Crafternoon Tea Club CHRISTMASH SPESH with ETSY!
The best sounding tea party ever! With music, booze and opportunities to re-gift old tat as individualised Christmas presents. Get in!
Thu 8th December 2011, 06:30pm – 10:00pm
The Etsy Christmas Grotto, The Trampery, 13-19 Bevenden Street, London, N1 6AA
Category: Earth
The Christmas special Crafternoon Tea Club is set to take place on the 8th of December at the excellently named The Trampery in London, N1 (near Old Street tube). This ‘Gift-swapping-re-gifting CHRISTMASH SPESH!’ will be a festive drop-in pop up party with DJs (supplied by the awesome Gaggle choir), good times, games and craft - all with a clear message; re-love the pre-loved! The aim is to make people think about all the things they’ve thrown away and the over-consumption inherent at this time of year - instead of heading for landfill those unwanted articles will become individualised gifts.
Crafternoon Tea Club is a collective of artists and designers who believe that sustainability = creativity. They have held parties at the Barbican, National Theatre, and Dalston Roof Park this year, but their latest outing is the result of a request from Etsy to throw a crafty Christmas special. Here's what to do to get involved:
Bring along your unwanted gifts, no-longer-needed knick-knacks (such as an old favourite book), or homemade items (from jam to jewellery) that will be re-packaged, re-distributed via a massive game of pass the parcel, and re-gifted to friends, family, charity, or even anonymously gift-dropped the same night.
In the centre the Crafternoon Christmas Grotto will be the ETSY table; full of tons of materials (vintage magazines and newspapers, vintage ribbon, wool, fabric etc) and tools so that guests can create bespoke gift tags and wrapping paper to personalise each re-gift.
The evening will be a playful, free, accessible and spontaneous DIY CRAFT PARTY FOR ALL! Best of all, entry is free, booze is free, and all the goodies are given away FOR FREE! Make sure you reply to the event on Facebook so that everyone can be catered for. See you there!
