The Craft Centre King's Lynn and Craft Group King's Lynn...

Exciting news... JewelOri is now renting a shelf at The Craft Centre King's Lynn (31 Norfolk Street, King's Lynn). I will get a photo of my shelf this Saturday to share with you all but here's what I've got there at the moment...

As you all know I'm a poor student so as part of my payment for the shelf rent I am helping with various bits and contributing to the window display. To start with this Saturday I will be decoupaging a beautiful set of wooden step ladders, which will be turned into a quirky shelf set to go into the window. Here's a photo of the heart music paper bunting I have donated for their Valentine's window display...

Having a shelf in the shop and selling online at Folksy will help massively as I won't be able to attend many, if any, craft fairs this year due to my uni course.

The craft centre is also going to be the new home of Craft Group King's Lynn.  We will be meeting every other Saturday morning 10am-12(ish). As always it is free to attend with the exception of donating a small amount towards tea and coffee.  If you wish to attend visit the Craft Group King's Lynn tab above to see what is planned and what we've done in the past.  You are required to provide your own materials for most events.

So here's what is planned for Craft Group King's Lynn in 2013...

Date                                                      Session

9th Feb                                                Body Scrubs and Massage Oils (Valentines)

23rd Feb                                              Prick and Stitch cards

9th March                                            Polymer Clay

23rd March                                          Potpouri bags

6th April                                               Decoupage - 3D

20th April                                             Needle Felting

4th May                                               Jewellery - wire work

18th May                                             Painting Skills (paint a plaque)

1st June                                               Quilting / Patchwork

15th June                                             Cross stitch

29th June                                             Dream Catchers

13th July                                              Stampin Up

27th July                                              Paper Bowls/ Beads

10th August                                         Fimo jewellery

24th August                                         Making a simple bag

7th September                                     Charity Projects (like the Big Knit)

21st September                                   Decoupage - Decorating boxes

5th October                                         Cake Decorating (Sugar Craft)

I hope to see you at the Craft Centre soon! I will be back in a couple of days with photos of my shelf and the decorated step ladder!

JewelOri January SALE!!!

That's right I've decided to have a sale! Selected items will have 10-20% off.

Some of my stock has been on my stall a little while so I'd like to refresh it all for this year.  I am mainly focusing on Christmas items throughout 2013 due to the intensity of my uni course and having to work.

So please head over to my Facebook page to have a browse through my SALE!! album.

Here's a few of the items that are in the sale...

Origami canvases WERE £5 NOW £4 each



Origami Fan Necklace WAS £15 NOW £13.50

 

Love Heart Stone Sign WAS £3 NOW £2.40



Dinosaur Wooden Mobile WAS £15 NOW £12


Post and Packaging is £1.50 and then 50p per additional items.

Payment is via Paypal only.

To purchase any item visit my Facebook page and browse the SALE album

The Messy Pea: Stampin' Up! Workshops

Fancy coming along to friendly cardmaking and papercraft classes? You will make new friends and share ideas/tips with like-minded people.

Natalie Pilgrim is an independent Stampin’ Up demonstator who has been crafting for over 20 years. Her cardmaking and papercraft classes are held every other Monday in the Conservatory at The Jolly Brewers Public House, Lynn Road, Shouldham Thorpe, King’s Lynn, PE33 0EB between 7 – 9pm.

The cost of each class (from beginners to experts) will be £10.00 and this includes room hire and all materials to complete the class projects. Booking is essential to ensure sufficient supplies are ordered and kits are available for everyone.

For further information on Stampin’ Up! or to book your space please contact Natalie
on 07595 375667 or themessypea@hotmail.co.uk (email) or visit Natalie's blog: http://www.themessypea.blogspot.com/

She can also do Children’s Parties, Home Classes, Home Workshops and Hen Parties.

Origami Angels and Craft Fairs

I have added my Origami Christmas Angels to my Folksy Shop. They're listed as 4 for £8 - a bargain as I normally sell them for £2.50 each! See them here.

I can now confirm that I will be having stalls at:

24th Nov - Downham Market Christmas Craft Fair, Town Hall 10am-4pm
25th Nov - Downham Market Christmas Lights Turn On, Town Hall 12am-5pm

But in the mean time... come and see me this weekend!

I am offering 20% off all purchases over £10, so come and see me for a cheeky bargain! My Christmas Angels will be there!

Homemade Dried Petal Confetti Instructions

My Mum has decided that she is going to make the confetti for my Sister's wedding next year. We decided to use Rose petals and some Hydrangea petals.  The rose's that Mum is growing are: Mum in a Million, Isabella and Grandma. This is so my Grandma (Isabel) can kind of be there as she passed away a few years ago.


Close up of the rose and hydrangea petals


The idea my sister has is that there will be a confetti cone for every couple - that's about 60 couples in total!

Mum has been drying the petals out overnight next to our Rayburn cooker. Here is what we've done so far...


Our petal confetti box!

 The smell is amazing!  Like honey.  We have decided to press the hydrangeas instead as the crinkle up a little too much when dried by the Rayburn. Here's a step by step guide to how we did it...

1. Lay out the petals on a piece of paper. Paper is better than kitchen roll as the kitchen roll will leave the bumpy pattern on the petals!...


Laying out the Hydrangea petals



2. Lay another piece of paper on top...



Layer up the paper



3. If you have more petals layer on top again. And finish with a final piece of paper on top...

Adding multiple layers - this will increase drying time!



4. Pile on the heaviest books you can find!!...

5. Aaaand wait! If you are drying a small amount it should only take 2-3 days. As I have a lot drying I am going to leave them a couple of weeks. I want to make sure all the moisture is out of them as they are to be stored for a year.

When they are ready I will share a photo of the results!

JewelOri is on Folksy!

Sorry I've been quiet for a while, but....

Horray! I'm now selling on Folksy!

After the long Etsy vs Folksy debate I decided on the latter.  Both have pros and cons, but to start with, Folksy it is.

Here is a link to my shop.  I've only listed a few items but I would love some feedback please!

That's all for now xx

Craft Group King's Lynn does... World Wide Knit in Public Day!

World Wide Knit in Public Day
WWKIPD Facebook page
Craft Group King's Lynn

The first two photos are my attempts at a mini hat! They are meant to be small enough to fit on top of the 'Innocent' Smoothie bottles, as part of the Age UK Big Knit Campaign. However as you can see they ended up larger. But not large enough to fit my teddy bear so...the ducks got it!

 These are little baby booties made by Vivian on our knitting night. So Cute!

Some photo's of our crafty group knitting away. Everyone is welcome and best of all it's free! Just bring along materials each session. For more information on what Craft Group King's Lynn have planned click on the tab at the top of this page.