Crafternoon Tea

Since when did craft fairs become sooo cool? I’m pretty sure that back in the day craft fairs were just full of knitted jumpers and painted eggshells. Well, that is certainly not the case these days.
At Crafternoon Tea specifically, you’ll find cool terrariums and succulents, beautiful prints of pencil drawn animals (look at the photos), modern jewellery and these adorable woolen hot waterbotttle covers (ok, so that’s sounds a little nanna-​ish but trust me, they’re cool).
The fair runs one Saturday a month from 10am — 2pm in the old church at the top of Bond St. Head along first thing and then stop in at one of the many cafes nearby to refuel. Perfect Saturday morning activity!

Crafternoon Tea is such a good market to visit. It’s held in Kingsland in the Trinity Methodist Church Hall in Kingsland, a great hub for lots of creative and crafty people.
It’s usually packed with loads of stalls and people milling about them. There’s everything from soap, to clothes, cupcakes, jewelry and more. And the best thing about it is that anyone can have a stall for around $ 30. However, they stress that it needs to be handmade or retro and nothing imported can be sold. I think this is such a good idea to keep the market, well, a market. It’s so great to see local people using local resources to create awesome Kiwi products.
They also have lots of tutorials on their website that show you how to make some of your very own handmade delights.

When the fever strikes and you need craft, there’s only one thing that can cure you — you need a craft market, stat!
Crafternoon Tea is that great mix we’ve come to expect from craft markets; there’s some incredibly original repurposing and upcycling, some items with gloriously labour-​intensive detail that the maker can’t possibly break even on, and then some stuff that seems a bit over-​priced and under-​created. All in all, it’s a happy mix and if you like craft markets, you’ll love Crafternooning.
Give the blokes some pocket money and send them off for a coffee. Otherwise they’ll have a long, miserable wait outside for you.