Holly's Friends Country Crafts: June 2012

Sunday, 24 June 2012

Charing Village Fete and Craft Fayre 2012

This year I have booked a stall for the Craft Fayre at the Village Fete. It takes place on Saturday 30th June (less than a week away now), and I will be located in the Church Barn.

I am both excited and nervous, what if I don't have enough stock? Or worse, what if I don't sell anything??

This is only the second year for the Craft Fayre, and I have no idea how well attended it was last year. I'm keeping my fingers firmly crossed.

Wish me luck
Rebecca xx

Thursday, 7 June 2012

1000 Page Views and Gift Vouchers

Two very exciting things have happened today at Holly's Friends...

1) This little blog has reached and exceeded 1000 Page Views - thank you all so much for your support xx

2) I am just adding a new product to www.hollysfriends.co.uk - Gift Vouchers!
a fantastic option if you're really not sure what gift to treat someone to. They are available in £10, £20 and £50 denominations, and P&P is free.
I can also enclose a handmade gift card for an additional £2.50.

Please visit the website for full details and terms and conditions.

Enjoy!
Rebecca xx

I've been crafting for a very long time!

I think I started out when I was really little, cutting up old Christmas cards, adding some glitter, punching a hole and threading it on to ribbon to make gift tags for the following Christmas. I still love playing with glitter!

My next foray into craft was jewellery making. My friend and I discovered a bead shop in the village of West Malling, Kent, and promptly spent all our pocket money on wonderous beads and findings. I added to my stash by buying old jewellery at jumble sales, breaking them up and making them into something new and unique. I used to sell quite a lot of earrings to my school friends, but was never confident that my necklaces would stay in one piece, so I steered away from them.

I took a GCSE in Textiles, and loved it, and learnt a lot. Art Foundation was similarly messy and fun, and then I took a BA (Hons) degree in Interior Design which was much tidier and formal.

After graduation I began working part-time at a craft shop, where I learnt all about hand painted furniture, and decorative paint effects. Soon I became one of the course tutors, running sessions from basic paint effects, to trompe l'oeil. I loved every minute of it, but my work as a Senior Interior Designer for a local company was taking over, so I had to stop.

In addition to teaching courses, I also spent any free time making greetings cards, creating hand painted decorative items, fabric decorative items and cake decorating, and over the years have sold a lot of my creations, which makes me very proud.

I wanted to share my range of work with a wider audience though, and after the success of my gardening blog www.pumpkin-becki.blogspot.com , I thought I'd launch Holly's Friends Country Crafts.

Why Holly's Friends? Well, Holly was the first little Country Fairy I made. She was so perfect I was inspired to make lots more, and all are completely unique.

I hope you like what I do, it keeps me busy if nothing else :-). I'd love to read your comments or questions. I will do one off designs, or personalise fairies and ragdolls, so please ask.

Holly's Friends Country Crafts

Sunday, 24 June 2012

Charing Village Fete and Craft Fayre 2012

Thursday, 7 June 2012

1000 Page Views and Gift Vouchers

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