Do you have any great, topical or interesting ideas for our Homepage Themes for October 2022? As well as seasonal themes, we’re particularly looking for crafts, materials or techniques that might not have been featured before. Thank you!
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4th - World Animal Day. 4-10th World space Week. 6th - National Badger Day. 6th - National Poetry Day. 7th - World Smile Day. 9th - International Astronomy Day. 14 - 20th - National Baking Week. 17-23rd - Chocoloate Week. 21st - International Reptile Awareness Day. 21st - Apple Day. 27th - National Black Cat Day
Purple, mushrooms, baking, cats, autumn,
Halloween - preferably at least a week before the end of October to give people time to get their order!
spiders, leaves, rain, hand embroidery, glass enamel.
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Trick or treat, pumpkins, clocks going back, spooky art.
Halloween, Autumn colours, autumn leaves, trees, berries, birds.
Autumn colours
Fire
Blankets
knitting
crochet and tatting
keeping warm
October storms and winds
water, rain and wet
hats gloves and scarfs
umbrellas
Autumn fruits, jams and comfort foods
puddings and cakes
Nuts and chestnuts
mushrooms and toadstools
Halloween sweets
Spiders, skulls, skeletons and bats
Ghosts and Ghouls
Day of the dead - Dia de los Meurtos
trick or treat
reading books indoors by the fire
lamplight and lanterns
scrapbooks
paper crafts
decoupage
miniature paintings
miniature books
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As requested, I’ve tried to think of craftwork that hasn’t been featured before… but of course I haven’t been here since Folksy started, so I may be covering old ground.
Peg loom weaving
Musical instrument makers (from tin whistles and ocarinas to more complex like mandolins and guitars)
Rug making - braided, rag rugs, woven etc
Tinware (from recycled tin cans etc)
New work from old cutlery (I’ve seen coat hooks etc)
Patination (jewellery with heat/chemical treatments to alter the colour)
Enamelling
Distressed (anything with a distressed finish)
Seared woodwork
Paper flowers
Mosaics
Bits and pieces (anything making use of fragments such as mosaics, patchwork etc
Lost wax techniques in jewellerymaking
Brass and copper
Lacemaking
Millinery
Encaustic art
And from my own discipline:
No-wheel ceramics (ie handbuilt rather than thrown on the wheel)
Unglazed ceramics
Naked clay ceramics
Tiles
Stoneware
Earthenware
Porcelain
October connection:
Opals (birthstone of Librans like me)
Octagons
Balance (Libra birth sign)
First frosts
Pumpkins and squashes
Gifts to warm to (socks, mitts, ear warmers, hot water bottle covers etc)
To try to encourage people to buy even when times are hard:
Budget beaters
Underscore…Gifts under £20
Too good to miss price tags
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Orange
Brown
Gold
Leaves
Pumpkins
Jumpers
Long sleeves
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Gothic…in time for halloween, witches, ghosts
Goldwork embroidery
Boxmaking…paper, card or fabric boxes
Halloween cards or decorations
Throws/blankets
Boxed gifts
This is a wonderful list, thank you so much Judy! We’ll make sure we use these over the next few months.
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