Twinkling Firs 2011 Best Bits

lovely reels of macrame thread

Liz Zealley Felted Art

Pippiknit Cowl

Hut 51 - loving that crocheted hanger cover

A wonderful lady who brought over 20 knitted squares for Knit-a-squillion

Alex Heal, loving the pieces displayed in the bell jar

Barbra and John's gorgeous stall

Sarah from Kiss and Bake Up. Amazing cakes!

Decoupage comic art by Lovechicunique

Peagreen

Ulrika Igraine Munoz-Alarcon

Pretty fabric and bead jewellery with a retro twist

Irena Green Felted booties

Naturally Made Soaps

Jenny Price

The Sewing Sanctuary

Pauline Lee

Emma Hewlett

Pippiknit

Amy Orangejuice

Feast your eyes on some of the best bits of Twinkling Firs. Another fantastic fair. Next one Birdsong and Blossom on the 1st of July, see you there xx

Happy New Year !

Happy New Year Craft Hubbers. We enjoyed a wonderful 'Twinkling Firs Fair' with an exceptional standard of handcrafted goods. I ( Hannah ) left with a gorgeous shaker-style biscuit barrel and a festive mince pie soap, delicious cupcakes form the talented 'Kiss and Bake up' stall, plus lots of presents for family. Our raffle raised lots of money for our 2011 charity 'Force' cancer care, in fact over £400 over the course of the year. We ended the year on a high, with a fantastic Crafty Swaps party. Lots of happy guests with armfuls of swaps. We have another one planned for March 2012.

The New Year brings us the promise of more inspired crafty ideas, new collaborations and a continued friendship with all of the fabulous people that have made the Craft Hub all the richer for their love, support & expertise.

' Make & Take' kids club at 'The Hub on the Green', is in full flow, with printmaking coming up next week, celebrating the Chinese New year of the Dragon. ( See our special 'Make & Take' blog)

Our first 'Craft Jam' of the year was at our wonderfully friendly, regular venue 'The Citygate pub.' We taught over Twenty ladies to crochet and everyone seemed to go away with a small piece of finished work & a grasp of the most transportable of crafts. ( I am rarely without a 4mm hook & a ball of yarn in my handbag)

We are taking applications for the Spring Craft fair 'Birdsong & Blossom' if you are interested, please go to www.thecrafthub.co.uk and click on the application form page.

Love & luck to all.

Christmas Stars - Papery Style

Having managed to beg my way onto this, already popular, workshop with Kat Thomas The Paper Florist, I turned up at INC in Exmouth clutching my old 2010 Country Living Diary. The Diary, jammed packed full of photo gorgeousness, was to be miraculously transformed into a sumptious

3D Christmas star. How, I hear you say? Well that would be telling. Kat, the brains behind the rather fabulous www.thepaperflorist.co.uk is a master Origami-ist. The japanese art of paper folding, under Kat's expert flair, is given an up-to-date makeover. Using recycled paper, old Christmas cards, Christmas wrapping paper, newspaper, maps, wallpaper, magazines and even old diaries! You can make the most beautiful and delicate flowers. Here are my masterpieces from the day.

3D stars and lilies













Country Living 3D Star
















Paper Lilies surrounded by lots of gorgeous paper

including our Twinkly's poster!!

Its amazing what you can do with an old diary!

November's Crafter Dark - Felt night :)

Great Cr'After Dark this month, wet felting around soap to make a really funky and sweet smelling Christmas gift for friends and felting with cookie cutters to make shapes of all sort to hang off your Christmas Tree. We also taught felt balls for making your own necklace/bracelet. It was very WET, very SOAPY with a plethora of double-entendres about rubbing and making sure its hard. I have to say though, the City Gate has never smelled so good!

Felted with cookie cutters, so simple and so rustic















A rainbow of felted shapes and balls














Oh lots of love in the air, methinks











Felting around soaps to create a soap and scrubbie all-in-one













Some of our finished handiwork, these are so easy to make and can be decorated with simple ribbon embellishment, popped in a classical box with some information on how to store and how to use, then gifted to someone special.

I am loving the colours people chose, so exciting and vibrant!










Karen and Beth meditating with soap

Making a grand old mess in the pub

More Falling Leaves loveliness

More Lovely things from Falling Leaves, feast your eyes

John Timms shaker wooden chests and bird boxes

Penny Delahoyde, autumnal brooches, vintage and recycled fabrics

Gina's Frek the Third, isnt he gorgeous

Steampunk cakey gorgeousness from the KABU baker Sarah Downham

Barbra Timms vintage notelet whimsies

Autumn Pixie by Barbra Timms

Kate Bartholomew handmade ceramic jewellery




















Aromatika's Lisa Hosking














Woody loveliness from Wooden It be Nice

Pippiknit's little christmas gingerbread men

Blown away at the Falling Leaves Autumn Fair 2011

Hello All, Sorry its been a very long time since we posted. We have had a really hectic one. A wonderful crochet workshop for Cr'After Dark back in September, Poppy making evening on the 4th of October, then the 9th of October we held our 5th Craft Hub fair, another sell out day.

There were feasts to delight everywhere you looked. We had an enormous footfall that day, around 1000 people passing through. The Cafe boys were rushed off their feet. Alfie and Matt our resident DJ's played everything from some funky soulful house to mellow jazz and french jazz which all helped to create a great atmosphere

Gracing us with loveliness, Grace and Favour Home

Fresh appeal, Charlotte Fleming's handprinted designs inspired by her beach home in Budleigh Salterton Devon

Amy Orangejuice McCarthy - award winning stained glass artist

















Artist and Ceramicist Jane Johnson with her naughty and quirky ceramic design

Royal candles, vintage inspired candles by Sam Sunshine of Peagreen

Irena Green Felt Made gorgeousness
















Mrs Moo needle felted christmas whimsies

















Sugarworm handpainted wooden decorations





















Aunty Lolly's upcycled plushy rabbits and puddycats

Gorgeous picture of Claire Gunningham looking just as beautiful as her Clara dolls