It's today in Sheffield with reetsweet!

Morning all! Please bob down on this perfect winter's day today and see us at The Millennium Gallery Sheffield, from 12p to 4pm. We have some perfect gifts 100% handmade, to give to your loved ones, and are situated in The Arundel Room, just turn left and follow the signs from the top of the escalator! Free entry - as always with us! Keep an eye on the blog, facebook and twitter for live feeds from the event!

reetsweet's christmas at sheffield

This winter we are delighted at reetsweet to carry on the work of our friends at craft candy in sheffield and will be at the prestigious millenium gallery near the train station on sunday 27th of this month from 12pm to 4pm! For more details see our events page here.

Meanwhile, we have an incredible amount of maker talent from the next fair to preview to you right here on the blog! We are very proud to introduce hayley wright of born restless...

'Born Restless is a collection of embroidered art and jewellery, made by someone who is trying to live a little better and work a little less. Currently living in Manchester, I make most of the things you’ll see here in my bedroom at night, whilst listening to ghost stories on the radio. I’m inspired by ideas of home and memory, the occult, my regular nightmares, as well as anything else that seems like a great idea at the time.'

We love her work - it's refreshing and modern and very quirky! Check back this week for more previews...

See you today leeds!

Head down to the leeds university today (8th nov) from 11am to 4pm for our first super student fair, featuring lots of stalls including a nail art booth, plus our free art badge giveaway - you won't be disappointed. Jil Smith will be there will her ace textiles... See you soon!

x

reetsweet

saying goodbye to craft candy...

On saturday me and my good friend Bianca headed out in the rain to sheffield to make a farewell trip to craft candy's last fair in sheffield...

We had a great day...sheffield is so friendly and so laid back! We loved the mirrored fountain that greets you walking out of the station and we thought that the Millenium Gallery was stunning! Craft Candy did not disappoint, we were loving Elodie G (above) as usual who's naive illustrations has us smiling and cooing, plus I finally saw the prints that Sarah Waterhouse one of the Craft Candy's organisers makes and we were bowled over! Funny! Cute! Stylish...awesome!(see below) We especially liked her speech bubble designs but the birdcages are also so pretty!




Plus I got two of dreams fulfilled in one day...by meeting 1) an amazing leather designer and 2) finding some fudge-ice (fudge with coconut ice with it) at the fair.

...Fairwell Craft Candy! Reetsweet is delighted to be continuing your work in Sheffield but honestly, many many people commented on how your fairs will be missed and we can only try to carry on the work you guys have done in bringing craft to sheffield...see you in November Sheffield!

much love reetsweet x

oooh, what's goin' on?

..Craft Candy is what's going on ladies and gents! This fabulous non profit craft collective put on the very finest modern fairs in and around Sheffield and are now open for submissions to their mini fair at Bungalow and Bears...for sat 14th May...read about it here and get applying!

I just love this design for their last event...support handmade and get over to one of their events as they are not to be missed!

Visit our friends!

Craft Candy's next event is coming up people...an excellent fair, very well established and just over in sunny sheff!

The Craft Candy Spring Fair 2011 is THIS SATURDAY!

10-4pm

Millennium Gallery, Sheffield

FREE ENTRY - ALL WELCOME

This March, the Craft Candy team is out to Galvanize their reputation as most capable hosts of contemporary craft fairs. Now in their third year of producing highly successful maker fairs and showcasing cutting edge crafts, Craft Candy have teamed up with the Galvanize metalwork festival to bring you their biggest fair ever!


Spring Fair 2011 is to be held at the Millennium Gallery, Sheffield on the 26^th March, and more than 50 hand-selected exhibitors will represent the cream of the UK craft and metalwork scenes, cramming two galleries with on-trend, one-of-a-kind pieces. The guest experience is very important to Craft Candy and as always their fairs are completely free to attend. You are most welcome to browse the stalls, enjoy a coffee in the cafes, and soak up the creative atmosphere. Choose from a huge selection of jewellery, bags & accessories, stationery, home-wares and ceramics!

Have you got a sweet tooth? Then get down to Craft Candy!

Some of the lovely supporters for Reetsweet also run an amazing art collective in Sheffield - only a short train ride from Leeds! They have regular fairs under the name 'Craft Candy' and have a christmas event coming up...Check here for the details and go have a look at their superb selection of crafters...amazing!

A bit of info from the guys at craft candy...

'Craft Candy organise several quality contemporary Craft Fairs a year in Sheffield. Our Main Fairs are held in Spring, Summer and at Christmas in the Millennium Gallery, a wonderful purpose built gallery space in Sheffield City Centre. We also organise monthly Mini Fairs at Bungalows and Bears, these fairs are a great alternative to Saturday shopping in Sheffield City Centre. All our fairs are free for the public to attend.'