Knitting...

Hello all,

At our christmas crafternoon on Saturday 28th November we will have a special team headed up by our friend Martin on hand to teach people how to make knitted christmas treats.

Looking forward to seeing you all in a couple of weeks.
Crafty Creatures x

Work Bake Off

One little Crafty Creature made her work do a charity bake off and here is some of the results.

Crafternoon - 28th November

Crafty Creature’s Christmas Extravaganza

ENTRY: £5

ADDRESS: St Olave’s Church Hall

TIME: 1 – 5pm

http://www.fairpensions.org.uk/

On the 28^th November the Crafty Creatures return with an all day Christmas craftathon at St Olave’s church hall, East London.

With Christmas in the air and the mulled wine bubbling on the stove we will be turning our hand to making material advent calendars that can be used for many festive seasons to come. There will be the opportunity to whip up your own Christmas decorations and wrapping paper so that when it comes to turning your home into a Christmas grotto you are fully prepared. Our saucy cross stitch team will also be providing jolly designs to get crafty with.

Whilst you get stuck into Yuletide crafting Santa’s little helpers will serve up a selection of cakes (including mince pies), savouries and drinks, and our house band will treat you to your favourite Christmassy carols. All you need to bring is a hungry belly, a well loved t shirt – that you don’t mind cutting up and recycling – and a generous dollop of Christmas cheer.

We have an extra special guest at this crafternoon to make the festive proceedings official. Santa will be dropping by (minus his reindeers) to grant Christmas wishes and hand out presents to those who have been well behaved this year. With a venue that is situated close to Liverpool Street and Tower Bridge, a fun afternoon of craft and cake couldn’t be more convenient.

The Crafty Creatures fundraise for the charity FairPensions, who campaign for your pension to be invested responsibly and ethically. All profits will go to them – so while you’re stitching your advent calendar you can be happy in the knowledge you’re helping to make the world a better place. So come on down to crafternoon and let out your inner crafty creature!

Advent Calendar

With crafternoon approaching we thought we'd turn our hand to making an advent calendar, which is the main craft for the forthcoming crafternoon on the 28th November. As you can see our is not the most christmassy but, hey, we're open to all kinds of interpretations on the advent calendar.

On the day we will be handing out most of the necessary components for anyone to be able to make a advent calendar. It would be great if anyone has any christmassy fabric, be that t- shirts or PJs, at home that they want to get rid of they could bring it along.

More info about crafternoon is coming soon. See you on the 28th November.

Next Crafternoon

A date has been confirmed for the next Crafternoon and it is going to be on....drum roll...Saturday 28th November at St Olave's Church Hall, Hart St, EC3R 7NB.

More info to follow shortly.

Alternative Village Fete

So the weekend is rapidly approaching and I am sure you are looking for things to do. If you are not thinking of going to Hunga Munga and if the day is prefect for strolling along The Thames you might want to pop along to the Alternative Village Fete, which is happening outside the National Theatre over the weekend.

For more info visit their website here:
http://www.homeliveart.com/current-projects/11-the-alternative-village-fete

Hunga Munga Festival

After, what feels like, a long time off for the summer Crafty Creature are back in business and returning with the next crafternoon in November. Be sure to keep checking our blog and fan page for updates.

If you are hungry for craft this weekend then you should go to this weekend extravaganza put on by Hunga Munga:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=231294595229&ref=mf

Here is whats planned:
The Gallery Cafe and St Margarets House are extremely excited to be hosting one half of this years Hunga Munga Festival.
acts so far confirmed are:

Saturday 26th September
an arty garden party, art bazaar and live music til midnight
at The Gallery Cafe, Bethnal Green
with
Tallulah Rendall
The Bobby McGees
Tabloid
Lail Arad
Tristram
Thee Intolerable Kidd
Emil and the Dogtooth
Lulu and the Lampshades
Jess Bryant
Jim'll's Brain
Mariam
Lora Linhazes-Marx
Aliyah Keshani

Sunday 27th September
an indoor festival with arts and crafts, bands, gameshows,
burlesque, dancing and comedy
at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club

with
Alessi's Ark
Gabby Young and Other Animals
Dark Captain Light Captain
Yearner Babies
David Cronenberg's Wife
Off Ground Touch
Caroline Doyle
Antony Elvin
Local Girl Saves Planet
Olly The Octopus
Gabriel Kain and the Ables
and more tbc

comedy line-up for Sunday to be confirmed...

Tickets are now on sale from Moondog Loves you...
http://moondoglovesyou.ning.com/page/the-hungamunga-festival-2009