A New Season of Spells and Witch Craft

The days are darkening, the leaves are strew across the pavement and the winds off the Fylde coast are really picking up, it can only mean one thing: September!

Forget about all those who mourn the death of yet another year, here at Witchy Woo Crafts it always means fresh new starts and adventures in casting and crafting, with Hallowee'n the most beloved and sensually awakened of all seasons! 

To prove it, Witchy Woo has been busy updating her Folksy and Etsy shops in time for the grand old season of Hallowe'en! Included on there are some real treats:

•  the Me&FYC hair grips, with their burnt orange and black tones as a perfect accompaniment to any autumnal outfit, 
• as well as new experiments in hair bow-age, such as my ghoulishly gothic burgundy and black lace grips perfect for that vampy witch look!
• And a whole array of spootacular gifts for yourself, your home or another witchy familiar...

So why not take a sneaky peak? Go on, I dare you! Details are included on each of my pages via the tabs above, or more simply follow these links to my

Folksy page or Etsy page

Spooks be with you x

Blackpool Glorious Blackpool

If you, like myself, are a fan of our beautiful and bedazzled town then you might be interested in the BBC programme All Lit Up, which aired this morning.

The programme was presented by Laurence Llewelyn Bowen (the creative curator of the Blackpool Illuminations) and uses last night's centenary switch on of the Blackpool Lights as his starting point for exploring the resort's hidden heritage and glamour. I am a proud sandgrown Blackpudlian and though while it was a slightly biased, passionately positive representation of an often overlooked town, I feel it's this kind of 'good press' which we need in order to continue turning a corner in how the rest of the country sees us.

What I liked was that the programme made use of a lot of the often unknown but awe-inspiring facts which most visitors and locals do not know, such as: the town was the first to have electricity; that the man (Sir Hiram Maxim) who created the Flying Machines - the Pleasure Beach's oldest ride) also invented the machine gun; and that a lot of the unseen resplendent architecture which is hidden behind the doors of the Winter Gardens, Grand Theatre and Tower were designed by some of the most talented and revered architects of their day. This show has it all, so if you want to learn more follow the link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m9c6x

End of a Journey

It is upon us so soon: the final day of the Me&FYC boutique!

As one of the designers I can say it has been an enjoyable journey and though I haven't been able to go in as often as I'd have liked as I've been up in the Lakes this past week, it's been a pleasure to craft for. In addition to the excellent orchestration by Me&Yu in simply creating this stall, there have also been an array of events taking place, such as pamper evenings and discount nights, as well as specific talks arranged with those expert in making and marketing their crafts. I haven't been able to take advantage of many of these wonderful events, though the Making to Sell workshop with Me&Yu and Collette Halstead, was one I did get to and I felt it was really informative and well organised.

On a whole it has been a great opportunity for the town (and I hope its artists) and I do believe it is a small stepping stone from which we will propser.

So this is to say: Thank you to Me&Yu, thank you to the other designers, and thank you to those who have been in and looked around and even supported the local crafters. I hope we will see more of this in the future!

Witchy Woo Crafts on sale in Me&FYC!