This Saturday will see our first Craft Saturday in Exeter. To say I’m excited about it would be an understatement. Having been finally released from shopping-sitting a friend’s fancy dress hire shop, and with the advent of lovely sunny weather, this Saturday has something of a ‘holiday’ feel to it for me. I know that [...]
Read more →As somebody who is currently making, what seems like, a neverending supply of wedding and evening invites for friends, I thought Id look to my fellow crafters sites for encouragement. My case study is of a person that goes by the name of Swirlyarts. Not only is she a busy wife and mum but she [...]
Read more →There once was a man called Mr Media Who wanted to be as succesful as Delia He hosts a number of creative forums And many crafty people saw them And this is just one he made earlier. (I apologise in advance) Tweet
Read more →Just a quicky.I made a couple of bags I was talking about in my last entry. I cant quite work out what they would be best for.They are biggish black canvas bags with long handles and Ive decorated them with diamante, ribbons and fab vintage pictures. They could be flash shopping bags(Im sure theyd hold [...]
Read more →I just wondered if anyone has noticed a down turn in Craft Events in Britain. This year I have found the attendance and people buying from craft fairs has been extremely low. Could it be that people aren’t looking for handcrafted/made items which are a bit more expensive than you would get in the supermarket, [...]
Read more →One of the craftsforum members is very busy at the moment getting ready for an exhibition of her work. She was able to take time out to answer some questions. Debbie works primarily in glass and compliments her work with wood and steel. Amazingly for the quality of the pieces she is producing, Debbie has [...]
Read more →First time I read wood sprite I thought this must be a wood crafts to then find out that woodsprites offer personalised greetings cards can be customised to show whatever greeting you would like and personalised gift wrapping paper can be customised to show whatever greeting you would like… Here is an example of the [...]
Read more →Its all Mystic Megs fault, she kept saying ‘you will make money out of a hobby’ ……fiddlesticks I thought, I couldnt possibly make a trade from gutting chickens…then I realised…ahhh, maybe my obsession with making jewellery may be a better path to follow. So with absolute fear and a distinct lack of knowing what Im [...]
Read more →Well – peterfarrington.com is no more. Don’t ask me why, but I have cancelled both the domain name and my web hosting with Freewebs. I wasn’t even having one of my hissy fits – it just never seemed ‘right’ for some reason, however - I am now officially Beadsage.co.uk! I have a new website under construction, [...]
Read more →Well here I am and what do I write that wont send you all off to the land of nod. Well as the title goes I am Lisa and funnily enough I make handmade candles. I have 2 kids my son is 14 and my daughter is 11 going on 21 it seems. I work [...]
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