Craft-y-Crawl - Sunday 18 November 2018

Hippystitch, By Helen, What's To Be Done With Her & Lucy Monkman Illustration

Come and join us on Sunday 18 November 2018 from noon to 4pm for Planet South Bank's Craft-y-Crawl.  Tour round the South Bank area of York where local artists and makers will be displaying their work.

At 33 Wentwork Road, York, YO24 1DG you will find, as well as tea, cake and mince pies, some new work from me including...

Bird Brooches

Wooden Button Brooches

Liberty Print Fabric Necklaces

Colourful Button Brooches

Lucy Monkman will also be there with her colourful and contemporary cards, stationery & prints...

Lucy Monkman Illustration

and this year Lucy also has her Home Sweet Home mugs...

What's To Be Done With Her will have lovely ladies tunic dresses, girls' dresses and baby knits...

What's To Be Done With Her

And By Helen will have her beautiful flowers made from yarn and fabric...

By Helen

And next door at 35, Wentworth Road you'll find Sue Dennis & Ruth Merriman with their cards and handpainted wooden tiles.

Do call in we'd love to see you!

A map showing all those taking part is available here and a full list of participants here. 

York Makers Spring Fair - Saturday 21 April 2018

York Makers Spring Fair Illustration by Lucy Monkman

You may have seen this fab illustration by Lucy Monkman on social media.  It represents the lovely handmade treats that will be available at the York Makers Spring Fair this Saturday 21 April 2018. Doors open at Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, York, YO23 1BW at 10am and entry is free.  

Carrot Cake by O'Crumbs - Photographed by Annemarie King at The French House York

Tempting enough in itself, I know, but if you need an added incentive then look no further than O'Crumbs who is running the cafe for us. Fab homemade cakes will be on offer!

My new Liberty fabric stash

In preparation, I have been transforming my new Liberty prints into fabric necklaces ready for the fair...

Liberty print fabric necklaces

and of course I'll have lots of other goodies...

Hippystitch brooches and bracelets

But I won't be there on my own.  You'll also find:

A selection of work by York Makers

A selection of work by York Makers

Textiles & Homewares
Girls Dresses & Ladieswear
What's to be Done with Her

Vintage Textiles & Haberdashery 
Wonderful Weaselworks
Petra Bradley Prints 

Bags
Fab & Funky Handbags
Pennie & Susie

Needlefelting & Woodturning
Greenhart & Kind

Candles
Peace & Quiet Soy Wax Candles

Pottery
Ali Bradley Pottery 
James Neath Design

Macramé
Jo Heath

Jewellery
Hippystitch
By Helen
Lorina Lynne Jewellery 
Blathnat
Judy's Jewels
  
Cards, Prints & Stationery
Lucy Monkman  
West Plum Studio
Rose & Hen  
Dotty Ella
Little Leaf Creative

Did you know that York Open Studios is also taking place while our Spring Fair is on and other York Makers are exhibiting as part of that event?  Why not make a day of it and visit the Spring Fair and other artists in the area.  How fab would that be!  

Hope to see you on Saturday...

Craft-y-Crawl on Sunday 12 November 2017

Handmade by York Makers

The Planet South Bank Craft-y-Crawl takes place this year on Sunday 12 November from 12:00 to 16:00.  Tour the area in and around South Bank, York where local artists & makers will be selling their handmade items. 

At 33 Wentworth Road, York, YO24 1DG - as well as tea, cake and mince pies - you will find some new goodies from me including... 
 

New Liberty Print Fabric Necklaces

People & Place Brooches including lots of bikes!

Colouful Resin Button Brooches

Button Hairclips

and a limited number of wood and metal domino brooches...

New style Domino Brooches

and of course some Christmassy reindeer brooch cards in 5 different colours...

Reindeer Brooch Christmas cards

and then there's

Buttonholes, Brooches & Bookmarks - By Helen

Christmas Decorations - By Helen

By Helen - Helen Bachelor will have her beautiful flowers made from yarn & fabric,

Cards - Lucy Monkman Illustration

Lucy Monkman Illustration - Lucy Monkman's colourful & contemporary cards, stationery & prints are sure to please, and...

Children's Dresses - What's To Be Done With Her

What's To Be Done With Her - Alyson Cowen's handmade children's clothing would make a super present or a fab outfit for the party season!

And next door at number 35 you'll find Sue Dennis, Ruth Merriman and Meredith Andrea with cards, prints and more.

Do call in - we'd love to see you! 

Maps of all the artists and makers taking part are available at Sainsbury's on Bishopthorpe Rd, York from Thursday 9 November 2017 or for an online map take a look here.  (A full list of those taking part is available here.)

York Makers Christmas Fair - Saturday 3 December 2016

It's getting very exciting because on Saturday it's the York Makers Christmas Fair which is always a lovely event! So, I thought I'd give you a little reminder that it's on and show you a few new things that I've been making this week...

 

Liberty print fabric necklaces

Ceramic button brooches

Colourful hairclips - always a good stocking filler

especially in Christmas colours!

in fact there's quite a few Christmassy things...

Cards, tags, robin brooches (wire & woolly) and hairclips

and, also, a selection of favourites.  Of course there'll be lots more to see.  You'll find - Lucy Monkman Illustration, What's to be Done with Her, By Helen, Wonderful Weaselworks, Greenhart and Kind, Joanna Wakefield Jewellery, Kate Semple Design Illustration, Petra Bradley Prints, West Plum Studio, James Neath, Skullduggery Ceramics, NC Avenue, Elly Jules, Lin Taylor Art, Feathertop, The Cutii Company, Rosalind Dando, Catherine Boyne Whitelegg Pottery, Lesia Davidson, Sugarley Love, Lovingly Crafted by Lauren, Emma Bracegirdle Textiles, Walter & May and importantly Clements Hall will have their lovely cafe too!

Why not pop in and do some Christmas shopping - 10am to 4pm on Saturday 3 December 2016 at Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, York, YO23 1BW.  (You can find a map here.)  

Hope to see you there!