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Mandy Alden

Fabric bags, pencil cases, small quilts and Greeting cards

Finally found my calling! Creating with fabric. I love putting colours

and patterns together to creative something unique. I enjoy making all kinds

of bags and now quilts.

Contact - http://mand-a-lin.blogspot.com/

Leanne Bosman

Knitting, sewing and papercraft

Leanne is a Kaszazz consultant who teaches card making. The mother of 2 is always on the go. In her spare time she enjoys knitting, sewing and many other crafts.

Contact - Phone:            4787 1490         0428871490

Rose Brooks

Cards, decorative art and jewellery

Rose Brooks is a Blue Mountains resident who has become well known locally for personalised cards that come from the heart, as well as decorative art and jewellery.  She creates individually designed cards for all occasions.

Tanya Carter

Leadlight and Greeting Cards

Working from her Wentworth Falls home studio, Tanya has been creating her leadlight pieces for 12 years. She has been teaching both traditional leadlight and the copperfoiling method at Katoomba Community College for 4 years. Specialising in the copperfoil technique, she produces a colourful range of butterflies, angels, fish, flowers, hanging lightcatchers and Christmas decorations. More practical pieces such as necklaces and jewellery boxes also showcase the range of colours and textures available in glass today

Darren Edwards

Portrait photography

Celebrate your family. Locally based Darren Edwards Photography specialises in family portraiture in relaxed, outdoor settings throughout the Mountains. Darren has 20 years experience as a photojournalist and he brings this emotive, documentary style perspective to his portraits.

Whether you’re after framed portraits to display on your walls, an heirloom coffee table book of memories to give to Mum for Christmas, or you simply wish to capture your children (two or four-legged) before they grow, Darren will meet with you to discuss how best to meet your unique needs.

Contact - Darren on 4758 6693 or 0407 923 916 or visit the website www.darrenedwardsphotography.com.au

Rhonda Edwards

Christmas decorations

Rhonda Edwards has been doing craft for many years and has become a popular entry with her Christmas decorations, which she creates in the spare time.

Anna Fanning (yet to be confirmed)

Jewellery

Anna Fanning’s love of old fashioned jewellery has turned her hobby of linking together beautiful necklaces into a passionate obsession, she aspires to create totally unique, one-off pieces from her assorted collection of old and new beads.

Cath Farnell

Fabric art, textile jewellery

Cath has a passion for all textiles in particular felt and silk. Recently she has been experimenting with eco-printing and silk paper making. She just loves all things handmade, they are unique, made with thought and have soul.

Contact - cfarnell@bigpond.net.au

Jenny Gough

Jewellery

Jenny has been “creating” for the past six years, since becoming a stay at home mummy. She has three beautiful children which are her true inspiration. They have inspired her range of gemstones, crystals and freshwater pearl jewellery which are made in both adult and children’s sizes. Belle’ (aged 5) is a great helper and loves to “create” along side mum.  She makes most of the children’s range herself and loves to help out when at the markets! Why not drop into the Blue Gum Markets, the Ivy markets or have peak at her website.

Contact - www.gitanejewellery.com.au    gitanejewellery@gmail.com

Janelle (Nellie) Grimshaw

Beaded and wired jewellery/gifts

Nellie Grimshaw is a self taught jewellery artist specialising in wirework, chainmaille and more recently bead embroidery and glass bead making.  A local artisan, Nellie has just finished 3 years at the Lawson Magpie markets and now sells exclusively via her website and through commission work with occasional appearances at local Art and Craft Festivals.  Nellie expands her wealth of knowledge, skills and technical ability at every available opportunity.  Teaching is a passion of hers and Nellie enjoys conducting tailored programs and workshops to meet any request.

Contact - www.beadiful.com.au or nellie@beadiful.com.au

Carole Hamshire

Photographic prints, cards, jewellery, handcrafted frames

Brief Profile:

Carole Hampshire is a fine art photographer. Her artwork is complemented by the handcrafted frames made by her partner, Mark May.

Together they form Silver Tree Studios. Their artwork can be viewed on line at

www.SilverTreeStudios.etsy.com or www.carolehampshire.com  mobile phone: 0422558597

 

Liz Holland and Ali Hooker

Decorative Pocket Boards for displaying cards, notes, certificates. Funky fabric bags.

Ali and Liz are local Blue mountains residents with a love of craft. They specialise in

lovely picture/notice boards – great in the kitchen for all those fiddly bits of paper,

receipts, school notes etc., also great for kids rooms displaying photos, certificates, cards

and special momentos. If you have a special colour in mind to match your décor, they

will be taking orders.

Liz has also branched out into fabric bags – bright and funky, 100% cotton, washable,

ideal for library books, market shopping and with straps long enough to slip over your

pram/stroller handles.

Contact - email lizhol@bigpond.com ph Liz 0408815971 Ali 0417443772

Jenny Hastings

Handmade cards.

Jenny makes an assortment of cards for all occasions, using a mixture of embossing powders and inks to decorate the cards.

Contact - jenfrog@bigpond.net.au

Jeanette Imer

Letterpressed cards/stationery and prints

I studied graphic design in the early 1990's and worked in a few studios, then decided on a change and began work in the animation industry. I worked in the Walt Disney Sydney studio for 14 years and when it closed its doors I began to look back at the graphic design side of things. I happened across a couple of websites that produced handmade goods with a letterpress and was hooked! Having lived in the Blue Mountains for only a short while I am looking forward to finding new inspiration for my work.

Using a small yet perfectly formed 1950's tabletop printing press, I produce limited runs of stationery and prints.  A love of typography and the sometimes temperamental operation of a press, together with hand mixed inks and vintage printer's blocks are a match made in heaven for me.

Contact - email: saltpetrepress@gmail.com  web: www.saltpetrepress.com

Anna Kling

Cards, magnets and blocks

Anna Kling is an accomplished international artist located in the Blue Mountains. Her paintings of trees and vegetables are very large, vibrant and bold. The best ones she scales down in size and produces handcrafted useful things out of them, including mounted prints, cards, magnets and blocks.

Contact - Anna Kling Fine Art Service

                  29 Westbourne Ave Wentworth Falls 2782

                  0424 132329  http://www.annakling.com

Liz MacQueen

Pottery

Liz Macqueen has been working with clay for over twenty years making mostly functional pieces. Her inspiration comes from the Blue Mountains environment. She looks in detail at the structure of natural things and experiments with colours, forms and designs, to complement her pots.

Contact - PH 47571083,  and email: lizmacqueen@gmail.com

Rosemary Mann and Jennifer Egan

Hand dyed silks

Rosemary and Jennifer are local Blue Mountains residents with a background in textiles. They specialise in hand dyed silks of unique style and colouring. Every piece they dye encompasses a little of the Blue Mountains, as the silks are dyed outside and the weather influences the movement and blending of the colours on the silk.

Contact - rosemarykmann@gmail.com

David Marsh

Crafted Software

One aspect of our business is StitchCraft, a program for designing grid based needlework, primarily cross stitch and rug making. We market three Editions worldwide with the Designer and Publisher Editions being used by  renowned cross stitch designers and companies. Try out our demo and design your own charts, convert photos  into charts or use the sample charts supplied with the program.

 

 If you want to enjoy cross stitch without designing we have also developed two Needlework Designs on CD:   Australia Flora and Celtic Needlework. Or buy one of four books by Gillian Souter who uses our program to design  cross stitch.

Contact - E-Mail: mail@stitchcraft.info  Website: www.stitchcraft.info

Jennifer McPhie

Novelty tea cosies

I enjoy creating novelty tea cosies watching their character grow!

Germaine Millar

Card making

My Three sons all attended W/Falls primary  in the late 1960's to the late 1970's.  I have lived in Wentworth Falls for a number of years, my craft is card making which I enjoy.

Fiona Morrison

Knitted hats & flowers, embroidered kids caps, photo cards

Hi all, I'm not really a craftsperson just a Mum who likes to indulge in a little creative knitting, making things for kids and taking photos, amongst other things.  Bit of an eclectic mix but there you go! I first entered Artfest last year and enjoyed a modicum of success with Fi's Flowers.  So, here I am again back with more of the same and a few newbies. Hope you enjoy!

Contact - actionmanetal@bigpond.com

Kye Porritt

Wheatbags

Using brightly coloured  materials.  Wheatbags are a  quick and easy way to warm up a bed, relieve aches and pains.

Massage oils

Sweet almond oil with a variety of essential oils.

Kye is a mother of 3 boys - 2 of whom have attended WFPS .  She works as a midwife at both Nepean and Katoomba hospitals and is also a qualified aromatherapist.

Contact - rporritt@bigpond.com

Eden Riley

Children’s books

Eden is a mother, stepmother, wife, coffee aficionado, and writer. Buzzy Bees is her first book … it’s a delightful and colourful board book suitable for babies and toddlers. The story starts with a wonderful swarm of bees buzzing over the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and goes on to include colourful cockatoos and a daydreaming rooster. Buzzy Bees is a perfect gift for your baby. Or somebody else’s baby. It is a very thick board book … Eden’s son Rocco has not managed to destroy his copy yet, which is remarkable.

Dianne Ritchie

Dressed bears

Dianne Ritchie has been a resident of Wentworth Falls for 10 years, and has been involved in the craft and market movement for 20 years. Creating gorgeous bears has been a hobby of hers for the past 16 years.

Karen Schultz

Jewellery and knitted art wearables

 

Originally from the USA but now a citizen here, Karen creates one of a kind jewellery pieces from stone, glass, resin, metal, silver, shell and vintage beads using stringing wire, chain, leather and some hand-knotting with silk.  This year, resin pendants and earrings as well as polymer clay earrings, pendants and brooches will also be available.  Jewellery often finds the wearer as it is a memory of a place, a gift for a special person or a romantic notion.  Karen hopes her jewellery will find you.

Contact - Mobile:  0431246407 Email:  kaschm51@yahoo.com

Patricia Watson

Decorative Art/ Small Leadlight

Wendy Wildie

Hand knitted & crochet puppets and toys

Wendy has been making toys & puppets for the Falls Art Festival for over 20 years. She enjoys seeing the smiles on children’s faces as they play with the toys & puppets she makes. Her mother taught her to crochet when she was 5 and she learnt to knit when I was 8. Since 1987 Wendy has designed and sold toys & puppets at local markets, school fetes and festivals and more recently over the internet on such sites as Ebay, Madeit and Oztion.

Contact - wildie@pnc.com.au