Ideas and plans for 2016...

  I have lots of plans and ideas for Hunny Crafts Primitives in 2016.

 

To begin with...

 

 I just want to remind everyone of my 50% off sale in my Etsy shop, which is running until the end of January. I will be adding more items to the sale over the next couple of weeks.

 

Now for my ideas and plans...

 

I am planning to hold 2 or maybe 3 Open Houses at my home this year and if they are successful I will make them an annual event.  At my Open Houses I will not only have my items for sale I plan to invite guest crafters to display their wares also.

 

I will still be organising the Craft Fayres at work.

 

I am also planning on holding classes and workshops in sewing and cross stitch to begin with both at my home and where I work and I will expand on the class and workshop subjects as the year goes on.

 

I have been gathering ideas for cross stitch and needle punch designs from literature and my photographs. I will share these with you in due course.

 

Works in progress...

 

I have picked up my knitting needles again, I have two works in progress, a blanket and a pretty vintage sweater from my 'Knit Vintage' book, the pattern dates from the 1950's.

 

book front

 

the sweater I am making in teal

 

the back

The wool I am using is 4 ply mohair which is not the same as the book but I think it will have the same look.

Busy Wednesday

I was a busy little bee yesterday, I had the day off work to prepare for my upcoming Fairs. I made scented votive candles and wax tarts in the following scents:

Gingerbread House

Mulled Wine

Peppermint candy cane


I will be doing apple cinnamon at the weekend. I haven't made loads, just 8 votive of each scent and 5 wax tarts, one for sniffing and 4 to pair up. I have packaged them in small cellophane bags tied with homespun fabric. The votive candles will be £1.50 each and the wax tarts will be £1.50 for 2.

These will be for sale at my upcoming craft fairs.

I prepared some flexi frames I got from my friend Christine for cross stitch, as they are green and red I thought they would make the perfect tree decoration. These too will be for sale at my upcoming fairs. I haven't used all the frames so if you would like to commission a personalised one do let me know as soon as possible.

I have been packing my bags full of goodies for the Christmas Fayre at work on Wednesday December 2nd and I am getting very excited. We plan to decorate the room and play Christmas tunes to get everyone in the mood ;o). I look forward to seeing all my lovely friends and customers there.

I will be having 'Show Specials' at both fairs, I will be bringing along my wooden Rudolph the Reindeer price £24.95, he will be on offer for £15 and my tea towel racks price £25.95 will also be on offer for £15. There will be other 'Specials' too so do pop along an see me.

It's that time of year...

... folks where I am busy preparing for my upcoming Christmas Fayres.

 

I will be busy making scented candles, creating Christmas/Yule cross stitch items to sell, pot pourri and maybe some signs. 

 

I will be attending 2 this year, one at work on December 2nd (which I organise) and The Burnham Festive Fayre on staurday December 5th. It is an open air event held in the High Street, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex; from 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm.

 

It will be my 4th year at the fair and it has always been worthwhile doing. It is well attended and has a great atmosphere. We have also been very lucky with the weather, cold but dry; so let's hope that luck continues this year.

 

I am taking a spot in one of the lit marquees this year as I did last year. The first 2 years I attended I had a separate pitch with my own gazebo, but that was a lot of work for me on my own and very difficult to light as there is no electricity supplied.

 

Here are some photo's of my stall.

 

2013 in gazebo.

 

These were all taken before it got dark!!!

 

2014 in one of the 3 large lit marquees.

 

So if you're looking for a great Christmas Fair to go to, this is the one. Come and see me!!!

 

Prim Blessings

 

Julie

 

Thoughts from the Cabin xxx

 

 

Busy Weekend

I got myself organised this weekend. I made a plan to get housework done so I could get out in the cabin and get on with some crafting jobs; and I did it!

 

After sorting out the cabin post new chest of drawers I made some cinnamon apple soy candles (now listed in my Etsy shop. Primitive country pot pourri made using all natural ingredients that our ancestors would have used to scent their home through the winter months. I've yet to photograph it and put in my Etsy shop.

 

I have also packaged up my fabric covered candy canes to try and sell them as packs of 3, 4, 5 or 6 instead of singles. If it doesn't work then I'll go back to singles.

 

I have 2 Christmas Fayres coming up, December 2nd at my work (organised by me) and the Burnham Festive Fayre December 5th; so I'll be busy making more items for them, I'll keep you posted.

 

Blessed be

 

Thoughts From the Cabin xxx

Craft Fayre Success & Craft Club in the making...

The Craft Fayre I organise at my place of work which took place on June 18^th during the lunch period, was a great success. I don’t think we had as many folks through the door as we have in the past but I still had some great sales. Unfortunately though I took my camera I forgot to take some photos, what a der brain I am!!!

I have also been in discussions with someone to set up a Craft Club that people can attend in their lunch break, to meet like-minded people and to work on their works in progress.  We will also organise talks, demonstrations and classes. My next step it to write the proposal to get the go ahead.

First Etsy Sale & Blog plan

I'm so excited, I opened my Etsy shop in January this year and I have just had my first sale woo hoo!!!

A lovely lady has purchased my pack of blueberry muffin scented candle/wax tarts, they smell so yummy you could eat them ;oD. They are going off to her today.

I don't have a lot of stock in my shop at the moment and my Folksy shop is getting less and less as my plan is to take some decent photo's of my items now I know how and re-stock gradually.

Now for the my blog plan.

Because I have a day job to go to ;0( I find I don't have the time to post all that regularly and especially not daily (which I would love to do) about my crafts, ideas, garden etc. So I have decided that I will post once a week, usually at the weekend (Friday through Sunday); that way I can update you on what I have been up to and so on.

The past two weekends I have been working on knew products for an upcoming craft fayre I organise at work during the lunch period June 18th just before Father's Day weekend.

Here is a taster:

Herb plant stakes

Lavender & wheat Cath Kidston fabric pillows

My own hand printed cushions

Embroidered panel cushion

Signs for Dad's as gifts for Father's Day

Framed starfish

 

I have my own cross stitch design models to make up and photograph so I can take my own patterns to the fayre also.

 

Prim Blessings from the Cabin

 

Julie x

Catch up and magazine article in the offing...

I haven't written for a while as nothing particularly exciting has happened and I don't want to post boring stuff.

 

I have been finishing of my needle punch designs and cross stitch designs (photo's to follow) it has taken me quite a while as I have my day job and quite frankly when I get home in the evening, after cooking dinner I just feel too pooped to do much crafting so it all has to wait until the weekend where I fit it in between the usual house hold chores.

 

I have created a group of crafters where I work and I have organised 4 craft fayres so far with them. We have recently taken some photos of some of our items to use in the poster for the spring fayre due to be held in May and to use in a magazine article.

 

Where I work we have a magazine that is published once a month. We thought an article in this publication will bring the craft fayres to more peoples attention. We raise money for the departments charity of the year, 2015 is the year for the Breast Cancer Unit at Southend Hospital in Essex.

 

My job now is to write the article.

 

 

Two Christmas Fayres....

I attended two Christmas Fayres in the past few days. One on December 4th where I have my day job, I organise this fayre bringing together other very talented people who work in my building. From glass painters to bunting, ceramic artist to knitted creatures and me American Folk Art. Here are some pictures of my stall.

 

 

My second fayre was in Burnham-on-Crouch where I live. It is a new annual fayre of which this was it's 4th year. This is the 3rd time I've attended, the past 2 years I had a gazebo on my own; but as I'm on my own I found it too hard to deal with packing up and taking the gazebo down on my own, so this year I decided to go in one the marquees. I think I will be going back to my gazebo and see if I can share with a fellow crafter.

Here are some photos...

Thank you for stopping by...

 

Blessed Be

 

Julie x

 



Getting ready for Craft Fayres...

I have been very busy over the last few weeks making new items for two upcoming craft fayres. One at work that I have organised, bringing together other crafters in the building and raising funds for a supported charity; and Burnham Festive Fayre on Saturday (my home town so not far to go).

 

I have made not only candles and rosehip potpourri I have been wax dipping fabric covered plastic candy canes, rag ball tree decoratins, fabric covered star tree decorations, crochet topped Christmas tea towels I am planning on making a dry mix potpourri using all natural ingredients (I will update you on that in another post).

 

Fingers crossed the weather stays dry for Saturday, I don't mind the cold but the wet no thank you.

 

Happy day to you all

 

Blessed Be

 

Julie x