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Good afternoon crafters.  We hope you are well and enjoying your weekend.  To make it a tad more exciting, we have our regular blog candy up for grabs. First, the wonderful Hayley has been in, and donated a really cute Button Bat - not sure what his name is.  For the purposes of this post, we'll call him Bert.  Here's Bert: The second giveaway we have was donated by the brilliant Paul Church.  He's been making some lovely backgrounds, and also created a lovely stamped image for one lucky winner. As usual, the process is easy.  Just comment, and there will be two lucky winners. Last weeks winners were Crafty Clare, and Heather. Congratulations ladies. Tune in to Hochanda every day 24/7 for lots of fun and crafty demonstrations! Watch our programmes live >  Hochanda.com You can also tune into Hochanda on Freeview channel 39, Sky channel 663 or Freesat  817.

This week we are going to introduce you to one of the lovely guests who shares her infectious inspiration with the Hochanda viewers, it Hayley from Crafty Yourself Silly: Hayley Smith from Craft Yourself Silly Craft Yourself Silly is a great name for a company - how did the company evolve , and who chose the name? The company developed from the craft classes we were teaching through the pottery painting business I used to have with my mum, and from there came the kits and the rest is history.   Although it has happened so quickly we’re only 2 1/2 years old as a company and have grown to a team of 8 and we’re having a blast.  It was me who chose the name, I wanted something that was fun because that’s exactly what craft should be.  I love that you bring us products that are designed to be functional, look brilliant but are all achievable.  Is it tricky coming up with new product ranges and ideas?  We’re always looking for n...