This coming October, we are holding the first ever Pink Auction in Cork City.
The auction will bring together many people with two goals —- to promote creative textiles in Ireland and to raise money for Action Breast Cancer, a programme of the Irish Cancer Society.
People within the community as well as around the country are participating by making and donating handcrafted creative textile items to be auctioned off.
The event will take place at The Imperial Hotel on Sunday, 10th October 2010.
We are on Ravelry, Facebook, Twitter, and have our own blog. The more support we can get the more we can do and the better it is for breast cancer awareness. Our flyer is at the top of this page of our blog: http://pinkcork.blogspot.com/p/media.html
The Pink Auction seeks donations of high quality textile art.
Donations may be in any colour and we actively seek handcrafted blankets, shawls, bags, fashion, baby clothing, mittens, etc…
We anticipate community involvement as we promote creative textiles while encouraging donations. Groups and wool shops can help by hosting small workshops between now and early September, distributing flyers to other knitters/shops in your region, or collecting donations and shipping them to us from your neighborhood textile artists.
We also appreciate donations of wool or textile supplies for pre-auction workshops or to be used in the creation of auction items to fill category gaps (like if we end up with ten scarves and no hats or mittens/gloves).
Thank you so much for taking the time to learn about Cork’s Pink Auction in support of Action Breast Cancer. If you need anymore info, please do not hesitate to contact us at PinkCork@gmail.com and if you do choose to host an event please let us know how it goes or send photos so we can write a blog post about it.
Fancy a full day crafting for as little as €5.00 The Kilcoole Craft Club Fun Day
At St Patrick’s Hall
Upper Green Kilcoole
Saturday the 31st of July
Join me, members and guests for a fun affordable crafting day out, it’s €5.00 for your craft space, which includes tea/coffee and biscuits, Children are welcome over the age of 10, The plan is to bring along your own crafty stash, Lots of our members have bought kits that they never opened or finished and wanted a day where they could get inspiration from other crafters to help them use up their craft stock. I will have finished cards on display for inspiration, and will show crafters different folds, and ideas to use up scraps, if your new to card making and don’t have stash, don’t worry we will have kits available to purchase on the day, everyone is welcome to join us, all you need to do is book your craft space,
What you need to bring Scissors, Glue, Foam Tape, Double sided tape, paper trimmer, embellishments and any crafty stash you want to, If you’re coming in a group, tables are big enough for 4, or we can put 2 tables together, for larger groups,
Lunch 1.00 to 2.15 You can bring a packed lunch, or go out to lunch locally in the coffee shop, Chip shop, or Pub.
Craft shop will be there for all your basic craft needs.
We’re a small company based in Dublin and we produce handcrafted luxury and have recently introduced our new Sheer Luxury Body Butters. Currently we’re working on new products which are in development at the moment but these will include Lip Butters, a facial range and a pedicure range, amongst others.
Our website is www.soaperstar.com and we can be found on Facebook and Twitter (as per the links below). I’d be happy to answer any queries you might have. We are also members of the Soapmakers.eu site and of the Craft Council of Ireland.
Louisa Harding will be teaching a full day workshop on Saturday the 24th of July at This Is Knit from 10.00 to 4.30pm. The workshop is design-orientated, encouraging participants to play with the colours and textures of different yarns within a piece that will be transformed into a glamorous knitted purse. Throughout the day Louisa will show you how to experiment with these yarns to achieve unique and attractive results in your knitting.
Materials are included in the workshop fee but please bring along a set of 4mm, 5mm and 6mm needles.
The cost for the day is €75. A €40 deposit will be taken at the time of booking. To book phone us on 01-6709981 or contact us by email at info@thisisknit.ie
Tea/coffee and biscuits are also included for the morning and afternoon sessions. Our new neighbours at the “Pepper Pot” cafe will have a special lunch time offer for workshop participants.
This is Knit, First Floor, Powerscourt Townhouse, Sth William Street, Dublin 2.
Phone: 01-6709981
Time 10.30 to 4.30 In St Patrick’s Hall Kilcoole Theme Clever Cards, Please email me HERE or phone me on 012010117 if you would like to come along. Cost of full day workshops has been reduced to €30.00. As always we will work in 2 sections,
Section A for Advanced Crafters who want to chat while they craft, and Section B for Crafters who want a bit more hands on help.
An all-weather Artisans Craft Fair will be held on the last Thursday of each month, commencing 29th July. This is an innovative and exciting fair aimed at bringing a wide variety of Ireland’s artisan community together on a monthly basis in order to showcase and demonstrate their talents to a large audience.
This is a fantastic opportunity for the people of Limerick and the Mid West to spend time enjoying the hand made and hand crafted works of some of Ireland’s finest artists and craftspeople.
The Artisans Craft Fair will have an eclectic variety of stallholders offering a broad range of excellent products including ceramics, woodwork, jewellery, hand crafted vintage clothes, cards, knitwear, bespoke furniture and much more. Together with the ever-present shops, this Artisans Craft Fair is a great attraction in the heart of Limerick City. Children are welcome and there are often face painters, magicians, jugglers and mime artists to keep them entertained.
You will also be able to choose from a variety of foods from the ever present food stalls which can then be consumed in the Mezzanine overlooking the fair whilst listening to live music.
The Artisans Craft Fair is open from 12–7pm on the providing a vibrant atmosphere during your lunch break, somewhere to visit and have a cup of coffee with a group of friends in the afternoon, the perfect place to go once you have picked up the children from school or the ideal venue to catch up after a busy days work!
Opening Day and Times
The all-weather Artisans Craft Fair will be held on the last Thursday of every month (29th July, 26th August & 30th September etc) from 12.00 to 19.00hrs
Excellent parking is available adjacent to the Milk Market
Interested in displaying or doing demonstrations?
To display or do demonstrations at the monthly Artisans Craft Fair please contact Christine on chrissyp@live.ie or 086 3538928
