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June/July 2020
 

June/July 2020

 
Regular features, news, events, Q&A special - and much more
 
Buttons and more with Stockwell Cermaics
 
Buttons and more with Stockwell Cermaics
 
Stockwell Ceramics is a craft company based in the beautiful Tamar Valley in south east Cornwall. A small team of Cornish designers working in a converted barn and have produced many thousands of ceramic buttons over the past 25 years supplying museum shops, galleries, craft shops and makers of all sorts throughout the world including The V&A Museum, National Museum of Scotland and York Art Gallery. The buttons are hugely popular in Europe, Japan, Australia and the USA.

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TheMagicTouch: Behind the mask
 
TheMagicTouch: Behind the mask
 
The world now accepts the reality of wearing face masks and coverings will be part of our daily lives for the foreseeable future, and as expected the immediate demand for mask personalisation and design decoration has dramatically escalated over the past few weeks and will continue to do so for many years to come. Currently there appears to be a vast range of options, materials and styles together with various claims relating to specification and personal safety.

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Mamelok talks to Craft Focus about life during the Covid-19 pandemic
 
Mamelok talks to Craft Focus about life during the Covid-19 pandemic
 
Iconic papercraft brand, Mamelok, discusses supplying party flags to the many to celebrate VE Day during lockdown, new collections and more...

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WIN with The Crafty Kit Company!
 
 
 
Sara Davies joins first virtual Happy Place Festival
 
Sara Davies joins first virtual Happy Place Festival
 
Sara Davies is taking part in this year's Happy Place Festival, which is returning this year as a free virtual experience running over a month. Taking place from 12th June until 12th July, the virtual festival will continue to promote the Happy Place ethos for everyone to enjoy online. By curating an inclusive vast array of content, a varied line-up of talented and knowledgeable speakers, creators, and teachers, it's a supportive hub for the Happy Place community.

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New Crystal Art Rainbow stickers to raise money for The Care Workers
 
New Crystal Art Rainbow stickers to raise money for The Care Workers
 
You can help to support those helping the nation's must vulnerable whilst enjoying one of the most on-trend craft activities of the moment by purchasing Craft Buddy's Crystal Art Rainbow Sticker kit! For every purchase of the sticker kit from www.crystalcardkit.com, Craft Buddy Ltd will donate £1 directly to The Care Workers Charity. After launching this initiative on Wednesday 6th May, they have already raised nearly £1500!

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ExaClair launches PPE range to support businesses returning to work
 
ExaClair launches PPE range to support businesses returning to work
 
ExaClair, the UK subsidiary of office product and stationery brands such as Clairefontaine, Rhodia, Décopatch and Exacompta, has developed an extensive range of personal protective equipment, specifically developed to help meet the rapidly changing demands of businesses returning to a post-lockdown world.

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UK Government supports wages of 1.73 million workers across wholesale and retail sector
 
UK Government supports wages of 1.73 million workers across wholesale and retail sector
 
Since the launch of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), the UK Government has supported the wages of 1,736,800 jobs in the wholesale and retail sector.

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Vlieseline Quilt-a-long
 
Vlieseline Quilt-a-long
 
The 2020 Festival of Quilts will switch to an online format to accommodate as many of the annual quilting events and competitions as possible and in order to celebrate this event, Vlieseline has created a Quilt-along project to engage quilters and crafters in lockdown during the weeks leading up to FoQ.

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