Hello everyone,
After our recent 12:box launch we are back to our usual and relaxed
craftshapes newsletter. A big thanks to everyone who took advantage
of our box offer. We had great fun doing it and showing off the
completed box projects.
We visited the fantastic Cheshire show yesterday. The rain stayed
away just long enough, we had a great day. We visited the large
crafts tent, there were lots of great crafters showing, woodwork,
textiles, painters and so on.
But I have to say that at least half were simply selling pre-made
items. I'm not against it, not at all, it's just a shame that
there aren't more stalls of crafters selling handmade items that
they made themselves. A sign of the times with lots of craft fairs
these days...
Did you show at Cheshire? How did you get on? How are you finding
it at other craft fairs? Let us know at our craftsblog.
NEW SHAPES ADDED: Wooden blocks??
We don't have any new shapes this time round but have some new
shapes on the way very soon. In the meantime I wanted to ask you
about wooden blocks? We are thinking of introducing them and I
wanted to know if they would be a wooden shape that you would
want? We can supply them from tiddlers up to about 2-1/2"
in size. Please do let us know on the blog at www.craftsblog.co.uk
OUR 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 SHOWCASE
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
A few inspirational thoughts for your creativity...
Do not be like the cat who wanted a fish but was afraid to get
his paws wet.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Mistakes are doorways to discovery.
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Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Smiles open many doors.
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