Creative Open Workshops

This Saturday we will be creating 3D crochet!!  Amigurumi is Japanese for stuffed little toys.  We will be making cute little animals this weekend.

We will learn how to make the head, body and limbs of a crochet cutie and can then give him/her some character by adding a face and some accessories.  It promises to be a very exciting afternoon and of course there will be cake!

Places are still available and cost £25 incl. materials, equipment, drinks and the all important cakes!

This session starts at 12pm and will run until the end of the afternoon:)

creativeopenworkshops@gmail.com
0121 224 8445
0770 781 4140

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We will be upcycling again this Thursday at COW HQ.  Here is an example of an upcycled bag. This one was finger crocheted from a pair of jeans. The pattern this week will have lots of flexibility, so you can be sure you will leave with a bag like no-one else.  If you have any clothes that you would like to upcycle (tougher fabrics make a stronger bag), bring them along and we will get snipping.

Places are still available and this workshop is suitable for all abilities.

Looking forward to seeing you!

CreativeOpenWorkshops@gmail.com
0121 224 8445
0770 781 4140

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Yay! It's glue guns & buttons at the ready tonight for our fabulous fabric covered memo boards!

Although we will also be doing some (hand) sewing of course... Pretty little flowers to decorate our magnets or pins, for example!

Places still available, £15 incl. materials, equipment, warm drinks & biscuits!

creativeopenworkshops@gmail.com
0121 224 8445
0789 655 9406

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Create a focal point within your home or office for all the things you treasure; display precious photos, poems, shopping lists, jewellery and turn it into a mood board!

You can choose between making a pin board or a magnetic board. The latter has a standard size of about 27 x 36cm (slightly larger than A4).
The pin boards are most fun to create with a picture frame; so have a look round your house or local charity shop for a quirky frame to bring along. We will then be able to match your board exactly to the frame! (Be brave & keep an open mind, the large white frame on our picture was previously plastic bronze/gold coloured!)

We will also be decorating our magnets/pins with a lovely selection of buttons and/or fabric flowers. So your memo board will be adorned with gorgeous gems, even if you only stick the pins on!

Places are still available and cost £15, incl. materials, equipment, warm drinks & cakes.
This workshops will take place here in our Birmingham Custard Factory workshop space.

Contact us for a booking form:
creativeopenworkshops@gmail.com
0121 224 8445
0789 655 9406

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Oh yes!!!! It's nearly that time again...

Make sure to get down to the Custard Factory this Saturday 6th March for our fabulous Handmade Arts & Crafts Market, featuring work by 23 local designer-makers/artists.

Just another reminder of who to look out for this time:
Catfishhh, Charlotte Evans, Bodkin and Bead, Jenny Sutton, Ragged Rose, Kelly Huskisson, Gosia Weber - Bags Handmade, Beads4Breakfast, Spiderpixie, Laura Jayne Design, Honey Bee Designs, Olivine Peridot, ByChloe Jewellery, Oh! Buttons,  Luke Rooney, Samantha Enyon, AppleStrudel, TigerlilyMakes, Nelly Schokker, PeekoCrochet, Said Label, Kelly de Bruin, Francine Schokker.

For full listing & links to people's website, please see our previous blogpost here.

Our market opens at 11am - 5pm and has FREE admission.

As well as getting your monthly crafty purchase fix, come visit the Custard Factory for an amazing selection of beads at the Birmingham Bead Shop, the Vintage Flea Market and a special Vintage Fair (40 stalls of vintage goodies) taking over the Old Library! :)

Please visit our website for directions :)

We look forward to seeing you all again this weekend!

Francine & Denise x

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