Crafting for Good Blog
Crafting for good is about helping yourself and others through creativity.
Visiting this site and purchases from our not-for-profit shop all help our community work...we call it Robin Hood crafting; those that can, helping those that can't.
Mother's Day Printables
Crafting for Good: printables, community work & volunteering
We sell creative printables to help fund our community work helping people enjoy creative wellbeing: download our printable greeting cards and papercraft kits knowing that, as a not-for-profit social enterprise, your money is supporting a social cause.
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Card Making Supplies - The Paperbox
Why our social enterprise is happy to recommend The Paperbox for card making supplies and wedding DIY
Nursing Home Activities & Activity Coordinators
How creativity in nursing home activities and the role of the Activity Coordinator can be made easier for the benefit of everyone
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Weaving The Unremembered
Weaving used to remember The Unremembered from our World War 1 project with Big Ideas
New Rectangle Pop Up Box Cards for Christmas
Everything you love about Pop Up Box cards but now with more space to display fabulous scenes - here's what you get inside a kit and a link to the new downloads for Christmas.
Funders of Crafting4Good CIC
Read about our funders who have helped Crafting4Good CIC get off the ground and develop our social enterprise
Pink Pig Donation
Today we had the pleasure of meeting two ladies from Pink Pig International when they brought us some boxes of offcuts AND some lovely black scrapbooks suitable for our Unremembered project.
I haven't had a chance to look inside the boxes yet but there were some lovely colourful bags of papers too - they handmake a huge range of scrapbooks, notebooks, watercolour and sketchbooks just down the road from us.
I'll be writing more once we've had a delve into the goodies but the reason we are excited to work with them is their use of paper which is sourced sustainably or recycled where possible, and the fact that they clearly try to minimise their waste by distributing it to local schools, and now us.
(including personalised covers!)
The Unremembered: Labour Corps Project
Our community project commemorating those in the Labour Corps during World War 1
Social Impact from Crafting4Good CIC
Social impact in various ways through our not-for-profit craft company, and how you can help too.
October Birth Flower Printables
Just added to our store, these fabulous October birth flower printables feature the autumn tones of the Calendula flower and elegant Opal gemstone. This combo bundle from Anni Arts includes over 50 printable pages in 11 digital kits, listed below - that's PLUS you can Sell What You Make if you're a craft seller or charity fundraiser*
Aren't these teacup cradle cards just gorgeous!
- 3D Teacup, Saucer and Spoon Set
- 3D Mug and Latte Spoon Set
- Cradle Teacup, Envelope & Tea Bag Packet
- Tall Boot Card, Special Envelope & Layers
- Handbag Gift Packet & Layers
- Truffle / Gift Boxes
- Cupcake Wraps & Toppers
- Chocolate Bar Wrappers Set
- Quick Print Card Making Kit, Elements & Envelope
- 4 Coordinating Pages in Pastel Geo Patterns
- Bonus printable borders and tags
File Size: 46MB
*Please note Anni Arts printables cannot be used as group activities without permission from Anni Arts, please contact us if you need to use them in group settings. You are still OK to make and sell them as an individual on behalf of a community group or organisation.
Self-Care Ideas
Self-care ideas for creative wellbeing e.g. journaling, easy no-sew comfy cushions, dreamcatcher patterns etc
Using Printable Card Fronts for Making Handmade Cards
One of the members of a craft group run by our community centre made a card using our printable floral card set, adhering it onto cardstock and a coordinating piece of background paper and adding some fabric flowers from our donated stock. We think it looks great!
It was made using one of the designs in our Floral Card Making Set - 8 fabulous designs to add to your own choice of base and decorate as you wish. These designs are mostly straight edges and designed to be easy cutting. Perfect for group activities and you can Sell What You Make if you're fundraising.
If you live near Wakefield, Colourful Crafts meet every Thursday afternoon at St Swithun's Community Centre, Eastmoor
Quick Printable Greeting Card Ideas
Try a quick printable greeting card if you're in a hurry, or new to handmade cards and want something really easy.
Printable Santa Claus Christmas Card Set - £1.50
Make your own handmade Christmas cards with this easy, printable card making set - your download will include 8 designs (2 per sheet) with the following elements to cut out and design with:
- Toppers or card fronts
- Sentiments
- Paper ribbon strips
Combine as you wish and adhere to your own choice of card, creating your own handmade cards.
- Print as many as you need
- Create different cards with the same design or decoupage layers on the main panel
- You can also Sell What You Make
Each of the main pictures measures approximately 4x4 inches (for the circle and square panels) or 4x5 inches (for the oval and rectangle panels).
What's New
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Crafting for Good: printables, community work & volunteering
We sell creative printables to help fund our community work helping people enjoy creative wellbeing: download our printable greeting cards and papercraft kits knowing that, as a not-for-profit social…
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Card Making Supplies - The Paperbox
Why our social enterprise is happy to recommend The Paperbox for card making supplies and wedding DIY
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Nursing Home Activities & Activity Coordinators
How creativity in nursing home activities and the role of the Activity Coordinator can be made easier for the benefit of everyone
