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Last Saturday, we held our 3rd annual craft party at Family Tree Club on Kenilworth Street. 150 revellers came along, painted beads, made hand mirrors, threaded tassel bracelets, decorated party hats, played with Hama Beads, made pom poms, decoupaged pen...

Our third annual Craft Party is scheduled for next Saturday, 6th June! This year, we'll be painting big geometric beads to make a necklace, threading wooden bead bracelets with cotton tassels, applying sayings to pennant banners, playing with Modpodge to...

I was on the door with Paul & Barney, dishing out goodie bags and tickets. I wanted to stop and chat to everyone, but that just held up the queue, so my apologies if I was a little abrupt with any of you! Eventually, the queue died down and I was able to wonder around and see what everyone was up to...

They were sewing and printing bags-
Mixing scrubs and decorating plant pots-
Decoupaging tiles...

That's Post Craft Party Depression. I can't deny it, we worked really really hard. Now it's over, we're all feeling a little lost. I imagine this is how people feel after organising a big wedding or something? I have a recurring dream that I got the date wrong and wake up with a start. But it's OK, I can just sleep as much as I want for a while.

Let me give you a quick peek of the setup.

All...

So we had our party last night! It was so much fun. Exhausting, but fun! I don't have photos from the luminous Fiona Murray yet, I'll post some on here as soon as she has finished her skillful editing process. Photos from our volunteers and lovely party goers can be found at www.craftpartyleam.co.uk until then.

THANK YOU everyone who came along, everyone who helped us out, Fa...

Yeah, we're excited too!

More news on the #CraftPartyLeam preparations!

Another of our Craft Lounge activities - Hama Beads! The packet warns that it's for ages 5+. Primary school crafts rock - check out our pinterest board for further proof, should you require it.



Don't forget, Craft Lounge activities are in addition to 6 mini Workshops, Ready, Steady, Craft!, Knit Off, Photo Booth and our Charity Raffle! We'll be posting...

I was gutted to see yet another grim, grey sky this morning. We were due to do some after-hours work on the craft party this evening, and I was hoping to get some photos of our samples. The sun was clearly on our side though, as it graced us with its presence just in time...


One of our Craft Lounge activities will be making pom-poms with our fancy pom-pom makers! Pom-poms aren't just for bobble...