Sponge U Like at YOFI Tea & Make

Sally's talented sister will be joining us again in Herefordshire with her yummy baking venture Sponge U Like. So after all the riverside shopping and bunting making, you can relax at YOFI's Cider Fest with a slice of yummy cake and a glass of sparkling perry.

Lucie Sheridan at YOFI Tea & Make

We've been busy hand-picking the best the West Country has to offer for our Herfordshire-bound Tea & Make, so here is another Bristol-based artist, the lovely Lucie Sheridan. Check out www.luciesheridan.co.uk and www.luciesheridan.blogspot.com to find out more about her gorgeous work.

Tyrrells supporting Tea & Make at YOFI!

We're really happy to say that Tyrrells, the deliciously yummy potato chip makers, will be supporting Tea & Make at YOFI.  Local to the event, the Tyrrells farm is is also based in Herefordshire.  We love a bit of patriotic branding, and the Tyrrells' "Best of British" competition at the moment is just lovely!  As they say on the site "In exchange for your definitions of 'Great Britishness', we're offering a fantastic monthly line up of British themed prizes, including classic car weekends, luxury Featherdown Farm stays and delightful Baileys Home & Gardens vouchers." - not bad at all!

Our Tea & Make at YOFI poster

 


















Feel free to post this to your blogs etc, but if you own a shop or have somewhere you could paste this up for real, then please email esther@teaandmake.co.uk and I will send you an A4 or A3 print-quality version! Thank you!

The postcard has gone to print and looks like...

this on one side...

and this on the other...

Elin Thomas at YOFI Tea & Make

We are really looking forward to trying on and falling in love with, Bristol-based Elin's wonderful jewellery! Have a little look at what to expect:
elintm.blogspot.com
elintm.bigcartel.com

Paul Farrell confirmed for YOFI Tea & Make

We are really really pleased to welcome Bristol-born Paul Farrell back for his second Tea & Make. Paul's instantly-recognisable style is simple and beautiful, and we think his work will look very at home by the river at Symonds Yat West. 
www.paul-farrell.co.uk
www.paul-farrell.blogspot.com
www.twitter.com/thepaulfarrell

Goldlion Studio confirmed for YOFI Tea & Make

We've been asking Goldlion to be at one of our Tea & Makes since we started, so are really happy that they will be joining us on 11th September. For a sneak preview of what to expect from them, check out their lovely web site at www.goldlionstudio.com

Saturday 11th September - join us in Herefordshire!

here:

More details coming very soon...

Lovely finds

Est and I have a bit of a habit of sending (literally) hundreds of links to each other, sharing lovely things that we've found - today we both sent each other photos of things we'd treated ourselves to!  Hair clips from Urban Outfitters and shoes from Top Shop...

'Spotted' over on Central Station

We had a lovely email this morning from Erin at Central Station, to say that we had been mentioned in their 'Spotted' section of the site. If you don't already use Central Station, then we really recommend it - it's a great creative social networking site, so do give it a go!

T & M at the E. Dulwich Fest

Esther and I had SUCH a lovely day at the East Dulwich Festival on Goose Green one Sunday - all the way back in May now. 

As always, we were so impressed by what the kids drew and made - some brought a little tear to our eyes!  There was flag-making, bunting making (which we strung along the front and sides of our little stall) and some incredible badges were made - some of which we were almost on the verge of buying back from the kids! 

Can't wait to do it again next year...

We're still here but been a bit busy...

Sorry for the lack of blogging recently everyone - Esther and I have (amongst recovering from the fun but madness of the V&A Friday Late) been busy doing all sorts - going to weddings, adding to the rabbit empire, getting tattoos, working hard on a PhD, eating cake at Browns of Brockley with dogs on our laps, sitting in our gardens, running a furniture company, visiting new family cocker spaniels...... BUT we are finding time to work on our next event so we will let you know about it soon - we're aiming for August and look forward to telling you more v. soon.  Look out for a post over the next few days, on the lovely little stall we had at the East Dulwich Festival Fair back in May - so many sweet little creative types out there!

T&M at The V&A - you're all such a clever lot, those of you who visited!

Check out the piccies from our 'Stitched Up' Friday Late at The V&A a couple of weeks ago - it was great!  People were making the most amazing things all night!
























Pic courtesey of The V&A's flickr stream

Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!

So we're getting mega excited about Friday now!  Esther and I have been working every spare minute of the day (and night) for the last few months on this project - we've enjoyed every minute of it but can't wait for it to happen now!  We're really sorry we've not been able to blog as much as we usually would - it's just been a tad hectic for us both but we are so, so pleased with what our artists and designers have come up with in the way of workshops and as ever, are so impressed by their creativity, enthusiasm and the top, top quality of their work - check out the websites for all involved at the bottom of this post.

Here is the full program, now live on The V&A's site http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/events/friday_evenings/friday_late/events/april_2010/index.html - We cannot wait to see you there for some tea, cake and making...

Needles at the ready for an evening exploring all things stitched! Join us as we celebrate the Quilts 1700-2010 exhibition with an exploration of British craft traditions. Take a seat at our garden tea party and get crafty with established and emerging contemporary artists and designers.

DJ Johnny Chrome and Silver
Grand Entrance
18.30-21.50
Let Johnny Chrome and Silver of Time for Tea lead you to a world of polka dots and moonbeams with a selection of 50's cocktail music and jazz.

The Stitch Surgery
Collection Point: Grand Entrance
18.30-21.45
Collect a pack of goodies and transform them into a beautiful rosette brooch or patch.
If in doubt visit one of our Stitch Surgeries for some help and advice.
Material, needles and thread generously supplied by Coats Crafts.

The Tea & Make Garden Tea Party
John Madejski Garden and Café
18.30-21.45
Join your co-hosts, Tea & Make, for a truly original twist on the traditional Garden Tea Party.
With thanks to Coats Crafts.

Girl Racer
The 1970's Atari style racing game just got a little crafty! Take part in Clare Thornton's fun interactive sewing contest, presented during IgFest 2008 (Festival Award for Best Use of Technology). Four contestants will race against the clock in a battle of who can cross the finishing line first, only - the race tracks are made from 2m long rolls of paper printed with many obstacles to avoid. The first to cross the finishing line wins a chocolate medal. The fastest Girl or Boy Racer of the night wins a special rosette and a Tea & Make craft pack.

Patchwork Keepsake
Artist Zeena Shah will be creating an interactive quilting installation detailing our collective memory of the Tea & Make garden party - using the British quilting tradition to create a keepsake for the V&A. During the course of the evening she will create a patchwork quilt installation through workshops such as cross stitching, patchworking and appliqué, working onto various fabrics, and using these craft techniques to create individual patches.

A Monster for London
Tokyo has Godzilla, New York has King Kong and California has the 50 Foot Woman, but London is currently lacking any memorable oversized menace… Join Annabelle Hartmann and Kenn Munk as they explore mythical creatures to bring their own special twist on rural folklore to the V&A! Create your own paper-finger-puppet-monster by choosing from a range of body part rubber stamps and 'patching' together a scary menace Monster-makers will have the opportunity to pitch their creation against a choice of famous London landmarks, in a battle that is something between Rock-Paper-Scissors and Top Trumps.

Sketch-a-thread
Join artist Barbara Ryan as she creates an installation of threaded cross-stitch-style patterns. Participants will have the opportunity to choose from 200mm squared card with different configurations/sizes of laser cut holes. With their choice of coloured yarns participants will thread their design onto the card. The finished squares will then be added to a large hanging installation that will evolve over the course of the evening.

Gigantic Weaving Loom
Join textile artist Sara Tierney at our oversized loom, and have a go at weaving your own piece of magic.

DJ Doug Shipton
For your listening pleasure we present a bespoke guided tour of global folk treasures and lesser-spotted songbirds courtesy of Doug Shipton, renowned record hound, international DJ and co-founder of Finders Keepers Records.

Plus many more activities, including table-top craft boxes, a community notice board and an opportunity to share your handmade wares with the rest of the party.  There will also be prizes for the best crafts created on the night.

With special thanks to the volunteers from Dulwich Quilters, Region 1 of the Quilters Guild.
All events are free and drop-in, unless stipulated otherwise.
Filming and photography will be taking place at this event.

CONTACTS:
Tea and Make: www.teaandmake.co.uk
Time for Tea: www.timefortea.org.uk
Coats Crafts: www.coatscrafts.co.uk
Clare Thornton: www.clare-thornton.blogspot.com
Zeena Shah: www.heartzeena.etsy.com
Annabelle Hartmann: www.zeit-geister.blogspot.com
Kenn Munk: www.kennmunk.com
Barbara Ryan: www.bfrmag.blogspot.com
Sara Tierney: www.sara-tierney.co.uk
Finders Keepers Records: www.finderskeepersrecords.com
Quilters Guild: www.quiltersguild.org.uk

The Stitch Surgery

As well as our own mini Tea & Make within the Friday Late event next week, we have been working on the styling of The V&A's 'The Stitch Surgery' for the night.  From 6:30pm 'til 9:45pm you can collect a pack from the grand entrance of The V&A, which will include all that you need to make your own rosette or patch.  The other 3 Stitch Surgery points dotted around the museum are manned, or should we say, "womaned" by the lovely lady volunteers from Dulwich Quilters, Region 1 of the Quilters Guild, who will be able to help you with any possible stitching "issues" you encounter as you make your little creation throughout the night.

Lovely logo by Esther as usual!

Collection Point: Grand Entrance
18.30-21.45
Collect a pack of goodies and transform them into a beautiful rosette brooch or patch.
If in doubt visit one of our Stitch Surgeries for some help and advice.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/events/friday_evenings/friday_late/events/april_2010/index.html

Handmade: A British Craft Exhibition at Fortnum & Mason

For more info visit their web site here.

dotcomgiftshop

The lovely people over at dotcomgiftshop have been kind enough to blog about us! Check it out here.

And here are a couple of examples of the lovely goodies you'll find on their site:

Union Jack Rose & Heart Doormat, £15.95

 

Pack of 12 Traditional Pencils, £1.95

They've also been lovely enough to help us out with lots of the props you'll see at The V&A next Friday - thanks guys!

http://www.dotcomgiftshop.com/ 

News

Sorry it's been a little quiet on the T&M blogging front!  With lots of little projects coming up, it's been tricky to pin one down specifically to tell you about.  Probably the most exciting piece of news in T&M's short history (!) to date, is that The V&A have asked us to put on a Tea & Make for their next Friday Late to celebrate their promoted-everywhere-ever Quilts: 1700-2010 exhibition (http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/textiles/quilts-1700-2010/)!  It's taken a lot of planning (and still is!) but it's going to be such a lovely evening!  We'll be unveiling news on who will be joining us for this free event over the next few weeks but pencil it into your diaries now - Friday 30th April 6:30pm - 10pm!

http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/events/friday_evenings/friday_late/events/april_2010/index.html

We're tweeting...

We're busy working away behind the scenes on two (no less) Tea & Make events which are coming up very soon - we'll let you know about the first one tomorrow hopefully - they're soooo exciting we can't wait to tell you!  In the meantime, for those of you who like a bit of a Tweet every now and then, you'll see that we've started having a go too, so when we don't have time to post a more comprehensive blog entry with lots of nice images, you'll find us over at Twitter updating you in an instant!  See you there - http://twitter.com/TeaAndMake