Friday, 1 March 2013

Friday's CRAFT CRUSH...

Woo-hoo it's Friday and we're getting ready to party! Piñatas remind us of summer parties and being outdoors in the sunshine having a great time with our chums.
We're tired of the cold and so we like cozy little reminders to keep us going until the fair weather arrives.
As little guerrillas we swooped on those plump tissue paper covered beauties and beat the stuffing out of them with a large stick just to get to the sweet candy entrails.
These cute cookies are the perfect little homage to piñata parties and I think they'll go down very well on a crisp Sunday night with a large mug of hot chocolate!
Yes, it's not all about CRAFT but we like to keep our hands busy so baking is pretty much the next best thing... plus it keeps us out of trouble!



courtesy of www.recipebyphoto.com

But if you prefer the real thing here's an ICE CREAM Piñata tutorial...It's so cool!

Tutorial: www.simplymodernmom.com

Happy Weekend Craft Lovers!!!

Mi gusta la mañana, mi gusta lo mar, mi gusta la noche, me gusta lo verano, mi gusta tu e me gusta piñatas!!!

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Something for the weekend...

Need to find a good read for your Sunday breakfast but don't actually fancy a book? Well fear not bambinas and bambinos...have a look at our current favourite BLOG... www.mademoisellepoirot.com


Flourless mud cake!



Filled with inspirational ideas, recipes and beautiful photography. We're a big fan of Madame Poirot and we've been fortunate enough to have her at one of our fairs and so we can vouch for her talent as we've seen her work in the flesh. She's truly amazing and her blog...well it's a treat for the eyes and the soul!

Enjoy!


Tuesday, 26 February 2013

New products to be added to our shop...

We love haberdashery....thread, string, buttons, pins and everything in between so come March and you'll be able to purchase a few choice pieces from our on line shop.

We'll be adding a variety of stock and because some of it is vintage or sourced in small numbers you'll need to be quick because we might not restock the same merchandise!

wooden heart shaped buttons..

bakers twine...

sweet heart pins...

Friday, 22 February 2013

Friday's CRAFT CRUSH...

Friday is the day when we Guerrillas wind down, relax and chose a few of our favourite things! We love lots of things ranging from beautacious hand made goods, craft tutorials, cake & cocktails recipes to illustrations, music and lots and lots of great creative people... 
So this week we stumbled upon "Pretty Little Thieves" a beautiful blog featuring the amazing illustrations of California based artist Nancy Mungcal.
If you like her work then check out her ETSY shop too...believe me I would buy almost everything on there especially the cat plates! 

To see more of Nancy's work please visit her website: www.prettylittlethieves.com


Soft Gallery ©

cat plates painted on rescued china!

little paintings available through the Little Thieves etsy shop...
Soft Gallery ©

chikismiqui magazine ©

 Happy Weekend craft lovers!


*Nancy's work reminds us of dipping our toes in cool rivers on hot, sunny summer days where skies welcome dancing dandelion Pappus....

Friday, 15 February 2013

Friday's CRAFT CRUSH...

We love Friday's because that's when we have time to craft! No work just play means we are very happy guerrillas!!!

This Friday our Craft CRUSH is a MAKE, a little bit different from our usual feature, so here you go a simple but very beautiful project...

as featured in the web site:  http://trishadeanevents.com
You can make this pretty chandelier with ready made/bought Papel Picado banners but I think they are easy enough to make plus this way you can choose your colour combo and paper!
Here's an online tutorial that shows you how:



Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Tombola for a good cause!

As previously mentioned we are raising funds for the Celia Hammond Animal Trust!
Due to the major influx of abandoned animals this London Charity is having a difficult time looking after everyone and so we though we'd do something about it. In the grand scheme of things it's a very small gesture but we like to be actively helpful and if we can help raise a few pounds plus raise awerness then that's a step in the right direction!



So are you feeling lucky?
All you need to do is purchase a £1. TOMBOLA ticket which you can do by clicking on the pay pal button on the top right hand side of this blog page.

On offer we have 3 prize packages which consist of a selection of hand made goodies donated by a few of our designer maker friends. Below are a few snaps of the beautiful bounty you could win...plus more to be added as they arrive!

Check out the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes...
Fascinator by La Dame au berét, Fedulab bag,paw pin and Cat phone case, knitted digestive cushion by Sarah Kerry, cat pin by Bel's world, cuff by Predominately print, pretty cat by Girl industries and hunny bunny by munano.



Sleep set by Sannapanda, Cat phone case and I love my cat & paw pin by Fedulab, illustrated bear pin by Bel's Art world, Tote by Vicky's world and a few haberdashery bits and a kit from us!


Panda tote by Sannapanda, Fascinator kit by Miss Millinery, pin by Bel's world, I love my cat brooch by Fedulab, haberdashery bits and two craft kits from us!


Designer makers include:
FEDuLAB
Predominately Print
La Dame au berét
münano
Sarah Kerry
Sannapanda
Bel's Art World
Girl Industries
Miss Millinery
Vicky's World
Katie's Bead Boutique
Just Can't Help it 
MunkiMake
and more tba


Tell all your friends and help a really good charity which does a fantastic service to many animals in need! We need to raise as much as we can!!!
Also if you can give a home to a gorgeous kit kat then maybe you can think about adopting one from the C.H.A.T.
There are quite a few lovely little chaps and chapettes awaiting a new home.

The prize draw will take place on the 31st of March!
For further info on this charity and their work please visit.... Celia Hammond Animal Trust.

Please note that the Celia Hammond Trust are no way involved in this fundraiser...we, Craft Guerrilla, are running it to present a donation to them after the draw.

Lets use the power of craft and help make the world a better place!
 
P.S. They also need cat toys for their guests so if you can use your crafty genius maybe you could make a few fabric mice?
Please send these or any cat toys, cat beds, pet food...or any other donation to the Celia Hammond Trust directly. Their address and details are available on their website. Thank you!

Friday, 8 February 2013

Friday's CRAFT CRUSH!

Gorgeous , colourful and simple fab lamp shades by Ana Kras...