Loose Crafters

The High Street Vouchers are able to be applied for right now in Northern Ireland. Would you turn your nose up at a free £100?! Here I talk about how we are looking to spend ours and how you can use yours to support local! It has been a hard time for everyone the past couple of years but don't forget it is a hard time for small businesses too. You can of course go to the supermarket and use your vouchers there but spending it in your small local businesses helps everyone especially coming up to the holiday period.

We have been in business for 8 years and here we share our inspiration and journey behind what we have been doing all these years!

Here we discuss how Covid affected the business, how we support many local causes and the beautiful people who have got us to where we are today. Here's to another 8 years!

This is the 2nd and final part of the video, we hope you enjoyed!

We have been in business for 8 years and here we share our inspiration and journey behind what we have been doing all these years!

From deciding on our name, through creating a website, starting craft fairs, travelling Ireland and the world, we go in depth into our story.

This is the first part of the story, come back next week for part 2!

This week we chat to Richard & Natalie from Hoddmimirs crafts. This amazing couple create amazing pieces using old & new world techniques inspired from Viking era with a sprinkling of Celtic art and modern day techniques. Enjoy our chat in how they got started keeping old traditions alive and how their crafting business has progressed over the years.

Meet Christina from 41:10 Thread whose journey has went full circle. Starting with studies at Art college and how family and Covid inspired her new venture, resurrecting her passion for linen and sewing. This is part one of her journey with Danann Crafts as her business develops over the case of a year. We’ll be checking in again in another podcast down the line.

Meet Sandra Shaw. Sandra is a local artist whose love for art was always there but after taking a year out she made her dream come true. Sandra hosts workshops and creates stunning artwork featuring animals from the Irish landscape. Join us on her discovery of how she made her dream job a reality.

Our first podcast is an introduction to the face of CH Pottery, Ciaran Headley. Ciaran is relatively new on the crafting scene but his years of experience and joy for his work is incredible. Ciaran’s journey into crafting is an interesting one as he turned his hand to clay after retiring. Ciaran’s enthusiasm and willingness to create pieces that are practical in the everyday home always astounds me. Hear more of his story right here!