Valentine’s Day is traditionally celebrated on 14th February around the world. Valentine’s Day is named after Saint Valentine, a Catholic priest who lived in Rome in the 3rd Century. Valentine Cards – the practice of sending love messages developed by people sending special cards expressing their affection. Cards were usually handmade by the sender and individually designed to […]
National Send a Card to a Friend Day is celebrated on February 7th each year. It is a day to show your friends how much you care by sending them a handwritten card. A simple gesture like this can make a big difference in someone’s day. When you send a card to a friend, you
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This month’s Kit of the Month is bunny and chick needle felting kit. This kit is ideal for a beginner and it makes two – a bunny and a chick. This kit is an ideal starter kit and a great introduction to needle felting. Learn the basics of felting as this is a level 1
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Thank you for these amazing reviews. Since we started the business a few years ago we have had amazing support from our loyal customers. Like most businesses we fail to advertise the positive as we are so busy trying to get orders out and focusing on making new kits. Here’s what a few customers have
We are still working hard to get your Christmas orders out to you. If it is a present for your loved ones or just a sneaky present for yourself we aim to get them to you asap. Christmas orders – any orders made and including 18th December will be dispatched by Royal Mail recommended Christmas
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Happy Birthday to us – today is our 10th birthday and let’s celebrate together. Black Dog and Ginger Cat was first launched on October 20th 2013 so today we are 10 years old. We started with a few ideas and have now have over 20 needle felting kits, Needle felting wool and accessories that are
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Our Camper Van needle felting kit incorporate needle felting with electronic textiles – adding LED’s to create lights to our camper van projects. This new 3D camper van uses two white LED’s as their headlights. You make a circuit to make the lights work. The instructions are picture instructions with separate diagrams for the sizes
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If you are not hanging your birds as a decoration you may want to finish your birds with legs we have a free step by step guide the link is at the bottom of this blog. There are many ways you can make legs with clay or a wire armature, paper covered florist wire or
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Mother’s Day is always an important day in the yearly calendar. Mother’s Day is a celebration honouring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. Make this a special day for our mum’s. For more information about Mother’s Day Wikipedia may have some more interesting
Happy Valentine’s Day from our Valentine Hare and of course all of us at Black Dog and Ginger Cat. Whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day or see it as a commercial hype you still maybe interested in the history of Valentine’s Day and why it is celebrated. Valentine’s Day, also called Saint Valentine’s Day or the
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