Well, here we are again at the end of October and Halloween is upon us. Do you decorate your house for Halloween? I always thought it was just an American thing, but it seems to be catching on here in the UK more and more especially for the little ones. I don’t really like the […]
Have you ever heard the acronym SABLE? Well it stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy That seems to be the situation that I am in. As most of you know my crafting superpower is knitting and crochet and I love nothing better than wandering around a yarn shop. In these difficult times for small […]
As a member of the Beadworkers Guild, I am very excited to tell you about International Beading Week. It runs from Saturday 28th July until Sunday 5th August. Yes, I know that is more than a week as it includes two weekends, but hey, when you love beads as much as we all do I […]
Hello again, In the last couple of weeks we have sold lots of large metal rings from the website. By large, I mean 40cm, 45cm and even 50cm diameter rings. What can people be doing with them? I guess if you were thin (which I am not) then they could be used as a hoola […]
For a while now White Coated Metal Rings have been our most popular item on the website. So I am very excited to bring you metal rings in two new colours this month, Gold Coated and Silver Coated. Each colour is available in 4 sizes, 10cm, 15cm , 20cm and 25cm and I have managed […]
Well here we are at the end of March already and that means an increase in Royal Mail charges. Sadly we will also have to increase our postal charges by 5p to cover the increase. It is always difficult working out the postal charges for the website as we sell such a diverse range of […]
I am very excited to tell you that we have a new range of Wooden Beads on the website in some great colour co-ordinated packs:Â We have stocked Polished Wooden Beads in Brown Tones for some time and as they have proven to be popular I have added these colours to the range. Blue Tones […]
Well here we are in March 2018 and just when we are thinking Spring, the snow arrives. That makes it an ideal time to stay inside in the warm and craft. There is still time to make something for Mother’s Day – if you are quick, but then there is Easter hard on its heels. […]
Well here we are in that in-between time when Christmas is over and the New Year celebrations are still to come. These few days at the end of the year always seem to be a time of reflection for me, getting ready for the challenges of a new year. This year I have been thinking […]
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I know Halloween is over and you all thought that you were done with spiders until next year. But I want to tell you the story of the Christmas Spider so that you will understand why you must have a spider hanging in your Christmas Tree. On Christmas Eve, a long time ago, a gentle […]