Artisan Centre & Supply Warehouse
~ About Us ~
Welcome to a new type of experience. Crafter's Cupboard is a family owned and run business started in March 2011. We aim to provide a level of quality and service that can't be matched. Our goal is to work closely with other existing local small crafting businesses in order to support each other, ourselves and the "industry" as a whole. Our space has been chosen to fit the needs of the guilds and crafting community. Our products are unique and sit at a quality level far greater than any big box store. We're constantly changing and adding as we respond to what our customers want - check us out often!
Contact Information:
Store Location: 430 Laird Road, Unit 1-2, Guelph
Map Note: The "A" marker is slightly west of the driveway. We are on the south side of the road, last building before the bend.
Mailing Address: PO Box 26042, Guelph ON N1E 6W1,
Phone/Fax: T: 519.546.7687 F: Please scan to email.
Email: crafters_cupboard@hotmail.com
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What will we be doing here?
Everything we can think of!
We plan to fill the main showroom with Vendor Booths in a variety of disciplines. To start out, let's find some BEADS! And all the wonderful accessories that go with them.
We're also hoping to have a healthy selection of quality tools covering many disciplines - especially some of the almost lost, "olde" world techniques.
PLUS: Collective catalogue ordering. Books. Classes. Demonstrations. Parties. Kits and more kits. Kid's stuff. Drop in times for coffee and crafting. And there will be more as we put it all together.
We have warehouse space which we are configuring to allow for workspace and a HUGE teaching area! Need a place to host your guild meetings, special events, classes or workshops? Look no further! Just think, the space AND the supplies all under one roof!
STORAGE, STORAGE, STORAGE. Are you moving from hobby to cottage industry? Craft room not enough space anymore? How about a just-right sized storage locker.
Getting ready for a big show and need some extra room to work? Only need it for two days, maybe a week? Why not rent the workspace adjacent to the storage lockers? Just think of how much easier that would be rather than spreading everything out all over the house!
What won't we be doing?
Anything covered by another store in Guelph (with the exception of beads).
Triangle Sewing carries sewing machines, accessories, fabric and notions. www.trianglesewing.on.ca
Stockade carries woodworking supplies, decorative paint supplies, precut wood shapes, clock making accessories and some misc supplies. https://stockade.ca/
Greenwood Quiltery & Gallery carries fabrics and yarns. www.greenwoodquiltery.com
All Strung Out carries a large selection of natural fibre yarns. Also some buttons, seed beads, tools and miscellany. http://www.allstrungoutyarns.ca/
Play with Clay is an interactive open potter studio offering painting and fresh clay building. http://www.playwithclayguelph.com/
Wyndham Art Supplies carries artists painting and drawing supplies including canvases and framing. Sculpture supplies. Some scrapbooking, kids and misc supplies. www.wyndhamartsupplies.com
Younique Country Retreat Scrapbooking Shop carries scrapbooking supplies. http://youniqueshop.com/
Framing & Art Centre carries mounting and framing supplies. www.guelph.framingartcentre.com
Len's Mill Store and Fabricland for fabric, thread, sewing and quilting aqccessories. Some misc supplies.
And we are open to ideas. If you have something you'd like to see added, please let us know!
~ WANTED ~
Here's our call for the following vendors. Note this list is NOT exclusive - merely a starting point. I'd love to see as many new suggestions as are listed here! As I mentioned, we're starting with beads - not ending there!
New: Spinning and Weaving supplies.
New: Woodcarving tools/supplies.
New: Stained Glass tools/supplies.
Lampwork beads.
Lampwork supplies, tools, equipment.
Metal clay beads.
Metal clay supplies, tools, equipment.
Polymer clay beads.
Polymer clay supplies, tools, equipment.
Glass beads - all grades.
Seed beads - both czech and japanese.
Crystals - both Swarovski and a less expensive alternative.
Clasps, findings.
Notions.
Wire, chain, cording, silk thread, and all other types of stringing material.
Books, videos.
KITS - all kinds, disciplines, price points. Multiple vendors MOST welcome.
Teachers - in all of the above!
Here is a more comprehensive idea as to how vendors will participate.
Vendors will be offered space on a cloth canvas, approximately 2' x 6' or other suitable display method. SAMPLES will be permanently affixed to that canvas. Kits, for example, will have a segment of the finished project, and a few pieces of each component on display to be viewed. Full kits will be in the picking room to be provided once a customer presents the item code. A finished piece of every kit must be provided - either by the vendor or by permission from the vendor to be made by the store. The finished pieces will be placed on display in a locked cabinet. It will be up to the vendor whether these finished pieces may be sold.
Items such as finished pendants will not be on canvas, but placed in a locked display at the picking counter for viewing. Items such as tools and chain will have a sample affixed to the canvas, but full stock will remain in the picking room.
All vendors must donate their time to at least one personal appearance per year. Either at a gala event or by teaching a class. More appearances will be gladly welcomed!
Vendors will be responsible for keeping inventory stocked each week. Some exceptions (especially around shows) will apply.
Vendors will receive a discount for renting the classroom space. Availability is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Vendors will be charged a consignment percentage for the sale of their wares.
A contract will be provided to clearly set out all terms and conditions.
INTERESTED IN BEING A VENDOR? PLEASE CONTACT US AT crafters_cupboard@hotmail.com