Posts tagged Millennium Gallery

Craft Candy Summer Fair

By Sarah Waterhouse Textiles on May 19, 2011
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It was the closing date for the Craft Candy summer fair on Sunday, closely followed by the fair application choosing meeting on Monday night.  It’s always a really hard decision to make and takes quite a long time to go through all the applications, it took 6 of us 4 hours to choose this time and we want to say a huge thank to everyone who applied.  We’re just sorry to disappoint those of you who weren’t given a stall.

We’ll start announcing the makers who will be joining us at the fair soon, it’s 8 weeks to the event so we’ll make sure we fit in all 35 makers before then.

Toodlepip!

Do not forget!

By Dilys Treacle Treasures on March 25, 2011
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Hey everyone! Sorry things have been a little quiet on the Craft candy blog lately…everybody has been very busy preparing for the next Craft Candy Spring Fling! And just incase it’s escaped your memory, tomorrow is the big day!

All the essential info

Come along to the Millennium Gallery, from 10am until 4pm, where there will be over 30 stalls of beautiful handmade wares. And don’t forget, in addition to all the usual arts and craft stalls, Craft Candy have teamed up with the annual Galvanise metal festival for this fair, to bring you a selection of the very best metalwork in the city.

Galvanise Sheffield

The Galvanise festival has started today and runs until the 24th April. For more information on the exhibitions, tours and events taking place over the next month, visit the Galvanise Sheffield website.

As always, entry to the Spring Fling will be FREE! It’s an ideal opportunity to buy something unique for your Mum – it’s Mothers day on the 3rd of April, which is only a week away! Or, just treat yourself to something nice. You can never have too many nice things you know!

If you haven’t been to one of our fairs before and would like to get a better idea of what to expect, have a little look through our photos on Flickr from last years Spring Fling.

Outside the Millennium Gallery at last years fair

It was a beautiful sunny day last year…let’s hope this lovely weather holds out for this years fair too. See you all tomorrow! Xx

Deadline headline

By Dilys Treacle Treasures on January 16, 2011
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Hey everyone! One final reminder about the Spring Fling applications deadline, which is now looming very near! You’ve got until midnight tonight to fill in the online form, so if you haven’t done it yet and would like to, then please hurry!

As always, the fair will be held at the Millennium Gallery, and this time Craft Candy will be teaming up with the Galvanise metal festival (which is running from 25th March to 24th April 2011) to bring you not only the usual array of contemporary arts and crafts, but also a fine selection of cutting edge metalwork too.

The date for your diary is Saturday 26th March 2011. And so you don’t forget, here’s our lovely new poster and flyer design to remind you!

Artwork by Paul Williams

Paul Williams has designed the artwork for the event. Check out Paul’s website to see more of his work - www.halftonesandheadphones.com

*If you would like to apply for a stall at the fair, click HERE to go straight to the application form, and don’t forget to attach some pictures of your work, or a link to your website/online shop.

All the fun of the Candy Cane fair!

By Dilys Treacle Treasures on December 5, 2010
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Hello! Hope you’re all keeping warm and well in these arctic conditions. Thank goodness the BIG snow didn’t arrive on the day of Candy Cane eh?!

Snowy morning...but there's not THAT much snow is there?

Craft Fair today!

Big thanks to everybody who came along last Saturday. The weather was already chilly, with snow on the ground (athough it was nothing compared with what was to come!) Luckily it didn’t seem to keep anyone away, and we had over 1500 visitors to the Millennium Galleries on the day.

This way please!

I helped out on the welcome desk all day with Leah and Kelda (and Sophy who popped in at lunch) which was great fun. We sold lots of raffle tickets between us!

Welcome desk ladies!

Thank you to all the stall holders who kindly donated an item to the raffle prizes. Your generosity was much appreciated.

1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes - all generously donated by the stall holders

Just to clarify (as a number of people enquired on the day) Craft Candy is a not-for-profit organisation, and therefore all the proceeds of the raffle get ploughed back into helping to cover the cost of the event, thus ensuring Craft Candy can continue to keep these craft fairs running three times a year at the Millennium Galleries.

Sian's monkey mascot 'Lady Candice'

As always, we had a great mix of crafts on offer, including some familiar faces, and some newcomers to the fair. Resident photographer Owen took loads of photos on the day, too many to include here, so make sure you check out the Candy Cane 2010 set on Flickr. If you had a stall on the day, your photo should be there!

In the meantime, here’s a little selection of photos, starting off with stalls located on the Avenue (the main walkway through the upper level of the Millenium Galleries)…

The Ernest Wright & Son scissor stall

Kettle of Fish stall

Gillian Lee Smith

Katy Holmes Illustration

Joey's Dream Garden stall

Here are some photos of the Long Gallery…

The Long Gallery, James Green Printworks stall on the left

The Long Gallery

The Long Gallery looking back from the opposite end of the room

And here are some of the stalls which were located in the Long Gallery…

Darrell Milnes Ceramics

Molly's Mum

The Hello Sunshine stall

Sabine Little - Little Castle Designs

Gemma Nemer - Vintage textile jewellery

Brian Clarke woodturner

Sarah Waterhouse textiles

Wit Shop

JayGo Touchy Feely Textiles

Veridian Stone Ceramics

The imagination of Ladysnail

As usual, there was a competition for the best dressed stall, and this time the prize went to the lovely Sian of Strawberry Kitten. Sian makes beautiful plushies…check out her Etsy shop which is stocked up with lots of different animals from bears and racoons, to foxes and reindeer!

Strawberry Kitten Etsy shop

Strawberry Kitten blog

Best dressed stall winner - Sian of Strawberry Kitten

And we were also treated to some beautiful festive song from Singsoc – The Sheffield University Choral Society. They are amazing and drew quite a crowd!

Singsoc

Singsoc sing their hearts out!

Thanks to everyone who came along on the day, we hope everybody enjoyed themselves. If you are interested in applying for a stall at the next fair, applications are now open for the Spring Fling which takes place at the end of March 2011. Click on the link below to go to the application form.

Apply for the next Craft Candy fair

Stay warm and safe!

ttfn, X

Candy Cane Raffle

By Sarah Waterhouse Textiles on December 2, 2010
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Did you visit our Candy Cane Christmas Craft Fair last Saturday?  Did you buy a raffle ticket?  Are you itching to know if you won one of our lovely prizes? Well fear not, we’ll be in touch very shortly.  Slight problem, I’m snowed in and it’s preventing me from getting to my studio to pick up the winning tickets (where I stupidly left them after the fair on Saturday)  In the meantime here are the three winning ticket numbers – you lucky things!

Stay tuned for a lovely write up of the Candy Cane Christmas Craft Fair from our resident blogger Dilys Treacle Treasures – coming soon!

Brand new Craft Candy fairs site!

By Dilys Treacle Treasures on November 5, 2010
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I’m really sorry, but there’s no Candy Conversation this week. Hopefully normal service will resume next weekend, so if you’ve been enjoying reading about some of our talented Craft Candy members, then make sure you come back next time!

Craft Candy fairs header

While you’re here though, why not check out the brand new Craft Candy Fairs site! Have you seen it yet? It went live yesterday, and if you’re exhibiting at one of the Craft Candy fairs, or are thinking of booking a stall in the future and want to find out more, then the fairs site has all the information you’ll ever need to know.

The new fairs homepage

The site has been designed by the talented designer (and Silversmith of course!) Owen Waterhouse, and has replaced the previous fairs page on the Craft Candy website. It looks great!

Craft Candy fair venues in Sheffield

It was felt that we needed to provide more information about not only the main fairs that we organise three times a year, but also the lesser known Craft Candy Mini fairs, which are held at Bungalows & Bears on Division Street on a monthly basis.

The Craft Candy Mini's page - all you need to know about our Mini fairs!

If you’ve always thought you’d like to take part in one of the main Craft Candy fairs, but would prefer to try something smaller first, then the Mini fairs could be the perfect place to start, and also the stalls are FREE! If you’d like to apply for the next Mini, which is taking part at the beginning of December, then you have until the 27th November to apply.

If you are interested, then email Leah at minis@craft-candy.org as soon as possible!

The site also provides links to badges and buttons which you can download and use to promote the fairs on your own website or blog, and there are also links to the Craft Candy Flickr group – so if you’ve ever had a stall at one of our fairs, why not check out the photos? Chances are, you will be featured there somewhere!

The Craft Candy photo archive on Flickr

If there’s anything else you need to know about the fairs, then you can check out the FAQ page, or get in touch via the main Craft Candy homepage.

And finally…don’t forget, the November Mini fair is taking place tomorrow at Bungalows & Bears on Division Street, Sheffield, from 1.00pm-5.00pm. There will be nine stalls of lovely contemporary handmade goodies, so if you’re in town, why not pop in for a little look round and treat yourself to something nice?

Tomorrow, 1pm-5pm, don't forget! FREE ENTRY!!

Check out the November Mini’s Facebook page for more info!

ttfn X

Coming soon : Candy Conversations!

By Dilys Treacle Treasures on September 20, 2010
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Hey everyone…

Just to let all our Blog readers know, we will be starting an exciting new series of Craft Candy member interviews this month!  This will give you the chance to get to know our members a little bit better, including finding out more about their particular crafts, their backgrounds and interests, the inspiration behind their art, and their plans for the future.

Most importantly, you’ll get to find out how and where you can buy their work, and the best places to keep up to date with them via websites, online shops, and the world of social networking.

We’re hoping to feature one member every weekend, so make sure you check back regularly!

Look out for the very first Candy Conversation this coming weekend. It will feature a good old chat with linocut artist James Green (of James Green Printworks), who incidentally is not only one of the newest members of Craft Candy, but also the ONLY male crafter in our group!

James Green at the Spring Fling, held at the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield, March 2010

Ttfn…

Janine