Celebrating Halloween at home
Top tips for the spookiest of celebrations Celebrating Halloween at home is a fun way to break up the dark days of Autumn without rushing to the Christmas season. Halloween is becoming a bigger celebration in this country year upon year. From stock filling the shops to decorations in peoples homes. Whilst trick or treating is generally a reserve of busy towns, a good movie night is always a fun way to celebrate! Originally posted Sept 2021, Updated August 2024 How do you Halloween at home? People celebrate Halloween differently, across the world and across the UK. Some still see it as an ‘imported American holiday’ whilst others think…
How to create display boards for crafts for sale
Simple DIY ideas for displaying crafts and jewellery Display boards for selling crafts are a key part of craft show kit. If you are taking place in Summer craft shows now is the perfect time to get yourself prepared. Our Display Boards For summer fetes and craft shows we need interesting ways of displaying jewellery. We had bought various pieces from shops and online however most options we found were really expensive. For example we bought a white and teal T bar bracelet holder from Homesense and a flat velvet earring holder from eBay. We also bought mini easels to decorate as price signs from The Works. But to…
Star Wars Crafts and Dog Photos!
This is the May May can only mean one thing-Star Wars. Star Wars has become a bit of a cultural phenomenon, even more so in recent years, as Disney Plus series brings out new content to enthral fans old and new (baby Grogu anyone?!) The 4th of May marks Star Wars day-May the 4th be with you (May the force be with you)-followed by the revenge of the 5th (sith). Whilst I’m not a massive fan of the stories we love all the creatures and landscapes created during the series. So check out how some of our crafts they have inspired below! As well as some fun doggy photo…
What ‘Food’ day is it today?
A compendium of food and craft related ‘days’ to celebrate throughout the year! Ever woken up and wondered what food day is it today? Or perhaps you run a social media page and sometimes struggle with thinking of the right foodie based content. Well fear no more! I have scoured the internet, calendars and a great page I found aptly called Days of the Year and collated a list of food/foodie inspired events happening throughout the year! Below you will find each month with any moving events or monthly themes at the top followed by the days of the month. January Veganuary month Soup month Oatmeal month Burns night 1st…
How to prepare for craft shows, our top 10 tips
A quick overview of how we prep for summer fetes and crafts shows Over the years we have attended many craft shows, Christmas fayres and summer fetes, selling everything from cupcakes to crafts to face painting. This experience has taught us everything we truly need to prepare for a craft show-both ourselves and our stock! Here I will tell you all I have learnt and help you prepare for a craft show. Write a craft show checklist When preparing for a craft show or fete I’ve found the best thing to do is to write a checklist that is universally applicable and covers everything you’ll need down to bottles of water and…
Making a move-Life Update
From Cornwall to Lincolnshire Life Update-October 2021 Time for a life update as we’ve been very busy over the last couple of weeks. We have sold our business in Cornwall and moved across the country to Lincolnshire! When in Cornwall we owned a physical shop and tearoom, whilst here in Lincolnshire we have plans to run an online craft shop and cake service. The property we have bought requires a fair bit of work but also comes with a chunk of land which so far our canines have enjoyed running around. We hope perhaps in the future we could open this up for others to use as we have…
