Created in Birmingham

This news is good news. Creative Open Workshops are going to open a weekly handmade arts and crafts market in the city centre:

The new Handmade Market will be located at the award-winning Bullring Markets, along Edgbaston Street, from St Martin’s down to Debenhams, every Saturday and Sunday [...] We plan to roll in the launch of the Market will just 30 artists, with others joining every month.

we’re now looking for high-quality local artists, illustrators, photographers, designer-makers, crafters, etc. to join us! All work displayed at the Market must be handmade, and made by the artist.

Read this post for info about how to get involved with that.

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This weekend, Saturday 12 December, we have 17 talented artists showcasing and selling their work from the Creative Open Workshops space.

Them artists will be:

• Button Lea
• Once upon a Tin
• Lady and Small
• Kirsty Davies
• Rachel Warren
• The Matthew Craig DOT com
• Sally Pepper
• Laura Cameron
• Richard Johnson
• Gemma Donegan
• Jaccylee Jewellery
• My Twin Teddy
• Kizzy Knits
• Peeko Crochet
• Handmade by Tigerlily
• Said Label
• Nelly Schokker

Announcement time.

Created in Birmingham are going to be running the mulled wine stall at the Kings Heath Big Christmas Party on 5 December. Woo-hoo!

Stop. Flyer time:

If you’re about then please do come and say hi, this blogging stuff is lovely but real life’s great too. Also, the money you spend at our stall will go towards the Kings Heath Centre Partnership and the maintenance of this fair website. Oh yeah, but please drink moderately (we should have hot chocolate for sale too).

There are details of the event here and a PDF of the programme here. Good things that are happening:

• Muchuu performing at 5pm
• a farmers market
• a vintage market at the Hare & Hounds
• Creative Open Workshops decorating Santa’s grotto from 10am-1pm
• stalls selling stuff by local designer/makers

This’ll be CiB Project 001 and the first of many. In fact, details of CiB Project 002 are coming soon and it’s a good un. Oh yes.