The Krafty Lady HQ

How to Find The Krafty Lady...

2010-05-27T12:47:00.000+01:00

www.thekraftylady.com
www.thekraftylady.co.uk
www.thekraftylady.fr
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/thekraftyladyfairtradestore

www.myspace.com/thekraftylady
www.youtube.com/thekraftylady

thekraftylady.wordpress.com
twitter.com/thekraftylady

A New Decade & New Stuff @ The Krafty Lady Fair Trade Store!

2010-01-15T11:52:00.002Z

Hi everyone and a very, VERY happy new year, and new DECADE to you all! I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and enjoyed spending quality time with family and friends :-)

Thanks to everyone who came by the eBay store: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/thekraftyladyfairtradestore and signed up to the website http://www.thekraftylady.com - we still need some more members so please pop by when you have a minute and join our little community. There's forums where you can chat with other members about anything and everything, blogs, games (Pacman and Tetris! Old Skool!), news on Fair Trade and charity events we're helping with, and loads lof other cool stuff so it would be great to see you all there!It only takes a minute or so to fill out a profile and add a piccie of yourself and it's well worth it ;-)

Christmas at The Krafty Lady was truly awesome, and a huge thanks to everyone who bought gifts for their loved ones (or for themselves ;-D ). It kept me really busy and I had great fun. Being back on eBay is much better than I thought it would be! Thanks also to everyone who has left such kind feedback - we're still rocking at 100% positive and I don't expect that to change this year! (In fact, I'm *hoping* we might get to Top Rated seller status in the next couple of months... I'll keep you posted!).

I'm currently listing lots of items - some of them you will have seen at the old shop, but quite a lot of the items coming in next week are all shiny and new so drop in frequently to get the best bits! Hoodies, hats, scarves, gloves and candley things are all selling as soon as I'm listing them at the moment, and I'm starting to list some gorgeous jewellery in time for Valentine's Day. Body jewellery and ear stretchers will be back soon, too, with some job lots at *Bargain* prices so if you run your own shop, car boot sales or market stalls it may be worth coming by to have a look. I'm also in the process of getting some of the festival bits on ready for the new Festival Season starting in a couple of months - if you missed out on the poi before you'll be pleased to know they'll be back, with lots of other cool festival accessories!

We'll also be doing some charity sales soon and taking part in some local charity events - keep an eye on our blogs for more information on these and to see how you can get involved. It's Fairtrade Fortnight coming up so they'll be lots of Fairtrade news soon!

You can sign up to our eBay store newsletter, the website newsletter, Twitter, our Wordpress blog and even Facebook and MySpace to get the latest news, special offers and new items.

Wishing you all a fantastic 2010 and looking forward to seeing you at the website or at the shop. Thanks again to everyone who has visited so far, I'll be back blogging more news soon!

*MWAH*

Viki xxx

www.thekraftylady.com is RELAUNCHED!

2009-11-24T17:16:00.001Z

Thanks for bearing with me on the whole website issue. It's taken me a while to deal with and to top it off I was really ill with flu for nearly a week - it's my first day out of bed today! But well on the road to recovery (although still not recommending visitors right now.... ;-D )

Well, at the beginning of last week I finally managed to finish the new website! As well as being able to get to the new eBay Store where you'll find the usual (and unusual) array of Fair Trade and ethical clothing, gifts, body jewellery... etc., I've even managed to fit a neat little members area, forum, games section, blog, links............. so it's pretty packed with some nifty features! :-)

Now all it needs it some visitors and some members; of course I am relying on all of you for this so it would be absolutely fab if you could jib on over there in a moment of boredom and take a peeky! I know some of you already have.... ;-)

I will be listing lots more in the eBay Store this week, too, so if you were getting worried that it was looking a bit low, (as indeed I was...) then rest assured it will be brimming with delightful goodies in time for the festive season that is bearing down upon us :-)

All you need to do to take advantage of these fandabbydosy new things is to type one of the following URLs into your browser and you will be whisked away to a world of awesomeness (hopefully.... ;-D )!:

http://www.thekraftylady.com
http://www.thekraftylady.co.uk
http://www.thekraftylady.fr

So thanks once again to everyone for your continued support - I know this year has been a bit topsy turvy but hopefully we're getting somewhere now and we're making The Krafty Lady even better than before, but that's only with many thanks to you lovely lot :-) I don't know what we'd do without you!

Have a fantastic week, keep popping by to see all the new items in the shop and don't forget to sign up to the member's area on the new website if you've got a bit of time spare! ;-)

Big love and hugs!
Viki
xxx

The Krafty Lady is Moving!

2009-11-13T14:05:00.000Z

Hi everyone!

Sorry it’s been a while since we last spoke – this year had been a pretty tough one for us at The Krafty Lady and we’ve had some really important decisions to make, which we weren’t prepared to confuse you with until we knew what we were doing ourselves!

You may have noticed that our websites; http://www.thekraftylady.co.uk and http://www.thekraftylady.fr have been down for some time now… Don’t panic, we’re still here! Soon all of our URLs will be redirected to our new eBay store, where we will be setting up camp for a while.

We really wanted to do a complete overhaul of our website and for this reason we’re closing it down until we can find a design and hosting company that we’re completely happy with! Our website is looking rather old now, and to be able to update it properly we’re going to need a bit of time to work on it.

However, in the meantime, you can find everything that was on the website at our shiny new eBay store by typing: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/thekraftyladyfairtradestore or http://www.thekraftylady.com – as of next week ALL of our URLs will be redirected to the eBay store so you shouldn’t have any problem finding us on there And you can still contact us through our email addresses: thekraftylady@gmail.com or sales@thekraftylady.co.uk, or via our Skype: The_Krafty_Lady (02032877574).

And of course we will still be providing you with amazing Fair Trade and Ethically Sourced products as well as our World-Famous insanely good customer service!

We want to thank everyone who’s supported us this year, and hope that your support will continue during this changeover period – it will be thoroughly rewarded with an awesome, amazing, fantastic new website at some point in the next few months! Don’t forget to spread the word and tell your friends!

We’ll keep you updated with all the latest news – for live updates follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/TheKraftyLady) or at our WordPress blog (http://thekraftylady.wordpress.com).

Thanks again, we look forward to seeing you at The Krafty Lady Fair Trade Store!

Viki & Paul

The Krafty Lady

Please Read if you're Ordering in August :-)

2009-08-13T15:57:00.000+01:00

Hello again!

I just wanted to drop by and let you know that we are off to France for our Summer holidays next week, so all orders placed on or after Monday 17th August 2009 will not be processed or despatched until Friday 28th August 2009.

I should still be able to access my emails so will do my very best to reply to any queries during this time. :-)

We apologise for any inconvienience this may cause! The shop will remain open so you will still be able to make purchases and save your basket, however the order itself will not be processed until Friday 28th August when we return.

I hope you all have had a lovely Summer, and we look forward to getting back with new energy and ideas for The Krafty Lady! Don't forget there is still a huge Sale on, but items are running out fast - particularly the cauldrons and Wiccan section!

Many thanks, have a lovely day!

Kind Regards,

Viki and Paul

www.thekraftylady.com

www.thekraftylady.co.uk

www.thekraftylady.fr

Huge Summer Sale - Up To 50% off Fair Trade & Ethically Sourced Products @ www.thekraftylady.co.uk

2009-08-03T13:15:00.001+01:00

Hello everyone!

I hope you've been enjoying the Summer Festival Season and have been behaving yourselves at the same time ;-)

Just a little note to let you know that there is currently a HUGE Summer Sale on at The Krafty Lady, with up to (and over, in some cases!) 50% discount on Fair Trade & Ethically Sourced products, including gorgeous wooden boxes, cast iron cauldrons, soapstone sculptures, beautiful candle kits ideal for gifts, incense, oil burners, pendulums, wands and crystal balls! All of these items must go to make way for new stock, so please take a browse and pass this direct link to our sale items on to anyone you know who might be interested:

http://www.thekraftylady.co.uk/specials.php

Enjoy the rest of your Summer, and we look forward to seeing you in the shop! Don't forget to keep an eye out for our special discount code in The Festival Guide, and keep it green, people! :-)

Viki and Paul

http://www.thekraftylady.co.uk

http://www.thekraftylady.com

http://www.thekraftylady.fr

FLATRATE MAINLAND UK POSTAGE FOR JUST £5.95 @ www.thekraftylady.co.uk

2009-07-09T11:45:00.000+01:00

Hail Facebookers, bloggers, Twits & Fans!

I'd like to announce that we have finally caught up with other online stores and are finally able to offer flat rate mainland UK postage at just £5.95. That means you can buy as much, (or as little) as you'd like and the postage cost will always be the same. Much easier!

We're also opening up more payment options for you, so for those of you who don't like paying via PayPal, (even though you don't need an account to make a secure payment), you will be able to choose from a range of payment options such as BACS and Google Checkout, (as well as PayPal). This will *hopefully* be available in the next few weeks. As we use PayPal we are already using a secure payment server, however you'll notice that as we get new payment options on the checkout we'll also be getting an SSL certificate (the little padlock that appears beside a secure transaction) to reassure you lovely people that all of the transactions we make are kept totally secure with the new payment options.

We will be updating the website too over the next few months so keep an eye out for a redesign. All the changes will be small but will hopefully make your shopping experience all the better, and will also make the website easier on the eye! As always, we'd love to take your suggestions because it's your shop. We have learned so much over the past year the shop can only get better and better!

You may also have heard that we will not be taking part in the London Bridges Walk for Kidney Research UK this year. The recession has hit everyone hard, (including us!) so we've only managed to raise a feeble £20 even though we have been fundraising since January. Because of this, we have decided that we will donate the money we would have spent on travelling to the kidney walk and buying food in London etc. (about £70) to Kidney Research UK through our sponsorship page, as we feel that the money would be better spent going directly to them rather than being spent on us getting to the walk! You can still help though; you can make a donation at:http://www.kidneyresearchuk.org or through our sponsorship page: http://www.kidneyresearchukevents.org/thekraftylady but please remember we will not be attending the walk so this will be a donation not sponsorship!

Once again we want to thank you for your support and custom - especially this year when we are all trying to save our money for necessities; it's great to know we're still wanted! :-)

Have a great time at any festivals you may be attending, stay safe, and we'll catch up a bit later on in the Summer!
Rock on!

Viki and Paul

www.thekraftylady.co.uk
www.thekraftylady.com
www.thekraftylady.fr

Fair Trade Hoodies & Tops Now At www.thekraftylady.com !

2009-06-12T16:07:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone, I hope you're all well!

Summer is finally here and Festival Season is well underway! For those of you who didn't know, Download Festival starts this weekend - whilst you're there grab yourself a copy of The Festival Guide (which usually comes with a load of cool free stuff), and keep an eye out for our advert with a special discount code! We haven't seen it ourselves yet, so let us know what you think! :-O

I also wanted to tell you about the new hoodies, tops & party hats we're selling - all of them are 100% Fair Trade and NO CHILD LABOUR was used at all. Every one of them is handmade and unique so no one will be wearing the same design as you! You can view all of our new items here: http://www.thekraftylady.co.uk/products_new.php?page=1

I'll let the party hats speak for themselves... but we think you'll like them :-) There are also plenty of other festival goodies to stock up with this Summer, including the ever popular rubber poi and ball poi, more ear stretchers, tobacco pouches, fab Fair Trade shawls to keep you warm on those chilly evenings and lots more being added all the time!

I also want to thank everyone for your support once again; it's been a tough year so far with lots going on behind the scenes and it's been great to know that we've got so many lovelies behind us! :-)

I hope all of you have an absolutely fantastic day and enjoy Download, or any of the other festivals you might be attending this weekend! Until we speak again... adios! :-)

Viki and Paul

http://www.thekraftylady.com

http://www.thekraftylady.co.uk

http://www.thekraftylady.fr

Summer is Coming and So Are The Festivals! WHOOP!

2009-05-28T19:36:00.001+01:00

Hey everyone!

It’s been a while since I last posted, but there’s been quite a lot going on behind the scenes! Lots of our ranges have been refined and expanded and we’re still working on a new design for the website but it’s slowly coming together.

So, what’s new?! Check out all of our new body jewellery and ear stretchers - the section is expanding and we’re getting even more over the next couple of weeks. If you need advice on ear stretching visit our “Beginner’s Guide to Ear Stretching” and our “Ear Stretching F AQs” pages – it’s had over 12,000 hits so far and I’ve given advice to literally hundreds of people for free – if the answer to your question isn’t on the page then just drop me an email at: thekraftylady@gmail.com and I’ll get back to you as quickly as I can.

We’ve also got a fab new “Festival Fun!” section which we’re currently working on filling – they’ll be some VERY special hats in there next week so keep checking back..! And a selection of poi and other fun festival stuff, which we’ll be adding over the next couple of days. There’s also some really nice suede tobacco pouches and Rio carnival whistles!

Our spiritual section will also be expanding soon with a wider range and new items such as chalices, scrying mirrors and tarot cards. It’s taking a while as we’re looking for products that are either fairly traded or made in the U.K. and ethically sourced, so I’ll post again when we get them

Big news! We have an advert in The Festival Guide which is available from all good festivals in the U.K. throughout the Summer. Keep an eye out for it as it features an exclusive discount code only for Festival Junkies! And it’s also a pretty good read, (the magazine; not the ad! ;-D )

A quick word too on our tube gloves; we can’t get anymore in until the Winter, so what we have left is currently all there is If you’re planning on getting a pair you need to get in there quick because they’re selling out really fast! Most styles only have one pair left now. We’re desperately trying to find some more but it’s hard as they’re imported, and we only want to get them from a BAFTS supplier to ensure they have been fairly traded.

And finally Paul and I will be taking part in the Kidney Research UK London Bridges Walk again in July this year. If you have some spare pennies any sponsorship would be greatly appreciated; last year we raised over £300 and were hoping to beat that with £500 this year… but so far we’ve only raised £20! I know that asking for money at this time is not really appropriate, but it’s a charity that’s often overlooked and they really do need your support. You can sponsor us at this web page:http://www.kidneyresearchukevents.org/thekraftylady and the money will go directly to Kidney Research UK. If you are a UK taxpayer please giftaid your donation; this means that Kidney Research will receive an extra 28% on top of your donation which comes directly from the government.

I’ll be back very very soon with more news – things are really moving now and there’s lots to do! Enjoy the rest of your day and we look forward to seeing you at the shop! Don’t forget you can keep up with all of us here at The Krafty Lady live on Twitter!

http://twitter.com/thekraftylady

http://twitter.com/VikiCollins

http://twitter.com/Paul_Rawlings

http://twitter.com/SkyTheCat

From all of us, have a good one and speak next time!

Viki & Paul

Fairtrade Fortnight @ www.thekraftylady.com!

2009-02-23T14:53:00.000Z

I hope you're well and are enjoying 2009 so far :-) It's turned out to be quite a busy year for The Krafty Lady - hence the reason we haven't sent an update out for a while! I'm sitting in my lovely new organised office now, so it's looking to be a good year! :-D

I just wanted to tell you about Fairtrade Fortnight which is taking place over the next couple of weeks. You can find out about all sorts of cool events going on in your part of the world by logging on to http://www.fairtrade.org.uk and going along to take part. We're also joining in by offering 10% discount when you spend just £5.00 or more during Fairtrade Fortnight at http://www.thekraftylady.com, http://www.thekraftylady.co.uk, or http://www.thekraftylady.fr . Just type the following code in at the promo code box on checkout and 10% will be magically deducted from the total!

Promo Code: KRAFTYFAIRTRADE

I'm currently listing all sorts of exciting new Fair Trade products, including bags, wallets, hats... and even poi! And you may haave noticed the body jewellery section is looking a bit low - keep checking back over the next couple of weeks for some fantastic new products and ranges! There's lots to be excited about.

Also please keep an eye out for our ad and promo code in the new Festival Guide which is out in May, and we'll once again be donning the purple shirts to take part in the London Bridges Walk for Kidney Research UK in July; a 7 mile walk which takes us over the bridges of London - hopefully with better weather this year, although it still didn't put us off! See our Gallery Page for photos of last year's event, and if you're feeling generous please go to:

https://www.kidneyresearchukevents.org/profile.aspx?a=1705436132410025504
and sponsor us; the money goes directly to Kidney Research and you can even Gift Aid your donation to make it more worthwhile. We want to thank everyone that sponsored us last year - we raised over £300 for Kidney Research UK, and plan to beat that with £500 this year! :-)
So that about wraps it all up for now - we'll be in touch very soon with more updates, but in the meantime thanks for sticking with us and have a fabulous Fairtrade Fortnight!

Viki and Paul

www.thekraftylady.com January Clearout Sale Thingy!

2009-01-06T13:02:00.003Z

First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Yay for 2009! I hope it has been treating you all very well so far...

Secondly, SALE! Yup, we're having a major clearout at the shop (www.thekraftylady.com www.thekraftylady.co.uk www.thekraftylady.fr) to make some room for the really funky Fair Trade items we've been promising to get more of. There's lots of great bargains to be had, and it must all go so we can get the new bits in - it's really exciting!

The festive season saw most of our cool scarves, hats and gloves sold out; I've been searching for more but everyone's in the same boat - it seems Fair Trade is becoming even more popular which is fantastic! We will be getting new stock very soon, so please keep popping back for more surprises:-)

Enjoy browsing through our sale items or simply having a click about the shop, and we look forward to seeing you in the shop in 2009!

Viki & Paul xxx

DIY Jewellery & Ear Stretcher Kits @ www.thekraftylady.com

2008-12-08T17:41:00.001Z

Hey all, wow, what a mental day…

They said on the news this morning that it is expected to be the busiest day for online retailers - I didn’t take them seriously enough! We’ve nearly sold out of Fair Trade scarves and gloves, so grab them whilst they’re here!

Anyway, I fought through most of the parcels and packages and survived the day, and even found the time to list the new ‘DIY Jewellery’ section. It’s full of little bits and bobs that you’d normally have to pay a lot for and buy in bulk to customise your accessories! However, we’ve done it more like a pick ‘n’ mix section to make it cheaper and more interesting for you guys and girls We’re still trialing the section at the moment, so you’ll see things being added (and taken away!) pretty frequently. Please pop by and take a look!

I’ll also be adding our first lot of ear stretcher kits by the end of the week, starting with spikes and omegas but the range will be expanding all the time from the new year. And look out for some really exciting belly bars coming in very soon as well!

Well, I hope you are all enjoying the festive season so far… Drop by and see us at www.thekraftylady.com, www.thekraftylady.co.uk or www.thekraftylady.fr and we’ll give you a very warm welcome, a virtual mince pie and some top service!

I’ll be back soon with some more updates, but thought I ought to keep you lot posted and well-informed!

Have a great week, folks… until next time……..
Viki & Paul

VAT Discount

2008-12-01T12:11:00.002Z

Hello!

I hope you are well. Wow, the 1st of December already - time has really flown by this year! And of course, today the VAT rate has been reduced making shopping a more pleasant experience throughout December! :-)

At The Krafty Lady we do not meet the VAT threshold, and we pass those huge savings on to all of our customers every day - because we don't pay VAT, neither do you. But, to keep inline with new lower VAT rate, and because we value all of our customers, we have provided a 2.5% discount code which you can find on the front page of the shop, or at the bottom of this email. You simply type it in to the Promo Code box at checkout and it will automatically be deducted for you!

You can find out more about why we don't pay VAT on our VAT page, in the right-hand column of our website.

We'll be in touch again before the festivities begin, but in the meantime have a fantastic December and happy shopping! :-)
Viki and Paul

PROMO CODE: VATOFF

Celebrating 10,000+ Hits at Wordpress with 10% Discount for You!

2008-11-20T13:08:00.001Z

WOW! I can't believe that out Wordpress blog has now had over 10,000 hits! Thanks so much to everyone who pops by to keep up-to-date with all the news, it's great to know that there are people listening! :-)

As a thanks we've put together this special 10% discount code just for our blog readers (because you're all lovely). Just spend £5.00 or more and type the follwing code into the promo box at the checkout and 10% will automatically be deducted from your order until 23/12/08!

PROMO CODE TO TYPE IN AT CHECKOUT: KRAFTYWORD10

There are some really nice items in the shop at the moment, including our wind-powered cards, new Fairtrade ranges and some beautiful jewellery such as our Tibetan range and our Italian-style glass necklaces. Plus, of course, our awesome body jewellery and ear stretcher range which just keeps getting bigger and bigger (I can't stop finding cool additons to add to them!). And PLEASE check out the awesome hats!!!!!!!! :-D

And don't forget if you need any ear stretching advice at all it's all totally free! Just post a comment on the wordpress blog with your question or email it to: sales@thekraftylady.co.uk and I'll get back to you asap - if it's urgent, mark it so, number one!

And in case any of you are interested in anything other than the discount code ( ;-D ), then here's an updated list of all the websites you can find us on now!

www.thekraftylady.com - Our main website

www.thekraftylady.co.uk - For the U.K.

www.thekraftylady.fr - For France

www.youtube.com/thekraftylady - Our Youtube Video Channel!

www.myspace.com/thekraftylady - Add us on MySpace for more discount codes and offers

http://thekraftylady.blogspot.com - Check out our blog at Blogspot

http://thekraftylady.wordpress.com - Our most popular blog - Wordpress!

http://thekraftylady.ning.com - Our very own social network - find people just like you!

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=107959778257603214112.00000113071ac5bf39ad9 - Check out our 'Tour of the World' on Googlemaps; some weird stuff, some cool stuff, and some famous stuff. The world as you've never seen it before! (And has already had nearly 3,000 views!)

http://thekraftylady.spaces.live.com/default.aspx - Add us on Windows Live for more promo codes and offers

http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/group.php?gid=6972015780&ref=ts - Join our Facebook group (more discount codes!)

http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/pages/Ashford-United-Kingdom/The-Krafty-Lady/7171183054?ref=ts - Become a fan on Facebook and we will love you forever. Oh, and more discount codes! ;-D

Thanks again guys and girlies - we look forward to seeing you around and about on the internet, hope you'll come and visit us soon!

Until next time................

2008-09-25T11:45:00.001+01:00

Hey all!
Hello!
Wow, it seems like ages ago I started doing a complete overhaul of the shop, but it was actually only a week.... :-) Anyway, just to keep you lovely wonderful amazing people updated on the situation, we WILL be back online this week! And I shall be sending out new discount codes as a thanks for being so patient and lovely, so sign up to our Facebook group or Fanpage (search in the search bar: The Krafty Lady), to take advantage of that.

Basically, we are desperate to sell more Fair Trade items, because everyone seems to love them, we love them, and they're really cool products; so you're going to see a lot more of them in the next couple of months.

Our jewellery section is also expanding - the new stock is coming in over the next couple of days and I'm almost wetting my pants I'm so excited! There's some really nice pieces.
We will, of course, still be doing body jewellery and ear stretchers - in fact, we're going all-out and expanding the section, so they'll be a lot more choice, including larger size stretchers, gemstone stretchers and some other cool surprises!

And our Witchcraft/Spiritual section is also expanding - there are some really nice handmade wands going in, plus lots more which I don't want to reveal because it will ruin the surprise!

We're also making sure our office is as green as it can be; We've got 100% Recycled Jiffy Bags, 100% Recycled Paper (plus we're now able to recycle all of our old paper, thanks to the recycling Blue Box scheme we've just signed up to), energy-saving light bulbs will also be fitted in my shiny new office, which is nearly ready! Yay! And a whole list of other things we're planning to do.On this note, if anyone knows where I can get some eco-friendly sellotape, parcel tape and business cards I'd appreciate the heads-up! We're still looking - I don't understand why recycled things are so damn expensive, when they're made from old rubbish! :-) I know, I know, it's the factory process to get the paper back to paper.... but still :-)

You might notice some other changes, too; but I'm not going to spoil anymore surprises! I'm working hard at the moment to get the shop back online, and it should be ready by Sunday, so please bear with me - and thanks so much to all of you who have been to the shop and emailed me to let me know it's offline! :-) We will be back and we are still The Krafty Lady, just slightly new and improved! BUT THE SAME GREAT PRICES.

I'll send out another email once we are open, thanks again for all your support during this mental time!

Viki

Oh! And don't forget, we're now available at:

www.thekraftylady.com

as well as

www.thekraftylady.co.uk
&
www.thekraftylady.fr

A Week in France - 2008

2008-09-11T14:40:00.001+01:00

More adventures in the sunny South of France - a picture slideshow with music.

Music: Barenaked Ladies - Another Postcard

HUGE SALE Now On!

2008-09-03T15:52:00.001+01:00

To make way for all of our lovely new Fair Trade and Ethical stock, plus our cool new Body Jewellery, we're having a HUGE sale! LOTS of our items are now half price or less, so check it out at the link below and see if there's anything that you fancy! I'll be adding more items continuously over the next few days so if you can't see anything now check back later - it all has to go!

http://www.thekraftylady.co.uk/sale-c-191.html

And don't forget if you spend £10 or more in September 2008 we'll give you a 15% Discount code; just in time for all our lovely new items, and the dreaded Festive Season! So you can treat yourself or a friend to something Fair Trade, Ethical and guilt-free! :-)

www.thekraftylady.com

2008-08-29T13:42:00.001+01:00

Good morning!

I do hope this cloudy weather will clear up soon - I'm starting to forget what the sun looks like!

We have been keeping very quiet at The Krafty Lady HQ recently, as we have been plotting the changes that are going to be coming about at the shop. It's happening, slowly but surely, and we don't want to ruin any of the exciting plans we've got by letting them slip ;-) It's all very cloak and dagger....

It's been hard these past couple of months what with the economy being the way it is, and, let's be honest nobody's got any money to spend - certainly not on clothing accessories when the price of food is so much higher these days, but we are keeping our prices as low as we can so that when you do decide to treat yourself you can do so without having to feel guilty about it! We're actually hoping to primarily stock body jewellery, handmade and Fair Trade items soon - we're not sure when the crossing over date will be as there's lots to get in place, and the cogs have been turning for what feels like months already! But we will get there - thanks to everyone's support and some hard work! And eventually I'll be having an over-haul on the design of the website. A lot to do between the two of us! But it's great fun and we can't wait to get stuck in.

As for the Fair Trade side of things, you people love it! As do we, so we're really glad that we're going to be able to stock more of it. The price of Fair Trade items has now gone up slightly; this is due to the rising fuel prices as often Fair Trade products travel hundreds of air miles and land miles, plus the cost of the raw materials (eg cotton) has also risen considerably. We will not be passing these price hikes on to our customers, and will do everything we can to charge a fair price. It is Fair Trade, after all!

Finally, (because I realise this gone has gone on a bit, but I haven't spoken to you for a while), you can now find us at our brand new web address (as well as the old ones!)

http://www.thekraftylady.com

So now we're even easier to find! Don't forget also if you find us on Facebook and join our groups and Fanpage we'll send out discount codes JUST for Facebook Friends!
That about wraps it up for now. Thanks for taking the time to read this and stand by us! I'll be in touch soon to let you know about new stock items and other exciting things! :-)

Until next time.....
Viki and Paul
The Krafty Lady
www.thekraftylady.com
www.thekraftylady.co.uk
www.thekraftylady.fr

Just a Quickie...

2008-07-24T11:43:00.001+01:00

It's been a while now since I had a chance to sit down and do a bit of blogging, but it has been a busy old time! Where to start is the question....

Our holiday/research trip in France was a much needed break and also opened our eyes to the World of opportunity that lay ahead. It was lovely to get back and have a fresh view on things, although we're both still finding it hard to readjust to the British way of rushing around and spending most of your life working hard with nothing to show for it! France is calling us and we have plans to move ourselves (and the business!) over there just as soon as we can.

We've also completed our walk for Kidney Research UK which was a fab day - thanks to everyone who sponsored us, we've raised £380 so far and still counting! The weather wasn't on our side that day - you can see pictures of the event on my Facebook page (search; "Viki Collins") or go to our website gallery at: http://www.thekraftylady.co.uk/pages.php?page=Gallery but it was still great fun and definitely for a good cause!

I know we've been talking about it for what seems like an age now (although this year has whizzed by and left us behind somewhat...), there are going to be some drastic changes to the shop over the next few months. My new office will be finished in a matter of weeks, which means we'll be a lot more organised and able to get tonnes more new and exciting items. I've already reduced the price of some of our older stock ready to make way for the new items. We're going to be stocking a lot more body jewellery, and as much stock as we can will be Fair Trade. ALL of our make-up section will be transformed into a 'Cruelty-Free' zone as we'll only be stocking products in which the ingredients and the final product is not tested on animals. This is a huge change for us but we think it's an important one. Fingers crossed things will be in place in time for the new year, but as always we'll keep you posted!

Thanks so much to everyone for your continued support - it's even more appreciated during these hard times, but we're determined to make it through and out of the otherside - and we can't do that without your help, so thank you!

I'll be back with more updates soon - see you then!

Funny Google

2008-06-23T09:50:00.001+01:00

If you're ever having a blank moment on the internet, try using Google as your entertainment! :-)
Type in the following phrases - you have to be on the MAIN Google page everytime you type in a new phrase.
Also make sure you include the word "google" if it's in the phrase (type it as it's written below), and instead of pressing the Google search button you must click the "I'm feeling lucky" button... Enjoy!

google gothic

google emo

google this

google me

google gulp

elgoog

google cheese

google valentines

google easter egg

google vsd

google 133T

google loco

xx-klingon

google christmas

google chuck norris

google irish

google god

google religion

Cat in the Cupboard - Hiding Places and Funny Friends...

2008-06-19T10:25:00.001+01:00

Lost in the Blinding Whiteness

2008-04-18T11:26:00.001+01:00

The whiteness... the endless...ness... Stretching on beyond the huuuuuman imagination. Desolation of the soul. OOOH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!

That pretty much sums up my feelings over the past few weeks. I knew that running a business would be hard work, and I love it - don't get me wrong! But I am finding it hard to make a choice between working hard and keeping in touch with my friends - something I appear to be pretty crap at recently :-( So I've decided that for the next few weeks I'll be working one 24 hour day a week so that I can use the quiet of night to reply to all my friends and keep up with what everyone's been up to!

Apart from feeling a bit low because we've both been missing out on some serious 'friend action', the shop has been through a lot of changes - all good, we hope! So things on that front are very well indeed. The front page has had a bit of a move around so you'll notice that certain links are on the other side of the page now! We were getting so many categories that our other pages like our stretching guide and charity page links were disappearing off the bottom of the page so that's been sorted out now which is great news.

We've also had so much new stock into the shop it's been hard to find the time to list it all! But we got there in the end. There's some great new ranges - including more surgical steel ear tapers than we've ever had before, including spikes in various sizes, claws and some very cool "nail" effect 4mm stretchers!

There's lots of new sterling silver jewellery, some very cool pewter Gothic pendants, new Gothic armoured rings (which are pretty hardcore!), LOTS more bags including coffin vanity cases, new coffin wallets, Fair Trade bags and wallets..... so quite a lot! In other sections of the shop you'll find a much wider range of things - our incense and candles section is slowly being added to and we'll be extending the range in there soon. Also if you're a bit of a schmoker on the quiet check out the new R2-D2 Bongs! They're really funky - also got some other great bongs and some awesome little pipes in there. Again we're expanding our range all of the time - especially aince I'm constantly frustrated that we haven't got enough stuff :-)

So it's a really exciting time for us right now, if a little busy! It's also really great to see the Facebook groups and fanpages are going up - would love to see some more people at "Ning"; our own social network (http://thekraftylady.ning.com) but it's so nice to see the huge amount of support we have. Even more so as I haven't had time to keep in touch with everyone recently, so everyone's been really patient with me and I really, REALLY appreciate that.

On that note I will be emailing out to our Facebook friends this week to give them our brand new 10% Discount promo code - so if you want to be in on that you need to join our Facebook group - just search for "The Krafty Lady" in the search bar and our group and Fanpage will come up!
That's about it for now - there's lots more to write about but I am in such a hurry once again to get some more bits in the shop and have it looking nice! Hope to see you all at Ning and on Facebook, and thanks again for all of the support and kind messages we have had so far!

Cat in the Cupboard - Funny Falling Accident

2008-03-27T09:47:00.001Z

Here's our cat Sky.

She enjoys exploring cupboar... (more)
Added: March 26, 2008
Here's our cat Sky.
She enjoys exploring cupboards and boxes, so when we put the two together she was in her element! But she wasn't expecting what happened when she got a bit too inquisitive...

The Talking Kitty Cat that says "Hello"...

2008-03-01T14:19:00.001Z

Closing the eBay Shop and Other Tales...

2008-02-18T14:57:00.000Z

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve been able to find five minutes to sit down and write out our Blog… Where to start?!

The launch of the new website went really well - so well, in fact, that we have decided to close down our eBay shop. You can still find us doing charity sales on eBay - just look for our new user ID: thekraftylady-vikiandpaul (I know it’s a bit of a mouthful!). You’ll also find a few wholesale/job lots on there, which are leftover bits from the old shop - lots of bargains to be had.....

We’ve found some awesome items to put in the shop, and I’ll be able to get back to making things throughout the next couple of weeks, so they’ll be lots more handmade items available, as well as loads of cool clothes and accessories. It’s so exciting! But it has been really hard work, although it’s all good fun! Paul’s going to be making some more things out of wood soon, and I’m really looking forward to being able to list those in the shop. He’s been working really hard recently doing our bathroom - we haven’t got one at the moment! Which has proved to be a bit of a nightmare to say the least.... but we’re well on the way to having a new one put in - yay!

We’ve also been having some fun setting up The Krafty Lady Kam - our new webcam which shows what’s going on at The Krafty Lady HQ! It’s not switched on all of the time (thank goodness, I’m not great to look at first thing in the morning!), but it’s definitely worth a look - if only to prove that we ARE working hard!

And we’ll be getting out and about a bit more in the next few weeks, which I’m looking forward to - including a visit to the Terracotta Army at The British Museum for my birthday, so that should be really nice. I’m also planning on getting out in the garden soon and planting the first of our crop for this year… The weather has been so beautiful here I can’t resist going out in the garden and getting some fresh air! I’ve already planted some herbs indoors, so hopefully that’ll be keeping us busy over the next few weeks, too!

So, all-in-all a busy but exciting time for us all! If you haven’t checked out the new website already then you should! :-) I’m listing new items everyday and although it’s being populated slowly the stock is growing all of the time. We’d love to put your pics up in our gallery page too, so take a snap of yourself with our items and email them over to: thekraftylady@googlemail.com - can’t wait to see them! :-)