ConsciousCrafting

22/11/2025

Our regular Thursday group climbed two flights of stairs to the project room in Garter Lane Arts Centre to join Suzan for the Festive Forest workshop in partnership with Winterval Waterford. With familiar faces and two new participants, the room buzzed with laughter, light-hearted banter and the first hints of the holiday season.

Everyone painted and decorated three wooden Christmas trees, cut from pallet wood, taking time to enjoy each step mindfully. Some focused intently on painting, while others shared jokes, creating a warm, reflective and joyful atmosphere. By the end, each participant had their own uniquely decorated trees and a gentle reminder to focus on one thing at the time during the bustling festive season.

21/11/2025

Looking for some creative calm in the festive dazzle? Come join our Sparkly Season workshop at , Waterford, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM, Sunday 23 November, during the start of Waterford's Winterval festivities this weekend.
You and any kids over 8 will be making gelliprints the first half of the workshop and personal greeting cards to send to your loved ones.
Go see Santa before, or enjoy the rides for family fun to make it an afternoon of festivities!

In the first session we will create gelliprint prints on dark and black paper, playing around with light paints and secondary glitter or metallic paints. In the second session, we will create and embellish Seasons' Greetings cards with a personal wish ready to be sent to a relative or friend to give...

20/11/2025

BRILL Family Resource Centre's afterschool groups brought the Viking spirit to life in this energetic Conscious Crafting workshop Viking Eco-Warrior. The lively first-year group explored what they loved about Viking culture, from weapons to clothing, while learning new skills like using glue guns and shaping fabric. Later, the 5th and 6th-year group focused on refining their Viking gonks, collaborating on details, styling hair and spray-painting helmets.

Both groups shared ideas, helped each other and experimented, taking real pride in their creations. By the end, everyone left with their finished pieces (some heading straight for bedroom windows!) and a newfound confidence in creativity.

20/11/2025

In the short playful workshop The Lines of Language for the event at South East Technological University, a national event funded by Languages Connect, secondary school students from Kilkenny and Waterford explored scripts and languages by colouring in the word “language” in one of 21 different languages, including Thai, Ogham, Arabic, Korean, Mandarin, Cyrillic and Berber and showed their creations sharing the pronunciation and language in turns.

19/11/2025

Friday’s Beyond the Blues session at BRILL Family Resource Centre quickly turned into a moment of teamwork. The young autistic adults helped one another with the tricky elastic knots, with one girl especially shining in her helper role — a natural leader who brought lots of encouragement to the room. Even the quieter members joined in, offering support and growing in confidence.

It was a warm, creative, and collaborative session where everyone left proud of the t-shirts they had made.

18/11/2025

This lively and joy-filled Mermaid Magic kids party took place in Tramore with a wonderful group of excited 9/10 year-old girls. The room was buzzing with energy as they jumped into their craft activity with enthusiasm, helping each other, staying engaged and proudly creating their decorated t-shirts to take home. Rebecca had a new helper, Sims, who took some great pictures of all creations.

The birthday girl even took on a special helper role, adding extra fun to the creative experience! It was a busy, cheerful party filled with colour, teamwork and lots of happy smiles.

18/11/2025

Once upon a time there was a little pig who lived in a tiny house in the heart of a great forest. One day, as he was cooking his supper, a big gray wolf came and called through the door. “‘Let me in, dear little pig. It’s bitter cold out here and I’m freezing.’ “‘I won’t let you in,....

17/11/2025

We've started the Winterval Waterford Workshops!
Come join us for a family friendly crafting session, engaging for adults as well as kids (8+) with guardian. Create various Christmas tree ornaments made of oysters and reflect on the year past. Limited spots, book here: https://conscious-crafting.com/product/oyster-ornaments-workshop-wf134/

17/11/2025

But the wheels of cheese became bigger and heavier and started falling faster and harder until eventually he became buried in it.

16/11/2025

At BRILL Family Resource Centre last two weeks, the women’s’ group turned old t-shirts into macramé plant hangers while sharing experiences about recycling. Some women talked about challenges at home, like recycling with young kids, while others shared tips for small sustainable actions.

They helped each other with the knots, building confidence as their projects came together. Facilitator Rebecca ensured they were proud of their work and excited to continue practicing at home, creating a collaborative and supportive environment.

16/11/2025

15/11/2025

The thieves watching from the shadows, though Tenali had hidden all his treasures in the trunk and dumped it in the well for safety.