The Mystical Cat

29/11/2025

Its Saturday and the last one of November, and that means in just 2 days we begin the advent countdown!

Today 29th November, apparently its National Chocolates Day (yes the Chocolate is plural before anyone says) and it's not to be confused with Natio al Chocolate Day which is on October!!

National Chocolates Day celebrates the history of this delicious treat, especially in one of its most popular forms, a variety of chocolates delivered in a box or tin....back in the dark ages, this time of year obe of the best adverts around was the one for Milk Tray where the Milk Tray Man delivered a box after going through various perilous escapades.....apparently the ads first came to tv in 1968 with the main character changing a few times over the years - possibly as a result of H&S suggesting his getting a box of chocolates delivered could be done in a far easier, less personally damaging way like DPD (other delivery companies are available)...however the strapline "and all because the lady loves Milk Tray" is an enigmatic statement that still exists today!

If anyone fancies getting us a box of Milk Tray 🫣or perhaps just wants some ideas for the upcoming Christmas 🎄season, then pop by and see us at The Mystical Cat here at Harts Barn Craft Centre. We're open today until around 4pm....




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Note we've attached a link to a Milk Tray ad....you're welcome 🙏 🤗

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28/11/2025

Good morning Mystical Cat followers.....we are led to believe that it is actually Friday today 😀 unlike yesterday which was Thursday pretending to be Friday.....😉

So on this last Friday in November its a bright start to the day and we're hoping that the possibility of 🌧 stays away 🙏

Today is apparently also Black Friday. An American tradition for the day after Thanksgiving that we seem to have adopted in recent years.

We here at The Mystical Cat are not partaking in extra-ordinary sales....as we have shared many times before, we always shop well getting as many products as we can when they are at their cheapest with our suppliers and we pass these deals on to you, our customers.

And also we shared recently that one of our products which retails at just £9, a high street shop with a big online presence is selling the exact same product at more than double our price AND its in their sale!!

It is frustrating that larger businesses with greater buying power, which get things cheaper than most, always add significantly more margin and people fall for their half price etc sale as they think its a good deal when actually if you visited the small independent retailers in towns, you'd probably find that we are significantly cheaper....and buying from us helps us get our morning coffee (which helps another small business). Small businesses genuinely do appreciate their customers 😀

In today's world we live in a time of challenge but also convenience. Ordering online is quick and simple, but not always the cheapest and the quality is not always the best, so we'd encourage you to take the tine to visit the smaller businesses that are available in your local area and 🙏

And yes for the avoidance of doubt we do have things reduced, these tend to be former display items that are perfectly usable but we are selling at a loss to clear them through to make way for new stock.

Pop by and see us at Harts Barn Craft Centre open until 4pm 🤗

27/11/2025

A bit late posting today 🫣 , genuinely thought today was Friday and when found out it wasnt was genuinely disappointed 😔 .....but its Thursday 27 November, almost time for advent calendars to come out 🗓.

Interesting fact November 27 is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 34 days remain until the end of 2025!! What a year this has been 🤯

We spent most of yesterday pricing up over 100 pocket hugs and other little bits and bobs we had in... we've put some necklaces in boxes which looks much nicer than the way they were....what do you think?
And we LOVE the little worry bears 🐻 in boxes which are sooooo cute 😍

We are open all day today, Thursday 😉 until 4pm ish. Pop by and see us The Mystical Cat at Harts Barn Craft Centre. We are next to the Old Dairy Tearoom.

You'll find a varied selection of shops and businesses open today at Harts Barn, in addition to the ones mentioned at the time of writing Eden plants, Miscellany and Quirk Vintage and Collectables, Chaos & Clarity, The Troll House on the main terrace, The Forest Larder is open along with Harts Barn Cookery School and in the Workshop Barn there is Broadlands Pottery, Riverwood - Artisan Bridalwear and Creative Needles.

There are also bookable services/treats from Bridie Thorne Hairdressing, Anna Cole Beauty, and Wye Creative.

Shop local and support all of the independent small businesses here on site at Harts Barn 🙌

Have a great Thursday 🙏

26/11/2025

Its Wednesday 26th November and what a nippy start to the day 🥶
The Mystical Cat is still on the cooler side - the draft excluding door really does work at keeping the breeze out and what little warmth we have, in. Rest assured there is a heater under the desk to hug and layering up really does work...its just the tips of our fingers that we struggle to heat up at all!!

As promised yesterday sharing some pics of a new range of pens we have ready to go out. These could offend some people - sorry about that 😐 - we have chosen carefully and avoided one word we really dislike hearing 😶‍🌫️

We also have new stocks in of pocket hugs/handbag or zip clips both for the upcoming festive period as well as just to make you feel good....we had so many that we took most of them home where we sat with glue dots, little bags and hugs sorting and sticking!! The pictures we have posted are a small snapshot...there really are a LOT!! Including Gingerbread People, Cats 😸, Unicorns🦄 , Angels 😇 , 🎅 Santa, Mushrooms 🍄, Sheep 🐑,, Gnomes and more...

We have to get these priced up and out on sale today 🙏 We have also had in new stick if Christmas 🎄 Earrings as well as some new rings 💍 and some Christmas Decorations 😇

On that note we will stop typing and start pricing whilst drinking coffee and hugging the heater....please pop by and see us at Harts Barn Craft Centre soon 😀 We are open every day except Monday, between 10am ish to 4pm ish 🙌

25/11/2025

Good morning Mystical Cat followers....its Tuesday so the start of our trading week 🙌

Its also a lovely sunny day and although not summer hit, its certainly warmer than the last few days 😀

We have a busy week planned, although as often happens in the "best laid plans" is so often the case so we may well still be planning the same jobs at the end of the week 🫣.

We do have a couple of deliveries this week....one delivery probably should be age certified.....bet you can't wait to see what it is? We'll need to be careful sharing pictures or we could find ourselves in FB prison 🤐

Just to remind you that this is the last week of November 🤯 so advent calendars at the ready....we have just 1 crystal advent calendar left which we've made up here at The Mystical Cat so contains 24 medium sized tumblestone (the same as we sell individually) as well as the explanation cards and a re-usable advent calendar. As there's only 1 week left we've reduced it by 10% off the marked price 🤗

We also have just 1 left advent Candle 🕯 if flickering lights is more your thing. Again we'll reduce that by 10% off the marked price.

First come first served, no holding without payment.
You can find us at Harts Barn Craft Centre at Longhope, we are next door to the Old Dairy Tearoom, and whilst you are here you can check out some of the other small independent retailers onsite. At the time of writing, Eden plants is open along with Broadlands Pottery and The Forest Larder with more opening soon. There really is a lot to look at onsire at Harts Barn Craft Centre.

23/11/2025

Happy Sunday 🙌 our last open day of our week today and we are in, coffee in hand and raring to go 😊 it might be because the sun 🌞 is shiny on this fresh November morning or that its not as cold 🥶 as the last few days have been. Anyhow here at The Mystical Cat we are open all day until 4pm ish. You can find us next door to the Old Dairy Tearoom at Harts Barn Craft Centre.

We did a second post yesterday of some bargain wrapping paper and we also have some bargain, used once, gift bags that definitely have a lot left to give; and whilst most don't have labels some do. Like the wrapping paper these are not all Christmas🎄centred some can be used for any gift giving reason you might have. And they are priced between just 50p and £3 each....like the wrapping paper...a BARGAIN!!

And we still have some Christmas🎄bargains to be had in the shop (see previous posts for more). Pop down and see us at Harts Barn Craft Centre today and support our small, local independent business 🙏

22/11/2025

We have gone through all of our "end of roll" opened wrapping paper and priced with a coloured band according to the amount of paper on the roll left.

Not all the paper is Christmas or even Birthday related, some is a plain colour and could be used for a gift for any occasion.

Prices range from 50p to £3 a roll.

We have also bagged up various odd sheets or parts sheets of wrapping paper - all useful for smaller gifts. There are just 3 bags of these which we've loosely sorted into a "Christmas" themed bag, a "Birthday" themed bag and a "Black, Gold and Silver" bag. These are priced between 50p and £1.50.

All wrapping paper is sold as is, and once its gone its gone.

Pop down to us at The Mystical Cat at Harts Barn Craft Centre, open until around 4pm today and tomorrow, Sunday from 10am to 4pm.

22/11/2025

Good morning, its another Saturday and dare we say that including today there are only 5 more Saturdays until Christmas Day 🤯.

Are you ready? With December fast approaching, 2025 has certainly flown by....and no, we're personally not ready but our shop, The Mystical Cat is certainly looking more Christmassy each day. Still things to get out, but we're mostly there and now the weather is much much colder 🥶 its starting to feel that winter is here, although technically its not until 21st December!!

We are in and open and have our regular warming coffee from our neighbours the Old Dairy Tearoom on hand. Our draft excluding door is working (although still foxing a few people on how to get in 🤦‍♀️) and we have a heater to hug as well as layers of thermals to keep us warm during the day. As it gets colder the layers of clothing increase....will we beat our record of 11 layers this coming winter 🤔 only time will tell.

Hopefully we shall see some of you here at Harts Barn Craft Centre soon supporting the small independent businesses tha we have onsite here. The Mystical Cat is open today and tomorrow, Sunday until around 4pm 🎄🙏

21/11/2025

Don't you just love FB? Message typed and gone 🫣

So back to the beginning. Its another chilly frosty start but a lovely day on this Friday 21st November here at Harts Barn Craft Centre And we were here bright and early (ish) as we had a late delivery to get on sale.

Some of the retail units open a little later than we do, but at the time of writing (the first time round!!) In addition to us here at The Mystical Cat, also open are our coffee ☕️ supplier the Old Dairy Tearoom as well as Eden plants and The Forest Larder and over in the Workshop Barn is Broadlands Pottery and Creative Needles.

We have a few more new bits as well as some old favourites and have vastly increased our Essential Oil range to include:

Benzoin - a sweet, warm, and balsamic scent that is often compared to vanilla, with additional notes of caramel, spice, and sometimes even coffee or almond

Orange - sweet, bright, and citrusy, like fresh oranges, and is often described as uplifting and energizing

Aniseed China Star aka Star Anise - smells strongly of licorice, with a warm, sweet, and spicy aroma that also has woody, earthy, and slightly bitter undertones

Ho Wood - sweet, woody, and floral, with a subtle camphoraceous undertone

In addition we have increased our range of Roll On Essential Oil Blends to include:

Wake Up! - Mandarin, Grapefruit and Lime

Cheer Up! - Spearmint, Orange and Myrhh


November 21 is also World Television Day, as well as celebrated as World Hello Day and National Gingerbread Cookie Day.

On that note we're off to find some Gingerbread, perhaps Harts Barn Cookery School can feed that fix?
Have a fabulous day and see you soon 😊

20/11/2025

Good morning Mystical Cat followers, a frosty start to this November Thursday 🥶 but the sun is out and it promises to be a lovely dry day albeit chilly.

A delivery is due in later on with some new design angels 👼 coming in as well as some top ups of our good selling items.

We pride ourselves in shopping well and getting the best prices we can so that we can pass on the savings to you, our customer. That also means some stock doesn't stay around for long at all! Sometimes we can get the same item in at the same price however not always....our best advice, if you see it and want it, either buy it now or dependent on the value we can hold for you for a short period or you can pay a deposit to secure it. We do try to work with our customers so if you see that special thing, ask if we have more (we sometimes do) and also ask about putting it to one side for you.....we'll always do our best to support you in getting the gift that you really want 🥰

Today is also World Children's Day and is UNICEF's global day of action for children, by children, marking the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on November 20.

In what is a challenging global 🌎 landscape (for one reason or another) children are standing up and talking about their lives, their hopes, and their rights..supporting their future aspirations 🙌 a serious topic that needs to stay high on the agenda 🙏

On a light hearted note today November 20 in 1866, a Frenchman named Pierre Lallement received a U.S. patent for that nation's first pedal bicycle 🚲....a bit behind other countries it has to be said!!

Have a fabulous day and hopefully see you all soon at The Mystical Cat at Harts Barn Craft Centre next door to the Old Dairy Tearoom (who have just supplied us with our regular coffee ☕️ and a treat of toasted teacake with lovely local butter 🧈 😋).

19/11/2025

Good morning and a very happy but chilly Wednesday. Did anyone have snow ❄️ overnight? We had a sneezeful on the car this morning but nothing else 🫣. It plans on being a lovely but cold day today and we are in and open here at The Mystical Cat 🙌

Just a quick word on our temporary draft excluding door, apparently some people are confused still on how to get in. I've put a sign on either side of the opening that says "way in" but would welcome any serious suggestions as to what else might help, if anything💡

We had a further delivery yesterday which is now all out and on sale and pictured below. Some very new bits as well as some returners. A couple of the pictures are from the suppliers website, although you can rest assured I have seen the products out of their packaging to check all is ok...

So on that note time for some work....we hope you'll pop down and see us at The Mystical Cat here at Harts Barn Craft Centre where we are next door to the Old Dairy Tearoom who provided us with our daily coffee fix ☕️. And really the door doesn't make it that hard to get in...we're not some reverse variety of an escape room 😂

18/11/2025

Good morning Mystical Cat followers. Its the start of another week in our quirky, but packed little shop 🙌

Over the weekend we managed to get the majority of our Christmas stock out and have already had a delivery this morning which is also on sale already 🥳

As many know we like to shop well, so we can offer the best prices to you all. We actually found our Crystal Manifesting Baubles on sale on a different website reduced to now under £25 when we have them on sale for £9!!!! We've shared the screenshot in the pictures....

And this isn't the only place we've seen items we stock at higher prices........big multiple retailers always seem to charge more yet we know, the more they bulk buy from the wholesalers the cheaper they get it!! It really does pay to check what the smaller independent retailers have available.

Most traders provide an RRP which we pretty much stick to, and if we don't we usually charge less as we've got it on sale. The big multiples seem to operate on higher margins, and then when they have a sale, they look fantastic when they reduce it down....and to normal RRP prices!!

Please support small independent businesses - you do really make a difference by shopping with us....we really do celebrate every sale 🥳

So in terms of our Christmas stock, we have reduced some already, primarily because its on sale for its second Christmas🎄and whilst there's nothing wrong with it , we'd like to move it on now and someone else to enjoy it for their Christmas at home. The pictures show what is on sale currently.

Please note once these are gone they are gone, no holding without payment (can arrange distance payment to secure). Similar items stocked in future will be priced at current RRP and not at discount rate.

And the door is on.....so you need to go through the middle to get in, there are magnets which you can push through to access our warmer shop 😀.

Hopefully we shall some of you soon at The Mystical Cat, next door to the Old Dairy Tearoom here at Harts Barn Craft Centre 🤞