Month: September 2015

  • New wreath decorations arrived today

    Two new items received and listed today on www.WreathSupplies.co.uk ; red apple picks (pack of 12 £2.99) and jingle bell hearts (£1.99 each). Available to buy now from http://wreathsupplies.co.uk/decorations.html

  • Fire Dragons / Swedish Log Candles

    We are now stocking ‘Fire Dragons’ made by my brother Graham and his wife Jacky at ‘Really Rustic’. They harvest these large logs from their own sustainable forest in Wales making a wide variety of products from the wood including these Swedish log candles that they have branded as Welsh ‘Fire Dragons’. The Fire Dragon is their take…

  • Pumpkin picking

    My little helper came along to the pumpkin patch to help select a few nice specimens for a display.  

  • Alternative Wire Heart Frame Now In Stock

    We took delivery of our new heart frame stock this afternoon. The ‘dumpy’ heart shape of these new wire frames make it slightly easier to binding foliage to them. It will be interesting to hear from our customers who use them for fabric crafts as to what they think of them. All feedback very welcome. They are made from…

  • Rosemary Wreath

    Made for the local village show which was held yesterday, this very simple wreath caught quite a bit of attention; not necessarily because of the quality of its construction but more from the intense fragrance of rosemary that permeated the hall. It was easily made; just a good pruning of our home grown rosemary plants with…

  • The pumpkin season begins

    Usually we start the season with a giant pumpkin which needs a pallet under it to move it but this year we start with a tiny little pumpkin that barely fills a hand. These small squashes are just the job for harvest festival arrangements and rustic autumnal displays. These pumpkins are available now from www.BigPumpkins.co.uk

  • Craft shapes for decorations and labels

    For many years we have stocked chunky heart shapes routed from mdf which have been very popular with schools and youth groups as they provided a cheap base for an hour or so project; sanding, painting and decorating them as a personalised hanging decoration for gifts to family members. They have also been popular with…