Shalotte

Friday, 9 March 2012

Team CB Thank you for your support!

I want to thank everyone on Craft Britannia and on the web who has done such a fantastic job of promoting us during our stint as CoTW.

These are all the wonderful articles that people have written about us so I hope you will enjoy reading them as much as I did.

I'll start off with my Interview on the CB blog
http://craftbritannia.wordpress.com/shop-of-the-week/

http://naturalbathingco.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/craftbritannia-shops-of-the-week/
http://perfectlittlepurses.blogspot.com/2012/03/shop-of-week-shalotte-artisan-originals.html
http://averilpam.blogspot.com/2012/03/craft-britannia-shop-of-week-week-2.html
http://susansharpeceramics.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/etsy-shop-of-the-week-two/
http://ministryofshiny.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/shop-of-the-week-2-shalotte/
http://loutul.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/etsy-shop-feature-shop-no-2-in-the-series/
http://rebeccasemporium.blogspot.com/2012/03/day-by-sea.html

Pinterest boards
http://pinterest.com/sunnycrystals/craft-britannia-shop-of-the-week/
http://www.etsy.com/listing/81147664/fabric-heart-brooch-sari-sequin-mermaid

FB links
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Loutuls-Treasures/187570711350803
http://www.facebook.com/onetenzeroseven/posts/296664590401477
http://www.facebook.com/imynda

Twitter links
https://twitter.com/#!/onetenzeroseven/status/177375115036721152

Treasuries since my last post

Once again, thank so much for all your faving,tweeting,blogging,facebook'ng treasurying and more!

Naomi
xxx

Thursday, 8 March 2012

Our Brand New Giveaway!

To celebrate being Craft Britannia Shop of the Week and reaching over 100 'likes' on our FB page we are delighted to announce that we are holding a Giveaway.

The lucky winner will receive this beautiful shell disk and copper wirework bracelet and this beautiful beaded rolled rose and net fascinator

To Enter our competition please do at least 3 of the following

1: 'Like' our FB page

2 :Follow us on Twitter

3:Follow/Join our Blog

4'Like' our etsy shop

5: Promote this giveaway on your own blog/fb/twitter/etsy teams,e.c.t.

6:Competition is open to the UK,US and Canada

7:If you have already done the above then please tell us and it will count as a entry.

Please leave a comment below telling us what you have done along with your name and email so we can contact the winner.

Competition will close at midnight thurs the 22nd of March.

Winner will be chosen at random by the tried and tested method of The Hat!

No cash alternative

Good Luck

Saltburn by the Sea: Guerrilla knitters stitch up Saltburn Pier!

Guerrilla knitters stitch up Saltburn Pier!

I like this a lot! I wonder if I could get a gang to do this somewhere in Oxford. The Ashmoleon perhaps, or Bonn Square
Saltburn has once again been the target for some serious yarn bombing as the Guerrilla knitters have struck again - and how!

If you strolled down the pier on Saturday you would have found it difficult not to notice pieces of brightly coloured knitting tied along the pier railing. Welcome to guerrilla knitting.

This is graffiti, but with yarn. It's not something new - people have been doing it for years, all over the world - but Saturday's session in Saltburn was extra special.

Last October, we reported that a knitter, or knitters, had tried to pull the wool over the eyes of hundreds of visitors and residents by tying scarves and knitted figures to various parts of the town centre - to lamp-posts, railings, buildings and outside the library. Knitted teddy bears were also to be seen having a picnic on Marine Parade.

But now the latest 50-yard long Olympic-themed creation which has suddenly appeared on Saltburn Pier has stitched up the title as one of the longest scarves in the North-east.

Scores of people have been doing a double-take at the “marathon” scarf as they walk along the historic pier.

Every few metres a different Olympic sport has been portrayed - from synchronised swimming to a cycling velodrome - each with their own little group of knitted athletes.

What's the point, though? "It's about making people smile and bringing art out of the galleries so everyone can appreciate it," is the comment of Magda Sayeg, one of the world's most revered guerilla knitters.

Although we are not able to reveal the identity of the Saltburn yarn bombers we can confirm that this particular piece is the work of more than one individual and it has captivated everyone who has seen it.

Kerry Paterson: "It's big! Whoever knitted this is very talented! Absolutely fab it is! Go see."

Louise Tierney: "This is brilliant. We were down on the pier on Saturday morning and saw it, a lot of time and effort has gone into this knitting, definitely worth a visit to see it."

Rachel Armstrong: "It's fab, I like it when something simple can put a smile on your face :)"

Saltburn by the Sea: Guerrilla knitters stitch up Saltburn Pier!:

Wednesday, 7 March 2012

Craft Britannia Shop of the Week #2 - Shalotte

I wantto thank my fellow CB teamies for doing such a fab job of promoting so far this week on my stint as Craft Britannia shop of the week on Etsy.

I have had loads of tweets, fb posts, shop favourites, item faves, circle additions,blog posts and treasuries made for my shop that my head is fairly swimming.

Here are some of the wonderful treasuries that have been made, you saw the two that made the FP earlier in the week so here are some of the others

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

You are buying from a British Designer/Maker

Here are some "You are Buying From" signs. I think these are probably the best ones to put on your stands.

The design is going to be tested out by Em of PixieDoodlesUK at her stand over the weekend

Do you like the first, second or third?

Monday, 5 March 2012

I Support British Designer/Makers/Craftspeople

After a lot of conversations on various etsy teams, and discussions at fairs and events it becomes clear that a lot of my fellow british craftspeople who both design and make their own pieces are becoming more and more tired with going to fairs and events and being bombarded with bought in items,franchises and resellers instead of the advertised crafts. We also feel that we are considered strange by people because we actually make the items on our stalls ourselves.

We feel that people are somewhat used to going to craft fairs and instead of getting beautifully hand crafted items they are being shown items that you could get on any high street in britain,

To go with this discussion I have been busy this morning designing signs for my fellow makers to print out and display on their stands, on websites and even their online shops to explain that what is on offer has been made with their own fair hands.

What follows are some prototype designs that I will be asking opinions on from other makers so we can decide on a final few for our own use.

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These images will be offered as a FREE download for people to make use of but I do ask you to only download and use them if you are selling 100% your own items on your stands

Image was made from a copyright free union flag image and edited and digitally aged by myself using computer software

Shalotte on the FP of Etsy.com

This is twice this week, I can't beleve it, it is so exciting. Thank you to Katie for picking such beautiful items and managing to get them up on the American FP

thisi s the first one on Saturday featuring our Pale Knight Top

And this is todays, featuring 'Troubadour'

Sunday, 4 March 2012

DayzeeLove - CraftBritannia Shop of the Week

Today I am blogging about DayzeeLove, our Craft Britannia shop of the week.

DayzeeLove has two shops on Etsy. One, is DayzeeLoveDesigns where she sells fantastic sticky labels, paper bags, thank you notes and business cards all of which are beautiful and original and I recommend you all take a look.
Her second shop is DayzeeLove where she sells beautiful and intricate nature inspired jewellery made from recycled materials as well as buttons and pins in her own original style.

Dayzee is a lovely person and as well as being a talented crafter is our beloved Team Captain over at CraftBritannia HQ.

Here are some of my favourite items of hers

Friday, 2 March 2012

The Perfumed Vamp: Perfume and Tigers

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