SewSmitten Christmas Craft Market Dates

Got Craft? : Tooting Tram & Social : Tooting Broadway : London : Sunday 27th November 2011 : 11am - 5pm : Map

 

Craft Guerrilla Christmas Market : Vestry House Museum : Walthamstow : London : Saturday 3rd December 2011 : 11am - 4pm : Map

 

Crafty Fox Christmas Market : The Dogstar : Brixton : London : Saturday 10th December 2011 : 11am - 5pm : Map

 

Duckie Christmas Market :  Barbican Centre : Islington : London : Sunday 11th December 2011 : 2pm - 9:30pm : Map

Got Craft? London Craft Market

This November we are excited to be joining the launch of a new Craft Collective to London & in a brand new location for us too! 

The savvy event organisers from Vancouver launched Got Craft? in 2007 & have since been hosting home to many crafty shindigs, this November the 27th they will be setting up shop in London's Tooting Broadway at the Tooting Tram & Social Bar on Mitcham Road.   

The event will be featuring over 20 talented designer makers, food, a DJ, a D.I.Y table & free swag bags for the first 30 people through the door!  

This event is sizing up to be a great opportunity to do some bespoke handmade Christmas shopping so why not come down & spend your Sunday browsing, drinking & socialising amongst the many creative stall holders.

For more info:

Got Craft website

Got Craft Facebook Event

Map

Vendors

SewSmitten @ The Thames Festival Craft Trail

We are very proud and excited to announce our participation in this years Mayor's Thames Festival taking place on the 10th & 11th of September which will be our biggest event to date.  We at SewSmitten will be there selling our handmade wares amongst many other talented crafty designer makers in the launch of the very first Craft Trail! 

Logo design by Sanna King

(Craft Trail website)

What is the Craft Trail I hear you ask?

They are a group of independent craft collectives who have joined forces to promote London's handmade crafts scene at this years Mayor's Thames Festival.  
The team includes:

Over the weekend vistors will be able to follow a map along the festival route to discover & meet a huge variety of designer makers, browse all their handmade goods, learn & take part in some crafty activities and have a super fun day out along the way!      

The map will be available in print and online, along with a reward card, goody bags and other exciting stuff to be announced nearer the time! For more info visit the Craft Trail homepage or you can follow updates on the facebook page too. 


Here are some more links to follow which detail particular activities on the day:
Of Cabbages & Kings have teamed up with Creative Biscuit to host a Mad Hatter's Tea Party: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144486162306550
Craft Guerilla will be hosting crafty workshops: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=222853004427950


Other stall and workshop hosts include:
Crafty Fox Market: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=219131128134847 to check out their full list of sellers follow this link: http://craftyfoxmarket.blogspot.com/p/thames-festival-pop-up-stall-holders.html
We Make London: https://www.facebook.com/event.phpeid=262191287143453&ref=notif&notif_t=event_invite to check out the full list of sellers follow this link: http://wemakelondon.blogspot.com/p/thames-festival-designers.html


So we hope you can make it down. We will be at the event on Saturday 10th from noon till 10 pm, residing residence with the We Make London team situated outside of Southwark Crown Court, by The River Thames & just by HMS Belfast (zone 4 on map).  
The nearest station is London Bridge but there are a number of other travel options to get there, plus the festival will be extending the river from Westminster Bridge to Tower Bridge so it'll be hard to miss out!

(click on map for webpage)

For more info about the festival as a whole you can visit their home webpage: http://www.thamesfestival.org/ or follow their facebook event.

Happy 2nd Birthday!

This August we will be celebrating our 2nd year Birthday! So in true celebratory style we will have launched a limited edition fun goodie bag lucky dip of SewSmitten products.  

We have routed through our stocks especially to bring you a little selection of our collection; within the bag you can expect to find things like:

Oyster Card Holders, Greeting Cards, Jewellery, Hair clips, Brooches, Purses and some other sneak surprises too...

Each bag will contain a random selection of 4-5 products worth over £35 but you can purchase it for just £20!  

There will only be 25 of these Lucky Dip bags up for grabs so make your purchases fast! 

Craft Guerrilla Summer Craft Fair

This Summer on Saturday the 30th July we are proud to announce our participation in the amazing Craft Guerrilla Summer Craft Fair. 

Held in the gorgeous Orford House Social Club in the mighty ballroom the Guerrilla team have hand selected the best,most talented designer makers (which includes us!) in order to curate a shopping event that will have you swooning for all things hand made!

So if you fancy coming to one of East London's finest fairs get on down to Walthamstow Village.

£1 entry (under 16s free)

Fully licensed bar

Parking (limited so arrive early)

Make Easy table- join in the hand made movement and tons of beautiful and chic shopping!

For travel information please visit: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/

Nearest Tube: Walthamstow Central (Victoria Line)/Walthamstow Central Train Station (From Liverpool Street Station)

A hop and a skip from the station!

For more info visit : http://www.craftguerrilla.com/index.htm

Limited Edition Handprinted Cosmetic Bags - SALE!

All our limited edition handprinted and handmade fabric Cosmetic Bags are now only £18! (usual selling price £22) 

To ensure you snap this deal up whilst you have the chance please place your order before the end of June

Also coming up this June: 

This Saturday 11th June we will be heading down to the South of London to Clapham to take part in the Of Cabbages & Kings market being hosted at the lovely Bread & Roses pub - 68 Clapham Manor Street London SW4 6DZ from 11am till 6pm.

So come along and say hello, sip a pint or few, eat a lovely pub roast & do some handmade gift shopping all under one roof! & here's hoping the weather is on its best behaviour too....

New Stockist; Style Chapel

I am excited to announce and use this post to introduce you to our fabulously new stockist - Style Chapel.   

An online gift shop currently holding a home for our cute fabric Mod Bow necklaces and brooches, along with a host of other beautiful gifts from many more designer makers which have been specially selected and sourced to give you a unique online shopping experience. 

We definitely recommend you go have a gander at this stylishly put together website as there are many a great purchase to be found!

SPRING SALE!

So the clocks have changed & the weather is starting to heat up again which can only mean we've officially hit Spring! So in true house wife style we thought we'd have a lil Spring Sale to celebrate more daylight & the ever fast approach of the Easter holidays!  

So until the end of April or until stocks last we will be selling all of the products featured on our Accessories page HALF PRICE! Such goodies include our Ice Cream Necklaces, Domino Brooches & Strawberry Muffin Earrings....& much more... Grab yourself a bargain as once they're gone they're gone! 

We would also like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our new Animal Letter Oyster Card Holder range:

Due to the success of our Animal Letter Greeting Cards we have now adapted & recreated each letter so now you can have your chosen letter on your very own Oyster Card holder! 

Horatia Sunday weekly Fayre

Horatia Sunday weekly Fayre : The Horatia Pub : Holloway Road : London : Sunday 27th March 2011 : 11:30 - 6 pm

This Sunday we will be taking up a stall at the lovely Horatia Pub (formerly The Lord Nelson) on Holloway Road selling a selection of our wares at their new weekly Sunday indoor market event which hosts a room of other upcoming crafters, vintage hoarders, music spinners plus there will be yummy Sunday Roasts on the menu & a great selection of alcohol too!

This will be our first stall of the year so we are welcoming the warm approach of Spring with open arms & booking ourselves in for more events around London soon too.

So come pay us a visit, it's free to attend & to see more details just follow the link to view their facebook event profile: CLICK ME!

Another stall holder at the event will be our very creative friend Liz from Blank Inside Designs selling her selection of quirky & whimsical illustrated greeting cards & prints, which are guaranteed to bring a smile to your face... & just in time for mothers day too!

All I can say is what better way is there to spend your Sunday, so why not come & grab some interesting & unique goodies & hang out for a pint or two......

The making of our Mini Bow Necklaces

Check out our new cute mini bow Necklaces available online now!

Back by popular demand we can proudly introduce our brand new collection of mini bow necklaces. Due to our Mod Bow range selling out over Christmas we decided to go out on the prowl & source some new & exciting fabrics to make up a sparkling new collection. The likes of which include; Stargazer, Seagull Frenzy, Skeleton Jive, Checkered, Roses of love & many more....

Visit the Bows Bows Bows page to see the full range!

All fabrics used are reclaimed vintage fabrics sourced as scraps of fabrics as well as forgotten items of clothing! Which we have up cycled & put to good, fun & fashionable use. Below you can view snap shots of the making process in action right from the machine stitching, to the stuffing, to the bow assembly & finally the jewellery making.

Hug Me, Kiss Me, Love Me

Hello All!

We hope that everyone has been having a good new year so far... It's been a fair while since our last post as the mad rush of Christmas and moving home took it's toll on the running of things here. We apologize for the neglect but it is safe to say everything is starting to fall back into place now, and so we thought we'd take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy Valentines Day as it seems that January has just evaporated into thin air once again! It's Scary stuff how time flies but what can I say the Love bug has returned to brighten up our very cold February and welcome it we shall.

We've never been fans of designing things especially for commercial holidays (apologies if that sends negative humbug messages) but if you are stuck for a gift for your loved one this year & want something inexpensive but striking then why not send someone you love one of our animal letter cards, signed or from a secret admirer they add a personal touch to show you're thinking of them!

We also offer a straight to recipient service so you need not blush in person as we can write and send your message straight to their door! (Just email your message along with the order info@sewsmitten.com)

Plus why not give someone one of our aptly themed Love Heart sweets Oyster or Passport holder which feature the sweets with many playful phrases; Kiss Me, I Love You, Be Mine, Dream Boy, You're Fab.....