Needcraft Kits & Dannells

May 17
3 min

Top 5 Creative Workshop Packs for Group Making

Holding creative workshops is not only sociable and fun but also highly satisfying, as you inspire your students to make and learn! From...

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Mar 28
3 min

5 Quick and Easy Needcraft Kits for Easter Making

As self-indulgent as the abundance of chocolate coming your way, Easter Weekend is the perfect time for some relaxed crafting. To...

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Feb 6
4 min

NEW Product - DIY Table and Floor Lamp Bases

NEW product alert! We’re excited to announce our NEW Lamp Base Making Kits, which are as easy to tailor to your interior style, as they...

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Nov 25, 2022
3 min

Christmas Craft Kits and Materials - 10 Under £10

Whatever you're crafting for this Christmas, we've plenty of kits and materials at Dannells.com to help you stay on budget! From kits...

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Nov 8, 2022
3 min

Stylish Christmas LED lighting + LED Light GIVEAWAY worth over £40!

From traditional festive favourites to modern star-spangled sparkles, our array of seasonal LED lights will illuminate your home this...

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Oct 18, 2022
2 min

Halloween Ideas - Light up your Fright Night!

With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to put on spooky make-up, costumes and light the lights! And we’ve got plenty of...

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Aug 24, 2022
5 min

Introducing Dannells Europe

As we launch our new dedicated European website, Dannells.eu, we get to know the people behind our European operation, Malgosia and her...

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Jul 27, 2022
2 min

Craft Inspiration - 3 Beginners Macrame Projects for Summer

Whether you’re beach or garden bound, a little summer crafting can help while away those sunny hours with satisfactory end results!...

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Jul 8, 2022
5 min

Learn to Make a Lampshade at a Lampshade Making Workshop

Learning to make a lampshade doesn’t have to be a solo activity. With a huge range of creative and skill-building lampshade courses to...

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May 6, 2022
3 min

Lampshade Inspiration - Making lampshades on a budget

Making or crafting is a fantastic way to achieve a look on a budget and is guaranteed to be a purse-friendly alternative to shop-bought,...

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Apr 19, 2022
5 min

Lampshade Inspiration - Going Large with Lampshades

The upshot of making a super-sized lampshade is not only the wow factor but the huge surface area that you need to cover to make up the...

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Apr 7, 2022
3 min

5 Fantastic Family Craft Projects To Make For Easter

Easter is a fantastic excuse to get out the craft kit and do some family making. We've got 5 fantastic ideas to keep kids, and grown-ups...

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Mar 4, 2022
2 min

Mother’s Day Gift Idea - Make a Pamper Hamper with a Sewing Bin Kit

Showing your mum or someone you hold dear how much you love them is what Mother’s Day is all about and to celebrate we’ve turned our...

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Jan 13, 2022
3 min

New Products - Macrame Making Materials

Macrame is no longer a craft that belongs in the seventies and with its hugely popular revival, we’ve got in on the game too! With the...

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Jan 10, 2022
3 min

Top of the Clocks – Creative ideas for Needcraft Clock Making Kits

If you’ve not yet tried one of our Needcraft kits, 2022 might be the year to try one out! Featuring a range of useful home ware kits,...

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Dec 23, 2021
3 min

Blog highlights and Top Posts of 2021

It’s been a busy year on the Dannells blog and with many people trying their hand at lampshade making in the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021,...

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Dec 14, 2021
3 min

Lampshade Inspiration - Different Shade Shapes

As fond as we are of the super versatile drum lampshades, that are seen everywhere from our homes to hotels to the high street,...

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Dec 8, 2021
3 min

Lampshade Inspiration – Stick It Metallic Lampshade Making PVC

Make your next lampshade a metallic one! Easier than you think to achieve, try making a glowing, sumptuous and expensive shade inner...

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Nov 10, 2021
4 min

Behind the Scenes of Needcraft You Tube Video Shoot

Filming our You Tube lampshade videos is easily one of our favourite days of the year and our recent filming in September was no...

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Oct 15, 2021
4 min

Lampshade Inspiration - Tiered Lampshade Making System

Contrary to popular belief, tiered lampshades are not just the staple of luxury hotel lobbies and high-end restaurants. They can look...

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Aug 6, 2021
3 min

Summer Ideas for Outdoor Lanterns

Lampshades can be everything from big and bold to small and subtle. They can be the eye catching focus of a room or a small detail that...

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Jul 22, 2021
4 min

Top 4 products to secure a lampshade seam

We often ask our lampshade makers ‘what’s your favourite part of making a lampshade?’ and more often than not it’s when the lampshade...

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Jun 8, 2021
3 min

Promote your Lampshade Making Workshop with Dannells

With indoor get togethers now possible we're so pleased that Lampshade Making Workshops can start to take place and you can share your...

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May 21, 2021
3 min

5 reasons to make a DIY lampshade

Yey! You've found us and now you know you can make your own lampshades with our Lampshade Making Kits, you might be asking yourself why...

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Apr 29, 2021
3 min

3 Essential Olfa tools for lampshade making

‘Give us the tools, and we will finish the job’ the proverb says, but what if those tools were made the job twice as quick and offered...

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Mar 24, 2021
3 min

Washi tape clock making kit DIY tutorial

Perfect for personalisation, our range of Needcraft Kits take minimal effort to make but deliver maximum impact. Fantastic for adding...

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Jan 21, 2021
3 min

Light up your lounge - Floor and Table Lamp Kits

If you’ve never had a virtual wander around our website, you’re missing a trick and plenty of lampshade making products you might not...

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Dec 2, 2020
1 min

Join us for a LIVE festive Lantern Making Kit workshop on You Tube!

It’s workshop time! After a string of successful LIVE Lampshade Making Kit workshops in #lockdown1 we’re back with a mini festive themed...

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Sep 24, 2020
3 min

'Back to school' - Ways to refresh & reorganise your craft space

The darker evenings, mean time for creative projects so why not refresh your craft space with some of our Needcraft kits?

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Sep 3, 2020
3 min

5 perfect fabrics for lampshade making

Half the fun of making your own lampshade has to be the choice of fabric , so read our post on our 5 fabric range, especially for lampshades

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Mar 13, 2020
2 min

New for Spring - the Square Clock kit + 20% discount

British Summer time is around the corner and we’re celebrating with the launch of our NEW Square Clock kit. Get 20% off your first order!

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Feb 13, 2020
2 min

Visit Dannells' at CHSI stitches

Visit the Dannells team at CHSI Stitches, at the Birmingham NEC. Find us at Stand A38, showcasing our lampshade and creative craft kits.

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Dec 12, 2019
2 min

Christmas DIY tutorial – Balloon glass candle shade lights

As Christmas approaches fast our attention is turning to the smaller details and for us the Christmas dinner table is one of the most...

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Dec 4, 2019
4 min

DIY festive decorating – Festive foliage wreaths & lantern making kits

Home crafting and DIY decorating is a given at Christmas. It’s the ideal time to show off your craft skills or try your hand at making...

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Oct 15, 2019
2 min

Quick make Halloween lantern kits

Carving a frightening face in a pumpkin is an essential part of Halloween preparations but why not add a few handmade lanterns to your...

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Oct 8, 2019
2 min

Eco friendly lighting – New LED Cork lights

Cosy nights are calling, as the nights draw in – we’re thinking roaring fires, snuggly blankets and a twinkly light or two. Enter stage...

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Sep 25, 2019
4 min

5 creative lampshade ideas for Halloween

The back to school chaos has finally subsided and as the autumn weather rolls in it can only mean that Halloween is around the corner....

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Aug 21, 2019
2 min

Craft Focus Magazine feature with Dannells

At Dannells we’re proud of our story and we’re super pleased to have been featured in the August/ September Issue 74 of Craft Focus...

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Aug 5, 2019
2 min

Top 5 household tools for making lampshades

Although our Needcraft lampshade making kits contain everything you need to make a super professional looking shade, we’ve rounded up...

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Jul 10, 2019
3 min

Go geo! Make a hexagonal shade

Making your own lampshades, means you can avoid the predictability of what the high street has to offer, but also bring a special soft...

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Jun 11, 2019
5 min

How to promote your lampshade making workshop

If you’ve got the lampshade making bug and have mastered your craft, it might be time to start thinking how you can make money from your...

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Apr 29, 2019
2 min

Playing with lampshade sizes and shapes

The beauty of learning the skill of making your own lampshade is that the world is your oyster. Whether you’re using a Needcraft kit or...

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Jan 8, 2019
1 min

Vote for Needcraft, ‘best British craft brand’!

VOTE HERE! Recently nominated for Best British Brand at the prestigious Craft Business awards 2019, Needcraft is a range of creative...

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Jan 2, 2019
2 min

How to cut handmade lampshade panels like a pro!

We asked our Lampshade making group what they use to cut PVC lampshade panels and this is what they said… Good old-fashioned scissors and...

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Dec 11, 2018
2 min

Whiteleys Retreat DIY SOS

It’s amazing what can be created with a bit of ingenuity and a few willing helpers. Natasha Marshall, designer and co-founder of Natasha...

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Nov 20, 2018
1 min

Is Needcraft the best British craft brand of 2019?

VOTE HERE! The Craft Business Awards are the biggest and most well-respected in the crafting industry, celebrating everyone from small...

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Jun 27, 2018
5 min

How to make a DIY lampshade

Last week Cornish designer, Alison Bick talked us through her process of designing and printing a drum lampshade panel, from her...

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Jun 19, 2018
3 min

How to design and print a drum lampshade panel

I am Alison Bick, a designer living in Newquay, Cornwall, UK. The inspiration behind my illustrations comes from my love of nature,...

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Jun 6, 2018
2 min

Introducing new DIY lampshade kits

Look no further than Needcraft lampshade kits. Please give a warm welcome to our new Rounded Rectangle and Rounded Square lampshade kits....

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May 16, 2018
2 min

Make a lampshade from a print design

Following the website’s instructions I supplied an image that fitted a 30cm lampshade kit and I was sent a beautiful light and flexible...

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