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In the coming few weeks we will be updating the Stamford Artisans Guild Website with updated Artisan Pages, start a Featured Artisan section and A Special Offers Page where you will be kept updated with new designs, crafts and offers from Guild Members.
We are also working on Diary Dates for Local Craft Fairs and Markets for 2010 so do watch this space!
We are very excited about Stamford Artisans Guild Members Craft stalls at the Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre on 13th December 2009. It’s a great opportunity for Christmas Shoppers to support The Corn Exchange Theatre and Local crafts people while buying unique hand-made gifts for family and friends.
All Stall holders at the fair will make a donation to the Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre.
More Details about the Corn Exchange Christmas Bazaar here
We would like to thank the Theatre in giving us this opportunity.
And of course I am really looking forward to the Five Star Swing Christmas Spectacular on 13th December at the Theatre. A little Christmas Treat
Hear all about Stamford’s own Hand-made Christmas Market on BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Stamford Artisans Guild on BBC Radio Lincolnshire
The Stamford Artisans Guild and local Stamford area Designers, Artists and Makers looking forward to meeting you all at The Stamford Christmas Craft Fair on 6th December 2009 at the Stamford Arts Centre.

Come and enjoy a day of Christmas Shopping at the Stamford Art Center on St Mary’s Street Stamford. You will meet local craftsmen and women selling handmade cards, wood creations including furniture, stained and kiln glass designs, Children’s clothes and knitwear, stuffed toys, local wildlife and nature photographs, hand-made unique jewellery and more. Enjoy a perfect day out while shopping in a friendly environment.
We’ve now got our flyers and posters available to anyone who wants to help publicise our Stamford Christmas Market on December 6th – and we’ve been quite busy putting them around and about already. The posters are A4 in size (you can see a sample in a previous post) and we can either mail them out to you, you can call in at Stamford to pick them up or we can email you a pdf file and you can print some out yourself. These are ideal for village notice boards, shop windows etc.
Then we have a quantity of flyers which we’ve had professionally printed. These are A5 in size and are double sided. The front advertises the show and the back has a form that people can fill out with an email address (if they wish) and a name and address section. These will be entered into the Secret Santa prize draw on the day – where all visitors will be in for a chance to win an item by one of the exhibitors.
As they are not too big, they are ideal to stick in your car window, and to put on village notice boards and things where space is limited! They could also go into schools, libraries, shops, hotels – in fact anywhere that someone might pick them up.
If you’d like some, then please let us know and we can get them out to you one way or another. I’ll be taking some along to the next shows that I’m doing, which are Grantham Arts Centre on 29th November and Fineshade Woods on 5th December.
So far there’s been a lot of interest both from exhibitors and from prospective visitors – it seems that Stamford is ready for a show that consists entirely of artisans showing their own hand made items.
I’ve been busy supplementing my stock of grown-ups jewellery with a few cheaper items for children which can be used as stocking fillers. And I’ve got to decide what I’m going to put into the Secret Santa. I’m beginning to wish that I’d be eligible to win something as we’ve got some brilliant exhibitors!
Stamford Artisans Guild is looking forward to welcoming everyone to
 STAMFORD’S OWN HAND MADE CHRISTMAS MARKET
at
The Stamford Arts Centre
on
6th December ‘09 – 10 AM TO 4 PM
FREE ENTRY / COFFEE SHOP OPEN / SECRET SANTA PRIZE DRAWS
Join Local Designers for this unique and original Christmas Shopping Event
Local Artists and Makers at the Craft Market:
- Alan Moir – Children’s Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles, Wooden animal Paint your own templates, Wooden fretwork wall pictures, Wooden Christmas decorations.
- Amethyst – Greetings cards in a combination of stamping and decoupage techniques and felted bags and corsages.
- Amore Bears – Hand-sewn Bears specially created for Collectors.
- Andy & Jan Smith Photography – Prints, greetings cards, magnets, keyrings, bags and clocks showing local wildlife
- Archives Crafts – Silver Jewellery, Pewter Repousse Work, Pewter Framed Mirrors
- Arty Party Cakes – Mini Christmas Cakes, Cupcakes, Chocolate Covered Pretzel Wreaths
- B. Windsor – Wood Turning using mainly timber sourced locally and off cuts from cabinet makers.
- Crafty Little Things – Handmade Cards, Christmas Decorations, Wine Glass Charms, Key Rings and Mobile Phone Charms
- DizzyBlonde – sock dolls using mostly recycled tights, socks and other bits and bobs.
- Fell From Grace – Hand-made jewellery and stuffed toys.
- Greensleaves Florist – Fresh & Silk Flower Arrangements for Christmas as well as Fresh Christmas Wreaths
- Janet Thornton – Aromatherapy Products
- Jewellery By Shalini – A collection of unique, hand-crafted semi-precious gemstones, beads and pearl Jewellery.
- Jon Barrett – Hand Crafted furniture and Jewellery Boxes
- Little Nell Designs – Hand-made Children’s clothes and knits
- Margaret Lindsay – Handcrafted Silver Jewellery
- Pat, Fran and Pam – Baby & Children’s Handknits & Crocheting
- Photographicsight – Fine art photography and photojournalism.
- Shedglass Design – Stained Glass suncatchers, candleboxes, giftware
- Stamford Lapidary – Rough & Polished Rocks and Semi Precious Gemstones
- Sun Sea Sand Spirit & Fee’s Glass Emporium – Stained glass suncatchers, decorations and panels.
- TwoKraftyKats – Handmade cards, gift boxes, pencil toppers, knitted toys, gift tags, wine charms etc.
Visiting Artisans who have exhibited at Craft Fairs and Markets in Stamford in the last year:
- EcoWood Des Res Bird Houses – Individually designed and crafted Log Wood Nest Box
- Mike Dewsbury - Exclusive woodturned items made in rural Lincolnshire.
- Shelly Anderson – Glass Artist for kiln-formed glass
Love what’s local!
 A Hand-Made Christmas in Stamford
 Handmade Christmas Wreath by Greensleaves Florist, Stamford
The Stamford Artisan Guild invites you to
A Locally Crafted Christmas Shopping Event
on 6th December 2009 at the Stamford Art Centre.
10 AM – 4 PM
FREE ENTRY!
Meet Local Artisans and Makers presenting their unique range of : Hand Crafted Decorations, Christmas Cards, Handcrafted Flower Designs, Locally Made Christmas Gifts, Wooden Toys, Locally Crafted Jewellery, Beautiful Wood Turned items, Stuffed & Knitted Toys, Photographs, Baby & Children Knitwear and more….
The Craft Fair will also feature some wonderful visiting artists and crafters from outside Stamford area who regularly bring their beautiful creations to local Events and Fairs in Stamford.
Stall Holder Details here
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