Cut & bake

I caught up with some much needed crafting this week and oh how I’ve missed it! With some Fimo clay leftovers, my rolling pin and cookie cutters, I set to work and made some festive inspired tree decorations. I discovered that a straw makes the perfect hole-piercing tool, bake for 30 minutes and voila!

I love having a reason to make something, so I’m looking forward to getting my craft-on over the next few weeks. 

Starry, starry night

I have really loved autumn this year (despite still struggling with the nights drawing in so early!) This change in the seasons is always my favourite and I've made the most of it; lots of walks in the park, crafting for Halloween and going to see fireworks with my nearest and dearest. I've also used the cold weather as an excuse to spend many cosy, lazy nights in front of the telly with a mug of hot chocolate.

But with Christmas just around the corner, here at Cut & Stick we're getting ready for a frenzy of crafting as we make and be merry using the festive season as the perfect inspiration. Once December is upon us, we'll be sharing our ideas, hand made presents, cards and lots of other festive crafty-ness with you right here.

Happy Halloween

 

Here at Cut & Stick HQ we've been busy crafting for Halloween; from pumpkin carving to lino cutting, sewing and printing, we've been having a lot of fun creating a whole host of spooky bits and bobs to get us ready for Halloween.

We have hand printed cobweb wrapping paper, made paper pumpkins (which are super easy to do) and created Trick or Treat matchboxes, which contain either a handmade spooky ghost or super-cute pumpkin.

Halloween is the perfect excuse to get your craft on!

Spud you like

Take a potato (or few), some paint, paper, blank cards, brown wrap, gift tags - whatever you have to hand and lose yourself in the innocent art of potato printing.

Simple geometric shapes are easiest to carve into the spud and look really good when repeated... think circles to make big dotty gift wrap, triangles repeated into patterns on cards, simple hearts printed on crisp white tags ... you get the picture. Have fun getting your print on!

We heart our crafters

Here’s a few pics of our crafters hard at work at our ‘tea and biscuit’ themed craft on Monday night.  We had an awesome time making biscuit brooches, cross stitch cards, tea bag gift tags and little felt tea pots together.  

And because we chose a theme very close to our hearts, it was so exciting to see people adding their own stamp of creativity to the DIY craft kit they’d chosen. 

Thank you to everyone who came along –see you again soon! 

Tea and biscuit DIY craft kits

Here’s a little sneak peek preview of the tea and biscuit themed DIY craft kits we’re putting together for our craft night next week.  

We've got plenty more designs up our sleeve, so if you fancy coming along you’ll get to choose one DIY craft kit (which comes with full instructions and materials inside), plus there'll be lots of extra crafty bits and bobs available if you want to ‘freestyle’ AND we’ll be on hand incase you need steering in the right direction!

Can’t wait to see you there!

To reserve your spot, just click on the link below:

Craft night at Paper Dress Vintage

For the last few months we’ve been hard at work, creating something rather special and very excited to unveil to you a shiny new chapter. So to mark the launch of our new name ‘Cut & Stick’ and a brand new look and feel, we’ve found the perfect setting for us all to make and be merry. Can't wait to see you there!

Join us for an evening of tea and biscuit themed craftyness at Paper Dress Vintage.

Enjoy making + cutting + sticking + sewing + buttons + fabric + ribbons + string + paper

You'll get to pick a themed DIY craft kit to get you into the swing of things, with help on hand and lots of crafty bits and bobs to ensure you have just what you need to make something awesome. The bar will be open for you to order a drink and some cake to enjoy whilst you get your craft on.

£12.00

Monday 24 September 2012

7.30 - 10.30pm

Paper Dress Vintage

114-116 Curtain Road

City of London, Greater London EC2A 3AH

To reserve your spot, click on the link below...