Well I thought it was about time I made a new post as there is a few things to tell you all about. Firstly our next Craft & Gift Fair is only just over a week away. It promises to be a great day out for all the family with over 40 stands offering a wide variety of beautiful things to see and buy including greeting cards, beaded, gemstone and resin jewellery, knitted and crocheted items, room accessories, artwork, sewn items, mosaics, children's clothes and hair bands, wood crafts, glassware, skincare, candles, incense and holistic products, plus food items such as chutney, pesto, tea, honey, jam, cakes & pies, we even have a face painter so truly something for everyone, admittance is FREE so why not pop along and see what we have to offer!
If you are interested in joining our exhibitor team just give us a ring on 087 189 6229 or visit our website for information. There are still a few spaces left for certain categories for this fair, unfortunately our September and December fairs have now sold out. You can be added to our waiting list for any sold out fairs and also join our mailing list by clicking the relevant links on our website and submitting your details. There are even maps to the venues.
Our monthly newsletter has also just gone out so if you are a member check your inbox for all the latest news. Not a member yet? No problem just click the link on located on the right hand column on any page of our website and sign up for free! You will be send an activation email which will entitle you to access our members only special offers page, and start you subscription to our monthly newsletter which goes out on the last Friday of every month. You can of course unsubscribe at any time.
Keep any eye on our blog as we will be adding projects in the very near future featuring some of our available Christmas craft stock. And did you notice that we have now added a new feature to the right hand column so if you have a google account you can now join using google friend connect by just clicking the button.
There is lots of lovely new stock to be uploaded the website so better go and get on with it so you can see what new goodies we have for you, until next time...Happy Crafting!
Hello again, I know it's been a while since I made a post, there just never seems to be enough hours in the day! We've been busy with quite a few fairs happening lately, as well as our own we have been doing fairs in conjunction with fleadhs and festivals. Our next one is no exception as is being held in conjuction with the 3-day event that is the Milltown Mid-Summer Trad Festival. You may well have already seen the signs we have posted along the roads or the posters in local shop windows. With over 30 stands this fair will showcase a wide variety of handcrafted goods, artwork and giftware being offered by both local and nationwide exhibitors. Stands will include crafting materials, greeting cards, jewellery, knitted & crocheted items, candles, wood crafts, artwork, sewn items, incense, glassware, Avon, Aloe Vera products and food items such as marmalades, jams, sauces & chutneys. There will also be a facepainter so pretty much something for everyone and the addmittance is FREE! There are also many activities going on in the town for the whole family so it's well worth a visit.
Hi everyone, its been a while since we've updated this blog, there just never seems to be enough hours in the day to do it all! The most important thing to remind everyone about is our Craft & Gift Fair happening this Sunday in the Farnham Arms Hotel, Main Street, Cavan. The fair runs from 11.00am until 6.00pm and the admittance is free. There will be an impressive line-up of crafters and small businesses with a mixture of regular exhibitors and some new faces joining us for the first time displaying all kinds of handcrafted items, food, gifts and we even have a face painter which is a new addition for us but one that we plan to repeat for the remainder of our events this year. If you would like to see a full list please visit our dedicated facebook event page via our Irish Craft Fairs page. For a taster I can tell you that you will find jewellery, greeting cards, sewn, knitted and crocheted items, candles, skincare, glassware, cakes, chocolates, chutneys, wood crafts, face painting and more so definately something for everyone.
If you haven't visited our website lately it is well worth a visit to www.downland-crafts.com due to popular demand from our valued customers our range of papercrafting supplies has encountered quite a surge in new products and now includes a vaste range of die cuts to cover all kinds of occasions from birth to wedding to new home to those sad times when sympathy cards are needed, plus everything in between. Some new stock has just arrived to widen our choice of flower embellishments and even googly eyes.
We are pleased to announce that we are now stockists for Crafter's Companion products and can offer you spray adhesives and all purpose glue (often referred to as the best glue in the world) it offers both the flexibility of photo glue with the permanency of pva and won't warp your card or paper. You will also find the new epiphany tool with matching bubble caps and two choices of settings. If the demand is there we plan to add additional tools and accessories in the future. If you haven't come across this system it is both a fantastic embellishment maker as well as a jewellery maker, we made this phone charm out of a photograph.
Centura Pearl card is also another favourite of many crafters and yes we now have this in stock too! One comment we received was that is was a shame that usually centura pearl was only available to buy in 60 sheet packs, too large a purchase for some who had to make a choice on one of the colours as to buy all 3 would mean 180 sheets. Well we listened and are offering packs containing 10 single colour sheets or mixed packs, take a look and pick the one that suits you best. And last but certainly not least we are now stocking Pebeo paints, these have many uses and go on may surfaces including card and wood and are a thick acrylic paint that come in packs of 5 x 45ml bottles.
Most of this new stock has been uploaded to the website already and you can find them by clicking the links provided, this is an ongoing process and we are still uploading so check back regularly. You can also sign up for our free newsletter club and by doing so you will gain access to our members only specials and get reduced prices on featured items, just fill in your details on our website so you never miss a thing, and if you happen to have just stumbled upon this blog make sure you hit the subscribe button.
Right must go and complete the preparations for this Sunday's Fair we will also be at the Tullyvin fair in Cootehill, Cavan on Monday so we hope to see you at either if not both, please come over and say hi. Until next time HAPPY CRAFTING XX
If you haven't seen them already the events for 2013 are now live on our website www.downland-crafts.com and are going fast. Exhibitor spaces at our March fair have already sold out.
You can now make your booking(s) online for any published event and our website contains all the information you need on each fair including venue, date, times, cost and table size. Payment can be made via PayPal or credit card by selecting your catgegory and there is a booking form to complete with your details.
Certain categories sell out much faster than others so book early to avoid disapointment. If you wish to pay by cheque or postal order no problem, just complete the booking form online and email us at irishcraftfairs@downland-crafts.com so that we can hold your space until the payment arrives. Please note that if payment is not received within two weeks of form completion we will assume the space is no longer required and it will be made re-availabe to purchase. All stands must be paid for before the event.
For a list of our upcoming events click the events tab on the top right of the screen.
I trust everyone enjoyed the recent festivities, we are now busy finalising the details for this years craft fairs and the events list will be available at the end of this month. If you are on our mailing list we will email you with all the details before posting them here. If you wish to be added to our mailing list then just email irishcraftfairs@downland-crafts.com or complete the form on our website http://www.downland-crafts.com/events.html
We will be hosting fairs at the Slieve Russell Hotel and the Farnham Arms Hotel as we did last year and dates for these venues will be shown on the list. We will also be adding venues later in the year and the updated list will be posted here, on the website and on Facebook.
We are making some changes this year including the ability to book through our website which was a popular request last year. Full details will be included in all postings and emails.
Look out for further information coming next week until then Happy Crafting.
Whoo hoo...we are finally back online and are uploading the changes to the new look website as we speak, so please keep everything crossed. There is one slight change to the website and email addressess that we previously used so you need to add a hyphen between the downland and crafts so please...please...please visit our lonely old website to show him you still care www.downland-crafts.com he thought he had been consigned to the back of the cupboard for all eternity poor thing.
Contact details are as follows sales@downland-crafts.com for any sales related emails and irishcraftfairs@downland-crafts.com for any craft event related emails.
We just want to take a moment to say a huge thank you to everyone who has kept the faith during these trying times, your continued support is very, very, very much appreciated.
For any newsletter members we have some special offers just for you if you log in to your own special area you'll find some great bargains.
Here's our new limited edition range of acrylic and metal bead stretch bracelets. Priced from only €6.50 each they would make the perfect stocking filler but be quick they won't last long! For more details look under our jewellery tab for individual product information.
