October 2010
This month sees the first of a new monthly art & craft feature for Creative Charlie's local newspaper, East End Life.
August 2010
Creative Charlie HQ got a mention in the Evening Standard this month;
June 2010
Here's a picture of our stall at The Hatton Garden Festival on Saturday June 12th. Lots of families came and visited our drop-in workshop area, and made some fantastic paper beads and jewellery out of recycled paper. More images from the day are on the blog.
May 2010
Creative Charlie is proud to be one of the growing numbers of shedworkers in the UK, so it was a great honour to be featured in the book; Shedworking: The Alternative Workplace Revolution by Alex Johnson
December 2009
We were very happy to run creative workshops for children at the East London Design Show for the third year running. Here's a photo of us at work in the Mayor's Palour kids area - a beautiful sunny room in Shoreditch Town Hall. Thanks to everyone who came and visited.
November 2009
Creative Charlie Make Masks were featured in The Week Christmas Gift Guide 2009.
August 2009
Dorset Cereals Little Blog Awards
The Creative Charlie blog has been nominated for a Dorset Cereals Little Blog Award, so please do vote for us! You just need to click on the image above and then click on the vote button. The blog with the most votes at the end of the month will win a highly coveted egg cup!
July 2009
KiosKiosK
It was great to have a shop for a couple of days at KiosKiosK, and the workshop we ran was lots of fun. Big thanks to everyone who came along. You can see more images on our blog.
June 2009
Creative Charlie was featured in Gloucestershire Preview magazine.
"Creative Charlie's art and craft project boxes are ideal for keeping pre-school children occupied on rainy days."
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Make Masks kit featured in Craft Focus magazine.
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Make Masks kit featured in Angels and Urchins magazine.
"Creative Charlie kits are very useful to have in the cupboard for a rainy day in the summer holidays. What fun to get some friends over and make masks."
May 2009
Here's an image of our stand at Pulse. Thanks to everyone who visited.
April 2009
Creative Charlie is The [Accidental] EcoManiac find of the month.
February 2009
The Telegraph, Saturday 21st February
The Paint Your Own T-shirt kit was featured on the retail therapy for children page.
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We were shortlisted for the
Hidden Art Most Environmentally Conscious Company Award
(in association with Handmade in Britain)
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Our new 'Make Masks' kit is now ready and is available through the shop.
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Read about the Creative Charlie HQ in House Beautiful magazine.
January 2009
Our January sale is now on!
We've taken 20% off all of the Creative Charlie product range in the shop.
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We've started up a new blog to collect news stories and other ideas for things to do all in one place. And we're on twitter too, if you want to follow us there.
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We had an overwhelming response at Top Drawer Spring,
and are planning to have a list of all Creative Charlie stockists on the site soon.
December 2008
The East London Design Show was great fun. We were co-hosting the kids area again, along with the fab Clothkits. Here are a couple of photos of the Creative Charlie area, where everyone was busy making hats and mobiles of birds and snowmen.
Then we were at the Eco
Design Fair in the Old Truman Brewery, which was definitely the coldest venue we have ever exhibited at. (They still haven't sorted the heating out since I had my first art studio there way back in 1995!) Frostbite was avoided by drinking mulled wine with neighbouring stall Nixie - who make beautiful clothes for children using recycled material.
Thanks to everyone who came and visited us, and wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and 2009.
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The Independent newspaper, Friday 5th December
The rainy day box was featured in the Christmas gift guide as a great gift for little ones;
"Art boxes are everywhere, but this ones a winner on many levels. It's stacked with feathery, sparkly, crafty stuff, much of it recycled, and it clinched gold in the Practical Pre-School Awards 2008. Easy to follow instruction sheets, beeswax crayons, biodegradable paints, a window mount to present artwork, an apron made by a Philippine women's co-operative and so much more. You could bore your children on sustainability for hours but they'd much rather get stuck in with the doilies and pompoms."
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The Green Parent, December/January 2009
The Creative Charlie paint your own t-shirt was featured as one of the best crafty kits available to inspire creative children.
November 2008
To help get you in the Christmas spirit here are our paper chain instructions, as published on Ethical Pulse.
October 2008
Creative Charlie at the Green Canary Day
Thanks to everyone who came along to our drop-in family workshop area at Canary Wharf.
Some fantastic space rockets, hats and collages were made using recycled materials and a bit of imagination!
September 2008
We are absolutely thrilled to bits to have won our first award.
The Rainy Day Box was the overall winner, scoring 97.8%, in the
Practical Pre-School Awards 2008, Toys and Games category
Here's what the testers said;
August 2008
Creative Charlie at The Photographers Gallery
It was great fun running a clothing construction workshop inspired by the work of Danny Treacy.
"Very thoughtful workshop with the children creatively challenged. They did not want to leave."
"Enjoyed the drawing, the designing, a wonderful concept!"
More images can be seen on the events page.
July 2008
Creative Charlie at the Family Beach Weekend
Lots of children came and made ice lollys and sandcastles in our workshop area at the Family Beach Weekend, an event organised by JustPartTime in support of Noah's Ark Children's Hospice.
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The Independent on Sunday newspaper, 20 July issue
"This set comes with a 100% organic T-shirt, textile paints, paintbrushes of different sizes so kids can play around with prints, and a recycled apron. Popular with those who like to show off their handiwork! Creative Charlie is also brilliant at listing fun things such as making maracas and guitars out of old boxes, pots, cups and jars, and giving ideas for sports days and adventure games."
June 2008
Creative Charlie on
Babyccino
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We're very grateful to Farrow & Ball, who have kindly given us some beautiful wallpaper off-cuts and scrap. We can't wait to use it in our workshops!
www.farrow-ball.com
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Craft Focus Magazine, June/July 2008 issue
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We had a great response at Pulse.
www.pulse-london.com
May 2008
Junior Magazine, May 2008 issue
"Be prepared for the vagaries of the British summer with a Rainy Day Box packed with everything from doilies to dolly pegs and paper plates to pompoms. The whole family will be artistically absorbed for hours."
"Be prepared for the vagaries of the British summer with a Rainy Day Box packed with everything from doilies to dolly pegs and paper plates to pompoms. The whole family will be artistically absorbed for hours."
April 2008
East End Life newspaper, issue 706
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Creative Charlie has also been on a couple of design blogs this month;
BloesemKids & DesignMom
March 2008
Thanks to everyone who visited us, and for all of the nice comments, at the Country Living Spring Fair.
"the new public show championing the coolest furniture, fashion and toys for children, presented by the organisers of Midcentury.Modern"
www.ourshowhome.com
December 2007
Merry Christmas from Creative Charlie
Creative Charlie at the Eco-Design Fair
www.ecodesignfair.co.uk
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We had a great time exhibiting at the East London Design Show, and it was good fun hosting the kids area too. Lots of wonderful imaginative animals and hats were made using recycled cardboard.
www.eastlondondesignshow.co.uk
Creative Charlie at the Green Family Fun Day
We ran a workshop session at the Green Family Fun Day held at Coram's Fields.
This image was taken by the Camden Gazette, to see more from the day visit our events page.
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We ran a workshop session at the Green Family Fun Day held at Coram's Fields.
This image was taken by the Camden Gazette, to see more from the day visit our events page.
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Thanks to everyone who visited us, and for all of the nice comments, at the Country Living Spring Fair.
February 2008
Creative Charlie at Kids.Modern
"the new public show championing the coolest furniture, fashion and toys for children, presented by the organisers of Midcentury.Modern"
www.ourshowhome.com
December 2007
Merry Christmas from Creative Charlie
November 2007
Creative Charlie at the Eco-Design Fair
www.ecodesignfair.co.uk
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We had a great time exhibiting at the East London Design Show, and it was good fun hosting the kids area too. Lots of wonderful imaginative animals and hats were made using recycled cardboard.
www.eastlondondesignshow.co.uk
October 2007
Creative Charlie at the Green Canary Day
An annual event at Canary Wharf designed to inspire a greener environment and lifestyle.
Our stall gave away free instruction sheets for creative recycling projects to do at home.
The first public outing of Creative Charlie - a stall at the Shoreditch Festival.
Thanks to everyone who came and visited us.
An annual event at Canary Wharf designed to inspire a greener environment and lifestyle.
Our stall gave away free instruction sheets for creative recycling projects to do at home.
August 2007
The first public outing of Creative Charlie - a stall at the Shoreditch Festival.
Thanks to everyone who came and visited us.