Crafty Business August

We're shaking it up a bit this month and trying out The Monday Room! Come along and join us for a cosy catch up over a hot chocolate of a glass of wine on Monday 6 August. Bring a project if you like and feel free to invite friends – the more, the merrier. If you haven't been to Crafty Business before, make August the month you meet us!

A Crafty Business Christmas Function

Crafting is often a solitary pursuit, and somehow the work Christmas function is just not the same when you work for yourself, by yourself. So we're joining all the solitary work functions up into one lovely dinner for Crafty Business folk!

This month instead of our usual Crafty Business meet up we have a table booked at Pomeroy's for dinner and drinks at 7pm on Monday 12 December.

There's no meet up on Monday 5 December due to too many key people being away or busy, so this is the only remaining Crafty Business meet up for the year – miss this one and you'll have to wait until February!

**If you would like to join us for dinner at Pomeroy's, please RSVP on the Facebook event or to lucy@felt.co.nz by Thursday 8 December.**

The usual rules apply: you are most welcome to come along for just a drink and to enjoy the awesome crafty company, and feel free to bring a project!

Crafty Business November

If you were planning to make it along to Crafty Business this year and haven't quite got there, there's only two left before we take a break for summer, so book this one in for a craft fix before Christmas!

We're easy to find – listen out for the click of knitting needles and the hum of crafty conversation at the tall tables to your left as you come in from the car park side of Elevate. If you're not 100% sure, just ask at the bar and they'll send you our way.

You can bring some friends, a project or a problem for the Crafty Business hive mind to solve, but most importantly, bring yourself! We'd love to see you at Elevate, 2 Colombo Street, at 7.30pm on Monday 7 November.

Knack stalls for Christchurch crafters

Justine from Knack Craft Market has asked me to spread the word to crafty peeps down here about Spring Knack, coming up at Berhampore School Hall in Wellington on September 17.

"We have Spring Knack in a few weeks, with lots of new crafters displaying their wares, as well as many of our regular stallholders! As usual there will be live music, kids' entertainment, fresh coffee and cakes, and hot food available.

If you could spread the word amongst the Christchurch craft community that we are happy to offer free tables and eftpos machine access to anyone who would like to come and sell, also for Kristmas Knack which will be on Election Day 26th November. We could probably arrange pickup from the airport too."

Isn't that lovely? If you're interested to know more, Justine can be contacted by email at knack.market@gmail.com.

More market opportunities!

Maree from Mandeville Craft Festival is seeking expressions of interest for stalls at their inaugural fair on Saturday 19 November. Enquiries and stall registrations can be submitted through their website.

Ellesmere Spring Fling is also inviting applications from stallholders for Sunday 16 October. Being held at Broadfield Gardens, approximately 10km towards Rolleston from Hornby, the fete is a fundraiser for Lincoln Community Care, which funds Meals on Wheels and Nurse Maude, among other things. If you're interested in a stall, email Terry at terry@hopevilla.co.nz.

Stallholders wanted for Celebrate Sumner Party

Craft stallholders are needed for the Celebrate Sumner Party on Sunday 4th September from 10am to 6pm. Here's the lowdown from Christine:

"Hello Christchurch Crafters!

As you already might know a group in Sumner is working on a monthly Sunday Craft market to be held in Sumner. We however still have to wait for permission to use a particular site and thought that in the meantime we will hold a one day festival on Sunday 4th of September to celebrate the strength of our community, to commemorate the anniversary of last years earthquake and to raise funds for the Sumner redevelopment. We imagine the festival will have activities for the kids and families, food stalls, music and of course craft stalls.

So this is were we need you! We imagine a stall to be $50 and have to see whether we will supply tables.

If you are interested or have any other good suggestions or questions, please let me know."

If you're keen to get involved, contact Christine Reitze on 021 2532 668 or at retreasured@gmail.com.

Back into the swing of things...

We're going for two in a row! It was so cool to catch up with all the usual crew and meet some lovely new people at our first Crafty Business in quite some time this month, so we're keeping the momentum going and meeting up again at Elevate on Monday 1 August.

Bring a friend, a project, some crafty tales and most importantly, yourself – join us for a glass of wine and awesome crafty company from 7.30pm at Elevate, 2 Colombo Street.