Etsy Labs...Make your Own Valentine!

The  Etsy crew are joining us on the 11th of February at the Vestry House Museum. Get your valentine the perfect gift and if you haven't one to call your own well then I think we can help by getting you to join in the crafty fun!!!

 
 
"Don’t have a Valentine this year? Fear not! Come make your very own plush boy/girlfriend and customise 'till your heart's content. As an exception, the ones in love are also welcome! Why not customise your doll to look like you or your sweetheart? All materials provided!

The workshop is taking place at Craft Guerrilla's Love Handmade Fair, where you can peruse heaps of romantically-inspired goodies for the object of your affection. The fair is open from 11am - 4pm, and our workshop kicks off at 12."

These are too cute!!! Get your self your own sweet little lady or a honey bunny!

Hope to see ya there!

A Beautiuful Mess...

We are swooning over "A beautiful mess"! No, no... it's not the state of our kitchen...that is truly a mess but I wouldn't call it beautiful.
This web publication is everything and more I'd expect from an all girl team of sassy, fashion loving, craft making blog writers.
Packed with posts, interviews, fashion tips, step by step tutorials (like these pretty floral  suitcases) and some great recipes too. The Nutella cookies look amazing! I had to stop myself from licking the computer screen. *cough cough* I didn't by the way but it was a close one!

Tutorial link here

Elsie Larson is the brain child behind "A Beautiful Mess" and we absolutely love her blog! Go check it out and keep it in your book mark tab...I for one will visit it again and again.
I will definitely be making the lace design table very soon. Thanks ladies, keep up the fabulous work!

Blog address: http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Tutorial link here

Have you Zine the news?

After almost three years in publication we've taken the difficult decision to call it a day regarding our tri monthly zine...well we're ceasing to offer it in the printed form. 

I can still remember the beginning of this long lived love affair which started in secondary school and led me to produce my first ever  Fanzine. "The scholastic scream" was filled with teenage angst and rebellion. I was a very angry little 14 year old in red patent leather doc martins, purple mohican and heavy coaled panda eyes. Back then we all wore too much eye liner!

With so much happening at Craft Guerrilla it's just another project which we can't commit to entirely  and if you're familiar with what we do you'll know by now that when we do things... we like to give it our all!

We'll still be producing it in a PDF format which means we're kinder to trees and it's cheaper to run. The new version will still be packed with craft projects, interviews, recipes and lots of new illustrating talent.

Look out for our "special limited edition zines" which occasionally will be printed in short runs and available to buy as a hard copy ...
because believe it or not our love of zines will not allow us to give it up completely!

*Summer edition 2011 illustrated by Isobel Kho 
If you'd like to get your mitts on the copies we still have available then visit the Guerrilla shop.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it: Craft Guerrilla Valentine's Fair!

That's right my sweet bundles of craft loving joy this February we're back to the Vestry House Museum for another filled to the brim designer maker fair... AND best of all it's just in time for Valentine's!

Because we know how important it is to show the LOVE we've selected a few designers which will set your hearts racing and swooning for all things hand made.
So bring yer fella (or good lady) give him a gentle nudge (a hammer might be deployed if he is anything like mine...he does not do subtlety!) and he might just buy you that special Valentine's love token you've been longing for!
There will be tons of love filled hand made items both for boys and girls so if you fancy showing them just how much you care then get your little sweet patooties to the best Designer Maker Fair in the Walthamstow Village Quarter.

Also if you haven't that special someone to call your own don't worry because ETSY are hosting a very special workshop for us at the fair: "No Valentine's? Make your own!"
Remember ETSY workshops are free so come bright and early as spaces are limited (starting at 12 noon).

The Craft Guerrilla "LOVE HAND MADE Valentine's Fair" (Sponsored by Etsy)
Saturday 11th of February 11am to 4pm
Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road E17 9NH
Entry is free!

First 50 visitors get an Etsy goodie bag...

 *Please note that this event is a fund raiser organized by Craft Guerrilla in aid of the William Morris Gallery Refurbishment fund so if you are feeling generous and would like to help us make a larger donation then there are "donation boxes" in the museum shop. Show your <3 LOVE <3 and give generously!

Crafty New Year!

Hi there my little crafty chums...we do hope you've had a very restful and creative holiday season! We've had a nice little rest but as usual we're chomping at the bit to get back into it.
Check out our events page and see what we have lined up... I can feel it's going to be a very CRAFTY NEW YEAR!!!!

Merry Christmas!

That's it my craft loving kittens... only 5 days to go before Christmas! I hope you have a fabulous holiday and that olde Saint Nick brings you all you wish for!!!
I've had a blast this year...made lots of new friends, learned lots of new crafty skills, participated in all sorts of great events and will now be embarking on a few exciting adventures in the new year. There have also been a few changes regarding the collective and due to life it is now run solely by me. It's still a collective but it's now all down to one woman with a nack for spinning a dozen plates at once, a love for quality hand made designer goods and a belief that CRAFT is the answer to so many questions! Of course it goes without saying that many hands have helped Craft Guerrilla get to where it is today and that they are still lending us a knitted mitten when needed. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Also a huge thank you to everyone (shoppers, designer makers, crafters and all)  for your support and enthusiasm... I absolutely love the craft community and am so proud to be part of such a vibrant and growing scene.
I hope to come back in 2012 bright eyed, bushy tailed and raring to go on his fantastic voyage with you!!! Craft Guerrilla will be sailing back in February with a few new ventures and an all new monthly night in Archway, North London. That's right, "The Craftivista Social Club" will now happen at the Hideaway Bar every second Tuesday of each month. I'm very,very excited about this and can't wait to start! Stay well, stay crafty and remember... there's still time to make, bake and shop HAND MADE!!!
X
Deborah
Founding member of Craft Guerrilla

Not one but two!!!!

OH YES...we know how to treat you craft loving people, we've organized two mini workshops for you so you can get into the Christmas crafting spirit!
Book your spot now but don't hesitate as places are going fast...
For work shop info, details and bookings please have a look here:
http://eastlondoncraftguerrilla.blogspot.com/p/events-diary.html

Who loves ya baby?!

*P.S. Don't forget we're taking January off but we'll be back all bright eyed and bushy tailed on the 9th of February. Same time same place.