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Last Shopping week online before Christmas…

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Christmas is so close we can smell it!  The nostalgic scent of pine as we decorate the tree or the wafts of allspice and mulled wine emerging from the kitchen.  Mince pies are now officially part of your five a day, so breathe it all in and let this Christmas be the best yet! The [...]

Folksy Festive Sampler

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The Sampler It’s here! Take a peek at the online version of our Folksy Festive Sampler showcasing work from some of the best craftspeople from around the UK. 20,000 copies of this year’s sampler are being distributed by our paper girls and boys who kindly volunteered to deliver them to various locations around the UK, [...]

Happy holidays from Folksy

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2009 has been a big year for Folksy and we just wanted to say thanks to all our buyers, sellers and partners for making it such a success. The site has really grown since this time last year and it’s been very busy in the run up to Christmas. We’ve attracted a lot of new [...]

Featured items: The final countdown

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Last posting dates are coming up fast as the Christmas countdown continues. Our featured items are another top selection of Christmas gifts. Have a look, there’s something for everyone. Visit this week’s top picks. Our new featured sellers: Niche – charming handmade necklaces, dolls and gifts from Fee in Scotland Loglike – creative gifts featuring [...]

Upcycle Christmas – The People’s Choice

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There’s now just under two days left in the Upcycle Christmas eBay auction. It’s all in aid of Sue Ryder Care, so get bidding! The voting also closed last night on the People’s Choice category of the competition. And so, as at 10pm yesterday, the item with the most ‘favourites’ was… Ingrid, from Rose Lullaby [...]

Upcycle Christmas #Winners

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Hello, The judges all came back today with their choices in the four categories (Update: see also the peoples’ choice winner). So, without further ado the winners of the four categories are: Best Use of Materials: Charity Shop Orphans by Fuzzywork Loved the idea of just painting over somebody else’s work and making it your [...]

Upcycle Christmas #Update

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We’ve had 132 146 entries to the Upcycle competition and we’ve been overwhelmed by the effort and the thought that has gone into so many of the pieces. Thank you so much all of you who took part. You can see them all here. This is one of our favourites in the office: The judges [...]

Featured sellers and Christmas gifts

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The Christmas countdown continues and the featured items are another top selection of Christmas gifts. Visit this week’s top picks. Our new featured sellers: Bookity – beautiful book-themed items for bibliophiles Pants and Paper – delightful brooches and gifts made from recycled fabrics Champignons – curious screenprinted notebooks and prints Myfuroshiki – furoshikis are a [...]

Festive Sampler

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We’ve had a busy week. This is mainly due to a conversation that I had with Russell that went something like this: Me: how’s the Newspaper Club project coming on? Russell: yeah, good Me: be great to do a newspaper for Folksy next year. With hindsight it would have been good to do a Christmas [...]