Craftivism in the UK!

The organisers of the G20 Climate Camp in the City are taking action on climate change and are taking to the streets in protest to show how a gathering of people can make a change. They have asked that people come out to ‘transform’ the financial district with theatre, music, and craft and hopefully have a peaceful but powerful protest.


Craft Guerrillas this is your chance to get a little knitting anarchy started! Why not knit a few "bombs"(made with lots of love,of course,we are a peaceful bunch!), tag some lamp posts, trees,etc...lets knit "the man" a big soft, woolly HUG!
Love and peas to you all!


Find out more about the G20 Climate Camp in the City on their website: http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/

Craft Guerrilla wants you!

We've been inundated with requests from others to follow the Craft Guerrilla manifesto! From Portugal,Sweden to Scotland fellow crafty creatures have all asked how to start their own! Ha ha ...it's very simple! You can email us and we'll tell you all about it!
Also we've been busy spreading the word and we've been invited to host D.I.Y. craft events in several venues and we're very much looking forward to it! Have a look at our events diary page and come and visit us!
Lot's of exciting projects and new twists to the D.I.Y. craft events...
Here are a few of the new exciting dates
The Make Lounge 8th April (special Easter event)
93 Feet East 5th May (monthly)
The Old Queens Head 9th May (monthly)
Indie Tracks Music Festival July 24 - 26 Derbyshire
AND SO ON!
Don't forget that we're still at the Castle in Walthamstow for our E17 Monthly night!

So it's all systems go and we would like to include our lovely guys and gals...
This is were you creative luvvies come in....THE CRAFT GUERRILLA WANTS YOU!
We're looking for people that can make "Craft Packs" and host D.I.Y. Craft events with us. Preferably you're already familiar with us and we'd like to recruit people which have had at least a stall with us at one of our craft markets. Otherwise to apply you need to contact us via email and send us a few JPEG's of your work and a brief outline of what you make, your craft skills and what you think you can add to the Craft Nights.More details and T&C's will be emailed to you after you've contacted us. It's a chance to work with in a fun, creative community and also make a bit of extra cash...
All money from your "craft pack" sales goes to you. We will never take any commission from our fellow designer makers!

P.S. Check out our news page and see what else has been happening.

A very creative bunch!!!

This is what we love...people that grab a craft pack and make it their own. Craft Guerrilla guys and gals are a very creative lot and we're happy to be surrounded by so many talented people!
Myriam bought the craft pack at our last D.I.Y. craft night and she looks gorgeous in her personalised recycled fabric fascinator! She's added on vintage finds and feathers to it ...hmmmm I wonder if she'd take commissions and make me one?!
Send us photos of your handy work made from our "craft packs" and we'll show case them on our blog page!

Pink Doodle

www.pinkdoodle.com

Originating from London, United Kingdom, Pinkdoodle.com is set to be yet another buy and sell marketplace for the creative community. What makes them different, we ask? Pinkdoodle recognizes the homogeneity of existing marketplaces that leave very little room for any more like it. Pinkdoodle targets to explore business elements that lack in many Creative businesses today, and this has become a goal of focus in that will set Pinkdoodle different from the others.

Pinkdoodle encourages sellers to include marketing to their plan, stressing its potential as a significant aid to any businesses. Creative business unlike any other business, is never generic, each and every one of them attracting their very own niche markets, who best to know one's consumer than the sellers themselves? Pinkdoodle is confident in the maximum impact achievable by implementing marketing into sellers' business plans.

The features are regularly added and those already available on site are geared to align with the business empowering goal, such as the ability to sell and view items in 1 of 18 major currencies, allowing friendlier access for international audience; Facebook application that currently allows sellers to promote their selling items to their network of friends; Microbe, an embeddable site application; a Pinkdoodle sub-domain, and an @mypinkdoodle.com email address. More features are on the pipeline.

The site is still in its early days. Nonetheless, it is warmly welcomed by the Creative community and quickly gaining interests. They are offering 3 free listings for newly registered members. So be sure to take up this opportunity to try them out.

Lost & Found

Lost & Found...a fab little company offering great one off jewellery...
Here is what Imogen had to say:
"Lost&Found started as a way for me to put to use some of the things I collect - buttons, charms, vintage beads and toys. I make charm necklaces from things I find in second hand, car boot sales and antiques shops and each item in the Lost&Found shop is completely unique."

We love it! Go on you fashionable minxes you know you can't resist a bit of bling!!!

An amendment...

It seems that some people got the wrong end of the stick regarding the "Clothing Swap Shop". Unfortunately we're not hosting it but it's run by a friend (Annalisa Thompson and her Husband Zac) and we thought we'd post it so all you lovely people could help get the word out and ultimately bag a few new outfits without a guilty conscience! We hope it hasn't upset the organisers but it's all for charity and we back it 100%. So regardless of who's organised it...get there and swap some clothing tonight for a much needed charity project!

Guerrilla photos...

Thanks to everyone that made it such a fun night!