Christmas Preparations Getting Frantic? Find help at Crafters & Co...

Christmas Make & Take Day

Are Christmas preperations getting a little frantic?
Let us help you with at least one job this Christmas- Christmas Wrappings.
On Saturday 18th December
Crafters & Co will be holding a Make & Take day.
We have designed a selection of projects that are quick, inexpensive and guaranteed to help your presents look fantastic under the Christmas Tree.
Choose from making a festive box or decorative bag, fancy gift tags- to add a simple finishing touch. Or a bejewelled snowflake which can really dress up a special present and then be hung on the tree afterwards.
Each item will take between 10 and 30 minutes to complete, so if you don't have much time but would really love your presents to look extra special this year, why not pop in any time between 10:30 and 4:30, have a cup of tea (or coffee), relax for a short while and enjoy being creative!
We look forward to seeing you there.
Sara
Please spread the word...

Yes you Can Can!

Can Can Wool Now available at Crafters & Co!

We have limited stock of the plain Can Can wools in 8 Colours:

Can Can at Crafters & Co

Can Can Purple

Can Can Purple

Can Can Red

Can Can Turquoise

Can Can Dark Green

Can Can Black

Can Can Grey

Can Can Cream

Free Scarf Instructions Included!

If you would like any of these colours please give us a call: 028 70354343

Don't let the weather stop you either-

we can post them out to you!

Bookings for Classes

We started taking bookings for our Classes and Workshops.
Checkout whats on offer in our Classes Page.

New In Back In

We will Keep a list of the products in the shop as they arrive in.

So Keep Checking back!!

Super Winter Clearout! 12x12.

Basic Grey, K & Company, S.E.I. Paper adventures and more.

Changes at Crafters & Co

As we told you in our emails there were going to be changes at Crafters & Co in 2011- One of which is our website.
We will be updating the site over the next few weeks. So please excuse any problems that might pop up. If you spot anything that is broken or look funny please let us know. Thanks.

Please vote for us in the 2010 Craft Awards

Please vote for us!!!

Have you Voted yet in the Craft Awards 2010?

If not click on the link below.

We know its a littly bit cheeky to ask but we would really we would love it if you could spend a little time and vote for us in the Craft Awards 2010.

You have the the chance to win £100 of craft products when you complete voting.

The question related to us is no 22, Best Independent Store- Ireland.

Our name is not on the list but if you think we are the best could you please put

Crafters & Co, Coleraine in the space provided.

http://www.craftawards.com/

Thank you.

All the team at Crafters & Co.

Winter 2010 Jewellery Classes

A quick look at some of our Jewellery from our Winter Classes, designed and taught by Jewellery maker extraordinaire, Barbara C.

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Bonus Cuttlebug Demo Morning

Are you thinking about buying a Cuttlebug Machine?

Or do you already own one?

Would you like to find out more?

Then why not join us on

Thursday 25th November 2010?

10.30 am until 1 pm.

We are delighted that Norma T has agreed to take time out of her busy schedule to come along to Crafters & Co and show us what can be achieved using this fabulous little machine.
She'll be demonstrating not only how easy it is to use the Cuttlebug machine itself, but also how versatile it is, transforming your card making and scrapbooking. Not just for Christmas but all year round!

Our latest delivery of machines has arrived, so why not take advantage of our very special price of £55 before prices rise in the New Year.

Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Thank you to everyone who made our Christmas Demo Day a great success!

The Demonstrators, Diane, Barbara, Norma, Mummy While  for all their hard work and beautiful crafting.

April and Richard for manning the till, helping customers and serving the teas, coffees, cup cakes and the lovely shortbread- thanks Olive for the shortbread.

We all had a great day!

But most of all thank you to all our lovely customers who were able to come to the Demo Day and make it such a wonderful day.

The atmosphere in the shop was buzzing. People meeting up watching the demonstrations. Having a cuppa and a cup cake. Getting great ideas for Christmas cards, decorations, scrapbooking embellishments, special presents amongst others.

Also many of you enjoyed doing the Make and Takes sessions of Jewellery Christmas Decorations and Festive covered Notepad. So many that we had to make up more packs, and we ran out of snowflakes! (more snowflakes are ordered and winging their way to us as we speak) And the Cuttlebug machines arrived on Tuesday too.

Many of you told us on the day how much you enjoyed the lovely Christmas Ideas from the Demonstrators.

We would also like to thank you for the great messages of support for the Demo Day, by email, phone and on Facebook.

Please let us know what you liked about the Demo Day:

Which Demos were the most interesting to you? Did you learn any new craft ideas? What else would you have liked to see? Did you take part in the Make and Take sessions?

Either use the 'Leave a comment' link below, or if you use Facebook tell us what you liked.

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Finally, Thank you to all who made a donation to the Northern Ireland Hospice- we can't tell you how much we raised but the box is full and very heavy. So thank you for your generous donations for your refreshments.

Happy Crafting,

Sara

Can you make it this Saturday? Christmas Demo Day.

Saturday 6th November 2010

10.30 am to 4.30 pm.

You can call into to the shop any time between 10.30 and 4.30 on Saturday 6th November to see our various demonstrations to Create your Christmas Craft.
Drop in see the various Demos:

Creative Christmas Cuttlebug
with
Norma T.

Card Making
with
'Mummy' While.

Christmas Inspired Make and Takewith
Barbara C our Jewellery Guru!

Paper Craft Make and Take
with
Diddy Di

Christmas Decoration and Embellishment Ideas
with
Sara

Check our Special Demo Day Page for more information!

The Crafters & Co Team all look forward to seeing you on  November 6th.

There will be refreshments available.

Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree!

We've had the first of our Decorative Tree workshops on the 16th of October.

This fabulous little tree is a fun project which can be used year after year to decorate your home during the festive season.

Christmas Tree Workshop- Next on Saturday 13th November 2010

This workshop will be run again on Saturday 13th November 10:30am

And on Tuesday 30th November 7pm.

If you are interested to book for the last few remaining places please give us a ring on 02870354343

Please, as always, let us know what you think of this project by leaving a comment.

Covered Notebook

So many of you have asked about this fabulous notebook since seeing the sample in the shop, that we have decided to run a class on it. It would make a really individual Christmas gift that is practical too (but only if you can bear to give it away!).

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Wednesday 3^rd November 10.30am- 1pm

Saturday 13^th November 2.30pm- 5pm

If you are interested to book for the last few remaining places please give us a ring on 02870354343

Please, as always, let us know what you think of this project by leaving a comment.

Winter 2010 Classes Announced!

We have lots of lovely Christmas products in store, including die cut decoupage, toppers from Kanban, the Kars X-mas collection, Creatables (for use in your Cuttlebug), stamp collections from Hobby Art and Kanban as well as the ‘Jovial’ paper range from my favourite – Basic Grey. We also have more goodies on order most of which are due any day now.

If you are stuck for ideas for what to do with all these lovely things, then why not join us for a class? Not only do you come away with lovely projects but the small groups and relaxed atmosphere makes for a sociable morning or evening too.

Over the next couple of weeks we will be running a variety of classes covering card and jewellery making, scrapbooking as well as some Christmas workshops. Check out our new class list for details. We will start taking bookings for these on

Saturday 9^th October 2010 at 9.30am*

For more information and a list of the classes please click on the classes link above.

A look Back at the September Scrapbook Page

We had a wonderful time in our Scrapbooking Classes in September.

The Layout below used Bazzill textured card, Basic Grey Paper from the Cappella, Kioshi and June Bug ranges.

The ribbon is 7mm Satin ribbon.

The border was created with a Martha Stewart Doily Punch and paper.

Our Aperture was made using the Spellbinders Nestability Scalloped Circle.

We used a Craft Time Paper flower with a Brad from Paper Mania to embellish the corner of the frame.



The video shows three different colour versions of the layout.

All that is needed to finish the Layout is your photo.

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Please let us know if you like our new video by leaving a comment below.

What is your Favourite Craft?

At times here at Crafters & Co we find it so hard to choose or favourite craft. And agree with each other..

Please tell us what your favourite craft is and reason you love it so much.

Maybe you have more than one craft you love spending time on?

Or there are so many other crafts you don't know where to start!

Please tell us by leaving a comment below or by using our discussion board on Facebook!

Current Classes and Newsletter

Please read our latest newsletter here.

If you have been waiting to hear about our classes, well have a look at our Current Class List.

If any take your fancy please give us a call 028 70354343 or drop into or shop in Coleraine to book your place.

Look forward to hearing from you soon.

Happy Crafting.

Remember Scrapbooking?

I know we've had a pretty good summer so far- forget the heavy rain this week.

But remember to take photographs of your summer!

Why? Because if your not doing it straight away, they make a great subject to scrapbook in the colder, darker days.

So when you're out and about think about taking a few snaps that you can use in your scrapbook projects.

Even if you don't scrapbook, looking over photos from trips away or a sunny afternoon can help you pick colours for your cards or jewellery projects.

So Get Snapping and Get Crafting!!!           

Let us know what you've been up to during your summer...

Well its the Final!

The final of our Craft World Cup Offers arrived.

Wooden Rubber Stamps- Holland

and

Paint Dabbers- Spain.

So if you need to add to your rubber stamp collection, or have been waiting a while to finish a paper project/scrapbook with lovely acrylic paints, now is your chance.

These two products are at a massive 25% discount! (35% if you collect your loyalty card points)

This great offer must end on Saturday 10th July 2010. Don't miss it!

Please Vote for Barbara!

Barbara C our resident Jewellery guru and designer has a beautiful piece of Jewellery in a competition online. Many of you have received great advice from Barbara about your jewellery projects and some of you may have been to her classes You can vote for her design at:

Click here to vote for Barbara!

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Voting Closes on the 11^th July so please be quick!

Craft World Cup Continues...

Craft World Cup Continues...
So we are down to 8 products in our craft world cup!
That means we have 8 products with 15% discount.
This can only last until Saturday 3rd July when 4 offers will be removed and 4 will rise to 20% discount.
Which ones will make it through?
To find out more click here!

32 become 16 in Our Craft World Cup!

The second phase of our world cup offers is now taking place.

16 of the original 32 products have left the offer. So the 5% discount on those products is no longer available.

However, don't despair there are still 16 product left in the Craft World Cup. And the bonus id that there is 10% of each of these products!

To see the list of products that have made it click here.

Let us know what products you want to be in the final, leave comment.

Don't know how to leave a comment but like to know?  Follow our 'How to comment guide'

Craft World Cup the Group Stages

As we are nearing the end of the group stages we will be drawing up the list of products that will make it to the knockout stage!

Each product that progresses will gain an extra 5% of discount.

So that's 10 % off 16 products.

Look out for our updated list on Friday!

We are still in the process of putting out our new strings of beads and they are proving very popular already, with some strings sold out! But don't worry there are still 100's of strings left to choose from.

Hundreds of New beads...

We are very excited by our delivery this week of hundreds of new bead strings and packs.

Some of the bead types available are:

Cats Eye; Crystals; Gem Stone Chips; Crackle glass beads; Millefiore; Opaline; Silk Beads and many more.

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These beautiful beads range in colour from subtle earthy tones to bright and vibrant fun summer colours.

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We just need to find space to display all the beads in their lovelyness...

Craft World Cup

Crafters & Co World Cup Offers

Whether you have no interest in the Football World Cup or can’t wait to for it, we are offering our own World Cup Bargains for the 4 weeks of the tournament.

Starting with our Second Saturday Special for June we will be pairing up Craft Products with teams in the World Cup, 32 in total.

Which Products will make it to the Final with a massive 25 % discount?

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Initially we will be offering 5% discount on all the named Craft Products for the groups stages of the Competition, or first two weeks for non football fans.

To find out more click here!

New in- Back in...

Just a quick note to let you know that we have a few new items in the shop:
The new range of Magnolia stamps have arrived and are as lovely as ever.

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These are just in and have been proving very popular. Mina from Pinkpuds has provided us with the beautiful example above for you to see just how lovely they are. She used Distress Inks to colour the stamps and the fabulous paper is more from the Basic Grey Cappella range.

We also have in the brand new Cuttlebug Quilled flower kits:

Quilled Rose/ Carnation Kit

Quilled Daisy Kit

Quilled Chrysanthemum Kit

These great kits come with a quilling pen, 4 cutting dies and 10 floral wires to make your own flowery accents for all manner of paper crafts.

Another reason to use your Cuttlebug Machine. (can be used in other machines with the correct spacers)

New designs of Prima Flowers have arrived too. Not much to say here, other than have a look below and witness their lovelyness.

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And to compliment the Magnolia Stamps we have the New range of Tim Holtz Distress ink pads and reinker bottles in stock.

Back in Stock we have:

Silicone Glue

Quickie Glue Pen

Photo Glue

Stickles

Jewellery Glue

and various jewellery findings.

These are all available in our shop, if you would like us to reserve any items for you to collect please give us a ring: 02870354343

Sneak Peek, May Scrapbooking...

We thought we'd give you a Sneak Preview of this months Scrapbooking layout.
Sara has used the lovely new papers from Basic Greys Cappella range to make this layout.

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This is a beautiful range of paper which is currently in stock at our shop in Coleraine.

A variation to this page will be done using the Max and Whiskers range from Basic Grey too.

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April scrapbooking layout

Here is one of the colour ways for this months scrapbooking layout.

There are a few places now no places available for this class on Thursday 6th May, morning and evening.

There are however a some kits of these lovely double page layouts available.

Please call us on 028 70354343 to book your kit.

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Sara has designed four colour ways of this layout.

Jewellery samples for you to see...

Barbara C has been busy designing and making up jewellery samples. Look at what you could make with us some of the jewellery classes in May/June.

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If you would like to sign up for any of these classes please check the current classes list for more information

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Each of these lovely items of jewellery are samples of what you will be making. You will be able to choose your own colours for each class from the range of beads and findings available in the shop.

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As always we love to hear your comments, so please sign in and tell us what you think of these wonderful pieces of jewellery designed by Barbara C.

Newsletter and Class list out now!

May Newsletter

Hello Crafters,

Firstly, I’d like to say a BIG thank you to everyone who came to our Demo day and helped make it such a great day. Our very own Sarah Boorman was demonstrating the Cuttlebug using Nestabilities, which we are now stocking, and the embossing folders from Provo Craft, while Mina Hartley showed us how to get perfect results using the NEW colours of Distress Inks along with the latest stamp designs from Magnolia (the arrival of which we are eagerly awaiting!).

Barbara and Norma both ran some fabulous Make and Takes which saw several of you going home with a lovely card and a pair of earrings! Dianes’ home baking also helped us raise another £32 for Marie Curie, a cause very close to mine and Richards hearts.

The new class list is available here. We will start taking bookings for these on

Saturday 1^st May at 9.30 am

As usual you can book for as many or as few classes as you wish. Bookings can be made in person at the shop or by telephone (028 70354343) – unfortunately we are unable to take bookings by e-mail at this time. Once again we will be asking for payment in advance as this enables us to make the best use of our waiting lists, but anyone giving us 72hours notice of a cancellation will be entitled to a full refund.

We have had a lot of deliveries since the last Newsletter and so there are lots of new goodies in store! We have re stocked all of our beads from Viking Loom and also added some of their new colour mixes. We’ve also bought some gorgeous Two-Tone Papillon and 4mm Rocailles which Barbara has used in the Multi strand necklace (see class details overleaf) as well as some great value Jewellery Kits. These kits are perfect for beginners as well as making a lovely gift. Retailing at just £14.99, they contain everything you need to make a pretty necklace including instructions, beads, findings and even a pair of pliers!

We’ve two new ranges of paper from Basic Grey, Kioshi and Green at Heart, and are expecting two more (Cappella and Max & Whiskers)within the next couple of weeks.

The Lace Doily punch from Martha Stewart is back in stock, although we are still waiting for some of the other designs to come in.

For the stampers amongst you we have a limited amount of great acrylic stamp sets in, with designs from Nellie Snellen and Kitty de Wolf. With prices starting from just £1.50 you could pick yourself up a real bargain.

If you are short of ideas and unable to make classes then you may be interested in the latest Creativity Magazine. Packed full of ideas and with a free CD it is well worth the £2.50 cover price.

Oh, and don’t forget, our next Second Saturday Special is on Saturday 8^th May.

I think that is most things for now.

I hope to see you soon, but until then happy crafting!

Sara

Demos Demos Demos- Norma T Make and Take a Card...

Norma T showing Marie the finished product in the Make and Take Card session

The Flowers were cut out Using the Cricut machine.

Demos Demos Demos- Barbara C with Jewellery Make and Takes

Barbara C taking Eleanor through the process of her earring Make and Take Session. There were 2 Jewellery Make and Takes.



The Earrings and the Zip Charm Clasp. see the inserts in the photo above Above.

More Demos, Tim Holts Distressed Inks and Magnolia

Mina showing Lauren how to colour Magnolia Stamps with Tim Holtz Distress Inks...

Were are Taking Pre Orders for the New Colours of Distress Inks and Magnolia Stamps.

Demo day so far, Sarah B and Cuttlebug...

Cheryl paying attention as Sarah B Demonstrates the Cuttlebug and accessories

Demonstration Day and Second Saturday Specials

There was no choosing of Special Offers today!

We Instead have provided 8 different Offers for you!!!

As well As the Offers we have Demo's from:

Mina Hartley- using Magnolia Stamps to show off the New Tim Holtz Distress Ink colours.

Norma T- Demonstrating Card Making as part of a Make and Take session- only £2.

Barbara C- Demonstrating two pieces of Jewellery as part of a Make and Take session- only £2

Sarah B- Showcasing the myriad possibilities of the cuttlebug and the many folders and accessories available for your die cutting and embossing projects!

Demo Day @ Crafters & Co!

This coming Saturday- 10th April 2010- we are having a Demo Day!

We are putting on a day of Demonstrations, Make and Takes and some great Special Offers.
Mina Hartley will be joining us once again demonstrating new ink colours and Magnolia Stamp designs ( which will be available to pre-order) as well as Sarah B, Barbara, April and Norma T!
There should be plenty to interest Jewellery Makers, Cards Makers and Scrapbooking enthusiasts alike.
Demos will run all day and entrance is free! We really hope that you will be able to join us in what should be a great day.

The Demonstrations will be taking place from 10:30 until 4:30.

A Year In Cards Part IV

Installment Four in Sarah B's 'A Year in Cards'.

Another beautiful set of cards to be used throughout the year.

Please leave us your comment about the cards (just click the comment link below)

Gentleman Caller

Cards with a theme for men. Usually a tough one to get inspiration for.

So hopefully you can get a few ideas.

Please leave a comment below and let us know what you think:

A Year In Cards Part III

Here is the Third installment from Sarah B's 'A Year in Cards' Set...

As always please leave a comment and let us know what you think of the cards.

Second Saturday Special!!!

Its that time of the month again- Second Saturday Special is Today!

This months offer is on Jewellery! Buy 4 items of jewellery and get a 5th aboslutely free!



Lynn was our first customer through the door and she got to choose from 3 envelopes to select this months Special offer.

For this Lynn got a £5 voucher to spend in the Shop today!!! Lucky her!!

If you would like a reminder when our special offers are on please sign up for our Offers email.

Second Saturday Special!!!

Its that time of the month again- Second Saturday Special is Today!

This months offer is on Jewellery! Buy 4 items of jewellery and get a 5th aboslutely free!



Lynn was our first customer through the door and she got to choose from 3 envelopes to select this months Special offer.

For this Lynn got a £5 voucher to spend in the Shop today!!! Lucky her!!

If you would like a reminder when our special offers are on please sign up for our Offers email.

My Cute Stamps- New in Stock!!!

We have a range of the My Cute Stamps in Store Now.



This great range of high quality clear stamps are great for Card Making, Scrapbooking and to be honest any Paper Crafting application!!!

Cricut Card- Dorothy and the yellow brick road

This is a quick picture of a card I made for my niece. She really loves the Wizard of Oz at the moment so I cut Dorothy and the Emerald city out using the Cricut machine and the Paper Doll Dress it Up cartridge.

It is Her Birthday today-

Happy Birthday Livvy Lou!!!

Let us know what projects you have used your Cricut machine for- if you have one.

As ever, please leave your comments for us to read.

A Year In Cards, Part II...

Here's a peek at the cards from this weeks 'A Year In Cards' class.

Please leave a comment below and tell us what you think.

As with 'A Year in Cards' Part I the cards were designed by Sarah B!!!

Nestabilities Back in Stock

We have various Spellbinders Nestabilities back in stock. These are proving very popular.

Nestabilies are great to use in Cuttlebugs ( and other die cutting machines- BigShot and Sizzix) to produce excellent die cuts.

Each Pack can create various sizes of the same shape. Very versitile and useful for card and Scrapbooking projects.

Price instore: £19.99

Cuttlebugs Back in Stock!!! Still At £50

A Cuttlebug Machine is a great way to emboss and cut your papers for Card Making, Scrapbooking and other Paper Craft projects.
And we use ours such a lot in our workshops and classes.

Our price for the Cuttlebug Machine is £50 in our Shop. And it is only £60 delivered. To take advantage of this delivered price please check out our eBay Lisiting here. And you can get your Cut & Emboss Folders in our eBay Shop

A Year In Cards, Part I...

...Its that time of year again and Sarah has produced cards to see you through the year.

Here are the first batch for you to see.

Please leave a comment and tell us what you think...