Autumn Workshops at The Crafty Alley Shop

Our Autumn schedule of classes are starting to come together and I have a couple of dates already that you can put in your diary.


1. Patchwork and Quilting with Nikki Foley at The Crafty Alley Shop (running Mon mornings from Sept for 10 weeks. 2 hour class for €120. Places limited so deposit of 50% secures place. We are so delighted to have Nikki teaching at the shop.

Nikki Foley has been involved with patchwork and quilting for nearly 20 years.

A qualified teacher, she has a lot of experience with students at all levels.

She contributes to many of the patchwork magazines, and has had her work published in a series of 7 patchwork books. Also she travels around ireland to teach to groups and guilds. A number of her textile quilted pieces have been exhibited in Ireland, France, Germany , America Canada and the UK.

2. I am so over the moon to announce that knitting teacher and designer Carol Feller (www.stolenstitches.com) will be teaching a one day workshop at The Crafty Alley Shop on Saturday 9th October. Carol teaches both internationally and nationally and her stunning patterns are renowned for their unique stitching techniques. Please register your interest by emailing shop@craftyalley.com or calling us on 0646630800

3. Killarney based artist Tina Reed will also be teaching oil paining in the shop Tuesday evenings. I can personally recommend Tina's class havin attending a couple of her workshops. You can book directly with Tina and for more info visit her web site http://www.killarneyartholidays.com/

(Yep thats me in the white hat...not one of my most fashionable En Plein Air Outings ;-))

Email us at shop@craftyalley.com to reserve a place for any of the above as all places are limited.

More classes to follow!

Cathy

This Saturday's card making class with Michele Roos

Hi all,

We are delighted for our very own guest designer  Michele Roos  to be teaching this Saturday's card making class at the shop.

Michele is a very experienced and talented card maker and we are sure you are going to be in for a treat as Michele shares some tricks of the trade. Michele will be teaching how to make easel and punch framed cards (examples below).

All materials will be provided for the workshop so just bring a long your basic tools such as ruler, craft knife and scissors and adhesive. The cost of the workshop is €15

If you have not already reserved your place you can do so by emailing the shop or calling us on 0646630800.

See you Saturday!

Cathy

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 

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  

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.