Just a reminder....

....we are not open this Sunday!!!

The monthly crop for April is on Saturday for those of you that can join us, this is because it's mothers day on Sunday!!!

So how are you all?

Well with the help (she's actually really done most of it) of one of our lovely ladies, Debbie, we have had a bit of a move around in the shop, and more and more has been moved into the clearance section.  She's got us right organised, and we're also lucky enough to have had her join Bev at the Malvern Craft show and she will also be with us at the Motorcycle Museum in April.

The next evening crop will be NEXT Thursday - 7th April from 7 - 10pm call in or give us a call if you'd like to book in.

Oh and I wanted to point you in the direction of the Tuesday Challenge Blog too

Click Here

The Challenge blog is a great way to have a chance of winning some crafting goodies!!!  After all crafting for free has to be good crafting doesn't it!  Mum and Bev put up a new challenge every Tuesday - I think a well coined phrase is - you've got to be in it to win it, why not pass by and have a look!

Take Care

Sam xxx

Clear Magic by Woodware

We are still getting in some gorgeous NEW products, and we think 2011 is going to be a great year for fantastic quality card making products. Woodware is one of our most trusted suppliers who provide quality craft products at the right price and happen to be one of the nicest suppliers in the industry

Woodware have released some gorgeous new additions to their Clear Magic Stamp Range.

Francoise Read designed stamp large Wellies that makes a large centre piece on your cards. Clear set ready to mount on an acrylic block, set size 10cm x 15cm approx and is BACK IN STOCK after a sell out on it's first Bee Crafty appearance.

http://www.beecrafty.net/clear-magic-stamps-wellies.ir?cName=stamps-clear-magic-stamps

and if you go onto our facebook page Deborah Gill has made some gorgeous wellies using patterned paper so pop on over to Bee Crafty on Facebook (it is one of the best places for Bee Crafty NEWS)

There are a few new designs in the Singles Range including the GIANT Cupcake which is great fun.

PLUS please don't foeget the lovely NEW patchwork Clear Magic stamps, these two

Patch A House and Patch an Owl are gorgeous and I love making NEW Home cards for people.

The patchwork ranges are particlarly useable with products such as Tim Holtz Distress Inks and the new flowery and dotty card candy finish them off beautifully

Thanks

Bev :) x

Craftwork Cards

Good Evening Crafters,

Well as you may have seen we have been having some fab NEW projects in over the last few weeks. The trade show this year provided some fab NEW craft products and excellent suppliers that we are looking forward to working with in 2011.

One of ours and your favourites at the moment is Craftwork Cards. With an excellent range of high quality card making and craft products, we're looking forward to having more and more of their fantastic things this year,

As you may have noticed Bee Crafty has been stocking a NEW collection every month from Craftwork Cards and this month, there is a brilliant one.

There are some great products in this collections including papers, scalloped circles, mini messages and more, just have a look

http://www.beecrafty.net/craftwork-cards-monthly-collection-warren-collection.irc?cName=craftwork-cards-monthly-collection-warren-collection&pg=1

We also have the fantastic new On the Edge Cards which will be available in 5's on the website later this week

Thanks for having a read and I'll be back later in the week hopefully talking about some more NEW goodies

Bev x

P.S NEW fabby Challenge on the Challenge blog Live until 15th MArch

Croppy Croppers....

Hiya everyone

How are you all? well I hope?

Well tonight was the second evening crop of the year and I have to say - what a blast, we have laughed, laughed some more and done what croppers do.......drink tea, eat cakes and even a bit of crafting went on too!

So the evening crops are fortnightly on Thursday evenings and officially run from 7-10pm - however they have both started early so this is a trend that may continue.  Just £2.50 a crop and if you spend over £20 on the night then you get that refunded - as with all our crops tea and coffee is included.  We were lucky enough to be brought cakes tonight - a BIG thank you to Emma and there were lots of other goodies going round but I'm not sure who put those there - I was later arriving than everyone else so whoever it was THANKS xxx

The next Sunday crop is a week on Sunday - 6th March and I PROMISE to make cakes or a cake - dependant on my mood but there will definitely be one!  Spaces are limited so if you want one then please get it booked now either in store or online here it says 10-12noon on the website - not sure why but the crop as you will probably know runs from 11 - 4pm.

Lastly but by no means least we attended the annual trade fair last weekend and there are a few boxes with some very nice things winging their way to us shortly, keep your eyes peeled as soon as they are here I will most certainly let you know

take care

Sam xxx

Have you seen .....

.....the new Botanical Collection??

It's another great colour co-ordinated collection of papers and embellishments to make card making brilliant!

In the shop we have a board with 6 samples of cards that can all be made with the papers and embellishments from this range....all you need is card blanks to go with it, the nice thing is the ideas, you can then adapt them to suit you're own tastes and that of the people that you are making the cards for.

You can find the range here on our website

Something else I wanted to mention, we held our first evening crop last night, and the shop was open too, until 10pm, this is something we are going to do fortnightly, so if evening crafting with a group is something you'd like to do then let us know and get booked in, as with all our crops it's just £2.50 per person and you get drinks and biscuits included.

For those of you that haven't seen the homepage for Bee Crafty we will be closed on Monday 14th February. 

Take care

Sam xxx



Thank heaven for the weekend...

...it's crafty time!

I thought I would talk embellishments today as I'm in the shop just mooching round and came across some little bargains which I thought you'd like to know about.

One of the big trends with cards at the moment are what we refer to as Accent Pins, some people say hat pins but basically they are pins with a jewelled top to them, largely used with a ribbon tie of some sort they bring a certain amount of glamour and finesse to your cards without being garish.  We currently stock 6 different sorts however are hoping to increase this range as the trend for them continues.

My absolute favourite out of them all is the Pearl Droplet...

To me this one just looks very classic

Below is the Acrylic Crystal

last but by no means least the pink pearl

To view the range of these click here to go to our website

Well I hope you like them and be sure to have a good look around the website as there are things being reduced at various points.

Take Care

Sam xxx



Brrrrrrrrr

.....it feels like the depths of winter again!!

But happy Wednesday anyway peeps, how are you all?

We are back to normal now after exhibiting at the Excalibur Craft Fair at the Motorcycle Museum, Coventry on Saturday just passed.  We had a good day and it was very nice to meet a great bunch of people, traders and customers alike.  For us it's a nice local fair to attend and like I say it was a great day and the majority of people seemed happy with what they saw.  The next one is going to be in April (at my last memory) however as soon as I know more I'll let you know too.

Next up.....the first Bee Crafty Crop of 2011 is on Sunday 6th February with myself, and my goodness there will be cake!!! We have some catching up to do!  Now I may have mentioned before but our crops are very friendly with lots of tea, coffee and cake (we have squash too!) and we try and get a bit of crafting done aswell!!!  There are a couple of spaces left so if you fancy it then get in touch, you can book it HERE and all for the bargain price of £2.50, not only that but when you come to the crop if you spend £20 or more then we refund the Crop fee anyway! 

We have already mentioned it on Facebook today but we have reduced some stamps instore by 50%, this will ultimately come onto the website as and when we can.

So there we go i'll leave it there for now

Take Care

Sam xxx



Wonderful Wonderful .....

.....Wednesday!!!

Afternoon/Evening all.

How the devil are we?  I am great - had a great day at the shop, the sun was shining so can't really ask for more than that. 

We had a lovely lady and her mum in the shop today talking about wedding stationery so I thought that I would give you a bit of info on that and see what other things I can think about along the way.  Here at Bee Crafty we are asked for wedding stationery on a weekly basis, often more than once.  It's the first time that any of your potential guests get a glimpse of your big day and as such needs to be perfect.  Everyone wants something specific for them but as with everything the cost is crucial, doing your wedding stationery with us means you don't have to compromise on either. 

This is the Ivory Linen Collection - you can view the range on our website here we also have samples of the invitations in the shop so if you wanted to have a good look then do pop in. 

I think the thing with this stationery is that it's a great place within your wedding to make savings yet still have the designs that you want.  Also if there is some sort of theme, at whatever level, that you wish to create we will do all we can to facilitate this.

So have a look on the website and if you want a closer look or just to have a chat and work something out.

So just before I go can you tell me what sort of interesting themed weddings have you been to or how was a theme brought to the wedding?  Just comment on this page and let me know.

Take care

Sam xxx

Wet Wednesday, weather perfect for....

crafting inside!!!

Hiya Everyone

How are we all? Well I hope.

Wanted to mention a couple of things today, first up VAT.......yuck!!! As you will probably know the VAT went up in January to 20%, not ideal for anyone so what we've done (because we like you so much) is decided that our prices are staying the same!  We want you guys to still be able to get those great prices and still be able to enjoy crafting without having higher prices in the back of your mind.  So thats that!

Next up, I happened to notice that a box of goodies arrived in the shop

The Confetti Collection from Craftwork Cards

Stunning I would say and there are different elements to it all, very nice indeed, this is cardmaking perfection for me, the die cuts are already cut, the paper is beautifully co-ordinated it's all ready to go......which makes for very quick yet good cardmaking.

You can find the Confetti Collection on the Bee Crafty Website here

I have it on good authority that this isn't a one off either so keep your eyes peeled for something similar coming up soon.

Think i'll leave you mooching around looking at that for now, oh one last thing don't forget the Bee Crafty Challenge Blog, you've got to be in it to win it!

Take Care

Sam xxx



4 days late but still wishing you........

A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

To all our customers, friends and anyone else who would prefer another nametag!

So I hope you all had a wonderful festive season and now as normality returns, so do we.  Today was the "first day back" and it was great.  Old (I don't mean in age!!!) customers are finding us and also some new ones too - as ever this is a move that is supported by the very best customers in the world - YOU!!!

We are just in the process of putting together our workshop list so if there is something that you are particularly looking to do then let us know and by the same means any requests (we've had a few strange one's so don't worry) let us know - we'll do what we can!

So here's a few photo's of the very early stages of us moving for those of you that haven't seen it

So there are some varying views - come and have a look - we hope to see you all soon

Take Care

Sam xxx