Author: Maria Zammit Micallef

Feel like being creative this Mother’s Day? Ta’ Dbiegi Crafts Village offers you with a vast choice to find unique handcrafted gifts which can also be customised so that you can truly encapsulate your feelings towards your mum, all in one place! Check out these 7 artisanal gift ideas:

1. Candles:

You can choose from a vast range of designed, coloured, scented candles or maybe with a quote for your mum! Beryl, the Candle Maker will assist you to make the right choice.

 

 

 2. Glass:

What about this modern classic vase in which can be given on its own, with a bouquet of flowers, used as a planter for your mum’s favourite plant or as a candle holder to appreciate the different shades, colours and patterns once a candle is lit in it! Gozo Glass offers a vast range of different glass items in different styles, colours and sizes.

3. Leather:

For Mother’s Day, the Leather House has produced this 100% real leather handbag at an affordable factory price. Whilst at the shop, why don’t you check out other matching real leather items, which include keychains, purse, mobile and tablet holders and much more!

4. Pottery:

What about this sculpture which captures the bond between mother and child! A unique gift idea for your mum on mother’s day could be the famous clay handprint, which Katrin from the Gozo pottery Barn will help you to do so that your mother will hang around in the living room to treasure for years to come!

 

5. Metal:

Candles are becoming increasingly popular and so are these candle holders which vary in style and colours! Your mum too could be owning one soon!! At Inkwina, you can also view other candle holders as well as metal decorative items which will add value to any room!

 

 

6. Local Delicacies:

Does your mother has a sweet tooth? So why don’t you spoil her with a cake, pastries, or a jar of jam to enjoy at her breakfast, from L’Ghawdxija Genuine Food Products?

 

 

Every woman loves jewellry be it costume, silver or gold, with or without precious stones! Why don’t you add a little glitz and glam to her collection this year and rest assured that your mum will truly appreciate it and will be looking forward for her next occasion! At the Ta’ Dbiegi Crafts Village you will also find other gifts, including lace, stone and marble, arts, amongst others!

Hope to see you around!!

The Prickly Pear, (known as Bajtar tax-Xewk), grows widely on the Maltese Islands and is generally enjoyed as a typical summer fruit. The Opuntia’s fruit, which is sometimes also known as the cactus pear, dates back to hundreds if not thousands of years, used by ancient civilisations and the aztecs. It offers a very unique composition of nutrients, including:

• High levels of Vitamin C and copper – which helps to boost the immune system.
• Vitamin B, K and E – Anti aging agents, whilst also promoting growth of healthy and shiny hair.
• Dietary Fibre – helps in eliminating bloating and constipation.
• Magnesium – helps to maintain normal function of the nerves and the muscles.
• Potassium – crucial for heart function.
• Flavonoid – aids to keep a healthy eyesight and fights against formation of cataracts.
• Calcium – required to build strong bones and teeth.
• Antioxidants – aids in preventing cancer.

Moreover, regular consumption of prickly pears also helps to obtain a smooth, glowing, and healthy skin.

Unfortunately, despite all these benefits which such a fruit can offer, at times, we loose out on them due to the nature of the fruit, hence a thorny skin and a flesh full of small scattered stones. Bearing in mind all these facts, L’Ghawdxija Genuine Food Products have worked on this concept and came up with the mouth-watering ‘Prickly Pear Jam’ which can be enjoyed throughout the whole year, without the somewhat negative issues related to this fruit in its natural state. The Prickly Pear Jam can be savoured with your favourite ice cream, spread on a locally toasted slice of bread, as fresh fruit salad dressing or to marinade poultry.

 

The Prickly Pear Jam, amongst other genuine local products can be tasted and acquired from:

L’ Ghawdxija Genuine Food Products

Ta’ Dbiegi Crafts Village, TBG 008-009

Frangisk Portelli Street

Gharb, Gozo.

For more info you can visit the following link: http://www.gozoartisans.com/artisan/l-ghawdxija-genuine-products/

Stay tuned for more info re: local artisanal products!

 

 

 

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Malta Enterprise in collaboration with the Malta Communications Authority and MCAST (Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre) have worked together to develop an online presence which will bind all the artisans in Gozo on a common platform. This online presence includes a website, a facebook page, twitter, quarterly newsletter and a blog.

The main aim of this presence is to try to enhance more collaboration and close cooperation amongst these talented and dedicated artisans, as well as to increase awareness about the variety of crafts which one can find on the island. Since these promotional tools are meant to be accessed by both locals as well as tourists, regular online updates shall be taking place so as to promote any events, workshops, or exhibitions so that the wider community too will be able to participate and appreciate these unique works of art.

Although, through the launch of this website, it seems that we have done our part, yet this ‘creative’ journey is yet to start! Hence, we would like to invite all the artisans in Gozo to embark onto this opportunity so that together we will be able to overcome any challenges and to ensure a brighter and colourful future for the artisans in Gozo!