Christmas (and new years) workshops...

Leading up to Christmas we're running a few workshops:

At Cultiver, Kyla will be hosting Gift Wrapping Workshops. BYO three small presents and she'll teach you some simple and creative ways to wrap your presents using new,  recycled and UPcycled materials.

And in conjunction with Ipswich City Council's Kids Go Wild program we are hosting two free workshop series - Happy Handmade Christmas - UPcycled Christmas Gift Workshops and UPcycle, personalise and organise - Back to School Workshops. Here's all the details:

CHRISTMAS GIFT workshops 

Transform everyday objects, old toys and discarded paper into all manner of fun and quirky presents for someone special this Christmas. Each workshop will conclude with gift-wrapping so freshly made pressies can go straight under the tree!

Thursday 20 December 2012

9.00am – 11.00am (Ages 4 to 7)

12.00pm – 2.00pm (Ages 8 to 12)

FREE

BACK TO SCHOOL workshops

Thursday 24 January 2013

9.00am – 11.00am (Ages 7 to 10)

12.00pm – 2.00pm (Ages 10 to 14)

Must bring: school exercise books

Students can start the school year with their very own UPcycled goodies for school and home. Lower primary students will be UPcycling with style, printing a tote bag* with recycled materials for library, sports gear and extra school materials. Plus, students can cover their school exercise books with collages. Upper primary students (Year 5-7), will use recycled materials to help organise their homework space with a pen/pencil holder and inspiration board from discarded materials.

*Fair Trade tote bags supplied.

LOCATION: Queens Park Environmental Education Centre

Please note children are to be supervised at all times. Participants should arrive 15 minutes prior to start time for all sessions.

Places are limited and bookings are essential. To book visit www.ipswich.qld.gov.au or phone (07) 3810 6666.

The Knot-just-Macrame Fibre Festival

We are super duper excited to be community sponsor of The Knot-just-Macrame Fibre Festival happening in Ipswich town from the 14th to the 29th of July. We've played host to the festival workgroups and it's been wonderful to watch and be part of the development of this project.

The festival programme includes a curated exhibition, an open cosy corner where you can pitch up and do your crafting, fibre forums, a 'spin in', a fashion parade plus fibre related workshops - the full festival and workshops programmes are listed below.

To book and pay for workshops head on in to Cultiver and to check out some sneak peeks and keep up to date with spontaneous fibre happenings head on over to the Knot-just-Macrame Facebook page HERE.

We're back and it's hot!

Well, time flew on our week off but we are glad to be back in our shop (especially since the shop is airconditioned and Ipswich is suffering through a heatwave!)

We have been working feverishly on a few projects to make you crafty creative folk happy. There are now regular, monthly screen printing and sewing classes (check out the tabs above for more details), an upcoming Craft Rehab meeting for those with handmade ADHD (keep an eye out for the dates and details soon), The Ipswich Brown Owls are back sharing the cozy corner on the first Monday evening of the month and we are working on an extra-special fashion (and more) event to BLOW YOUR MIND! It's going to be all about sustainability and will involve some very talented folk from all over South-East Queensland)

 There is a sales table with markdowns from some of our stockist including Whiskers Lane, Little Golden, A Little Vintage, Viva Handmade and Kellie Christie. There are some great bargains and I will pop some photos on the facey page today so you can check them out.

 Last, but certainly not least, we are opening up applications for stockists again. So if you would like to become a Cultiver Craftisan please send us an email at cultivershop@gmail.com requesting an application package and we will get one to you right away. (Just to let you know, spaces are a bit more limited this year so make sure you WOW us with your application!)

Well, that's not all but you will have to stay tuned for more Cultiver news soon.
You Stay Crafty, Blogosphere....Kyla and Bec

Craft your own Christmas...

All the details...

Is live, please click the link above or the deer to the right.
We're very excited to present this workshop series so you can create your own unique Christmas gifts.
If you'd like an electronic copy shoot us an email: cultivershop@gmail.com and feel free to grab the lovely deer badge if you're joining in and want to share.