Roll up and book your Summer CRAFTfest stall

Here comes summer and here comes summer CRAFTfest!

There's still plenty of time to book a stall, and if you're pressed for time we now have different options available to suit your needs:

Option 1: - £5.00 for a standard stall for the week. You set this all up yourself with the support of your team leader and fellow crafters on the network

Option 2: £10.00 for a Creative Connections account set up and stall for the week. The stall will be set up empty for you to fill yourself with your items

Option 3: £45.00 for a Creative Connections account set up and stall for the week created for you with up to 15 items with full descriptions and links

Visit the CRAFTfest website to book your stall and grab all the info you need to get started.

A new look for Personal Space Interiors

My birthday month of May is upon us. The sunshine has finally arrived and with it all the beautiful spring flowers and thoughts of gardening...I say thoughts because as always I have the best intentions, then never actually get round to doing it properly. At least I've given my website a fresh new look

Find me at http://www.personal-space-interiors.co.uk and look out for my new product range coming soon. Following a few large customer orders, I've managed to build up quite a stash of lovely fabrics so it's time I made some new stock for the shop I think. Watch this space...

Fame at last - I'm featured in The Green Parent magazine!

A few weeks ago I had a message on my Blackberry from the lovely Tracey Kifford at Wow Thank You asking if I'd read an email she's sent. Of course as usual I was rolling around on the floor in a pile of fabric so hadn't picked my emails up. The Green Parent magazine had contacted Tracey to ask if they could have an image of one of my products available on Wow Thank You to feature in the latest issue of their magazine. Luckily, I responded just in the nick of time and so my beautiful vintage 1950s linen roses cushion is one of the items in the "Get the Look" feature.

Visit http://thegreenparent.co.uk/ for the latest issue of The Green Parent magazine, available online or in selected stockists nationwide.

Spring CRAFTfest closes...and back to work I go

Another week over and another CRAFTfest draws to a close. It's been another brilliant week with festers pooling resources to promote each other in all manner of social networking ways to make our event successful. Over the course of the week we had 3,899 brand new visitors viewing 31,315 pages of fantastic handcrafted goods by our stall holders. As always it's been hard work but a great buzz and most definitely worth it. Read more about CRAFTfest here

So back to the real world for while. What am I up to this week? I've been working on an order for a customer in the US who I have a sneaking suspicion is a bit of a fabric addict. She has provided me with some stunning prints to work with and I've loved working on this order for her as she's given me pretty much free rein to design and make pieces for her that compliment the fabric choices. I particularly love the rucksacks I've been making. Here's one hanging around waiting for the eyelets to finish the drawstring closure.

So well named this fabric "Happy Valley" with its cheerful colouyrway of greens and pinks and scenic print with nods to toile and willow pattern. I'll be finishing these off this week along with a throw, tote bags, cushions and some purses made with lovely vintage brass frames. Phew, such a lot to do!

If you would like to have something special made with your favourite fabric email gill@personal-space-interiors.co.uk with the details.

Bath & Beauty at CRAFTfest

Some gorgeous goodies to scent and soothe from our bath & beauty makers at CRAFTfest

We have aromatherapy products from Lushy's Boutique


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Some exquisite soap art from Scent Cosmetics


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Fun novelty soap gifts from Cheeky Suds
 
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A fabulous range of bath bombs and bath melts from Bath Bomb Creations
 
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Soaps and skincare from Chulo naturals
 
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and finally, uniquely blended from natural ingredients, an extensive skincare range from Fairfield Gardens
 
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CRAFTfest is open online all week - Click here to visit CRAFTfest

Art at CRAFTfest

Here is a selection of the some of the fabulous stalls taking part in the Art category at CRAFTfest this week.

In the ceramics and sculptures section we have Jillybean Pottery with beautiful stained glass and tree of life inspired designs



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 In the paintings and photographic section we have Trudy's Art with gorgeous acrylic landscapes and views of the seaside

 

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In the Textiles section we Manicweavers with some amazing handwoven and felted bags and scarves

 

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and finally in Textiles we have Rota Art showcasing their cyanotype photographs on paper and fabric embellished with embroidery


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CRAFTfest is open online all week  - Click here to visit CRAFTfest

CRAFTfest is here!

Ready for a whole week of of fantastic handcrafted shopping from the comfort of your sofa?
You'd better be, CRAFTfest is here!

 

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Happy shopping everyone!