Folk Square is a useful online resource for anyone interested in a wide range of crafts.

It’s described as, “An online primitive magazine released monthly. We showcase talented artists from all over while featuring dolls, patterns, folk art, primitives, raggedies, stitcheries and so much more.”

They have a Craft Fair from June 1 to June 15, so check in if you want to participate or take space for your own crafts.

Crafting is a major niche topic on the internet and this site has links to a large variety of subjects and features. Worth a browse.

Check it out.

PartyDelights has a decorative Easter party banner which can be personalized online to your taste :

“Our personalised banners are suitable for indoor/outdoor use, have eyelets fitted and are printed on quality 440gsm all weather vinyl. You can upload your own photograph and preview online : 6ft x 2.5ft £29.99 [$60] or 10ft x 4ft £59.99 [$120].”

Just one suggestion for crafting this Easter. More later.

There’s a special offer on that interesting paper magazine for crafts: Crafts — The Magazine for Contemporary Crafts.

For a limited time only new subscribers receive an extra issue free.

Here’s how the magazine describes itself: “Crafts is the only British magazine to cover all craft forms, from studio work to public commissions, from modern experimental work to traditional and historic designs. It is committed to excellent quality in both the work it covers and the coverage itself. Published on alternate months, Crafts is lavishly illustrated to a high standard.”

Take a look at the current issue.

The world-famous British model-making kit company Airfix has gone into administration, prompting an outpouring of nostalgia for its products. Many older people have memories of assembling models of Spitfires and Lancaster bombers in their childhood.

Millions who grew up in the 1960s and 70s remember spending their weekly pocket money on plastic model kits and polystyrene cement on Saturday mornings.

Many also recall the chore of glueing, assembling and painting anything from Spitfires, Saturn 5 rockets, soldiers and sailing ships, to railway rolling stock, armoured vehicles, classic cars and even dinosaurs.

“Kids still love them and often parents enjoy playing with the kits with their children as it brings back memories from their own childhood. Retro-toys such as Airfix can help in promoting parent-children relationships in this way,” says spokesman Daniel Himsworth.

The BBC says “For speciality shops like the Swindon Model Centre, it’s really terrible news. But a spokesman adds that Airfix has been losing ground to computer games for about seven years (the company has also stopped introducing new kits and is just repackaging old ones). Airfix prices have also risen sharply in recent years.”

I remember Airfix kits in my own youth and had a few of them. I didn’t like working with plastic, though, preferring models made of balsa wood and paper, even though they didn’t look “real” as the Airfix models did.

Does anyone have any memories of Airfix kits?