Business

Alasdair on June 9th, 2010

We’ve just added an events page where we will be listing our upcoming craft fairs and any other events we are involved in … there are at least two more to be added in to those that are listed currently, although we’re waiting on the dates to be confirmed for those one. Anyway, until then [...]

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Jolene on June 6th, 2010

We always try to be very nice to the environment.  We use mostly natural or recycled materials for our craft and reuse packaging when mailing, we drive a very efficient car and constantly lecture the kids to switch the lights off, but never turned a thought to how damaging to the environment blogging might be. [...]

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Jolene on May 1st, 2010

A very quick update to let you all know that you can now shop from the comfort of your facebook account!  Just visit our fan page and click on the Shop Now tab.  Payment is accepted via PayPal and prices are displayed in GBP. Why not check it out and let us know what you [...]

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Alasdair on September 21st, 2009

Jolene and I have been contemplating our prices for some time now, it’s a difficult thing to price your own creations!  Anyway, we have recently reviewed the prices and these have all been re-marked, in many cases this has meant a drop in price by as much as $20 in some cases!! We have decided [...]

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It’s an ever present topic of conversation amongst artists and craftspeople…how much to price our products for.  Here I hope to shed some light on the journey that has lead us to increase our prices today to what we consider to be a fair price for the time and effort expended on creating our products. [...]

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