Another busy week

We had fun at the children's Halloween craft session

I have been busy organising a fund raising shopping event that will be taking place at Wigglywoo's
I usually do a fundraising event a year so this year I am hoping to raise funds for the Woolverstone MacMillan centre at the local Ipswich Hospital.
A family member is currently receiving treatment and we would like to say thank you.
There will be the usual gifts and crafts for sale, guest sellers who are paying a donation of £5 to sell there wares. Proceeds from refreshments sales and a raffle and a cake sale will also be going in the fund pot.

If you are local be sure to pop this date on your calendar

 

WEDNESDAY 30th NOVEMBER 10am til 10pm

 

We also had a private party where we painted storage shelves with the polyvine chalk paint maker and had a play with special paint effects

 

 

Until next time Happy Crafting!!!

 



Off the starting blocks!

The Autumn layout

Great fun was had at the scrap book crop I even managed to get 2 pages done! I still have the journaling to do but at least its a start.

Some of the completed autumn just the journaling to do

The next theme is the zoo so once more I am enjoying looking through the photos so I am ready to join in again
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If you are local to Ipswich and would like to join us the crop takes place on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 1pm. The layouts cost £3.50 each. You need to bring along your basic kit of glues and cutting equipment to enable you to join in. Refreshments are available to purchase. If you wish to do the zoo theme then it is advisable to send an email to let us know to ensure we have enough however we do have lots of other layouts for you to choose from.

To find out more about us and what we do you can pop over to our website www.wigglywoocraftemporium.co.uk

Until next time Happy Crafting!!!

Scrap Booking Fun!

I have always wanted to get involved with scrap booking, many years ago I bought several albums so I could make one for each of my sons to take with them when they fly the nest.

Well so far one son has flown and is coming back to live with us again for another couple of years and the albums have remained on top of the wardrobe still in their original packaging!

So what better way for me to get cracking before they all leave home (Well hopefully not too long!) than to start up a scrap booking group at the emporium.

The lovely Sue that does the cards which I sell in the shop has been busy making up page layouts that have incidentally been selling like hot cakes and she will be making up the layouts for our monthly crops.
I have crate of photos that I need to look through before our first meet on Thursday! Somehow I think its going to be a long night for me...

If you would like to know more about scrap booking a good friend of mine has written an amazing article about how to start and the equipment needed to get cropping CLICK HERE to read all about it

Right I'm off to get lost in a stack load of memories
Until next time happy crafting!

A peek at the past week...

We had a busy week here at Wigglywoo's!

Margaret working on her cradle blanket on Thursday

Ceramic & glass painting session on Thursday

Daphne finishing off her mirror on Wednesday

David enjoying a spot of colouring on Thursday

Geraldine Colouring on Wednesday

Pam working on a twiddle cuff on Wednesday

Maureen added finishing touches to her decoupage tin

Sally-Anne doing some patchwork

A couple of the dream catchers that were made on the children's craft session on Friday

Holiday antics!

Well I'm back from our family break in Stranraer in Scotland, the weather wasn't the best but we did manage a couple of trips out, good old packamac comes in handy!

On a rare bout of sunshine we visited Port Patrick which was a lovely picturesque harbour

 

We also visited Castle Douglas but it was pouring down with rain and what else is a girl to do but pop into the local craft shop...

And I saw these huge crochet hooks, I didn't know they were available this big! I managed to spend about 20 minutes in the shop browsing before I got hauled out by a hungry hubby!

I did manage to make a start on the cross stitch kit I had taken away with me. I have only ever tried cross stitch years ago making a Christmas decoration and have never done it again.
I quite enjoyed doing the cross stitch, especially as its got the design printed on it making it very easy to follow.

As you can see I have been working on the trunk. It might be finished by next summer...

We had a great time and even the dogs enjoyed themselves especially Clyde

 

 

Its back to a busy week ahead with workshops and children's craft sessions and I will hopefully finish off that table too.
Until next time, happy crafting!

On. a commission...

One of the coffee morning ladies brought in a folding dining table a few weeks ago which was looking a bit battered and tired and in need of a face lift.

So far I have lightly sanded it and washed it all down with sugar soap. Once dried I then varnished all the legs.

A coat of Polyvine satin decorators varnish was applied to the top as this works as a great sealer.

The top has had 3 coats of Polyvine chalk paint maker mixed with B&Q baby white matt emulsion. I applied it with a mini sponge roller so to get a nice smooth finish.

It will need another coat as its still a little patchy. There is also decoupage detail to add. Once its all done I will reveal all.

I'm now off for a week in Stranraer in Scotland for a week and the first things I packed were a cross stitch kit, colouring book and pens and a crochet hook and a ball of wool, just in case I get bored with long walks and fresh air!

Until next time happy crafting!

Crafty coffee morning

It was all about decoupage this week at the coffee morning...


Daphne's finished off her candle holder and candle both have had napkin decoupage added



Michaela's first attempt at decoupage!

Maureen's doing an old tin that she has painted and then covering with decoupage paper

We also had bookmaking/binding, knitting, crochet and cross stitch being done. No two weeks are the same there is always something new being done.
This weeks new thing was Sally-Anne's bookmaking/binding.

If your local and looking for something different to do on a Wednesday morning then why not pop down and join us for a spot of crafting. Its every Wednesday from 10am, free to attend, free onsite parking. Refreshments available to purchase and we have crafts that you can do too.
For more info please visit the website www.wigglywoocraftemporium.co.uk

Until next time, happy crafting!