#lampshade

Jul 3, 2015
1 min

Friday afternoon treat for all you lampshade enthusiasts out there!

Meet Archie Mac London and their wonderfully wacky creations! Robyn of Archie mac London just posted this lovely video on her Instagram and we simply had to share it with you. These lampshade beauties are headed off to a secret London location… More to be announced in the coming weeks so watch this space! Archie’s links are below her fab video so do check out her work and be inspired! What do you think about Archie mac London’s work? Let us know in the comments below! We just

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Jun 30, 2015
6 min

Announcing Needcraft’s competition winner, Caron Ironside Design- Lampshade designer and scree

Caron not only makes her own lampshades, cushions and more but prints her own Perthshire and 1950s inspired fabrics. Her designs have a mid-century feel using rich and vibrant colours. A background in textile design put Caron on the right footing for her new craft career when, as part of a college project in 2011 as a mature student, she made her first lampshade. Caron has given us her inside story with hints and tips on setting up and running a lampshade business and is the

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Jun 30, 2015
1 min

Shhhh… Needcraft lampshade competition winner to be announced later today!

Wow! What an epic lampshade journey this has been… Our #lampshadebusinessinabox competition has attracted many talented lampshade designers. We’ve been humbled by their stories and the lovely insight into their journeys setting up and running a lampshade business. All recorded here on our blog. The sheer lampshade talent and creativity that’s out there is mind-blowing! Five lucky runners-up have already won Needcraft lampshade manufacturers’ packs and later today we will anno

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Jun 22, 2015
5 min

The lampshade loft- competition runner up #5!

Jane Warren has been making lampshades for around 8 years and runs her small business, The Lampshade Loft, from home. Jane is very active on the lampshade scene and her beautiful lighting creations are an obvious winner for our #lampshadebusinessinabox competition! Jane has won a Needcraft lampshade manufacturers pack’ to help her on her business journey. Read on to find out how running her own craft business works for Jane. The name relates to the fact that I sell lovely gen

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Jun 8, 2015
5 min

Detola and Geek’s Ankara print lampshades are runner up #3 in our Needcraft competition!

We are thrilled to be showcasing these striking African print lampshades as third runner up in our #lampshadebusinessinabox competition ! Tola is lucky winner of a lampshade manufacturing pack to help her on her way with her business! We just couldn’t resist the stunning African wax print designs (Ankara in Nigerian circles) and pro-active, determined nature that Tola approaches her work with, always sprinkled with a good dash of humour! We asked Tola to give us the low-down

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Jun 1, 2015
3 min

Raggedy Ruff Designs and her beautiful lampshades – Runner up #2!

Announcing our second very special runner-up for Needcraft’s competition #Lampshadebusinessinabox! Andrea’s free motion embroidery combined with lampshade making produces beautiful and joyful results. Her Intricate, child-like designs really encourage light and laughter! Raggedy Ruff simply had to be a runner up in the Needcraft competition to win £250 to spend on lampshade making supplies and the five runners up each a lampshade manufacturing pack! Read on to hear about Andr

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May 25, 2015
7 min

Madam Midnights Lamporium- Runner up!

Laura Pickering of Madam Midnights Lamporium is our first runner-up for the competition #lampshadebusinessinabox! Congratulations Laura! We just love Laura’s bright, colourful, layered creations including drum and soft lampshades made by hand from her home in Cardiff. We are so excited to offer Madame Midnight’s Lamporium one of the five fabulous runner up prizes of a lampshade manufacturing pack! The lucky winner is to be announced on June 29th and will win £250 to spend on

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May 22, 2015
2 min

Inspiring entrepreneurs- Find out who won the Needcraft competition

Our recent competition #LampshadebusinessInabox received many inspiring and creative entries from women far and wide and we are honoured to be showcasing them here on our blog! Lampshade makers who either run a businesses already or are in the process of setting up have taken the time to tell us their stories: what started their process, their journey so far, highs and lows, tips and inspirations and this is where we’ll be featuring their work so you can be inspired too. Moor

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May 18, 2015
2 min

How much do you love yourself?

We really love shouting about our customers and the wonderful lampshades you create so this time we are going to shout about US! Oh yes, a bit of self-praise is due because we at Needcraft are renowned for our second to none customer service with attentive and patient advice always at the ready. Maybe you yourself have been one of those late night panic callers wondering how to get your lampshade making supplies delivered, like… NOW! We understand the stresses of running your

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May 5, 2015
1 min

lampshade competition deadline extended!

Deadline extended to Friday 8th May!! Click HERE for more information Share this: Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) More Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to sha

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Apr 17, 2015
1 min

Lampshades by Raggedy Ruff Designs

Raggedy Ruff Designs We love showing off our wonderful customers’ work and these gorgeous lanterns and lampshades are made by Raggedy Ruff Designs using our Needcraft lantern making kits. Raggedy Ruff Designs Find more like this here: facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raggedyruffdesigns etsy: https: //www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RaggedyRuffDesigns website: http://raggedyruffdesigns.com/ Share this: Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens

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Mar 20, 2015
1 min

Meeting Joanna!

Copyright- Joanna Hepinstall One of our wonderful customers, Joanna Heptinstall is an upholsterer and lampshade maker who works from her own garden based studio in Wiltshire. From there she creates bespoke lampshades for her customers including interior designers. Joanna’s work has appeared in national magazines and she has recently launched The Lampshade School, where she teaches classes in traditional lampshade making techniques. She also teaches at Denman, the WI headquart

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Mar 20, 2015
1 min

Light up your life with Bird and Button and her bespoke lampshades!

Needcraft customer birdandbutton I just had to share these fabulous handmade, bespoke lampshades made by one of our lovely customers! She uses our lampshade kits to create her gorgeous, bespoke lampshades. Find Bird & Button on Etsy Share this: Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email this to a friend (Opens

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Mar 9, 2015
5 min

Student workshop packs!

Student Workshop Packs – Lampshade making kits to make bespoke, handmade lampshades. ‘The perfect way to provide a new and exciting creative challenge for your students’ Everything in the box to run your own Lampshade Making Workshop ! Designed for the classroom, workshop or any group making activity these packs contain everything students need to make professional, handmade lampshades using their design of choice. From concept to completion students will enjoy the process of

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