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Copper Leaf Ceramic Dish Craft Kit & Tutorial

This month, we’ve taken inspiration from golden sunshine, the way light changes how we see things - or how morning or evening sunlight just catches the edges of things and makes them glow.

You'll be decorating a ceramic leaf dish!

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Creative Inspiration Moodboard: Golden Sunshine

This month, as the days start to warm up, we're taking inspiration from golden sunshine; the warmth, the colours it creates, the effect it has on everything around us - that's one inspiring star!

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Creative Inspiration Mood Board: Handwritten

From quickly jotted notes to old fashioned letters, like beautiful little works of art in their own right, there's something special about handwriting that words on a screen just don't compete with.

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Japanese Bookbinding Craft Kit and Tutorial

This month’s project is to make a Japanese-bound notebook with a hand-marbled paper cover and beautiful cream pages inside.

 

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Creative Inspiration Mood Board: Railway Journeys

This month, we're taking inspiration from railway journeys, and the heritage, craftsmanship and romance of steam railways. Who doesn't love a steam railway journey?!

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Meet The Maker: Gabriela Szulman

This month, we're playing with decoupage - and delighted to introduce you to decoupage and collage artist Gabriela Szulman.

We love Gabriela's distinctive and playful work, and talked to her about her background, what inspires her, and advice for those starting out with decoupage.

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Meet the Maker: Rebecca Hector Clarke of Nook of the North

For our November 2018 craft kit (you can see what we're making here) we've collaborated with Rebecca Hector Clarke of Nook of the North. Becca is an amazing designer and jeweller maker, and we love her mid-century modern style!

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Modern Needle Punch Kit & Tutorial

We've another addictive craft to share with you... and a collaboration with one of our favourite designers!

Create a Nook of the North designed piece of wall art!

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Lampshade Craft Kit Tutorial

As the nights draw in and the light fades away earlier each day, our embroidered lampshade craft kit was the perfect answer to beat that looming Autumn darkness.

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Macrame Plant Hanger Craft Kit

If you’ve looked at gorgeous examples of modern macrame online but thought it might be a bit tricksy, we’ve got just the kit for you.

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Meet the Maker: Hannah Lamb

For August's kit we're excited to be experimenting with cyanotype printing - have a better look here at what we'll be making. So, in honour of next month's craft kit, we wanted to have a good ol' chat with a cyanotype printing pro about that lovely cyan blue art we will be creating ourselves very soon.

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All About Cyanotypes

This month is all about cyanotypes - a process I know a lot of people are curious about!

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Cyanotype Craft Kit

Have you come across cyanotype printing before?

If not, you’re in for a treat - this is one of my favourite creative processes.

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Copper Embossing Craft Kit

We're excited to share this kit reveal with you as it's a collaboration with Carole Fenwick of MaggieMagoo Designs. Isn't the botanical print lovely?

Copper embossing is a more unusual craft that we're sure you're going to love, as it works its magic turning an ordinary wooden box into something special.

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Meet The Maker: Carole Fenwick

For our July 2018 kit we've collaborated with Carole Fenwick of MaggieMagoo Designs. Carole is a print and pattern designer extraordinaire and we absolutely love her botanical style.

If you haven't already come across her work, we think you'll love it too! We talked to Carole about her background, inspiration and advice for new illustrators and designers.

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How to find inspiration in your everyday

Ever been in that dull, creatively stuck place where you just lack motivation? No fun!

Today, we're sharing a few quick exercises that can easily fit into your existing routine to inspire you and get your creative ideas flowing in no time!

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Needle Felted Bowl Tutorial

Create a stunning needle felted bowl with our easy-to-follow craft kit for adults! Inspired by nature, this relaxing DIY project includes all materials and step-by-step instructions to guide you through the needle felting process. Perfect for beginners and experienced crafters alike!

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Meet the Maker: Sophie Wheatley

For May’s kit we’re going to be crafting with felt… we'll be revealing all soon!

We got in touch with Sophie Wheatley, a needle felting artist whose work we really admire, and founder of All Things Felt and BeautifulSophie's work is inspired by people’s love for their dogs; she can recreate any dog so accurately that her felt sculptures serve as a lifelong reminder of much-loved pooches.

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Sashiko Tutorial

For this craft kit and tutorial, we’re sharing our Japanese embroidery folk art of Sashiko!

This traditional textile process translates as ‘little stabs’ and was used by farmers and fisherman as a form of darning, or quilting stitch to build up warmth in winter clothing.

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Meet the Maker: Helaina Sharpley

For May's kit, we're excited to share our first kit collaboration, this one with the wonderful wirework artist, Helaina Sharpley.

We've admired Helaina's lovely work for years (it stopped Moira in her tracks at a craft trade show!), with oodles of character and history, so who better to collaborate with for our upcoming wirework kit?

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