This is just a little note to say goodbye from Ian and I as we reach the final closing of the Craft Barn.   We want to say a heartfelt thank you to you all for your support over the last 10 years.  We are going to really miss seeing and talking to you all even as we are looking forward to the next chapter of our lives.  We hope you will continue to craft and enjoy this wonderful hobby ..read more

Hi Once again we have been blown away by the numbers of orders placed once the 70% code went live. As of now I still have 35 orders to pick from 26th June but then we should be able to power through the rest of the outstanding orders as the volume of orders placed dropped significantly In the following days. If necessary we will work through the weekend to get up to date. Stock ..read more

Hi Folks A little heads up that I have changed the Discount code to 70%.  This can be used for any orders placed going forward.  We plan to leave this for a couple of weeks and then if there is still stock left we will do a few mega goody boxes. There are aprox 1500 different products still available, still plenty to choose from! Just a little reminder that there are now flat rate postage ..read more

Hi Folks I thought another update was in order as we work our way through the closing process.    I want to thank you for your patience as we managed the large number of orders we received after the 50% code went live.  It was both the number and the size of the orders which impacted on the time it took to process them.  After the issues we had when the stock system temporarily crashed, we ..read more

Hi Folks Thank you for your support over the last few weeks we are  very grateful for all your orders.  We are finally up to date and things are back to shipping in 24 to 48 hours. I still have the last batch of refunds to process which will happen very shortly. We are going to do a quick stock check and add the missing items on to the system and we are aiming to get the 70% off code up next ..read more

Hi Everyone Thank you for your support over the last few weeks and most especially this past week, we have been blown away by the number of orders we have received.I just need to give everyone an update on where we are.  Last Friday was so very busy we had an unprecedented number of orders, so much so that you actually managed to crash the cloud based stock control system and the link to ..read more

Hi Folks I have some news to share with you all.  We have loved running The Craft Barn for the last 10+ years, however, Ian is now almost 68 and really wants to retire plus we have my mum who is coming up on 92 and although she is fiercely independent she is needing more support which means trips up to Cheshire at short notice, so we have made what has been the difficult decision that we ..read more

Easter Egg Hi There! The daffodils are out,  the crocus and hyacinth bulbs bursting forth, birds singing their little heads off  Spring must be on the way.  Wonderful.  Here is an Easter Card for you today from Angela Radford  "Hi all I'm here to show you how  I've made this Easter card using one  of the Jofy stamps Jofy53 by Paper Artsy.  As you can see I have only ..read more

Easter Egg Hi There! Hope the day is bright and cheery but worry not if its downcast, cold and dreary the whole family can get involved with today's bright and colourful project from Helen Chilton "Journal page using Lin Brown stamps,  Dylusions sprays, rub ons, words  and lots of colour! Had the stamped and coloured labels  already for another project ..read more

Easter Egg Hallo Everyone! With the Easter Holiday rapidly approaching I was delighted to find this lovely project from Craftyfield in my in box. The perfect answer to the dilemma of how to carry all the little eggs found on the Easter Egg Hunt ........ "A drawstring fabric bag, like this one,  is ideal to wrap up awkward shaped items  and, as a bonus, you get 2 ..read more