Take time out to be creative!
Welcome to Hello! Hooray! - a blog about the things I love to make and do. My name is Clare Albans, and I am a mama, maker and author living in Newcastle upon Tyne. I am passionate about living a creative life, and hope that through my website you will find lots of ideas of how to bring creativity into your own life too.
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All items are dispatched 2nd class from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Postage upgrade for 1st class delivery and signed for is available.
Current dispatch time is 3-5 business days.
Please note that from April 2025 I will no longer be posting outside the UK - sorry!
(Updated 10th May 2025.)
Buy my new book!
The Modern Embroidery Handbook features step-by-step instructions for over 70 hand embroidery stitches plus 20 modern projects.
Treat yourself or a pal and order your copy today.
You'll also find my first book, Colourful Fun Embroidery, in my shop too!
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Embroidery kit fabric panels
Original price was: £12.00.£8.00Current price is: £8.00.
The Modern Embroidery Handbook
Original price was: £18.99.£15.00Current price is: £15.00.
Slow roast tomato salad
I work with a great team of people in my day job, and one of the things we do quite regularly is swap recipe ideas. This one is a recipe from my friend Donna – she brought this in for her lunch one day and we all did that thing where we no longer wanted…
Festival of Thrift 2014
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1411851326181{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”]Today was a really exciting day – it was the first day of the Festival of Thrift! The sun shone over Lingfield Point and me and Mum went along to see what was going on. And a lot was going on! I’ve been really excited about this for such a long time,…
How to re-line a bag
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I’m so excited about the Festival of Thrift, which starts tomorrow! It has been great to be a part of the School of Thrift and I thought I’d share another tutorial with you. This is a project that I have been planning for ages – I bought this satchel last year and always thought that…
Have you ever wanted to learn hand embroidery?
Then you've come to the right place! Start with my book and sign up my free course #TheHappyStitchProject!
#colourfulfunembroidery
You'll find everything you need to stitch your own #colourfulfunembroidery in my online haberdashery!
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