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Box Park Croydon - 15th Feb 2026 Our resident crafter Nik has stalls at markets selling Craft Haven Makes. The next dates and venues for 2026 are as follows: Wallington Square , SM6 8RG on Saturday 28th March, 25th April, 30th May and 29th August 10am to 5pm Selsdon Hall Crafters Market, 132 Addington Road, South Croydon, CR2 8LA on 2nd May 10am to 2pm Cheam Charter Fair, Park Road, Cheam, Sutton on Saturday 16th May 9am to 2pm Beddington Park Market, Beddington Park, Chur

Here at Craft Haven, we have a resident crafter Nik who does markets for us which also halps to advertise our store. She's been crafting for over 30 years and has picked up many tips and tricks along the way. Any links shared are not affiliates, just products we don't sell or brilliant tutorials from other crafters.

One of the most asked questions in Facebook groups dedicated to cutting dies is 'How do you guys store your dies?' When you start out buying cutting dies, it's pretty easy to remember what they were. Once you start amassing them, then it gets difficult. Especially when you have a lot of words and complicated shapes. The best method we've found is to use A5 spiral display folders (no more than 40) and A4 magnetic sheets cut down to A5 with an A5 piece of card behind the magn

Isopropyl (rubbing alcohol) is a must for your craft room, whether you're an artist or a crafter. It doesn't matter if it's 70% or 99% for crafting purposes. It deep cleans tools like tweezers, craft knives, cutting mats and more! It's far more cost effective than alcohol wipes. There's nothing worse than working on a project and noticing marks on your card or papers that have been picked up from your tools. A daily clean up, especially if using glue of any kind. Just spray s