GBCE is a 3 day event for all crafters from papercrafters, cardmakers, scrapbookers, brides, jewellery makers and more.
We bring in tutors and demonstrators from Ireland and the UK. We have a shopping village with several promotions and show offers where you can stock up on your craft supplies, buy the latest products and basically get your fix of retail therapy!
This year we will also have Pop Up Shops taking half day stands at the show, bringing you more variety.
Another first will be our dedicated bookable Crop Space – ideal for craft groups – book early these are sure to be popular.
The range of classes is even more diverse this year with a special focus on turning your craft into a business with the option of Digital Photography, Craft Blogging, Teaching Craft and Graphic Software classes.
Over 30 classes over 3 days in 3 classrooms - weekend accomodation packages available.
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If you have a christmas pattern for sale / lend / donation please let me know. It seems that there are many people out there looking for them, and the more tacky the better seems to be the way.
Please email yvontune@live.com for directions I still have a few places available. Theme this month is Special Birthday’s This Workshop will suit beginners as well as advanced crafters as I work in two sections, giving the beginners more hands on help, in section 1, and allowing the more advanced crafter to chat while they craft in section 2. We will make 4 cards and this month I’m keeping it beautiful but simple, very pretty styles with lace and lots of punched detail, flowers and glitz.
What you need to bring
Craft mat, 2 x Scissors, Paper trimmer, Glue, Foam pads, Foam tape, Double sided tape, craft knife, anything else needed I will supply.
Lunch 1.00 to 2.00 there’s a lovely coffee shop down stairs or you can bring a packed lunch, tea/coffee and biscuits supplied all day.
Please email me to book a place, This is an adult only workshop and everyone is very welcome looking forward to seeing you all Many thanks Yvonne
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.
