Business Name: Aldridge Crafts
Contact Name: Jane Aldridge
Established: 2005
Why you start the business: I was a keen papercrafter and started teaching workshops at home, this gradually grew into a craft supplies business going into our shop 8 years ago – April sees our 8th birthday.
Product categories you sell: Papercrafting, mixed media, Art materials, stamps, dies, calligraphy, beads, findings, charms as well as lovely notebooks and gifts.
Brands: Craft Buddy Crystal Art, PaperArtsy, Woodware, Lavinia Stamps, Posca and Micron Pens, Creative Expressions, Manuscript, Daler Rowney, Miyuki Beads, Beadalon, AALL & Create, Chocolate Baroque, Pink Ink and many more
Social media: https://www.facebook.com/aldridgecraftsnorfolk/
Website address: www.aldridgecrafts.co.uk
Aldridge Crafts is run by Jane Aldridge, started in 2005. Jane regularly appears on Hochanda in the jewellery box hour and is an avid mixed media crafter, calligrapher, jewellery maker and abstract artist. She teaches instore and is currently developing online workshops alongside her craftalong with Aldridge Crafts group on facebook to keep everyone crafting in the current times.
www.aldridgecrafts.co.uk
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