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ADVERTISING FEATURE
handmade with
Vintageinspired
furniture at
‘Love From
Owl’
Mr. Micawber’s
Vintage Rooms
Vintage &
Painted
Furniture
Let us give your
furniture a new look,
using the finest chalk
paint and wax.
Call in or phone for details
108 High Street
Crediton
01363 772575
07598 360 345
MEGAN Naylor runs “Love
From Owl” from her home in the
beautiful Devon countryside, just
outside Crediton.
She says she loves finding old
and forgotten pieces of furniture
and turning them into treasured
items.
Working with quality paints
and waxes and a range of techniques she creates vintage-inspired pieces with soul.
No two are the same; from
chests of drawers and bedside
tables, to plate racks and garden
signs, there is always something
new.
Megan’s next project is a
quirky little cupboard that is going to get a touch of Morocco.
She sells on eBay and through
word of mouth, or as commissions.
Some buyers are very local,
but some pieces have gone as far
as the Isle of Wight and Pimlico.
For more information visit
on Facebook: www.facebook.
com/lovefromowl .
are you crafty?
crafty?
CREDITON Wool Shop, at 53
High Street, will be holding a
Yarn Day on Saturday, May 3.
Yarn Day is part of the Love
Your Yarn Shop campaign, a
promotion with Let’s Knit and
Let’s Get Crafting magazines.
To celebrate the day, Karan
Meechan, of the Wool Shop, will
be hosting children’s knitting
classes throughout the day in
her workshop on the premises.
Primary school teacher and
keen knitter, Nicola Nathen will
be running the session for children aged seven and above.
Spaces will be limited to
eight per session - each session
will last for 90 minutes and will
cost £5.
The sessions will be held
from 9.30am to 11am, 12 noon to
1.30pm and 2.30am to 4pm.
In the run-up to Yarn Day,
customers have the opportunity
to be entered into a draw, which
will be held on Yarn Day, with
prizes including wool, patterns
and books.
There will also be a Magazine Swop, on the day, for
anyone who has knitting or
crochet magazines that they
have finished with and would
like to swop with others.
For more information pop
into the shop or contact Karan
on 01363 777743.
Haberdashery
shop opens in
Crediton
A NEW Haberdashery, In Stitches, will be opening in Crediton
today (Friday, April 25).
The shop, situated at 105
High Street, Crediton, is run
by Stephanie Firth and stocks
a whole range of items ideal for
your home sewing and crafting
projects.
L VE
Keep memories
alive with
keepsakes and
castings
Jane Kearns
silver
jewellery
ALWAYS Keepsakes and Castings, a family-run mobile service,
offers 3D or 2D framed castings
and silver jewellery of loved ones,
family or friends to keep and
work can be done in the home of
the customer, offering relaxed and
familiar surroundings.
The jewellery and castings
are offered in any combination,
any way, in a choice of colours
and can include fingerprint,
handprint or footprint, holding
hands, hands or feet casts and
pets, paw prints.
Time goes by very quickly,
babies soon become children and
children soon become adults, but
keepsakes keep those memories
alive forever.
Always Keepsakes and Castings is run by Tracey Fennemore
and covers a wide area within
the South West, which includes
Cornwall, Devon and parts of
Somerset.
Check out the Facebook, website and Twitter pages of Always
Keepsakes and Castings for more
information.
JANE Kearns has been creating beautiful jewellery for
a number of years now and
has a solid base of returning
customers, who buy from her
collection or have something
made specially.
She works mainly with
silver, sometimes using gold
or semi-precious stones as
features.
Her designs range from the
big and bold to the more intricate and elaborate, but they all
take the particular properties
of the metal as their startingpoint – from the contours of
her wide, planished (smooth)
silver cuffs, through the twiglike curves and twists of her
“Bird’s Nest” rings to the almost molten appearance of the
“Elements” range.
Many designs are one-offs
and pendants, rings and bangles can also be personalised
for the customer.
Jane will have a stall at the
Arts and Craft Tent at Exeter
Festival of Food and Drink on
Friday, April 25 and at Exeter
Craft Fair on Cathedral Green,
July 18 and 19.
For more information check
the website: www.madebyhandonline.com for her latest
designs.
Munchkins – for keepsakes
and memory cushions
BEC Gooding from Munchkins
Keepsakes creates beautiful
handcrafted keepsakes made
from your little ones, cherished
baby clothes.
Rather than stowing away
old baby clothes in the attic,
she will bring your fabrics to
life, by creating an adorable
animal, as a special memento
to keep forever.
Current choices include a
lion, monkey, elephant, duckling, cat, puppy, lamb, pig, bear
and giraffe.
She also makes Memory
Cushions from her own bespoke design.
Yarn Day at Wool Shop
April 25 2014 - Crediton Country Courier 11
All keepsakes are filled with
stuffing which comply with fire
safety regulations and safety
eyes are used in most of the
keepsakes.
However, these keepsakes
are not toys and therefore are
not intended for children under
14 years old.
To place an order, please
call Bec on 07577 850074 or
email: munchkinskeepsakes@
gmail.com .
You can find Munchkins
Keepsakes on Facebook and
you can also find Bec in Jaspers
hairdressers, so “pop in” to
enquire.
Mr Micawber’s
hand-painted
furniture
IVOR and Ruth Fletcher of Mr
Micawber’s, Crediton hand
paint, wax and polish a range of
furniture that they sell.
They also renovate customer’s furniture, which can be
collected and delivered back.
Mr Micawber’s offer a choice
of colours and furniture, which
can be finished cleanly or given
a distressed look.
For more information telephone Ruth or Ivor on 01363
772574, or call into their shop at
108 High Street, Crediton.
Check out your local craft groups and outlets
Anyone interested in crafts can join
the Kirton Crafters group
KIRTON Crafters are a group noons, from 2.15pm to 4.30pm.
If you would like to join, or
of crafters led by Christine
Sessions cost £2 per member, find out more, telephone ChrisGregory, who have been meeting to cover the rent of the meeting tine on 01363 772504 for more
for about a year and get together room and tea and biscuits.
details.
regularly to share skills and
learn new crafts.
Current activities include
card making, crochet, knitting,
jewellery making, cross stitch
embroidery and quilting.
The group is hoping to attract new members and add
more variety, although no experience is necessary, just an interest
in crafts.
OPEN: MON - SAT 9.30 - 4.30
Occasionally the group bring
in a guest, who can teach new
Stockists of Sirdar, King Cole, James C. Brett,
crafts.
Wendy, Robin & Peter Pan Yarns & Patterns
Kirton Crafters will be havHappy to take orders if not in stock.
ing a stall at the Community
Market run by Sustainable
Available to order Twilley of Stamford
Crediton in the Town Square,
Knitting & Crochet and Needlecraft Kits
on May 10.
Meetings are fortnightly at
email: [email protected]
the moment, on Thursday after-
Telephone: 777743
Always Keepsakes
& Castings
2D or 3D castings of loved ones to keep
www.alwayskeepsakesandcastings.co.uk
www.facebook.com/AlwaysKeepsakesAndCastings
Twitter @Alwayskeepsakes
Phone/Text 07455 633123
[email protected]
Devon, Cornwall & parts of Somerset.
Munchkins Keepsakes
We create beautiful handcrafted keepsakes made
from your little ones, cherished baby clothes.
07577 850074
[email protected]
Jane Kearns Silver
Telephone: 07858 339 793
Contemporary jewellery design
in sterling and ne silver
Commissions happily accepted
www.facebook.com/Jane KearnsSilver
KIRTON CRAFTERS
A social afternoon where people meet
regularly to share their craft skills
and learn new ones and attend craft fairs
both as customers and sellers.
We would like to welcome new members.
If you are interested please phone
Christine on: 01363 772504
Haberdashery • Needlecraft
Knitting • Alterations
Fashion Accessories
Opening
Friday
25th April
105
High Street
Crediton