Makerly Subscription Box

Makerly is a monthly subscription box for crafters. 

Check out the website for more info HERE

There are 3 different boxes to choose from: 'Stitch-Up'- a sewing themed box, 'Paper-Cuts'- a box full of paper craft and 'Mish-Mash'- each box having a different craft theme eg: paper craft, sculpting, sewing etc. Each month you receive a large letter-box flat box packed with goodies: 

• Instruction Booklet for project
• Project tools and materials (and more) 
• Check out the website for more goodies: ie: project ideas and Makerly blog

If your wanting to start a collection of craft materials then these boxes are great to get you going as they come with more materials than you need for your main project.

The single boxes cost £13.50 per month 

6 Month Subscription costs £70.00 (you save £11)

12 Month Subscription costs £140.00 (you save £22)

This pricing is similar to other monthly subscription boxes however for the materials included and the quality of the instruction booklets the pricing does seem a bit steep.
It would be nice to have a 3 month option.

Personally I have been crafting all my life. I studied Prop Making at uni and my skill set is at an experienced competent level of sewing, sculpting and painting. Saying this, I am super clumsy!
 This might give you an understanding of my skill level in relation to how accessible these boxes are for the average crafter.

I feel they are suitable for anyone with any amount of experience- you can do as little or make it as complex as you like: it's your box, you are given plenty of resources to get stuck in, it's up to you what you make of it! 

Makerly~October 16~Piñata

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The Handmade Fair 2015

Warning: This post may contain a lot of exclamation marks but not surprising as this day involved a very high-on-craft excited B. 

In it's 2nd year the Handmade Fair took place over the sunny weekend of 18th-20th September 2015 and was once again hosted by Kirstic Allsopp adorned in larger than life flower crown and scooted around the fair in a decorated golf cart. This year the fair was situated on the Green opposite Hampton Court Palace, Surrey. More accessible and a bigger, organised more established event in comparison to last year- it's hard to think it's a relatively new show but undoubtedly very popular with everyone and anyone with a love of craft and being creative!

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Avenue Q Review

The Puppets are back in town for another UK Tour of Avenue Q!

Join Princeton, a recent graduate with a BA in English but no life experience, no job or money on his journey to find his life's purpose. But let's not sugar-coat this too much. This is no ordinary coming-of-age story. A musical that takes Sesame Street to a whole new level with puppets getting graphically 'jiggy' with it on stage and much more crude 'adult content' both in action and score with forthright songs including The Internet is for Porn, Everyone's a Little Bit Racist and If You were Gay.

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Day 83 #The100DayProject

#100daysofhappys

 The Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, South Kensington, London is my all-time favourite museum. 

Its draws together craft; art, sculpture, ceramics, jewellery, fashion, design etc from all over the world and brings different and eclectic exhibitions through the year. The main galleries and some exhibitions are free. Special exhibitions are at an affordable price and really worth going to if your arts-crafts, design innovation, cutting-edge technology, history fan.

Today, hazy-headed from the Party last night I went to see the current exhibition 

'Shoes: Pleasure and Pain'. 

(13 June 2015 – 31 January 2016)
Check Out my review here

I also wandered around 'What is Luxury'  

(25 April – 27 September 2015)

'Making luxury is not concerned with practical solutions but with the extraordinary, non-essential and exclusive. Mastery of a craft and exceptional expertise are demonstrated by outstanding precision, attention to detail and remarkable finishes.'- V&A 

  This exhibition particularly resonated with me as I am constantly inspired by new ways of thinking and new approaches to Life through Craft and Design. My degree focused on high-skill and fine detail and finishes so this exhibtion was of great interest to me.

From the list of related words in the photo above I have accidentally cropped off the word Passion.

From being in an industry in a role that is Dick-tated: as in a super snobby designer tells you what to make according to his/her 'vision' I lost all Passion for Making. It's only now that I can Make at my own pace, on my own terms to my own standard and expectation that the Passion is there again. 

I don't know where I'm going with this nugget of information so I'll just suspend it in mid-air on this page...and stop the rambling.

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#100daysofPeggy

Peggy does Pride.

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