Beginners Craft Club.

Would you like to learn more about Scrapbooking and Card Making? Come and join us on Saturday 30th January from 2-5pm and see what all the fuss is about!

The cost for the afternoon is €30 and you will go home with a goodie bag full of stash!

This class is for total beginners and anyone who has been "dabbling" in papercrafts. Give us a call at 064 66 30 800 to book your place.

*** Please note due to weather conditions we have changed the date from the 9th of Jan to the 30th Jan ***

The Craft Club at Robyn's House

Just a little note to say a big thank you to one of our newest members of our Crafty Alley Shop Craft Club Robyn Correa who very kindly invited us over to take over her kitchen and make some beautiful cards. Robyn is a very gifted crafter and demonstrator and we had great fun making her designs. Robyn also demonstrated The Big Shot for us which was really interesting as we have just got it in stock and were amazed by all the different things you can do with it and how simple it is to use. Thanks also to Robyns daughter who made the most delicious chocolate cake for us! The Craft Club meets again this Saturday in the shop from 2pm to 5pm.

The Crafty Alley Craft Club

Our cardmaking and scrapping club will take place in the shop this Saturday the 29th August from 2pm to 5pm and we have lots of fun stuff planned. Please book ahead as places are limited.

Announcing the new Laurence Lewelyn-Bowen paper crafting collection at The Crafty Alley Shop

We are very excited to announce that we now have in stock the Laurence Lewelyn-Bowen papercrafting collection.

Laurence Lewelyn-Bowen is a classically trained fine artist who has been an influential designer for over twenty years. Famous for his flamboyant personality and flair for all things creative, Laurence has now put his unique style into a collection for crafter.

The Llewelyn-Bowen collection been created using hand drawn designs from his personal sketch book, where contemporary designs mix delightfully with glamorous styles from times gone by.

Retro Rose

Retro Rose is full of nostalgic prints and flamboyant colours which makes for a bold and beautiful craft collection.

Venaissance

The Venaissance collection brings together the refined elegance of Venice with the lavish opulence of the Renaissance period in a complete paper craft collection.

Watch out as more items from the collections are added over the coming days.

You can view the products and read more about them at http://www.craftyalley.com/index.php?cPath=940_1073

Happy browsing and crafting!

New Adult Craft Club

Hi all,

After many requests I am really pleased to announce that our new adult craft club starts this Saturday 28th March from 2pm to 5pm. This group will meet one afternoon once a month here in our new workshop room at 6B Scotts Street (Beside Peter Marks and Heatons).

The format of the group will be an hour scrap booking, an hour card making, an hours free crafting and lots of tea, coffee and biscuits and chat!

This Saturday we are going to be creating a fabulous K&Company travel mini scrapbook. The card making is going to include 3D Decoupage and some surprises!

This group is almost full but we may be able to squeeze one or two more in so call us on 0646630800 if you wish to join this new group.

the group will meet monthly and there will be a new theme / technique taught at each class.

the price for the group is €30 which includes two classes, all materials, a goody bag and a great excuse to meet fellow crafters and learn new techniques.

We recommend that everyone brings along their own craft knife and mat both of which are available in the shop.

Pictures of the classes will be posted next week!

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