What a Great Bunch of Girls!

Each one of these girls is talented in lots of different things. They are the younger staff at Stitches & Scones and Crafty Capers. Most of them teach classes and do private lessons in knitting, spinning, weaving, tye-dye, beading, needlepoint and more. Come visit us and meet our energetic staff. From left to right they are, Lauren, Elizabeth, Lisa, Brianna, Emma, Abby, and Cait.

Grand Opening Party for Crafty Capers

We are celebrating the historic home of our new store. It is an Early Victorian home built in the 1850s. It was a stop for the Underground Railroad in this Quaker town.

There will be games, crafts, costumes, and food from the Victorian period. Come between 10AM-4PM on Saturday, July 26, 2008 to 116 N. Union Street. If you have a costume, wear it. Here is the schedule. Join the fun. The first 25 youth will receive goody bags.

Come & Go As You Want:

10 AM-11 AM Listen to a fiddler & pioneer dancing

10 AM-11 AM Meet a Native-American in dance costume & see beading

10:30 AM-11:00 AM Learn about quilts in the 19th century

11 AM-12 PM Play pioneer games

12 PM-1:30 PM Spin on a spinning wheel

12 PM-1 PM Join us for a tea party inside Crafty Capers

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2:30 PM-3:30PM Tea party inside Crafty Capers

1 PM-2 PM Try traditional rug hooking

2PM-3PM Spin on a spinning wheel

All-Day: Try knitting

New Gift Cards!

Not sure what give your favorite young fiber artist as a gift for a birthday or any other time of the year? Get them a Crafty Caper's Gift Card! The new Crafty Capers Gift Card works at both Crafty Capers and Stitches & Scones! It's great for a Mother's Day gift or any other occasion!

Doll House Kits Update

Recently, I (Joe Spaulding, an employee at Crafty Capers) put together one of the many doll houses that we have available for sale. Whenever I thought of someone building a doll house, I always thought of this huge long process that took hours on end. I could just imagine billions of tiny pieces of intricate parts that I had to some how manage to put together without completely ruining the thing.

Surprisingly, the doll house I put together only took about 25 minutes all together. After taking it out of the box, I realized how easy of a job it would be. I just put a few walls up, secured them with dowel rods and secured it all together with a small amount of glue, and it was done! So, if you're a parent of a little one, don't be intimidated by doll house kits. They're easy and they're fun! The doll house I completed is shown above.

So come in to Crafty Capers and get your doll house for the little ones, or yourself, today!

Northern Lights is Easy to Spin

If you would like to learn how to spin or to improve your spinning skills, schedule a private lesson with Elizabeth. Beginning spinning classes are also offered by Lisa. http://stitchesnscones.com/cgi-bin/classes Call Crafty Capers at 317-896-4412

New Crafty Capers Bags!

Cait and Emma model our fun bags.

We finally got our frequent customer bags for Crafty Capers. They are a medium sized, rectangular messenger bag with our store logo on the front flap. The bags come in five beautiful colors including smoke, brick, pink, khaki (it's more of a brown), and denim blue.

Just like at Stitches & Scones every time you make a purchase and you have the bag with you, you will receive 10% off yarn, needles, patterns, books, small needle accessories, and special orders for all the previous items. The Crafty Capers bags apply to Crafty Capers and Stitches & Scones merchandise, as do the Stitches & Scones frequent customer bags.

Shelby is a Natural

At twelve years old, this dancer is also a knitter and a spinner. We enjoy watching her participate in the fiber arts. Grandma Barbara likes it too.