Weekend INSTASALE!!! Pick up a Print

What’s happening with the Chirpy workshops?

WEEKEND INSTASALE!

Weekends are all about Instasales at Chirpy!

On Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd May we’ll be running a Chirpy Print Sale

Grab yourself a Print and help us raise money for the NHS. We’ll be donating £2 for every Print sold

On Saturday morning I’ll be posting pictures of a great selection of Prints on my Instagram grid

If you would like the Print then just message SOLD and I’ll message you with payment details

We ask that you then pay within 24 hours to guarantee that the Print is yours.

We can either deliver to you in North Leeds, post for FREE or you can collect from Chirpy next week between 10am -12:30pm

Let’s make this weekend as successful as last 2 weekends

Stay safe

Jo x

'Pay as You Feel' & help raise money for the NHS

What’s happening with the Chirpy workshops?

.Pay as you Feel & help raise money for the NHS

This week we’ve been selling some bargain Chirpy Stockroom Finds for ‘Pay as You Feel’ and donating 50% to the NHS

All you need to do is drop me a message when you see somethign you like and let me know how much you’d like to pay. I’ll send you my Paypal details and once I’ve received payment I’ll donate 50% to the NHS

Ideally this is for items which can be delivered or collected from Chapel Allerton - if you would like them posting I will ask you to pay the postage

Check out our IG stories for what we’ve found! But be quick - think are flying off the shelves!

Let’s see how much money we can raise - almost £100 raised in the fist few days!

Chirpy Workshop Updates!

What’s happening with the Chirpy workshops?

What a week!

This time last week we were doing our best to keep things ticking over and hoping to be able to run our March workshops, but how things have changed and so quickly

Firstly, I hope that all our Chirpy workshop customers and providers are ok - sending you all virtual hugs!

So here's a little update on where we are with the current workshp programme...

MARCH & APRIL WORKSHOPs
All of these have been postponed or where this has not been possible for a specific reason we have cancelled them. If you were booked on one of these workshops you should have received an email from me via Eventbrite to inform you of this. If you haven't then please email me on hello@chirpystore.co.uk

You'll have been given a few options - I would be really grateful if you would let me know asap which option you would like to take as this helps with planning for the future workshop programme and lets me update the providers

TRANSFER TO THE NEW DATE - this is the easiest thing to do and would really help us. We'll either give you the date if we've decided it or we'll let you know as soon as we have a new date. Of course if nearer the time you are unable to make that date then we can look at another option for you

BANK YOUR TICKET PRICE - if you know that you cannot make the new date but would still love to come on a Chirpy workshop we can bank your ticket and you can use it towards a different workshop in the future.

REQUEST A REFUND - if you would prefer a refund then we are happy to do this. All I ask is that you do consider the other 2 options as it would be great if we could have some existing bookings for the future workshops so we can guarantee running them when it is safe to do so. 

LOYALTY SCHEME - we currently run a Chirpy Workshop Loyalty scheme where if you attend 8 workshops you get your 9th for free. As a little THANK YOU, if you decide to either transfer or bank your ticket we will give you an extra loyalty stamp to help your on your way to a free workshop.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR AFTER MAY
If you are booked on a workshop from May onwards I will be in touch a bit nearer the time to offer you the above options. 

Behind the senes I am working with the workshop providers to agree our autumn programme so that we have dates for postponed and new workshops. It's such a worrying time for everyone and especially for the workshop providers who are self employed and have seen all their workshops disappear for the time being. Though amazed at how many have been so creative in their thinking in what they can offer - watch this space for us looking to work with some of them in a different way to try and bring you some creative activities #chirpyworkshopsathome - like the idea?

We are still able to offer Workshop Voucher for any value to if you wish to buy one then please get in touch and I can send it to you or to the recipient if it is a present with a card of your choice. If you already have a Voucher to use, don't worry there's no expiry date on them. 

Please bear with us at this time - we have had such a busy start to the year with workshops and we have lots in the diary to reschedule. However, if you have any questions about any of the workshops you are booked onto please don't hesitate to get in touch via hello@chirpystore.co.uk or DM me via @chirpystore on Facebook or Instagram

Most importantly, stay safe & well and be creative and we look forward to welcoming you back to Chirpy as soon as we can

Jo xx

hello@chirpystore.co.uk

Let's get ready to Bundle! Cards available online!

Let’s get ready to Bundle!

What a great reaction to the card bundle idea!

So here’s what we are offering…

Bundle of 5 BIRTHDAY cards for £12.50

Ill choose a mixture, they’ll be the type of gorgeous cards we sell in Chirpy, all blank inside, no rude ones so suitable for all

If you want to add a card for another occasion they will be £2.50 each per card - just let me know which occasion from:

Congratulations / Good Luck / Thank you / New Baby / Engaged / Wedding / Anniversary / Get Well Soon / New Home

Specific Age:

1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9

18/21/30/40/50/60/70/80/90/100

To place an order please message me via Facebook or Instagram with your order & your name. I will reply to confirm and request payment via Paypal. Please can I ask that once you’ve had a reply you arrange Paypal as soon as you can to help me manage orders and stock.

Orders will be send out FREE 1st class within a few days

Don’t forget we can post anything you see on our social media feeds, gift wrapped - just drop me a message and we’ll sort it for you

Thank you so much for supporting Chirpy

Jo x

hello@chirpystore.co.uk

NEW Home for Fusion Paint - Done up North HQ & available online

So you may have head the news that Fusion Mineral Paints are moving from Chirpy

After 2 brilliant years of us collaborating with Done up North she is expanding her amazing business & moving into her new HQ in Farsley this weekend

It perhaps hasn’t been as smooth a transition as we’d hoped in so fares no proper handover, live videos of us saying farewell and thank you, more of Nicky sneaking into Chirpy while it was shut this afternoon to take all the stock, posters & display unit!

As of tomorrow, Saturday 21st March, you’ll be able to collect paint from Nicky at her new premises

Unit 12c, Springfield Mills, Bagley Lane,

Farsley, LS28 5DY

Nicky can be contacted on 0113 873 0137 or fusion@doneupnorth.com

You can also buy online from Done up North here

Nicky will also be running her workshops online - just click here for more info or to book

I’m sure you’ll all join me in wishing Nicky the best of luck with her exciting new venture and happiness in her new location

NEW Week day Daytime workshops launched!

If you’ve visited Chirpy yo’ll know what a wonderful workshop space we have upstairs, which we use a lot on an evening and weekend for workshops, events and creative parties.

it’s also where we sell a lot of our homewares, including cushions and prints, and most importantly it’s where I can make myself a coffee!

For a while I’ve been wanting to use the space more during the week to expand our workshop programme, to offer workshops to people who don’t work during the week, are on maternity leave, work shifts or just have some free time on week days.

So I’m delighted to launch the first of our range of daytime workshops starting in April.

23rd April 11am - 1:30pm Arm Knitting

28th April 10am - 1pm Learn to Knit

14th May 10am - 1pm Gelli Print Workshop

20th May 10:30am - 1pm Silver Ring Workshop

4th June 10am - 1pm Lino Cut workshop

Watch this space for more mid week daytime workshops - if there’s something you’d like to see us run just drop us an email to hello@chirpystore.co.uk

Heard the news? We're going Plastic Free!

In Chirpy we’re embracing the new focus on becoming plastic free.

Many of our suppliers are now offering us the chance to have their cards ‘naked’ - that doesn’t mean rude cards, just not wrapped in a plastic sleeve. In fact some suppliers aren’t even giving us the choice and are moving to deliver all their new cards plastic free!

It’s great news environmentally as ever little thing we can do will help, but I have to say we did have reservations to begin with! How will we store & display them, will they get more easily damaged and dog eared, will we end up wasting the damaged ones, will people then take more bags to protect them?

Overall our fears have been allayed - the cards are staying in perfect condition on the shelf and if not then we will give customers a fresh card and actually most customers are not asking for bags. We’re still working out the perfect way to display & store them, and when we eventually get new display shelves then this will be the most important consideration but all in all it’s been a really positive experience.

So next time you’re in Chirpy, check out the dedicated shelf for plastic free ‘naked’ Birthday cards and you’ll also find other occasion cards without plastic sleeves too, including lots of our Valentine’s cards

What’s more, many of our stationery suppliers are starting to provide their stationery, such as notepads, list pads etc without plastic sleeves.

We’re delighted to be blazing the trail in Chapel Allerton with this new way of supplying environmentally sustainable cards to our customers! Hope you like them too! We’d love to hear you’re feedback

Feeling the LOVE in Chirpy!

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Got a card from CHIRPY, How about you?

Valentine’s Day has arrived in Chirpy

We don’t go in for soppy Valentine’s cards so if you’re looking for something a little bit different you know where to come!

Lots of lovely little gifts too!

FEATURED!! Best Independent Homeware Shops UK 2020

We’re delighted to be included amongst a wonderful group of independents as part of one of the Best Independent Homewares Stores in the UK for 2020

The list is some of Woven Rosa’s favourite shops and brands throughout the UK, many of which they found through their strong social media presence while others just good old fashioned word of mouth.

There’s so many on here which I admire and are on my list to visit when I finally do that independent road trip! Honoured to be featured part of this group

Read the full report here

NEXT 4 week Creative Writing course launched! Starts 22nd April

Release your inner poet!

Following the success of the previous 2 courses, we’re delighted to launch the next 4 week Creative Writing Course, led by local poet Siobhan MacMahon

Suitable for anyone (16+) who has ever wanted to try their hand at writing poetry. Just bring a pen and a notebook and enjoy letting your creativity flourish!

The workshop run on 4 consecutive Wednesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm - the cost of the course is £60 for all 4 weeks

Wednesday 22nd April / 29th April / 6th May / 13th May 2020

Age 16+

Click here to book your ticket!