What are the opening hours?

Monday 9am - 5pm Tuesday 9am - 5pm Wednesday 9am - 5pm Thursday 9am - 5pm Friday 9am - 5pm

The Crafty Nook

Home
United Kingdom
Portsmouth
The Crafty Nook

Call Directions Website Contact the business

Handmade gifts with heart & a hint of glitter
Hair bows | DIY craft kits | Personalised goodies
Single mum. ME/CFS warrior. Creative queen.

Crafting joy, chaos & a little magic—daily! DM to order or just say hey!

28/10/2026

New Paint Your Own themes are in the works and you get a say in what comes next.

Dumplings and capybaras are already on their way. But what's missing? What would make you stop scrolling and go YES, that one.

Comment below with your theme requests. Go wild.

25/10/2026

So Storm Austen decided to hit Portsmouth Friday into yesterday, which means yesterday's postal collection didn't happen and had to be rebooked for tomorrow morning 🌪️

End result: tomorrow's collection is now a small mountain of parcels. The postie is not going to be my biggest fan 🤣

I've still got 11-12 orders left to pack, those'll be done tomorrow and go out with everything else on Tuesday. A few from today's batch are being held back for Tuesday instead, purely because I decided 6 bags in one go might be pushing it even for my postie's patience 😂

And for Tuesday's collection? I've got my brother on handover duty. Bless him, he has no idea what he's signed up for 🤣

The end is in sight though! This morning it was genuinely looking doubtful whether we'd even make it to Norfolk on Tuesday or if we'd be pushed back to Wednesday, but now I can see myself bombing it up the A3 Tuesday morning, praying the M25 decides to behave and gives me minimal traffic 🤣

Everything is still moving, just a day behind thanks to Mother Nature. Thank you for bearing with me!

24/10/2026

Nearly finished the first ball of yarn and I've done roughly one corner of a blanket.

I have six balls.

I'm no mathematician but I'm starting to feel like this could go badly.

This is where I'm at after being glued to the floffice since yesterday, surviving the postie drama of this morning (he couldn't get to mine, Amazon and Evri could, no further questions), and still having 24 orders standing between me and my time off.

The nails are gone. Three of them just, gone. That's a Tuesday problem now.

For tonight it's me, the blanket, and some very optimistic yarn arithmetic. 🧶

22/10/2026

A rear indicator bulb blew on the way home from Asda (emergency wellie boot hunt for tomorrows school trip) yesterday and somehow that is why I finished work at half ten tonight.

The logic holds up if you don't examine it too closely. Bulb meant garage. Garage meant late start. Late start meant the five orders I was packing at a leisurely pace got squeezed into a full evening shift, then a moulding list on top of that, then a small person anxious about the storm who needed settling. Now I'm asking myself why am I still watching PeachyBbies slime videos on YouTube when my child is asleep - Little Pickle for some reason likes to fall asleep with a slime video on in the background 🤣

Five orders. One bulb. Eight and a half hours.

Tomorrow is 13 orders and I'm choosing to see that as a fresh start rather than a threat.

The end is genuinely in sight. A week off is coming and I can't wait!

20/10/2026

Stage one: Little Pickle enters a competition in her magazine.

Stage two: We forget about it entirely.

Stage three: Pen-making sets arrive at the house on Saturday with no warning whatsoever.

Stage four: I finish work early today, we sit down together, make a couple of pens, and I watch something shift behind her eyes.

Stage five: She has decided pens are her calling. Not drawing pens, not buying pens. Making pens. From scratch. Repeatedly.

I have accidentally launched a pen-based obsession and I'm not even a little bit sorry about it. 🖊️

18/10/2026

Little Pickle actually tried to post this back to Santa last year. Found it, checked the address book, and headed for the front door. 🎅

Santa's Lost Wallet is back for 2026 and the contents list alone will make you want one.

A faux leather wallet, initials SC on the front. A printed photo of Santa and Mrs Claus. Receipts from Elf Mart and Frostbite Cafe so you can see exactly what he spent. Three bank notes printed on linen paper. A proper mail stamp trimmed to look real.

And then the metal cards. His bank card, his sleigh licence, his Jingle Perks loyalty card. All double-sided, all printed on thin metal like an actual card.

That's the full set for £10. If you already bought one last year and just want the contents refreshed with the 2026 dates, that's £5.

I made the first one of the year yesterday. Remembered immediately why these sold the way they did. Orders are open.

17/10/2026

I have now been injured by four separate pieces of craft equipment. The weeding hook, the heat press, the air fryer, and today, a pair of scissors.

The scissors one is embarrassing.

I lost my wire cutters, decided scissors would absolutely do the same job, cut both the wire binding on a calendar and my finger simultaneously, and then, this is the important bit, closed the scissors again immediately after.

My hands and my brain have never once been in contact with each other. I don't think they've even exchanged emails.

If anyone out there is running a business with a worse safety record than mine, please find me. We need to talk. 🤣

16/10/2026

I booked the post collection. I got into bed before 11pm. I was doing so well.

Then I remembered I'd picked up yarn from Hobbycraft this morning (place of worship, no further questions) and that Little Pickle's newest blanket (to replace the one I made for Little Pickle when I was pregnant which is now being gifted to my little Air Bear) wasn't going to crochet itself.

She has, by conservative estimate, approximately 20 million blankets already. She would like one more. Bigger. She has been very clear on this.

So here we are. Me crocheting. Her watching with the energy of someone checking a building project is on schedule.

I cheekily asked if three rows was enough she looked at me like I'd suggested she sleep under a flannel.

"Er no."

Fair enough. Back to it then.

Post collection sorted. Blanket underway. Absolutely no sleep happening. 🤣

14/10/2026

I am abandoning you all for Norfolk and I am not even slightly sorry.

The Crafty Nook is closed from Tuesday 27th October until Monday 3rd November. Last post collection is Monday 26th, and I will try to squeeze a cheeky extra collection out on the 27th if my brother cooperates, but I am making no promises about him.

Nothing will be made or dispatched between the 27th and the 2nd. I say that, but we all know I will be packing orders on the sofa on the 2nd, technically still on holiday, pretending that counts as rest.

Why am I going? Baby snuggles, best friend time, and apparently Trick or Treating, because I am a 40 year old with zero impulse control and Hocus Pocus leggings and a hoodie that deserve an outing.

Back properly on the 3rd. Try not to need anything handmade until then. 🎃

14/10/2026

The plaster shapes have looked me dead in the eyes and chosen chaos.

They were supposed to be dry. They are not dry. They are, in the technical sense, still damp. The air fryer is involved. I am not going to say how long it has been involved.

I am printing calendars and maintaining eye contact with the fryer like everything is fine.

Anyway. These are the chocolate-free advent calendars, four designs, each packed with a story, activities and colouring pages. Wire bound with a Christmas pencil and mini colouring pencils, £6 each.

New for 2026, you can also get them as A5 booklets for £5 if you want the smaller option.

Shop online at https://thecraftynookdst.etsy.com

or drop me a message. The calendars will be ready. I have staked my air fryer on it.

Address

St George's Square
Portsmouth

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+447426727051

Website

https://the-crafty-nook.sumupstore.com/, https://thecraftynookdst.etsy.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Crafty Nook posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.