Sunday 1st February 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%! Please note we don’t control the discounts, so each trader will have different discount amounts.
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 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 Sunday 1st February 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 Road, 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 Sunday 1st February:
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! Spira Shop: Curated timeless vintage fashion. Discount TBC.
Scrappin Ell: Unique handmade fashion, all one-of-a-kind made using deadstock fabrics. Shop with up to 50% and some up to 70% off!
Handbags & accessories brands
NEW! Hot & Boring: Upcycled puffer bags made from vintage and deadstock fabrics. Shop with up to 80% off. One off sample products will be up to 25% off. Past season puffer bags at 50% off, and older stock clearance pieces at 80% off.
NEW! Baggy London: The original ruffle bag, shop with 20%-40% off.
NEW! Mac and Craft? Why Not! Handmade macrame bags, earrings, hair accessories, phone straps and dog leashes with 20% - 70% off!
Frea Vintage: Vintage watches and jewellery will be 20% off. Reworked clothes and accessories will be 20% to 30% off. Each piece is unique.
Cynthia Land: Bags made using preloved fabrics. Shop samples and past season with up to 50% off. Shop new samples with 25% off!
Hey Dorothy: Handmade fabric notebooks, scrunchies and accessories. Two scrunchies for £6, two fabric packs for £8. Everything else will have 20% off.
Staise: The viral reflective scrunchies, plus bags, dog neckerchiefs, other scrunchies and knickers. Shop with up to 50% off everything.
Afroani: Plant-based hair accessories. Shop with up to 60% off samples and imperfect pieces including unseen designs and one off accessories.
Jewellery brands
NEW! Adore my Locket: Curated vintage lockets with discount from 20% to 60%. Sterling silver, rolled gold and gold filled lockets will have 20% off, handmade necklaces repurposed from vintage beads will have 50% off, brooches 50% off, vintage charms 20% off, and statement bespoke necklaces up to 60% off.
NEW! Slumpwork: Handmade jewellery with organic and melty molten forms. Shop 50% off older collection stock and one-off samples, and 20% off latest collection.
NEW! Après Youth: Demi-fine jewellery with lots of colour. Everything will have at at least 30% off, some items will have 60% off.
Clari Worldwide: Charming handmade jewellery and bag charms. Shop 30%-50% off all items. Bag charms will be 30% off and these will be the last ever sold!
Gold Charmer: Vintage solid gold and sterling silver charms. Shop with 20% of all stock!
A Typical Thing: Playful, expressive and spirited jewellery. Shop with 30%-50% off.
Ceramics brands
NEW! Maia Ceramics: Playfully elegant, handcrafted ceramics that provide comfort and elicit joy. Shop with 20%-60% off.
Studio ERS: Ceramics made in London, with up to 50% off! Shop samples, seconds and old stock including bestsellers like the outline vase, squiggle pasta bowls and mugs.
We Are Clay: Handmade ceramics with wiggles and squiggles with up to 60% off, including mugs, candlesticks and some vases.
Eloise Rose Design: Handmade ceramic homeware and pendant necklaces with a histocially-inspired blue and white design. Shop bestselling 24k gold and porcelain pendants at 60% off. Plus sample, one offs, seconds and last season mugs which will be at 40% off.
Alice Makes Pottery: Pasta-themed ceramics! Shop with 20%-40% off everything. Shop a variety of seconds priced at 40% off, mostly items from the pasta collection. Find a selection of samples from new collections, and a few deadstock pieces, all at 20% off.
Homeware & candle brands
NEW! Technicookie: Textiles, home goods and jewellery with a charmingly playful vibe. All new stock! Shop with 20%-40% off. One of a kind punch needle wall art with 20% off, punch needle bag charms with 20% off, shoe charms and other loose charms with up to 40% off, earrings with up to 30% off, ceramics with up to 40% off.
Historically Candles: Historically-themed candles. The Anne Boleyn is always a best-seller! Discount TBC.
Marla & Primrose: A curated collection of chic homeware including ceramics, glassware and linens with 20% - 40% off.
Bird at Home: Refillable candles and home fragrance. Shop with at least 50% off including our best selling wax melt pick & mix.
Art prints, cards & stationery
NEW! March & Butler: Art prints and cards from every collection they’ve sold, including new things! Cards will be: 25% off, bundles will be £10, prints will be 50% off
NEW! Sanders de Roeper: Art to empower and uplift the everyday including prints and cards. Shop with up to 70% off.
Susie Miller Art: South London artist selling beautiful still life interior scenes with 20%-50% off all art prints and original paintings. All seconds will have 50%-70% off. There’s even a limited selection of new A2 prints that have slight damages that will be reduced from £70 to £21!
Goose Glitters: Unique handmade collages including originals, prints, stickers and collage kits, including new items! Shop with 30-80% off. New originals will be £80-£150, cards will be £1.50, the special sample sale vintage paper pack will be £10. Unique original art will have huge discounts.
Illustrated by Weezy: Whimsical wall art, greetings cards, and caps inspired by all the silly things that spark joy and nostalgia. Shop with up to 30% off.
Liz Harry Design: Cute, colourful and kitsch stationery with up to 50% off.
Tillie Rose Studio: The home of colourful stationery, paper goods and cute things for nice people. Most items will be 50% off but some will be up to 70% off!
Tobacco Dogs: Pop-culture inspired art including a lot of dogs and a lot of ciggies. 20–70% off across a selection of sale pieces, including: Matchboxes, tees, caps and limited edition art prints at 25% off. Greetings cards and totes at 30% off. One off pieces and artist proofs at 33% off. Plus the last of the Christmas cards for £1 at 70% off.
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.
