Croc N Craft Pottery Painting

Going Mobile

2012-01-20T06:31:00.000-08:00

Yes that's right - If you have heard any whispers then here it is from the horses mouth, so to speak.......

In the meantime it's BUISINESS AS USUAL

From April 16th 2012 we will be closing our Studio based pottery painting and going Mobile.. This is a positive side step in our business and what I hope will enable me to visit you all so much easier than I currently can.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR YOU is that you can follow where we are and what we are doing by visiting the web site as usual or following this BLOG

We will be based at a couple of locations on a regular basis so you can still pop in to a fixed venue to paint. During these sessions I will carry a basic selection of bisque with the option for you to request extra pieces online from our web site for me to have available for you on your stated visit date.

From April 24th 2012

Every Tuesday 1pm - 6pm @ Otford Village Hall

From April 26th 2012

Every Thursday 10am - 12noon - The Lodge Cafe @ the Stag for babies hand/foot prints

Host a Session: Get 4/5 mums together and I will come to you. Providing the total spending amounts to over £60, you the host will receive 10% commission towards your purchases. Minimum total spend will need to be £50 total.

Childrens Parties: Have these in your own home or venue and I will come to you. Once the painting is all done, it's over to you for your party games & food. Available from 1st May 2012.

Pre School Settings: We can visit your setting to do handprints/ footprints/ fingerprints or general painting. This can be great for making special mothers/fathers day gifts. Don't forget your fingerprint baubles at Xmas (make some profit for your pre-school) Get your date booked into my diary now for September onwards.

WEBSITE - We will be updating the website with all the mobile details/prices in the near future - but for the moment, we look forward to welcoming you into the studio for your pottry painting.

2012 - And it begins

2012-01-03T04:19:00.000-08:00

Ok, so now i've had my fill of Christmas and the New Year and reality sets in of returning to the Studio and thinking about what 2012 will bring. What are our next events and what new things can we bring to the studio....

Well believe it or not, i have to start thinking about Valentines Day and those special items that you can paint for your loved ones...

I've already given you a taster with that wonderful heart plate that one of my customers painted, so here are a few more ideas..

I already have some small, medium & large heart plates in stock and small heart trinket boxes plus a very cute heart shape ring holder.

New Years Day

2012-01-02T03:01:00.000-08:00

Today we visit London to watch the parade. All started of well with the weather being fairly mild. Chris, Tom, Dee, Joanna and my great nephews Alfie & Harvey found a nice spot to view the parade from and where the boys could get a good view. Excitement gathered in the boys and it was not long before the sound of the bands started to be heard in the distance. Brightly coloured costumes, cute little ponies, noisy mini steam engines and loud bands all passed by with lots of waving and 'Hapy New Year' yells.

Then came the rain and we all felt so sorry for the young people in the parade getting cold & wet but still trying to put on a big brave smile and carry on... eventually the rain got the better of us and it was time to find somwhere dry to warm up and munch on a much needed pastie.

Back home and so pleased that we made the effort to get out for the day.. yes it rained... but we still had a great time.

Happy New Year

2011-12-31T08:19:00.000-08:00

I would like to wish all my customers a:

Quiet Day

2011-12-29T09:17:00.000-08:00

Today was a quiet day but I did have the charming company of Christel who is the wife of Chris Cowdrey. What a lovely chat we have had over the past 2 days. Having painted 4 egg cups on Wednesday, Christel returned to paint another 4 for the rest of the family. I started to paint some samples for valentines day and we both had a lovely relaxing day.
This however is a beautiful plate that one of our customers painted for Christmas - but I am going to put it on here as some inspiration for you to start thinking about your loved one for Valentines Day....

Re-open Today

2011-12-28T13:44:00.000-08:00

Hello All
Well it's December 28th and the studio is now open again from today to 4pm on Saturday 31st December 2011.

All the shelves are now clear of Christmas stock and we start to look forward to 2012. A reminder that our next late night adult evening is on Thursday 5th January 7pm - 10.30pm. Please call the studio to book your table.

You bring the wine & nibbles, i'll provide the glasses & corkscrew

Boxing Day 2011

2011-12-28T13:25:00.000-08:00

So today Chris & I are off to my sister Dee's for the day - haven't we been lucky.. 3 days of fun.

Here is one of my great nieces Scarlett being a pickel!

And this one is Amelia with Nanny Dee

It was lovely to see the little ones faces as they opened their prezzies.

Another lovely day but home to bed earlier today - we are such light weights.....

Christmas Day 2011

2011-12-28T13:19:00.000-08:00

Where does the time go .... no sooner had Chris & I opened our prezzies from each other, when it was time to get ourselves ready to make the journey to Maidstone to visit our son Mark and his wife Gabby. They had decided on a quiet romantic Christmas this year so we dropped by with prezzies and Christmas Wishes before making our way to our other Son Andrew and his wife to be Nadine (weddings in May - Can't wait- it will be lovely).
Soon after arriving at Andy's we received a phone call from our daughter Sarah who is in Florida working on the Disney Cruise Liner 'Disney Dream'. So there was a lot of excitement to wish her a happy christmas.

Nadine and Andrew then served a lovely dinner to us and Nadine's mum Sue. The afternoon in true family tradition transended into playing games to which 'The Cube' game that Andy had been bought for xmas 2010 made its way to the dining table. We all made fools of ourselves but it was good fun. Finally left at 10pm having watched Eastenders completely exhausted..... but happy.

Wonder what tomorrow will bring?

Christmas Eve

2011-12-28T12:31:00.000-08:00

Having closed the studio on Wednesday for a well earned break, I found myself in Sainsbury's raising money for our scout group. Santa hat on head and 2 grinning cubs beside me we spent 3 days bag packing and helping people to their cars with their shopping. A total of around £1,000 was raised which will be a good start to our bid to secure a community grant to update the Scout Hut Kitchen.

Following this on Christmas Eve, my husband Chris & I made our way to London for the matinee performance of GHOST. It was fabulous and such a nice thing to do on Christmas Eve. Having left the theatre we strolled around Oxford Street and Regent Street to look at the lights. We eventually made our way back towards Charring Cross where we stopped of at St Martins in the Field Church and joined in the service before popping over into Trafalgar Square and joining in the sing song around the tree. All in all, a lovely day to start the festive weekend.

Closed For Christmas

2011-12-28T12:17:00.000-08:00

We are now closed until December 28th for our christmas break. I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas

My Cubs Bowling

2011-12-28T12:15:00.000-08:00

Our last week of Cubs before the xmas break and we all went bowling.

Christmas 2011

2011-12-28T12:05:00.000-08:00

Christmas has been very busy with lots of families visiting us to make their special personalised gifts for the people they love and care for.

A special set of salt and pepper shakers...

A special santa plate for mum painted by a Scout

A selection of christmas baubles painted by pre-schools

Halstead Cubs with their Christmas Plates

yummy....

My Studio @ The Limes, Cobden Road

2011-12-28T11:44:00.000-08:00