May 5th, 2013 — Courses, Knitting, Suppliers, Wool, Workshops
Just a note to tell you about the classes and workshops coming up in May.Saturday 11th May Professional Finishing
Beginner’s Lace
Saturday 25th May Professional finishing Advanced
Beanie Hat Design
Tuesday 21st May - 25th June six week Knitting Classes
Saturday 25th May - 29th June six week Knitting Class
Check all details here
http://store.
book online or pop into Winnie’s.
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May 5th, 2013 — Art, Events, craft
As part of Derry City of Culture 2013 the Donegal Designer Makers presents, HOME, an exhibition of craft, applied art and design at the Craft Village (off Shipquay Street) Derry, from Fri 3rd – 30th May 2013.
The official opening will take place Friday 3rd May, 6.30pm – 8.30pm. Refreshments will be served and everyone is welcome.
HOME reflects the work of 18 Artist/Designer/Makers from Donegal and their connection with their home place (Donegal). For some it is their birth place, while others have made it their home. The exhibition explores the different elements of what home is to each maker.
Hannah McGuinness, Creative Director, Donegal Designer Makers says, “Our main connection to each other is our home place Donegal. Whether born here or settled here we have the great fortune of being owned by it and thus feeling part of what is Donegal. Our county has great dramatic beauty, is subject to erratic weather patterns, has a language of its own, is steeped in culture and tradition. All these aspects of our life in Donegal are carried through our lifetime, influencing and inspiring our work and us as people.”
For more information: www.donegaldesignermakers.com
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May 5th, 2013 — Art, Workshops
ART WORKSHOP
HOW TO PAINT A POPPY
Saturday June 8th - 10.30 to 16.30
Complete a beautiful poppy painting in one day. All materials, including canvas and paint included.
Tea / coffee and light lunch will be provided.
Spaces are limited so please book early.
€60
To book a place contact
Karen on 086 8581476
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April 19th, 2013 — Events, From Karen, Markets/Fairs, craft
The event organiser is there to keep stand holders happy and provide a good show for your customers. It is a job where you must be able to juggle creative personalities, good organisational skills, be ‘out there’ advertising, keeping a good reputation and doing it all professionally and staying calm!!
Setting up a fair should be easy once you follow a few simple guidelines.
Step 1. Vet all applicants, asking a person to send 3 images of their product and price range will help you to have good variety at your event with realistic prices. This helps you to know what products are coming to your event and what you have to offer your customers.
Step 2. Think about value and interest for your customers. If everything is expensive or too cheap you will miss out on pleasing a large percentage of your customers. Variety in price will cater for more people, not everyone is searching for a bargain, also have products available for impulse buys, the money people are carrying around in their pockets.
Step 3. Variety…this means that although it would be easy to cram in the first few people applying for spaces, you must remember that your customer will look for variety in the stands. Having too many stands of the same type of product will make for a boring fair and also the stand holders will not sell well if there are too many of the same type of products in the same venue.
Step 4. Be visible…your stand holders will appreciate you being around for queries and support. You are the face of your business so being available for your customers (the stand holders) is a must.
Step 5. Advertise. Advertise. Advertise. Internet, flyers, shops signs, websites, CCOI website, www.irishcraftupdate.com, facebook, road signs, balloons, blimp….get it known out there that you are having an event and then saturate everywhere to get customers in the door. If you have an empty event you will not get people to display with you again.
Step 6. Start with a good reputation and keep it! ……. You need to build a good reputation from the very first fair you run. If there are customers in the door it is up to the stand holders to sell their products. A chef’s reputation is only as good as his last meal!
Step 7. If you are going to do it, do it right the first time! There is no second chance to make a first impression. You may not make much on your first few events, but building a good reputation by looking after your stand holders, advertising well and putting in the time to make things right will pay off in time!
Step 8. Give a little back to your customers….feel good factor works! Have a coffee area, seating space, have face painting, balloons or music, a little extra can help the customers relax and not feel that it is all about spending!
Step 9. Charity…if you run a charity raffle or donate some proceeds to charity, you can benefit from free advertising with their website, maybe local newspaper, radio and road signs (check your local county council in relation to this). PLUS you help a charity.
Step 10. Ask for help…you cannot do it all alone, bring people in with their expertise to spread the workload. One person cannot be great at everything, use the right people for parts of the business that you lack knowledge or experience in.
Experience is everything, every fair you run you will learn from and bring forward new ideas to improve the next one!
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April 11th, 2013 — Markets/Fairs
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Bookings are now being taken for the august fair.No more jewellery being booked for August fair.
,Due to popularity we are organising fairs for October and December.
August flyer attached.
Thanks sinead
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April 11th, 2013 — Suppliers, Wool, Workshops
Since the Knitting World Record the Wool Craft Village has become an event in itself at the Roscommon Lamb Festival. Normally in the town square the Wool Craft Village this year is weaving it’s way down to Loughnaneane Park on Sunday 5th May as part of the Family Fun Day.
Wool Craft Village organisers Michelle Fallon and Frances Crowe are excited about the new location and thrilled to be part of the Family Fun Day which they have missed out on in previous years.
“It’s great to get to the park and be able to showcase all the crafts associated with a sheeps’ fleece, particularly as the park attracts so many families with young children. I myself have found there is a huge increase in the number of children wanting to learn to knit and crochet through my own workshops at my cottage” says Michelle Fallon local Textile Artist.
“We are delighted to be part of the Family Fun Day. It’s great to see the reaction of people when they see us spinning a fleece and creating wool with it. So many people have never even seen it being done” says Frances Crowe local Fibre Artist.
Frances and Michelle have selected numerous textile and fibre artists to take part in this year’s Wool Craft Village demonstrating the many uses of fleece in contemporary crafts. You will be able to chat to the artists, soak up the creative atmosphere and indulge in some woolly creativity.
Maggie Dolan and Breda McNelis will be on hand demonstrating feltmaking, Bridget Banham and Ger Murphy will show how to card and spin fleece to create wool, Michelle Fallon will demonstrate knitting, crochet and wool embroidery and Frances Crowe will show how to do loom and tapestry weaving.
Frances and Michelle will also be showcasing the final piece from their Fleece to Piece events held earlier in the week at their studios.
If you love yarn and are wild about all things woolly they you will love the Wool Craft Village. Whether it’s knitting, crochet, weaving, felt making, spinning or felting you will find something at the Wool Craft Village to inspire you. Come and enjoy a fun filled day of fibre craft Sunday 5th May, Loughnaneane Park, Roscommon.
For more information call Frances Crowe 087 7760250 or Michelle Fallon 085 1111984
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April 11th, 2013 — Courses, Crochet, Events, Knitting, Stitching, Weaving, Wool, Workshops, craft
A unique event showcasing the many uses of fleece in artisan craft as a sustainable, natural and renewable fibre.
Weave your way to the County of Roscommon this May Bank Holiday. Join Frances Crowe, Fibre Artist and Michelle Fallon, Textile Artist in a series of free workshops to create a unique piece of Art at this years Roscommon Lamb Festival.
On Wednesday 1st May Frances & Michelle will launch their Fleece to Piece Event at 1.30 pm at the opening of the Roscommon Lamb Festival in Roscommon Livestock Mart. Sign up for workshops, join in the fun and watch as sheep will be sheared and then sorted in preparation for spinning the following day at a series of free workshops.
On Thursday 2nd May 11am-1pm weave your way to Grange Studio where Frances creates her woven tapestries and runs workshops in fibre art. Learn how to sort, tease, card and spin a fleece using a drop spindle and a spinning wheel.
On Thursday 2nd May join Michelle at her cottage from 2pm for a crafternoon of knitting, crochet appliqué and embroidery using the wool spun that morning. Frances and Michelle will guide you through the process of creating the final ‘piece’ using a variety of techniques which will be unveiled at the Lamb Festival Family Fun Day.
On Sunday 5th May, join Frances and Michelle in Loughnaneane Park for a fibre fuelled fun day of spinning, loom and tapestry weaving, knitting, crochet and embroidery.
michellemadethis@gmail.com
Frances Crowe Fibre Artist & Michelle Fallon Textile Artist
www.francescrowe.com / www.michellemadethis.com
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April 11th, 2013 — craft
http://www.onlyhangers.com/163/free-pdf-download-crafts-from-the-closet.htm
Learn how to transform your old hangers into something new using inexpensive materials that you can find online, at the craft store, or from home!
Drill a hole into the bottom of the wooden hanger. The hole is needed to help screw in the small cup hooks. These hooks are easily screwed in by hand and should be flush with the side surface of the hanger. Make sure all the hooks are facing the same direction so people can easily take the jewelry off the hanger for a closer look. And just like that, you’re finished!
To find more crafts that use old hangers, download the free PDF titled “Crafts from the Closet.” Inside the document are visuals, instructions, and supply lists for unique craft ideas that are inexpensive to make. Download and start crafting!
Only Hangers provides you with all styles and kinds of hangers including cedar, plastic, metal hangers, and garment racks. To take our service to the next level we created a free PDF that is filled with one-of-a-kind ways to reuse all your old hangers. The graphics and clear instructions walk you through every step of the process to create and end product that you’ll want to show off to everyone.
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April 11th, 2013 — Art, Events
Exhibition of Sculpture: Carraige na Farraige
Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co.Wicklow
Wicklow based stone sculptor Helen O’Connell exhibits a body of work inspired by the sea. Using stone such as Iranian and Italian travertine, Portuguese marble and Killkenny limestone she celebrates the various ways in which powerful aquatic forces create a beautiful underwater world and ‘sculpt’ the stone they interact with. The sculptures range from recognizably maritime subjects such as corals, to more abstract studies of marine life.
‘The sculptural formations found in coastlines eroded by the sea and the panoply of organic life forms to be found underwater from radiolara to corals and seaweeds all inform these sculptures. While acknowledging mother nature as the finest sculptor, my work aims to celebrate the materiality of the stones themselves and pay homage to the ever present consolation of the sea - a repository for so many of our dreams and longings…’
This is Helen O’Connell’s second solo show. She has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions in Ireland and abroad. Her work has been collected by Bono, Anne Madden and the HSE among many private collectors. She has received Arts Council and Crafts Council awards and in 2006 was listed in Whyte’s ‘Buyers guide to Irish Art’ as ‘one to look out for’. She works from her Wicklow studio at home and D15 studios.
Carraige na Farraige Helen O’Connell www.oconnellsculpture.com
Tuesday April 23rd – Sunday May 5th 2013
Signal Arts Centre, 1 Albert Ave, Bray, Co. Wicklow, 01-276 2039 www.signalartscentre.ie
Gallery opening times:
Tue to Fri: 10-1pm & 2-5pm
Sat to Sun: 12-5pm
Closed for lunch: 1-2pm
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April 11th, 2013 — Events
We are holding our an event in Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24 on Thursday 25 April from 9 am to 1pm. We are keen to raise awareness amongst the business community to encourage them to attend and to let them know that this support exists for businesses. I would be very grateful if you could please pass on this information to your members or businesses in your network that may be interested in and indeed benefit from being involved in .
SMILE Resource Exchange encourages the exchanging of resources between its members in order to save money, reduce waste going to landfill and to develop new business opportunities. Potential exchanges are identified through networking events, an online exchange facility and a support team to assist throughout. Membership of SMILE Resource Exchange is free and is supported by the Environmental Protection Agency and locally through a partnership of South Dublin County Council, South Dublin Enterprise Board and South Dublin Chamber. The initiative is project managed by Macroom E.
The premise behind SMILE is that one businesses waste or unused resource could become another businesses raw material resulting in a mutually beneficial relationship which saves both operating or disposal costs. At exchange events and through our website (www.smileexchange.ie) businesses can identify resources they would like to exchange such as reusable items, by-products & surplus product.
To see what happens at a SMILE event and to hear what former sports commentator Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh has to say about the initiative just log onto our You Tube channel.
Please find attached our invitation to this event in PDF. Feel free to forward to any contact who you think this might be of benefit to and indeed to those who you think might be interested in attending. Further advertising on your website, newsletters or e-bulletins would be much appreciated also.
For more information log onto www.smileexchange.ie or contact me or one of our dedicated team on 01 4361864.
Kind regards,
Adam Shanley
Adam Shanley
Project Co-Ordinator
SMILE Resource Exchange
Cultivate
1st Floor
63 Lower Mount Street
Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 436 1864
Email: ashanley@smileexchange.ie
Web: www.smileexchange.ie
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