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

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.

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.

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)

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.

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!!!

Newsletter January 2010

Hello Crafters,

Happy New Year to you all! I look forward to seeing you all now that the worst of the weather seems to be cleared and the pavements are no longer like a skating rink!

Overleaf is a list of classes and workshops that are coming up in February and March. We will start taking bookings for these on :

Saturday 23^rd January 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.

Just arrived in store are the two new ranges of 12 x 12 paper from Basic Grey- Origins (lovely vintage prints in greens, browns, and yellows) and Sugar Rush ( a pretty mixture of pinks and blues).

I've also ordered 3 new paper ranges from Graphic 45 and 'Flutter' from Making Memories. Both are due in at the beginning of February.

We continue to add to our range of Cricut Cartridges that are available to hire- at a cost of £5 per week. If you own a Cricut Machine you may wish to make use of this service which allows you to get more from your machine without the expense of buying lots of different cartridges.

I have two new contacts for Jewellery making supplies and we will be expanding our range of beads and findings over the next couple of months, so do keep an eye out for those.

Our Second Saturday Specials provided some of you with great savings on Card, Jewellery making and Scrapbooking supplies in 2009 and we aim to continue this into 2010. The next one will be on the 13^th February.

But remember- you have to come into the shop to find which fantastic offer we have on!

I think that is most things for now.

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

Sara

For further information and updates please visit www.craftersandco.com

Demonstration Day At Crafters & Co Saturday 10th October 2009- This Saturday!!!

Hello Crafters,

just a quick note to let you know about our Demonstration Day- the full newsletter will follow shortly.

Saturday 10th October 2009 from 10.30 to 4pm

Mina Hartley will be working with our lovely Tilda Stamps from Magnolia and showing us how she creates her beautiful cards.

(you can see more of her work by following the link to PinkPuds on the right )

We aslo have a number of other demonstrations, make and takes, special offers and tea and coffee served throughout the day.

The day is free and you are welcome to call in at any time.

I really hope you'll be able to join us.

Until then, Happy Crafting!

Sara

Colour Your World.

We Missed the Second Saturday Special last week so this week we have the Colour Your World Offer!!!

Can't make it to the shop get this great Cuttlebug deal from our eBay Shop!

With only £10 postage to anywhere in the UK!!!

Also check out our other deals on eBay- Many not available in the shop!!!



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Cuttlebug Machines £50

Cuttlebug Machines £50

Plus Many Embosssing Folders at £3.99!!!

Rubber Stamps Sale!

There are a Selection of Rubber Stamps on Sale! this month at Crafters & Co.


Check Back again to see what else we have in Our August Sale!


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A Year in Cards. Part III

The Last 4 cards from Sarah's Class, 'A Year In Cards'.

If you didn't make it to the last class don't worry it will be repeated in the Autumn. Look out for information in the next Newsletter in July!!!

Year in Cards Part II

More cards from Sarah's Class 'A Year in Cards'





More cards from this class in Part III...

A Year in Cards Part I

Here are some samples from Sarah's 'Year in Cards' Class.








more to come...

Feminine Cards from last weeks Class.

Here are the Cards from last weeks Feminine Cards Class.















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