Our Story

Gloved hands clean a mosaic-covered pottery vase in a basin

Crafting Supplies Outlet started in 2010, when I left a career in teaching to do something I loved full-time.

I spent the 1990s and early 2000s teaching Design Technology, and I loved it — but by the mid-2000s, the profession had changed so much that my heart wasn't in it anymore. What I've always loved, through all of it, is making things: working with wood, acrylic, metal, sinamay — pretty much any material I can get my hands on.

Over the years, Crafting Supplies Outlet has grown from a supplies shop into something bigger. Alongside selling craft materials, I now run workshops for YMCAs across the country, and deliver "Crafting for Wellbeing" sessions with UHL Arts and Heritage in Leicester — helping people find calm and confidence through making.


The dream is to one day open a workshop space in rural Leicestershire, somewhere anyone can walk in, pick up a new skill, and make something they're proud of.

People seated around a table decorating crafts with paper, flowers, and supplies in a bright room
Wooden kitchenware display on shelves in a rustic shop, with bowls, cutting boards, and trays.

Thank you for stopping by. If there's something specific you're after, I love a bespoke request — just drop me a message


- Heena