by mattmarais | Jan 9, 2023 | Newsletters
Dear Craft Gallery FriendBest wishes to you and your family and friends for a blessed New Year. We are so grateful for all our customers! Thank you for all you’ve done to help us grow this year. We can’t wait to move onwards and upwards in 2023! To start off the new...
by Vyvyan Muller | Jan 20, 2022 | Newsletters
Dear Craft Gallery FriendBest wishes to you and your family and friends for a blessed New Year.I have given our website letters a lot of thought and am going to try to share ideas as they come to mind; some will be from years gone by and others current work. This way...
by Vyvyan Muller | Dec 1, 2021 | Newsletters
NEW VERVACO STOCK HAS ARRIVED Our exciting shop news is that a new selection of Vervaco table cloths and table runners has arrived and is available for you to view on our website. View the full range now Follow us on Facebook by visiting and liking our page...
by Vyvyan Muller | Oct 20, 2021 | Newsletters
Dear Craft Gallery Friends September was a busy, busy month for The Craft Gallery as we worked on the first three kits in our Auriol Batten Wild Flowers of South Africa collection. Here they are for you to see and enjoy. NORMAL PRICE R873.00 incl VAT INTRODUCTORY...
by mattmarais | Sep 9, 2021 | Newsletters
Dear Craft Gallery Friends September is a special month for our family business, Floradale Nurseries. This year we celebrate 84 years of trading and as you can imagine we have got to know an amazing number of people amongst them the world renowned Botanical Artist...
by mattmarais | Aug 2, 2021 | Newsletters
Dear Craft Gallery Friends PayFast have partnered with Mastercard to bring you the opportunity of a lifetime – a chance to win one of nine R100,000 online shopping sprees! Every time you successfully buy online with Mastercard and PayFast during August and...
by Vyvyan Muller | Jul 13, 2021 | Newsletters
Dear Needlework friends, Great excitement when our parcel of Monk’s cloth arrived this week. This cotton fabric has been well-nigh impossible to acquire and is requested time and again for rug hooking, and backing fabric for punch needling. Here is information for...
by Vyvyan Muller | May 26, 2021 | Newsletters
Dear Needlework friends, After a long wait, I just have to pause and let you know our good news. NEW STOCK OF VERVACO TABLE CLOTHS AND RUNNERS HAVE ARRIVED Here are details of this very special product. Table cloths all measure 80 x 80cm. Runners vary in size....
by Vyvyan Muller | Apr 19, 2021 | Newsletters
Established 1990 We are still trading in The Floradale Centre, home of our family nursery business, albeit in another venue. Many East London residents and visitors past and present will remember the Centre and especially the nursery established in 1937. The Craft...
by Vyvyan Muller | Feb 8, 2021 | Newsletters
Dear Craft Gallery Friend Let me begin this belated Newsletter with every good wish for the year to come. May you be blessed in every way. It is also an opportunity to say a big thank you to you for your encouraging response to our newsletters and Facebook...
by mattmarais | Dec 12, 2020 | Newsletters
Dear Craft Gallery friend It looks very much as if Christmas 2020 for many of us will be much quieter than usual. REMEMBER to plan ahead if you need Needlework to keep you occupied during this time. We invite you to browse our website www.craftgallery.co.za to view...
by Vyvyan Muller | Nov 23, 2020 | Newsletters
Dear Craft Gallery friend It is almost time to start working on a December newsletter – how this month is flying past! Besides attending to daily website orders, I have spent time on obtaining new stock items. It looks very much like a ‘stay- at- home’ Christmas for...
by Vyvyan Muller | Oct 4, 2020 | Newsletters
by mattmarais | Sep 14, 2020 | Newsletters
SPRING IS HERE! Our swallows arrived punctually on the 5th. New Tapestries in Stock. AT PRE-COVID-19 PRICES. View more here… Vervaco table cloths and table runners. Two table runners and one table cloth left before new stock arrives. Remember these kits contain...
by Vyvyan Muller | Aug 6, 2020 | Newsletters
THE ADVANTAGE OF “ME” TIME. So many of you have expressed the huge advantages of having time to devote to creative handwork. New skills are being learned, different fabrics and threads experimented with. The very positive result is the discovery that YOU can make...
by mattmarais | Jul 9, 2020 | Newsletters
Dear Craft Gallery Friend What could be more meaningful than when someone takes the trouble to spend hours of her free time making a friend or family member, something special and unique to celebrate an occasion? NOW is the time to make the most of being forced to...
by Vyvyan Muller | May 29, 2020 | Newsletters
Dear Craft Gallery Friend Hardanger & NEW Tapestries To Keep You Busy During Whatever Stage Of COVID-19 We May Be In & Thereafter New stock has arrived – Some designs are brand new. Visit...
by Vyvyan Muller | May 4, 2020 | Newsletters
Dear Craft Gallery Friends On 21st April The Craft Gallery celebrated our first ‘lockdown’ birthday! I cannot believe that we have been trading for THIRTY years (1990 – 2020). This milestone affords me the opportunity to thank every single person who has supported...
by Vyvyan Muller | Apr 13, 2020 | Newsletters
Dear Craft Gallery Friends This letter is to thank all of you have contacted The Craft Gallery either for advanced orders or just to keep in touch. This has been a tough time for all of us and I know that lockdown has been a frustrating time for needlework folk...
by Vyvyan Muller | Mar 9, 2020 | Newsletters
Dear Craft Gallery Friends It’s already the 2nd week of March, and it is time to send another newsletter. Our top quality Vervaco tea cloths (80 X 80cm) and runners (40 X 100 cm) have arrived and as always we are struck by the superb quality of these cloths. ...
by Vyvyan Muller | Feb 20, 2020 | Newsletters
Dear Needlework friend A warm welcome to The Craft Gallery February newsletter. Our new Craft Gallery website is up and running and we are so glad to have you here. Every effort has been made to ensure that it is user friendly. Many of you have requested a regular...