Craft and Create North East CIC

02/01/2026

Just a quick reminder that we’re back with workshops from tomorrow! 🎉

First up is needle felting - snow globe pictures at CafeatNetpark starting at 10am. Come along and learn how to “paint with wool” with this relaxed and friendly group, no experience necessary! And of course a well deserved cuppa is included ☕️🫖

https://square.link/u/tpMy5jdS

01/01/2026

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EDIT - NOW CLOSED. WINNER SELECTED IN THE COMMENTS! 🎉

To celebrate hitting 500 followers we’ve decided to give you a New Year’s treat!!

For the chance to nab a workshop of your choice for you AND a friend all you have to do is:

🎉 Like this post
🎉 Tag the person you’d bring along if you get picked
🎉 Let us know which workshop you’d choose

We’ll draw the name of the lucky commenter on New Year’s Day and be in touch directly via messenger - please don’t click on any links or spam comments from people pretending to be us!

Please feel free to share and invite friends to follow the page and join in the fun!
This is in no way affiliated or endorsed by Meta/Facebook and is just a random act of kindness from us to you to thank you for all your support over the past few months.

Good luck! 🎉

31/12/2025

So as 2025 draws to a close we wanted to take this opportunity to thank our customers and followers for all your support!

It’s always a scary step starting something new but all three of us have been overwhelmed with the way things have gone since we began this new adventure in April. It’s been nothing short of amazing.

2026 is shaping up to be incredibly exciting with lots of workshops planned; and a new wellbeing group and the kids craft club starting, with lots more in the pipeline. We can’t wait!!

Plus don’t forget to check out the pinned post for the chance to nab a workshop for you and a friend as a thank you for supporting us!

Hope you all have a lovely New Year,

Love Ceri, Helen and Leanne xx

30/12/2025

Beat the January Blues with a creative workshop! 🎨

We’ve got a fantastic selection of activities available and the best thing is they’re at a better-than-fantastic price thanks to funding - prices are between £2.50 and £15 depending on the workshop.

Coming up in January we have…

💜 Sat 3rd: Needle felted snowglobe pictures - https://square.link/u/tpMy5jdS

🩷 Sat 10th: Monthly wellbeing group (Sedgefield) - https://square.link/u/GQWU6TTs

💜 Thu 15th: Monthly wellbeing group (Bear Park) - https://square.link/u/xTqGIY8b

🩷 Thu 15th: BRAND NEW “Crafting Creations” group (Spennymoor) - pay as you feel

💜 Sun 18th: Punch Needle Starry Night - am session sold out, pm session - https://square.link/u/e1fdwiaE

🩷 Fri 23rd: Lampshade making - https://square.link/u/RrZncy1c

💜 Sat 24th: BRAND NEW Monthly kids craft group (Tote Bags) - https://square.link/u/APVbeUSx

🩷 Sun 25th: Needle felted gonks - SOLD OUT

💜 Sun 25th: Crackle decoupage - https://square.link/u/mipyRE9R

🩷 Sat 31st - Wired Tree of Life - https://square.link/u/jTd6FrAj

28/12/2025

EDIT - NOW CLOSED. WINNER SELECTED IN THE COMMENTS! 🎉

To celebrate hitting 500 followers we’ve decided to give you a New Year’s treat!!

For the chance to nab a workshop of your choice for you AND a friend all you have to do is:

🎉 Like this post
🎉 Tag the person you’d bring along if you get picked
🎉 Let us know which workshop you’d choose

We’ll draw the name of the lucky commenter on New Year’s Day and be in touch directly via messenger - please don’t click on any links or spam comments from people pretending to be us!

Please feel free to share and invite friends to follow the page and join in the fun!
This is in no way affiliated or endorsed by Meta/Facebook and is just a random act of kindness from us to you to thank you for all your support over the past few months.

Good luck! 🎉

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas everyone!

Wishing you all a peaceful, joyous and creative Christmas 🎅🏻

Love Ceri, Helen and Leanne xx

24/12/2025

Day 24 of our Workshop Advent is…

Our wellbeing groups!

These are our core sessions; fully focused on the ethos that crafting is good for you!

These informal classes take place once a month (at the moment!) and offer a different activity each time, offering a taster of some different crafts without going as in depth as a dedicated workshop. The idea is more about getting together for some social crafting (no experience necessary) with a hot cuppa and some friendly faces, but of course you walk away with a creative project at the end of it.

At the moment we operate one class in Sedgefield, one in Bear Park near Durham, and we’re thrilled to say we’ll be launching “Crafting Connections” in Spennymoor in January!

We’re also looking for more venues to offer the same style of group elsewhere so if you know of anywhere we could run a session then please do let us know!

23/12/2025

Day 23 of our Workshop Advent is…

Concrete!

We introduced this session as an activity for a couple of children’s parties, and it was so popular we think it would make a great workshop for adults and kids alike!

The concrete casting powder that we use is fine-grained and low-dust, non-toxic, quick-drying, weatherproof and frost-proof! This makes it awesomely versatile so we think some make and paint sessions would be good - and for the adults, maybe a cheeky glass of fizz as a treat?

Let us know what you think!

22/12/2025

Day 22 of our Workshop Advent is…

Glass Painting!

In these relaxed and fun sessions Ceri shows you how to use specialist glass paints to create a design of your choice and then how to make those permanent for a long lasting and decorative addition - they’ve been incredibly popular classes and we’ve already got another scheduled for early 2026 to create Spring vases if you fancy having a go!

Don’t worry, you don’t need any prior skills - the session is more about just seeing where your creativity takes you (and for those of you feeling a little less creative than usual we have stencils etc to help get those artistic juices flowing!).

21/12/2025

Day 21 of our Workshop Advent is…

Felt flowers!

In this fab workshop Ceri will show you how to create stunning blooms from pre-felted material, and then we’ll add those flowers to a wreath to create a gorgeous addition to your decor!

As a twist we’ve initially created this workshop to combine with an afternoon tea for the ultimate indulgence! Our date at Bear Park is most sold out so we’ve added another, on March 21st at Sedgefield (the week after Mother’s Day if you’re looking for a gift idea 😉).

We’ll also be bringing this to various venues throughout the year as we think seasonal variations would be good too, so keep your eyes peeled for those!

20/12/2025

Day 20 of our Workshop Advent is…

Jesmonite!

This is one of Leanne’s workshops and went down a storm in the run up to Christmas when she used it to create tree decorations 🎄

Jesmonite is a eco-friendly and non-toxic alternative to things like plaster; and it’s really versatile - which means Leanne will be scheduling more workshops next year!

As always keep your eyes peeled on the page for all the details 👀