Hello everyone,
We hope you are all well and still enjoying the fantastic sunshine.
It's so lovely once the bulbs start to appear in gardens and along
the hedgerows. Soon the blossoms will be springing into life too,
that's the best. There's something about a blossom tree that lifts
the spirit!! Beautiful!
CRAFT SHAPES NEWS
5% Discount...
We have some fantastic news for you this time around. We have
now set up an extra discount for our subscribers. We will now
give you an extra 5% all your future purchases as long as you
are subscribed to our newsletter. All you have to do is enter
the following code at the website checkout.
To get the discount code please subscribe...
You still get the fabulous volume discounts on top of the 5% discount.
New shapes coming...
We continue to be busy here at craftshapes HQ. We have added some
new items which we have listed below, we have lots more to come
too.
Updated Links page...
We have begun adding links to our links resource page. It's long
overdue, we will endevour to add more as time goes along..
Final thoughts section added...
We have also included our first 'final thoughts' section to our
little newsletter, it's at the bottom of this page. We have started
with some simple words of wisdom... we'd love to hear your comments
and any throughts you would like us to include in future newsletters...
NEW SHAPES ADDED
Well Easter will soon be here! Mmmm...chocolate!! To celerbrate
we have added some Easter wood shapes to our range. We have added
egg cups, wooden eggs, and a new bunny rabbit cutout (which is
in limited supply so be quick if you want this bunny shape!).
We have also been asked by many of you for wooden washers. We
have now added them to our online shop. They are useful little
shapes, have a look at the fantastic mini-wreath that was made
using one of the 2.5cm washers in our craft
project gallery, it really is amazing!!
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Bunny Rabbit 8.3cm
Set of 3
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Wooden
eggcups
Set of 3 |
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Large
wooden egg shapes 6.4cm
Set of 3 |
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Medium
wooden egg shapes 5.1cm
Set of 3 |
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Small
wooden egg shapes 3.3cm
Set of 10 |
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Wooden
washers 2.5cm
Set of 10 |
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Wooden
washers 3.8cm
Set of 10 |
CRAFT PROJECTS GALLERY
Our continued thanks to all of you who have sent in your fantastic
craft projects for us to include in our gallery. It always amazes
us to see what creative projects you make with our shapes. If
you haven't sent in your projects yet please do, we love to see
them. We will include a link to your website too, if you have
one (this can help drive traffic to your site and increase your
sales, if that's your goal!).
CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT
Just as we like to show off your craft projects through our gallery
section we also want to showcase some of our customers in a little
more depth here within our newsletter. If you create crafts from
our shapes and have a shops, or sell on ebay, or even just make
gifts for friends we would love to hear from you and include your
showcase in an upcoming newsletter. We want to help promote you
to our little craftshapes family. The internet is a fantastic
way for us all to share our ideas and projects and we would like
to help by showing off your projects here in our newsletters.
If you would like to be considered for our customer showcase please
do contact us at info@craftshapes.co.uk.
FINAL THOUGHTS
For our first final thoughts we have decided to include some words
of wisdom. Whilst about art in gneral I think some of these are
especially relevant to those involved in crafting and creative
persuits:
Andrew Kuntz:
I find working with glass meditative, almost therapeutic.
I can leave the world behind, and focus... The simplicity of form,
the drama of rich, intense colour, the joy of challenge, and the
challenge of endurance... The piece, when it is over, is not what
is made, but how it is made.
Julia Cameron:
Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite
-- getting something down.
Leonytne Price:
Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must
do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the midnight
oil. There are no compromises.
Oscar Levant:
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased
this line.
Pablo Picasso:
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an
artist once he grows up.
If you would like to send us your thoughts, tips, ramblings or
wisdoms please do drop us a line at info@craftshapes.co.uk.
