New style from old clothes
Looking to add some new style to your old clothes, consider Tie-Dying them. It’s a simple and fun exercise to add some new colour and make something fresh and exciting. Scrunch the clothes up, tie them…
Quick Sale: Patterns from 50p
It’s 2025, and Art and Craft Valley is welcoming it with a quick sale and a clear out! Knitting patterns in the discount box are now 50p each. The sale is while stocks last, so if you…
Transfer images with Mod Podge – or without?
Hope you all had a good Christmas, and now we are back after the break with another craft idea. There’s a technique floating around for a while that lets you make your own image transfers with a…
Christmas Opening Times
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Art & Craft Valley! Currently, known times are 25th – Christmas Day Closed 26th – Boxing Day Closed 27th – Open 9:30 – 4:30 28th – Open 9:30 –…
Block Printing for Kids
Here’s a new craft for kids of all ages (and if you think you are too old for this, you aren’t), with a fun introduction to Lino printing. These kits contain everything you need to get started…
Make your own Stained Glass for Christmas
For Christmas 2024, you can find a range of craft kits in store including Pyrography and calligraphy or even Rock Painting, but for this update we’re focusing on stained glass. There are always a range of ink…
22 years of Art and Craft Valley
That’s right – AC Valley turns 22 today. 22 Years of Art, Craft, Wool, Knitting, Sewing, Painting and many more crafts. To Celebrate, we are offering 20% off Christmas Fabrics. So stop in and help us celebrate.
Tutorial: Sequined Pudding decoration
Making sequin decorations with polystyrene shapes is an old technique. When I first encountered this forty years ago, it was called pinfleur, but since then it has been called pin-art, sequin art and many other names. Whatever…
Crafty Polystyrene shapes
Make your own Christmas Decorations, with these shapes as a useful base. There’s a range of shapes in stock, from basic shapes like rings and balls to more complicated cones and bells.# Make an indoor wreath by…
