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• OUR PRODUCTS & SERVICES • Handcrafted Holidays offers the following: Fiber and Textile Tours to Great Britain and Ireland Resources For The Creative Traveller - a series of handbooks designed to make planning your special interest holiday a snap. The first in this series is full of information for Knitters, Weavers, Spinners, Dyers, & Feltmakers. The book will make it possible for you to combine your passion for fibre with your holiday or sabbatical to Great Britain & Ireland. Individualized research and trip planning Resources For The Creative Traveller The first book in this series, published by Handcrafted Holidays, is aimed at Knitters, Weavers, Spinners, Dyers, & Feltmakers. The book gives you the resources you need to plan a holiday to  Great Britain and Ireland around these fibre interests by offering you: Guilds and Associations that can tell you who to contact in the areas where you will be travelling, and let you know about meetings and other gatherings that you can participate in Places to visit such as Galleries, Museums, Historic Places Shops and other fibre sources Who is teaching workshops and courses, and how they can tailor them to your level of experience and expertise To see the Table of Contents and excerpts from the book, click HERE. Other titles planned for this series include books for: Quilters, Wearable Artists, & Upholsterers - this book will be the second in the series and will include sources for fabrics, beads, buttons, and other embellishments.  This edition will be available in 2003. Basketmakers and Chair Caners Organic Gardeners and Seed Savers - this book will include organic gardens to visit, information about volunteer opportunities, organic seed and plant sources, and where you can learn more about alternative energy and organic growing solutions. Individualized Research and Trip Planning You tell me: When you would like to take your holiday to Great Britain and Ireland What creative interests you would like to emphasize What areas and which countries you’d like to see If you want to home-base yourself in a cottage, or if you would like to stay in hotels or Bed & Breakfasts I do the research and return a personalized packet to you that will include: Events to attend such as craft shows, fairs, and exhibitions, that are aimed at your hobbies and interests Special places to visit such as galleries, mills, historic places, museums Shops to find materials for your craft Craftmakers, who will be teaching courses and workshops that pertain to your interests while you are there, and how to contact them Names and numbers of guilds and associations who can tell you where there will be meetings and special gatherings you can attend Websites that will give you lots of information and contacts before you leave on your holiday Suggestions for cottages to rent that will make you feel at home, and like a temporary “local” I can set up workshops, contact guilds & associations, arrange for you to attend a guild meeting, check on cottage rentals, and much more. Fee for indivualized research and planning: $45 per hour + phone card. You will receive the phone card with any unused minutes on it in your finished packet.  Home • About Us • Tours • Book Excerpts • Order The Book • People Talking Artist Profiles • Calendar • Sample Itinerary • Contact Us • Links   Copyright ©2008 Handcrafted Holidays - All rights reserved.