The Craft Community

Suffolk Christmas Fair at Trinity Park

Suffolk Showground, Bucklesham Road, Ipswich, Suffolk

Saturday, 27 October 2018 (2 day event)

Woldingham Village Christmas Craft Fair

Woldingham Village Hall, Woldingham, Surrey

Saturday, 1 December 2018

Craft fairs and shows

Full Time Craft Village

Quex Craft Village, Full Time Craft Fair, BirchingtononSea, Kent

Wednesday, 17 October 2018 (7 day event)

Felix Dexter Foundation Day of Positivity and Tribute Concert

Hammersmith Town Hall, Hammersmith, London

Saturday, 27 October 2018

Xmas Preview night

Cardwell Garden Centre, Gourock, Inverclyde

Thursday, 8 November 2018

RSPCA South Godstone Christmas Fair

RSPCA South Godstone Animal Centre, South Godstone, East Grinstead, Surrey

Saturday, 17 November 2018

St Peter and St Pauls Gift and Craft Fair

St Peter and St Pauls RC Church, Standbridge Lane, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Saturday, 17 November 2018

Christmas Gifts and Craft Sale

The Grange Estate Club House, Church Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire

Saturday, 17 November 2018

A Craft and Vintage Fair Christmas Extravaganza 2018

Bridgewater High School, Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire

Sunday, 18 November 2018

St Michaels Christmas Fair

St Michaels Church Centre, Stoke Gifford, Bristol

Saturday, 24 November 2018

Christmas Fayre

Gosport Museum Old Grammar School Building, Gosport, Hampshire

Saturday, 24 November 2018

Dunbar Christmas Lights SwitchOn

Dunbar High St, Dunbar, East Lothian

Sunday, 25 November 2018

Handmade Christmas Fair Launch evening

Tank Handmade Gallery, Saffron Walden, Essex

Friday, 30 November 2018

Aldershot Christmas Craft and Gift Fair

Park Church, Aldershot, Hampshire

Saturday, 1 December 2018

The UK is without doubt one of the most creative and diverse places on Earth.

The talent of makers and artists needs a vent, a channel that allows both new and experienced people the chance to market and sell their work. They also need to network with their peers to exchange ideas and experiences. The craft fair can be that channel. It challenges people, it inspires and motivates people to do better and more.

Supporting your local craft fairs as a visitor and purchaser, helps to grow the community and encourage further creative, social and community wealth.

Class On Glass Designs By Maurice Coombe - Glass - Somerset

Savanna Dell Rime - Polymer Clay - Somerset

Fandangle Crafts - General Crafts - West Sussex

KaSta Craft Uk - General Crafts - West Yorkshire

Sarah moseley scented candles - Candles - Lancashire

Valeries Arts and Crafts - Art - Cambridgeshire

Bunnies Galore - Dolls - North Yorkshire

Art by JenniferAnne - Art - Buckinghamshire

Cutting Edge - Wirework Jewellery - Staffordshire

Machine Embroidery by Marie - Embroidery - Warwickshire

Dog Star Ceramics - Pottery and ceramics - Wiltshire

Krafty Scribblers - Wood turning - Lancashire

Lesley Stevens of Decorque Ltd - Home and Garden - Oxfordshire

Adventure Accessories - General Crafts - Carmarthenshire

Katrinas Match Craft - Wood - Staffordshire

Avana Jewellery - Jewellery - Cambridgeshire

Beadsawear - Jewellery - South Yorkshire

Light craft creations - Home and Garden - Oxfordshire

Bratling Designs - General Crafts - Greater Manchester

Timeless Galleries - Home and Garden - Cheshire

BagsOfEmmaJeanation - Fashion Accessories - Surrey

Jojo B Jewels - Jewellery - Monmouthshire

The Orchard Contemporary Crafting - General Crafts - Leicestershire

Georgina Lillywhite Designs - Jewellery - West Sussex

September Organics - Health and Beauty - Bristol

Bev Heaton Designs - Fashion Accessories - Merseyside

Well, off to the craft fair at Stratford Town Hall on Sunday, 28th October. I am looking forward to meeting up with the stallholders that I saw last month and seeing what goodies they have this time. I will be taking some more Christmas things this time, as it is always a good idea to start shopping early. I have some lovely Advent calendar panels ready to be made up and they can be personalised with names if requested. My grown up children have had theirs for years and it is always a nice welcome to Christmas when they come out ... read more >

We believe that one of the best ways to grow the community is by your recommendation. It means that we need to be as good as we can be, so that you would be proud to tell your friends about us. The referral page has been available for a long time but until now there has not been a way for you to send a direct invitation to a friend. Once you have a listing on the site, you can use the referral page and have access to the new Invite a Friend form. When you invite people, that you like, and they sign up, both of you get extra quality ... read more >

Transformation is a process that we all find ourselves in and one thing I love about working with pearls and lava beads is that I am so aware of the process that each has been through before they are seen. So like our lives! Are we not all in a constant process of change as we work through or deal with all that has happened to us in life, often hidden from those around us? Consider the pearl...... It starts with an uncomfortable disturbance in the very centre and vulnerable part of the oyster. How does it cope? By enveloping ... read more >

Selling on Etsy seems to be getting harder

Ive had an online shop on Etsy for just under a year now and have noticed a big difference over that time. They have change many things, such as allowing non handmade good to be sold. They have also changed the way search results work, meaning that larger, handmade items (such as my steel roses) that are not bought frequently (such as card etc that are cheaper to produce and sell) do not end up at the top of buyers search results. Not to mention the minefield of free shipping. Im getting a little fed up with it and wondered if anyone ... read more >

My name is Marie, and I have always loved sewing, purely as a hobby, and used to make a lot of cross stitched and embroidered gifts for family and friends. In 2003, a good friend of mine introduced me to machine embroidery and I was immediately hooked on the possibilities and details that I could explore. I bought my first machine second hand and loved it, but I was limited to the size of embroideries that I could do, so I bought a newer bigger machine with better scope and that was it... I was in my element. I would sew on anything ... read more >

I attended the Mynt Image Craft market at Guilford on Saturday 8th September and enjoyed every minute. Paul, who was managing the event ensured we all knew what we were doing, confirmed times with us and made us all comfortable for the day, he even gave us a quick H and S talk to ensure we knew what to do if things went wrong. He then spent most of the day outside advertising the event, calling out and spinning his sign, fantastic work. Personally I had worked hard all week (as well as the weeks before) to get ready, ensure I had ... read more >

I am delighted to have now written, illustrated and self-published two, in a new series of childrens picture story books! Both cute, rhyming tales with endearing illustrations, follow the antics of the farm and woodland creatures living in or near Yew Tree Farm. Each story also gently explores certain social or behaviour issues, within the safety of the animals world- with that all-important happy ending of course! Included in both books are optional Guidance Notes at the back, which provide possible questions and answers regarding ... read more >

How to care for your favourite pieces of jewellery

I often get asked about Cleaning and Caring for Your Jewellery, whether its for a piece I’ve made or not. It really goes without saying that if you look after the jewellery you have it will last and stand the test of time. There are a few pieces of corse that will last longer than others even if you do nothing with them. For example if you own a pair of simple diamond stud earrings that you never take off, then these aren’t really going to get loads of wear compared to say a ring because there in your ears! They will however get ... read more >

Personally fun fairs are not my cup of tea...but Pinner fair has been in existence since the 14th century 700 hundred years ago it has a royal charter for anything to be going that long has a lot going for it originally set up for farmers to sell their live stock and produce and men used to go there to pick up work it was the most important event of the year the story goes...everyone would gather the evening before to witness the rush in At six oclock a police sergeant would blow his whistle and everyone would rush into the parade ... read more >

Over the years we have added several new ways for people to find listings added by members. The most recent is the Craft Directory. The Craft Directory pulls all the different listing types together into one easy to navigate list. When you first enter the directory, you will see the countries and categories, along the top. Click on the link you want to follow and away you go. Then select a region, county and down to town level. We have pulled everything together so that we can focus on some new functionality, to help visitors ... read more >

Your blog is like hungry children, waiting to be fed... and of course needs to be fed. At times there doesnt seem to be anything to write about but once you have written one blog you feel it needs to be fed. I love history... and along with another love of mine craft and with the launching of loadofhay in Pinner Village I would love to give you an insight into Pinner and notable people who was in residence... Pinner is centuries old, once a hamlet of medieval Harrow, records showing a church was here in 1230 the notable people... ... read more >

So here it is. The launch of another craft market. This time in beautiful Pinner. Pinner Village with loadofhay craft market on the 28th October. Not the easiest thing to do right? A number of emotions sweep over me. I tell myself I have done this before predominantly I feel elation it really is an exciting time. This no doubt will be fun and very fulfilling as another creative venture. Curation..de jour ... process of selection getting the right balance, variety, a mixed bag, eclectic! Call it what you want, its got to be right. ... read more >

The UK craft fairs community

Featured craft fairs

Suffolk Christmas Fair at Trinity Park

Woldingham Village Christmas Craft Fair

Craft fairs and shows

Full Time Craft Village

Felix Dexter Foundation Day of Positivity and Tribute Concert

Xmas Preview night

RSPCA South Godstone Christmas Fair

St Peter and St Pauls Gift and Craft Fair

Christmas Gifts and Craft Sale

A Craft and Vintage Fair Christmas Extravaganza 2018

St Michaels Christmas Fair

Christmas Fayre

Dunbar Christmas Lights SwitchOn

Handmade Christmas Fair Launch evening

Aldershot Christmas Craft and Gift Fair

Why craft fairs?

Arts and crafts from around the UK

Off to Stratford again

Invite a friend

The Process of Change ....

Selling on Etsy seems to be getting harder

Introducing myself

Survived my first Market

NEW Childrens Picture Story Books

How to care for your favourite pieces of jewellery

Rush In

Introducing the Craft Directory

Unique as Pinner

Expectations ...