How To Create a Sweet Tree

A sweet tree is a lovely addition to any party, communion or wedding. You can be extravagant and use Ferrero Rocher for a glamorous feel or how about marshmallows or jellies for a fun birthday party! They look great but are very easy to create yourself.

You will need :
Polystyrene Ball ( we used 15cm )
Wooden Dowel
Metal Bucket
Ribbons
Craft Plaster 

How to make it :

1. Mix the plaster and pour into the bucket. Allow to set but push the dowel into the plaster when it  has started to harden . Do NOT add the dowel too late or it will crack already hardened plaster. Ensure the dowel is straight.
2. Push the top of the dowel into the ball when the plaster has fully set.
3. If using covered sweets add them to the ball using cocktail sticks or a glue gun. Be careful though , don't melt the chocolate.
4. If using unwrapped sweets, cover the ball in cellophane first. Attach the sweets using cocktail sticks or royal icing. 
5. Add coloured ribbons around to the dowel and tie a big bow with a matching ribbon. 
6. Cover the exposed plaster with loose wrapped sweets or coloured pebbles if you have no sweets left. 

Tip :  If using unwrapped sweets or cocktail sticks always try to make the tree as close as possible to the party to avoid the sweets going stale 

Tip 2 : Always buy more sweets than you think you might need. It takes 90 Ferrero Rocher to cover a 15cm Ball

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Create Amazing Floral Cards

Brand new this season  is the Punch & Stamp Set by Tonic Studios. The set enables you to craft wonderful, intricate flowers …easily. To help you create the realistic flowers, each set contains four punches to create each part of a flower ( petal, leaf, stamen and sepal) as well as four stamps to add details to your floral creation. A stamp block, sized fit the enclosed cling stamps and instructions are also included.

Designed by Ruth Hamilton the Punch and Stamp set can be mixed and matched with other punches to create your own unique floral designs.  The finished flowers can be used to decorate cards or add as embellishments to boxes, frames or scrapbooking pages. 

You can try the punch and stamp set at Hands On - taking place on Saturday, May 18th 

Hands On - New instore Event

We're very excited to announce "HANDS ON"  our new instore event.

 Hands On will be held on select Saturdays allowing you to try out a craft, product or technique as well as creating a finished project and taking it home. 

The first Hands On will be held on Saturday, March 9th 11am - 4pm. so come along and create a Needle Felted Easter Egg.

 All materials are supplied and there's no need to book and it's only €5 per person ( Adults Only)

We look forward to seeing you ! 

(Don't forget for younger crafters we have a dedicated workshop on the last Saturday of every month.)

New Docrafts Creativity now in stock !

 

Our website has reopened after the Christmas break.
The fabulous new ranges Chronology & Vintage Notes from DoCrafts
 have been uploaded for you to browse or order.

Click here to visit the website

Christmas Week Opening Times

Our Opening Hours for Christmas week are as follows

Christmas Eve  8.30-5.00
Christmas Day CLOSED
St Stephens day CLOSED
Thursday 27th 11.00-8.00
Friday 28th 9.00-8.00
Saturday 29th 9.00-6.00
Sunday 30th 11.00-6.00
New Years Eve 9.00-5.00
New Years Day CLOSED 

*CHRISTMAS OPENING HOURS*

*CHRISTMAS OPENING HOURS*  

We are now open until 9pm every weekday 

& until 7pm on Saturdays and 6pm on Sundays .

Workshops Autumn/Winter 2012

WORKSHOPS   SCHEDULE - AUTUMN / WINTER 2012 

There are still some spaces available at the watercolours and patchwork workshops. There is also limited availibility at the one hour mini Christmas Card class. Full details are on our website and you can book over the phone or by calling instore. click here for more details

The Christmas Decorations workshop and Decopatch workshops are both fully booked.

September Events

The event listing is now online for September
and look who's coming to visit .....

Ok - so not this little lady but her creator
 
The wonderful artist & author Bonnie McGough will be here on Saturday September 15th demonstrating everything you can do with Fimo. !   She will be flying in for one day only with us so make sure you call in and say hi . Visit www.bonniemcgough.com to see more of her work.



Click here  for full details on all Septembers Events

Craft Workshops for Children

What a rainy summer we're having but crafting is a great way to keep the kids busy !

Due to popular demand we will be holding 3 children's craft workshops in July instead of our usual  monthly workshop. They will be drop in sessions as normal so just call in and take a seat. Each crafting session lasts approx 25 minutes and costs €5. Suitable for children 6+

12-3 each day
Thursday July 26th
Friday July 27th
Saturday July 28th