, Cromford
LIFESTYLE STORE
The Bottle Kiln, West Hallam
Handmade Design, Ashbourne
Alphabet Gift Shop, Mickleover
Handmade Nottingham, Nottingham
Design 44, Derby
NORFOLK
ART GALLERY
Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich
Cromer Artspace, Cromer
Gallery Plus, Wells-Next-The-Sea
Maná Art, Aylsham
The Giggly Goat, Norwich
BOOKSHOP
Bookbugs & Dragon Tales, Norwich
By The Book, Hunstanton
Not Just Books, Thetford
The Book Hive, Norwich
The Holt Bookshop, Holt
LIFESTYLE STORE
Doodlebug Designs, Norwich
Hilary & Alice, Diss
Norfolking Around, Holt
The Scented Barn, Holt
The Watering Can, Sprowston
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
ART GALLERY
Northampton Museum & Art Gallery, Northampton
The Heseltine Gallery, Middleton Cheney
Rooftop Arts Centre, Corby
Yardley Arts, Yardley Hastings
78 Derngate, Northampton
BOOKSHOP
Heyford Books, Northampton
Magazine Heaven, Rushden Lakes
The Old Hall Bookshop, Brackley
The Oundle Bookshop, Oundle
The Reading Tree, Weedon
LIFESTYLE STORE
Abraxas, Northampton
The Simple Interior Company, Daventry
Lime Blue, Castle Ashby
Sheaf Street Health Store, Daventry
The Rounded House, Oundle
SUFFOLK & CAMBRIDGESHIRE
ART GALLERY
Artique Galleries, Cambridge
The Artists’ Marquee, Burwash Manor, Barton
Gallerie V, Cambridge
VK Gallery, St Ives
Jessica Muir Gallery, Long Melford
BOOKSHOP
Dial Lane Books, Ipswich
Topping & Company Booksellers Of Ely, Ely
Harris & Harris Books, Clare
Stillwater Books, Felixstowe
Story Time With Molly, St Neots
LIFESTYLE STORE
Adorn, Ramsey
Posy, Lavenham
Buy The Light, Bury St Edmunds
Little White Box, Lavenham
Frankie’s Of Hadleigh, Hadleigh
SURREY
ART GALLERY
Wyecliffe Galleries, Weybridge
Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village, Compton
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
The Art Buyer, Thames Ditton
New House Art Space, Guildford
BOOKSHOP
Sam Beare Bookshop, Weybridge
Denny’s Books, Thames Ditton
The Haslemere Bookshop, Haslemere
Lionsheart Bookshop, Woking
Word On The Street, Ashtead
LIFESTYLE STORE
Bumbles, Ashtead
La Maison Boutique, Oxted
The Reigate Pop Up, Reigate
The Lost Sheep, Caterham
Split Figs, Shere
SUSSEX
ART GALLERY
Two Face Twins, Worthing
Pier Road Coffee & Art, Littlehampton
Greenfinch, Ticehurst
Katherine Richards Art Gallery, Hove
Newlands House Gallery, Petworth
BOOKSHOP
Heygates Bookshop, Bognor Regis
Rother Books, Battle
The Book Ferret, Arundel
Steyning Bookshop, Steyning
Bags Of Books, Lewes
LIFESTYLE STORE
Scent Lounge, Arundel
Blossom & Roar, Cuckfield
13 Prints, Haywards Heath
Simply Rye, Rye
Augustus Brandt, Petworth
WARWICKSHIRE
ART GALLERY
Compton Verney, Compton Verney
Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry
LSA Art Room, Leamington Spa
Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
BOOKSHOP
The Bookshop On The Green, Bournville
Warwick Books, Warwick
Kenilworth Books, Kenilworth
Astley Book Farm, Nuneaton
Hunt’s, Rugby
LIFESTYLE STORE
Berylune, Leamington Spa
Warwickshire Artisans, Wootton Wawen
Henderson Hound, Leamington Spa
The Artibus Yard, Kenilworth
Kin, Edgbaston
WILTSHIRE
ART GALLERY
Fisherton Mill, Salisbury
The Corsham Gallery, Corsham
White Chalk Gallery, Devizes
Gallery 21, Salisbury
Oink Gallery, Swindon
BOOKSHOP
The Corsham Bookshop, Corsham
Bert’s Books, Swindon
Devizes Books, Devizes
The White Horse Bookshop, Marlborough
The Rocketship Bookshop, Salisbury
LIFESTYLE STORE
Watershaus, Devizes
Previous Homewares, Corsham
Iris & Olive, Warminster
Sorelle Home & Gifts, Royal Wootton Bassett
Highworth Emporium, Highworth
Top: Voting for Muddy Stilettos finalists ends on Sunday, 4 June
