December News Updates

Hi all,

Well we have been busy stocking the shop for Christmas and planning some exciting events so I just wanted to let you in on the action.

First of all, The Crafty Alley Shop which has rapidly become Kerry's largest Art and Craft Supplies Shop is pleased to announce that we now stock needlecrafts, everything from wool and threads to zips and felt! This is a welcome addition to our wide range of goods and was much needed in the Killarney area. These items will be also be available on the website in the New Year.

This weekend as part of the Christmas in Killarney festivel the Crafty Alley Shop is delighted to join other retailers in the Monster Sale weekend. There will be a massive 20% off everything in store this Sat and Sun. This will help people finish (or start!) their Christmas Shopping without breaking the bank. It is also our way of saying thank you to all our customers who have supported us in our first year.

Also to help out the Christmas shoppers, The Crafty Alley Shop will open for Sundays throughout December.

During this month we are hosting a junior art and craft competition with amazing prizes to be won. All proceed of the competition will be donated to charity. All you have to do is submit a piece of work - anything from a drawing to a sculpture with a Christmas theme and the winners will be announced at our Christmas Junior Art Showcase on Sunday 21st Dec where there will be lots of goodies and events in store. More information to be posted soon.

We wish all of our customers a safe, peaceful and joyful Christmas and New Year.

Cathy

Halloween At The Crafty Alley Shop

MASK MAKING & FACE PAINTING

THIS SATURDAY 10am & 12pm

PLUS FREE HALLOWEEN GOODY BAG TO TAKE AWAY!

PHONE 064 30 800 TO RESERVE A PLACE €7.50 PER CHILD

The Crafty Alley Shop at Cork Croppers 19th Oct Nemo Rangers

Hi,

Just to let you know that The Crafty Alley Shop will be bringing the shop along to the Cork Crop this Sunday at the Nemo Rangers Club, Cork.

We will be bringing all our new stock as long as well unveiling our first monthly kits and competitions.

Hope to see you there!

Cathy

Adult Workshops Update

These classes are suitable for adults and children over the age of 14

20th September - Watercolour Painting Class with artist Malcom Thomas- 10am to 4pm - €60 (Only one place left)

27th September - Jewellery Making - 10am and 2pm - €15

4th October - Calligraphy (With the owner of the infamous Quill House)- 2pm - 4.30pm €10 per person New Class!

18th October - Calligraphy (with the owner of the infamous Quill House)- 2pm - 4.30pm €10 per person New Class!

25th October - Scrapbooking - 2pm - 4pm - €20, Card Making - 4pm - 5pm - €10

1st November - Jewellery Making 10am - €15


Call 06430800 or email shop@craftyalley.com to reserve your place.
See you soon!

Junior Workshops Update

Just a reminder of what children's classes are left for the rest of the year. Most classes are already half filled so please book your place as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

27th Sept - 10Am Card making with Shrinkles & 12Pm Ceramic Painting

11th Oct - 10am - Make an Autumn Collage & 12pm Silk painting

25th Oct - 10am Mask Painting & 12pm Mask making for Halloween (Includes face painting)

8th Nov - 10Am Candle Making & 12pm Quilling

22nd Nov - 10Am Card making with Shrinkles & 12Pm make your own Mosaic picture

6th Dec - 10Am Make your own Christmas Cards & 12pm make your own Christmas Decorations

20th Dec - 10am make your own Christmas Decorations & 12pm make your own Christmas Gifts

On Sunday 21st December we will have a very special Junior Art Showcase where all the children who have taken part in our Junior Workshops can invite their friends and family along to see what they have been making in our workshops.

There will be some special spot prizes on the day and their will be an entrance fee which will l be donated to a children's charity still to be confirmed. More details to follow.

To book a place on any of the above workshops please call the shop on 064 30 800 or email shop@craftyalley.com.

Autumn Workshops

Here is a list of the upcoming workshops for September, October and November in the Crafty Alley Shop Killarney. All places are limited and require reservation by phone or email.

13th September

• 2pm to 4pm - Scrapbooking - €20 (includes materials)
• 4pm ro 5pm - Card Making - €10 (includes materials)

20th September

• Watercolour Painting Class - 10am to 4pm - €60

27th September

• Jewellery Making - 10am and 2pm - €15

25th October

• Scrapbooking - 2pm - 4pm - €20
• Card Making - 4pm - 5pm - €10

1st November

• Jewellery Making 10am - €15

Call 06430800 or email shop@craftyalley.com to reserve your place.

See you soon!

Thanks to the Midlands Craft Club

Well we had a super day in Tullamore with the Midlands Craft Club. What a lovely bunch of talented girls. We hope to be heading back to Tullamore in the not so distant future and we may even stick around for a class if Sandra will have us.

The Maya Road and new Imaginesce Halloween range seemed to go down a real treat with the girls which we were delighted with.

The girls also gave us some good feedback on the website and some other ideas which we will be hopefully revealing soon.

Thanks for having us and if anyone is interested in going to the Midlands next crop - visit their blog here.

50% OF ALL CANVAS WHILE STOCKS LAST

50% of all Winsor & Newton and Reeves stretched and deep edge canvas purchased on line. This offer will last while stocks ast.

All canvas are primed, 100% cotton and suitable for oil and acrylics.

Don't miss out on this great offer.

Midlands Craft Club

We are delighted that the shop has been invited along to the Midland Craft Club crop this Saturday in the Day's Hotel, Tullamore. We will be bringing along all the new goodies that landed in the shop this week including K&Company, Imaginesce and much much more. Keep an eye on the website if you want to get hold of our exclusive and limited Halloween and Christmas goodies that have just arrived. www.craftyalley.com

Upcoming Adult Art Classes

Hi all,

I am pleased announce our two first adult art classes.

Saturday 6Th September - Acrylics with artist Honoré Kennedy

Saturday 20Th September - Watercolours with artist Malcolm Thomas

These are day long classes from 10Am - 4pm. Cost is €60 each (excludes materials).

Places are limited to 6 people per class so please call now to book a place 064 30 800

Deposits will be required to secure your place.

Regards

Cathy

Junior Workshops (For rest of year)

Hi there,

Since our junior workshops are filling up at a rapid pace I thought I would put up the junior workshop schedule until the end of year.

Classes are limited to 10 children and are for ages 4 to 12.

We will be announcing some very special tots workshops for the ages of 2 to 4 over the next day or two.

Children 14+ are welcome to join any of our adult classes.

2nd Aug - 10Am Scrap booking & 12pm Card making

16th Aug - 10Am Mask painting / Face Painting & 12pm Scrap booking

30th Aug - 10Am Puppet making (This class will cost €10 per child because of materials cost) & 12pm Scrap booking (make a scrapbook of your summer holidays. Bring at least 5 pictures)

13th Sept - 10Am Card Making (Quilling) & 12pm Mosaic

27th Sept - 10Am Card making with Shrinkles & 12Pm Ceramic Painting

11th Oct - 10am - make an Autumn Collage & 12pm Silk painting

25th Oct - 10am Mask Painting & 12pm Mask making for Halloween (Includes face painting)

8th Nov - 10Am Candle Making & 12pm Quilling

22nd Nov - 10Am Card making with Shrinkles & 12Pm make your own Mosaic picture

6th Dec - 10Am Make your own Christmas Cards & 12pm make your own Christmas Decorations

20th Dec - 10am make your own Christmas Decorations & 12pm make your own Christmas Gifts

On Sunday 21st December we will have a very special Junior Art Showcase where all the children who have taken part in our Junior Workshops can invite their friends and family along to see what they have been making in our workshops. There will be some special spot prizes on the day and their will be an entrance fee which will l be donated to a children's charity still to be confirmed. More details to follow.

To book a place on any of the above workshops please call the shop on 06 430 800 or email shop@craftyalley.com.

Summer Rain

Hi all, 

What a summer? It feels more like October than July. Our customers are saying that they don't mind because they are indoors painting, scrapbooking, doing arts and crafts with the kids but in general making the most of the bad weather. 

We have been busy busy updating the website and adding products to it. We have now added two payment options for online shopping including paying direct with Laser, VISA, Mastercard and AMEX or payment via Paypal. Thanks for your patience. 

We are delighted that the Crafty Alley Shop has been invited to bring our shop along to to the Cork Crop this Sunday 20Th July.  For more information on the crop visit the Cork Croppers blog. 

Our next adult jewelery class is on August the 2ND at 12pm in the shop. Book now to avoid disappointment. 

The next children's workshops are on this Saturday in the shop. 

10AM Junior Glass Painting

12PM Junior Card Making. 

Children's classes cost €7.50 per class and adult classes cost €15 which include all materials. Classes normally last about an hour and a half. 

So enjoy the rest of July and keep up to date with the blog and website for more products and workshop updates. 

Cathy

Teacher's Evening Back On!!!

We have decided to go ahead with the teachers evening in the shop this Thursday 19th June from 6pm to 8pm at the request of some local schools.

During the open evening you will be able to view our wide selection of school and education supplies, receive catalogues and set up school accounts which entitles special discounts for school orders.

We look forward to seeing you there.

No invitation required - just turn up and say hello.

Cathy

Teachers Evening Postponed, Workshop Updates and New Producs

Hi all,

It has been a hectic week!

First of all after listening to our teachers in Kerry who are on the countdown to there summer holidays we have decided to postpone the open evening until the end of summer. I'm sure our teachers have sangria and sun on their mind rather than school paints and stickers!!! We have stocked the shop up this week with school supplies and teacher tools and also have some catalogues available for any teacher who is planning ahead. Just contact the shop and we will be happy to send them out.

This Saturday we will have a number of exciting children's workshops on including scrapbooking, glass painting and card making. Please phone the shop to put your chil'd name down to avoid disappointment as you know how busy the classes have been!! I will be putting up some of the pics from previous classes up this week.

Some exciting new products arrived this week for our scrappers and card makers.

They included the amazing Bind-It-All Machine and all the accessories to make your own beautiful albums and crafts.

The Bind-It-All Machine is the industry's newest and most innovative tool! The Bind-it-All is the one and only dual action machine that will punch and bind allowing you to create your own books, journals, calendars, and craft projects of any size! Be sure to check out our accessories that work hand-in-hand with this wonderful tool!

The New Dreamkuts Arrived Today!!!

This tool is the perfect page cutter! The Dreamkuts has two slots that allow you to cut over 100 different page sizes. The back slot is adjustable (depending on the size of your paper) and will make one center cut. The front slot (fixed at 12") will cut your paper into thirds! *Note: The Dreamkuts will cut up to one or two sheets of cardstock at a time. It will NOT cut chipboard.

They will be going up on the website over the next day or two and for more information visit http://www.binditall.com/. We have limited stock on both machines so first come first served and all that. Don't forget to ask for a free demonstration in store on any of our products.

I'll be in touch at the end of the week with some more product and workshop updates.

In the meantime pop in and and say hello and have a goo at the gorgeous bits and bobs we have got in for you over the last week.

Cathy

Open Evening for Schools and Education Centres

The Crafty Alley Shop will host an open evening for teachers and education organisers on Thursday, 19th June from 6pm to 8pm.

You will be able to view our wide range of art, craft and education supplies as well as meet our staff and discuss your schools requirements.

Schools will also be able to open accounts on the evening and place orders at special prices.

Please contact us on 064 30 800 or at shop@craftyalley.com if you are interested in attending.

Website Update

Hi all. 

What an amazing start to June - the sun is shining and our website has finally gone live!!!

There are some products available for purchase on there at the minute but we still have a lot more updates to complete on it this week so please bare with us and thanks for your patience so far. 

We have literally thousands more products to go up and we will also be changing all the categories to make it easier for you to find exactly what you are looking for. The product descriptions will also be added in the next couple of days as well as alternative payment methods. 

We have an exciting new range of products coming into the shop next week for the crafters out there. I will reveal more information later in the week but I will drop a few hints including Laura Ashley, Kate Knight the new DCWV summer range and not to mention some amazing crafters tools such as Bind it All. 

Details of our kids summer activities and back to school offers will be posted over the next week or two. 

There are still some canvas left in our amazing BUY ONE GET ONE FREE offer in the shop but as you can probably guess they are flying out and it is only while stocks last. For you watercolour artists out there you can still avail of some great deals on Cotman paints, Montval Paper Pads and Derwent products. All this products will be going on the website this week. 

So please keep in touch with the blog and the website over the next week. 

BTW - workshops are almost full for this weekend so if you haven't put your name down yet - please call me tomorrow on 064 30 800 to do so.

Cathy 

The Countdown is On!

I know you have been waiting very patiently for our website. The good news is that it is going to go live this week. it will take about a week to get all the products and their images up but every evening a different section will be added to the website. There will be a range of payment and delivery options and also product reviews, special offers and new product alerts.

There are some fantastic deals on at the minute in the shop.

Some of our 12x12 DCWV Albums have been reduced from €24.99 to €16.99 which is a 33% saving!

Included in this offer are the 12x12 albums from the following ranges - Pocket Full Of Posies, All Dress Up, Nana's kids and Rockstar.

Our Reeves redimix Paint 500Ml which was €1.99 is now only €1.65 which is a great deal. 

So keep an eye on the website from tomorrow and you will see exactly what great products and offers we have for you.

Cathy

Next Workshops Date 7th June 2008

Well todays (Saturday 24th May) workshops were a great success and thanks to everybody who attended.

We started off with card making this morning and made two beautiful cards - a castle design and a free design where the children got to choose what they wanted to design. We learned about punching, stamping and embellishing the cards and the cars turned out fantastic. I will put up pics of the demo cards we used next week and a step by step guide on how we made them.

Felicia's jewellery making class followed with everybody creating a beautiful bracelet and set of earrings using a range of beading techniques. Everybody got to choose their own beads and left with some amazing designs.

Finally our workshops finished off with glass painting. We got the chance to design our very own mirrors and used the Marabu glass painters to create some funky designs. We added that very special touch to our mirrors at the end by sticking on some glass jewels and buttons.

Everybody had lots of fun and our next workshops are already filling up. Details are as follows.

NEXT WORKSHOP DATE - Saturday 7th June

Children's Card Making at 10AM. We will be designing twisted pyramid cards from a brand new range that is new and exclusive to The Crafty Alley Shop. (Details and pictures will go up during the week).

Adult Jewelery Making at 12PM. Details to follow.

Children's Ceramic Painting at 2pm. Paint your very own mug!

As usual please email me at cathy@craftyalley.com or ring the shop on 06430800 to put your name down for a workshop.

Finally, we still have a couple of places left at our drawing class on a Monday evening. The watercolour class which starts on Thursday the 5th June is almost full so make sure you put down your 50% deposit (€30) to secure your place. We are currently taking names for acrylic and oil painting which will also start in early June.

See you soon

Cathy ;-)

Children's Workshops

Hi all,

The following children's workshops will be taking place this Saturday, 24th May in the shop. 

Card Making - a few different card making techniques will be shown including one for Father's Day

Jewellery Making - Felicia will take the children through an easy workshop to help them make a beautiful necklace or bracelet using different beading tools and techniques

Glass Painting - Using the Marabu range of products Cathy will show the children how to create beautiful designs on glass using some very simple ideas

Classes cost €5 per child inclusive of all materials. Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult in the shop during the class. 

Places are limited and are already filling up for this weekend so please call the shop on 06430800 to put your child name down. 

See you Saturday!

Cathy  

Thanks

Well the opening was a great success and lots of fun was had by all. From the face painting to the jewelery making workshops there was something for everybody to do. Thanks to The Kerryman which did a great feature on us.

Thanks to the girls from Cork Croppers and Craft Eire for visiting too.

We are still working away on the website which will hopefully be up within the next week or two at the latest. In the meantime to give a taste of what we have in the shop I will be putting up some product information on the blog.

The workshops were also a great success and we are going to be advertising the programme of workshops from now til September over the coming days.

For now I can confirm that drawing takes place every Monday evening in the shop from 7pm to 8.30pm and jewelery making will be held in the shop the first Sat of every Month from 12pm to 1.30pm.

Other workshops coming up include

Scrapbooking
Cardmaking
Watercolour Painting
Oil Painting
Acrylic Painting

Please email me if you are interested in any of the classes and places are limited.

Thanks

Workshops on Sat 10th May

Hi all,

I promised to put up details of the workshops taking place this Saturday, 10th May for the official opening of The Crafty Alley Shop, Killarney.

The times are as follows.

10. 30AM Wedding Stationery Workshop with Lynette

12.00PM Jewelery Making Workshop with Felicia

16.00PM Scrapbooking with Robin

There will also be free face painting and balloon modelling for children 12pm to 4pm and many other demonstrations of products and ideas throughout the day.

Also look out for The Kerryman this week who are doing a special feature on the shop.

Phone me on 064 30 800 to register for the workshops or just email me.

See you Sat!

The Grand Opening

Hey all, 

Just a little note to confirm our official launch of the Crafty Alley Shop will take place in the shop at 22A New Street, Killarney on Saturday, 10th May. The shop opened on the 19th March and so far we have an amazing response. To thank people and to meet some more friends we have decided to have an official launch.

It will be a fun filled, event packed day for kids and adults. There will be balloon modelling and face painting for kids plus a puppet making workshop to name a few of the kids events. For adults there will be workshops and demonstrations throughout the day including candle making, jewelry making, scrapbooking, cardmaking, stamping, painting and drawing. 

That evening from 6pm-8pm there will be an invitation only reception with some music, drinks and nibbles to celebrate the opening of the shop.

Of course there will some very special, once off launch offers on that weekend for all.

Please email me if you are interested in attending any of the workshops or the evening reception as numbers are limited for these events. For all other events and activities on the day just turn up! 

More details to follow. 

So spread the word and looking forward to seeing you there! 

Drawing Workshops with Deborah O'Keefe

I am delighted to be able to put up details of our first workshop.

Drawing classes will take place in the Crafty Alley Shop every Monday evening from 7pm to 8.30pm. The workshops are ideal for beginners and for those with some experience.

Places are limited and the class is almost full. If you are interested in coming along - please email me at cathy@craftyalley.com.

Cost is €10 per person per class. Discount are given for any materials you wish to purchase for the class.

Classes start Monday 28th April.

Welcome

Welcome to the Crafty Alley blog.

I hope you will stop by and say hello, share ideas and maybe even get a bit inspired!

We hope to put up information on the classes and workshops we will be running in the shop, product previews, suggested ideas and in general a good chat about all things art and crafty.