Saturday 31st January 2026: All the brands trading at our Small Business Sample Sale
Our famous Small Business Sample Sale is always the most popular and loved event in our calendar, so we’re thrilled to bring it back at the end of this month for one weekend only, in an even more amazing and central London location!
This is an amazing opportunity to shop beautiful, unique and special handmade and vintage products with big discounts you don’t usually get. We’ll have 35 different brands each day on Saturday and Sunday, bringing a range of samples, seconds, past season and new stock all with a discount. Every single item will be discounted at least 20%! With discounts from 20 - 80%!
We’re so proud to be bringing our Sample Sale Market to a brand new venue which we know you’re going to love! Find it at The Ministry, which is a private members club right in the heart of London. Just a few minutes walk from Borough tube, London Bridge and Elephant & Castle stations. This means it’s even easier to visit us!
We’ll have different traders with us each day. Find below the full list of traders who will be with us on Saturday 31st January and the discounts you can expect them to have. Please note all discounts are controlled by each trader, below is info they have shared with us but the discounts may be subject to change on the day.
The info:
🌀 Small Business Sample Sale
📆 Saturday 31st January and Sunday 1st February
📍 The Ministry, 79-81 Borough Rd, London SE1 1DN
⏰ 11am - 4pm
🎀 35 different small brands each day
🤑 20-80% discounts
💰 Every single item will be discounted
☕️ There’s a cafe on site, but this will have no discount
✨ Free entry, no ticket required
Please note, we expect this market to be busy. This is an indoor event however if there is a queue to enter you will queue outside so incase of bad weather please bring an umbrella. This venue has no step free access, and there are steps to enter the building. For your own comfort and enjoyment of the event we recommend leaving kids, buggies and dogs at home for this one. There is no cloak room or space to store bags, buggies, coats etc.
The brands taking part on Saturday 31st January:
Live activations:
Complimentary stamped personalisation on accessories from Little Letters LDN: Lucy will have stamped sample seconds items for 50% discount. New personalisable products will be 20-30% off and these will include a few bestsellers like the fruit and croissant bag charms which will both be 20% off.
Handmade, vintage and other fashion brands
NEW! Stalf: Women’s fashion. Shop sale items from recent and archive collections with discounts from 20-60% off.
Lydia Ellen: Women’s fashion reworked from existing and vintage materials. Shop a range of Spring Summer and Autumn Winter pieces prom previous seasons with 30-40% off.
Bosco Vintage: Vintage fashion and accessories. Up to 50% off.
Handbags & accessories brands
DoodleBuzz Scrunchies: Handmade scrunchies and fashion. Shop some newness and some winter stock with 20-70% off. Rummage through the bargain basket where items are 72% off the original price. All other scrunchies will be marked at 20% off the original price. Plus x5 samples of the brand new Ruth Tie Tops which are reversible. These will also be available at a discounted price.
Shan Fran: Handmade knitwear accessories. Shop with 20-40% across the entire range, as well as special pricing on unseen sample pieces for some new products that will be coming out later in the year.
Pocket Bags: Handmade bags and accessories. Shop with 20-50% off all items from past seasons, current season, last chance to buy and also sale items too. There will be be both small and large pouches, scrunchies, bowler bags and frill bags.
Emily Davies Shop: Handmade bags and accessories. All bags will be from 20-50% off. Old season bags and one offs will be up to 50% off. The new winter collection will have 20% off for one day only. Emily will also be bringing a huge range of the iconic Puffy Pouches and Tiny Puffy Bags which will have an offer of buy one get one half price.
Santai: Handmade makeup bags and pouches. 25%-80% off seconds and slightly imperfect products. Rummage in the box of seconds Muski has been saving specifically for this event, with over 30+ products that will be heavily discounted depending on their level of imperfectness. 20% off new collection items, including items in a new print.
Rosie Brain Embroidery: Handmade embroidered accessories and homeware. 30-50% off everything, plus multi buy discounts.
Jewellery brands
NEW! Tink: Handmade beaded jewellery. Necklaces will be 30-50% between £20–£40 and earrings at £14–20. Plus many one-of-a-kind pieces at special prices.
NEW! Billie Grand: Handmade statement jewellery. Between 20-40% off including unique samples
Blume Jewellery: Vintage and preloved gold jewellery. Shop a wide range of vintage rings, charms, bracelets and lockets. Along with a collection of handmade pieces, which includes so many sterling silver signet rings and a collection of stone set rings. Everything is either sterling silver or solid gold and they will all be discounted by 20%- 60%. Vintage charms will be just £10 each.
Sorrell Jewels: Curated vintage and preloved silver and gold jewellery. Enjoy £20 off all gold rings. Mix & match 3 for 2 on Mini charms, and silver ring trays from £10, £20 & £30.
Sharlala Jewellery: Handmade gemstone jewellery. Shop samples in silver and gold vermeil, with up to 70% off. Shop seconds at 40% off (seconds have very minor imperfections, sometimes described as NOT EVEN imperfections, but they are pieces Sharla is not 100% happy with at full price). And all other current stock will have 20% off. Plus £5, £10 & £20 sale trays of mixed bargain goodies.
Kitschen Jewellery: Handmade silver and gold jewellery. Shop with 20% off. There will be a mix of old and new products and items leftover from Christmas Markets.
Musee Roo: Handmade jewellery and charms. Shop lots of samples, vintage chain, repaired amulets, earrings, and ALL SORTS of treasure with big discounts.
Ceramics brands
NEW! Lish Ceramics: Handmade ceramics with handpainted glazes. All items will be atleast 20% off as well as BOGOF deals on candle holders. Samples will be 50% off.
NEW! Bread & Roses Ceramics: Handmade ceramics with painterly details. Shop with 20% -80% off. Items will includes both samples and seconds, mugs, bowls, vases, candle holders and household items like garlic graters and spoonrests.
NEW! Logan Forms: Handmade functional ceramics. Shop a range of handmade ceramic home goods from past season stock and upcoming collections. Items include fridge magnets, trays, trinket dishes, plenty of mugs, and samples of the new dry-erase doodle signs. I’m offering 20-50% as well as several buy-one-get-one deals.
Romy Jean Ceramics: Handmade ceramic bag charms, jewellery and home accessories. Enjoy at least 20% off everything with a 50% off seconds sale bargain box.
Cerb Ceramics: The famous and bestselling slug mugs and beaded jewellery. Shop 20-60% on all stock, including 20% off slug mugs and 30% off jewellery. Cecilia will have lots of samples, seconds and one off pots all discounted up to 60% off.
Qbe Qbe: Really unique handmade ceramics. Enjoy 20% off the entire collection.
Beauty & fragrance
Urania: Contemporary independent fragrance brand. 30% off 50ml bottles with former packaging.
Homeware & candle brands
NEW! Solei Studios: Handmade candles and home fragrance. Enjoy 25-60% off candles. 25% off regular full price stock and 60% off seconds. With fragrances from across the collection to choose from.
By Florence: Handmade glass tile home accessories, frames and coasters. Discounts will range from 20-50% on sale items and seconds with a few new designs that will also be discounted especially for the day.
Burning Bright: Handmade candles and home fragrance. Enjoy 20-75% off including a range of candles that have slight imperfections, christmas stock, reed diffusers and large ceramic bowl candles.
Prints, cards & stationery
NEW! By Rosybum: Prints, cards and other paper goods. Enjoy 20% off everything including illustrated cards, prints (framed & unframed), tea towels, and holographic stickers & bookmarks. Plus Valentines & Mothers Day cards too. It will be a range of current and past season stock, alongside samples. And a new Salad Days sticker pack to launch exclusively on the day which will also be discounted.
Emmy Lupin: Prints, cards and other paper goods. Up to 60% off prints, seconds, end of line items. Up to 50% off on smaller items like keyrings, which have never before been discounted.
Mimi Dickson: The famous mini-collage artworks, prints and other paper goods. Discontinued A4 prints will be £10 (usually £25) and all cards will be £2.50 each or 5 for £10 (usually £3.50 each) Mimi will also have a few one off originals on sale, that will be sold for an ounce of their usual price.
Sanpo: Original artworks, prints, cards and other paper goods. Fine art prints will 20%–50% off. Framed original artworks will be 25%–50% off, with prices starting from £25. Most original artworks will be 50% off, including one-off originals. Lino prints will be 20% off and £3 each.
Nat Draws: Known for bestselling mini artworks. Calendars, keyrings, prints and other goods. Shop with up to 50% off, including tiny calendars, special sale prices on Tiny Prints (plus a 4-for-3 offer), and super discounted Mystery Tiny Print Bag that sold out at the Sample Sale back in January. Nat will also be bringing keyrings, including the sold-out Salad Days keyrings, with a lovely discount especially for you.
Neesh Home: Prints, cards, framed pieces, cards and homewares. Shop sample / discounted / perfectly imperfect cards and prints at 50% off. Framed prints (A5-A2 size) will be 25-30% off. New keyrings of foodie designs will be 20% off. Any new season stock or perfect items well offer at 20% off.
Lost in Music: Prints, cards and other paper goods. A5 prints for £3, A4 for £5 and A3 for £7. The latest collection will also be available to shop at discounted prices.
Food & drinks - Not discounted
There is a cafe inside The Ministry that serves hot and cold drinks and pastries. This is owned and operated by The Ministry and will be offering no discounts. All food and beverage served here is the responsibility of The Ministry so please speak to their member of staff about any requirements or allergies.
