A Alicia bargains at Craft Central One Day Fashion Sale - this Tuesday!!

If you're anywhere near Central London this Tuesday be sure to pop along to Craft Central's One Day Fashion Sale!!

Along with over 45 other designers (selling a mix of jewellery, clothing, millinery, accessories...) I'll be there with some absolute A Alicia bargains!! It's your chance to grab the last remaining pieces from last season at knock-down prices and current collection pieces at special (very!) reduced prices for one day only! And as if that wasn't enough, I'll be previewing the first of my new ceramic necklaces too!!

The sale runs on Tuesday 21st Feb from 12-7pm, perfect for lunch-break or after-work shopping, and entry is free!

Click here for location.

Ceramic jewellery...

Still in it's early stages, I wanted to share a new project I'm working on - ceramic jewellery! I've been using handmade ceramic beads (made by the lovely Karen at Hodge Podge Arts) in my collections for a while now, but when my friend Hazel (who's beautiful work you can see here) suggested going to a pottery class it seemed like the right time to get my own hands covered in clay!!

I've always hugely admired ceramics (I'll share some of the pieces I've collected from charity shops, ebay and craft fairs in future posts!), but haven't tried my hand at it since I was a wee girl. Now I'm completely obsessed with it!

These pics are of my first experiments and some of the little crescents above will end up as fully fledged necklaces... I'm really excited about combining textiles and ceramics, but this time with ceramics taking centre stage...

Mollie Makes Magazine mention!

I'm so happy that my A Alicia Workshops get a mention in the new issue of the simply beautiful craft magazine Mollie Makes - out tomorrow!

By Emily's new collection!

Flamingos are pretty close to the top of my favourite creatures list (you don't watch as many David Attenborough documentaries as I do without developing a favourite creatures list!) so when I saw By Emily's new collection I was instantly in love with this adorable Flamingo Croquet necklace!! If you like your creatures a little less exotic, there are also rabbits, sheep and the tiniest squirrels - all beautifully hand-crafted.

This particular flamingo has officially made it on to my jewellery wish list!!

Spring workshops!

So there may still be snow on the ground, but I've been busy planning some lovely spring craft workshops!

New North London venue The Step will be offering a special Mother's Day workshop and afternoon tea event on 18th March - you'll get to make a gorgeous bouquet of flowers using vintage fabrics and trimmings, while enjoying tea, finger-sandwiches and cakes galore - what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon!! Follow this link for booking details: http://www.thestep.co.uk/2012/02/02/mothers-day/

I'll also be back at the wonderful Oak Studio for a fabric flower bouquet workshop on the 17th March, and a two-part hand-painted clay Easter decorations workshop on the 17th and 31st!

For full details and booking info go to: http://theoakstudio.com/ scroll down to find March workshops.

And you can book your very own A Alicia craft workshop as a birthday gift, hen-do activity, or just for fun! Check out the range of crafts here: http://aaliciaworkshops.bigcartel.com/

East London snow people...

Just in time for the snow!

As well as her amazing knitting skills Val (my mother in law) has impeccable timing, giving me these gorgeous mittens (which she knitted of course) just in time for me to go run around in the snow!! I especially love the panda buttons!! Thanks Val xx