Crafty Hen Party’s Brighton…

If you have heard about Super+Super you will know just how much we love all things creative and crafty… and inspiring others to get stuck in learning new skills! But did you know that we also specialise in craft parties and events?!

 Fast becoming the go to craft venue in Brighton we offer a crafty party or event to help celebrate that very special occasion! Be that a Hen party, Birthday or baby shower… Oh and did we mention team building? That too!

Since the success of our parties at the HQ last year 2012 we have now further developed a range of parties and events that can be brought directly to you at home, the workplace or in the comfort of your weekend holiday accommodation! Hen’s on the Road is here!

With prices starting at £30 pp we will tailor your party to suite the needs of your day.

 What we offer…

£45 per head for a 3 hour in house party that comprises of a 2 hour craft class with a tea party to trump all others to follow shortly after! This event includes all materials, expert tuition by resident crafter Miss Amy Phipps, printed hand outs, tools and equipment…..Tea on tap + cake + tunes to craft along too.

Hen’s on the road…

If you love the idea of celebrating your special occasion in a more crafty and creative way, but would prefer  to do it in the comfort of your own home then look no further! S+S on the road has arrived! We will come to your house/hotel/garden party and host a lovely craft party complete with refreshments! Prices start at £30 pp.

So what’s next…

Simply email us with your preferred date and venue. Parties are usually held on Saturdays/Sunday 10-1pm or 2pm til 5pm depending on the kind of project you choose. Week day parties are available but start times will vary depending on our schedule of regular in house classes.

Now…

Choose the group activity you’d like from our list of projects. Alternately, if you have an idea you’d really like to make but its not on our list, email us at supersuperhq@gmail.com and we will try and arrange it! Max of 15 people depending on project. Our minimum guest amount is 5 people and we take 50% deposit in advance.

Craft Projects:

Brilliant Bunting

Hand embroidered Hanky’s

Pretty fascinator

Fancy pants – embellished knickers (bring your own pants for this one!)

Decorated Nipple tassles

Screen Printed Shopper tote bag

NB: One activity per party.

Lastly…

Tell us how many pals you’ll be bringing along!

We will tailor the day perfectly. We take 50% deposit on confirmation of booking, and then call/email you 2 weeks before your party to double check numbers before we order materials. Please let us know of any dietary requirements/allergies and we’ll make it a gluten and nut free affair!

*We are based in the South Lanes right on the sea front, just a hop skip and a jump from the beach….why not take your pals for a promenade on the Pier and a ride on the waltzer after the event!*

Make-up Master Class with Maryann Richardson- Introduction to Makeup – is set to be a fun evening of learning about enhancing your own look for everyday.

What Maryann will go over:

- Tools for your kit
- Step by step how to achieve a flawless foundation suited to you.
- Conceal or Correct which do you need?
- How to choose the right mascara
- Professional product recommendation
- Step by step eye makeup that can be transformed into an evening look-make your eyeshadow last!
- Eyebrows – shape and correct with makeup
- How to choose the right shade of lipstick an make it last
- How to achieve killer cheekbones, Kim Kardasian eat your heart out!

INTRO PRICE £25 and you can get your ticket here!

Here is a bit of back ground to Maryann’s exciting career so far in the make-up industry! 

http://www.maryannrichardson.com/

Accounting Efficiency with Crunch Media Brighton is a great savvy training event to get you up to speed with the financial side of your creative business.

Accounting efficiency in the cloud will provide advice and guidance on how to run your limited company in a tax-efficient way, enabling you to save time and money.

What we will cover:
· Keeping track of expenses and reducing your tax
· Invoicing & tracking clients
· Paying yourself covering:
- RTI
- Tax-efficient salary and dividend combinations
- Extra dividend efficiency and pensions
- Paying yourself prudently & high interest accounts
· Accounting visibility and bank reconciliation
· Using technology to save time.

May 21st, 7 til 8pm at our fair HQ

Bring all your queries and questions and get the super helpful Crunch team to trouble shoot you to success! You can get your ticket here!

Sewing Workshops with Zoe Edwards! If, like us, you are totally hooked on The Great British Sewing Bee you will be itching to dig out those sewing machines and start making! That said, sometimes it’s a little bit trickier than you think. This is where our super seamstress Zoe Edwards comes in. This month Zoe is offering two very different but equally amazing sewing classes…

First up is Rework Your Wardrobe. A chance for you to bring in unloved, unworn, broken or just ill-fitting clothes and transform them into brand new totally wearable garments. We’re talking hemming trousers and skirts, fixing holes, reshaping for a better fit, inserting new zips, shortening hems and then some. It’s the perfect way to bring some much needed fun into your clothing selection.

Saturday 4th May – 10-1pm
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Next up we have an Introduction to Commercial Sewing Patterns. This session aims to take the beginner sewer towards being a confident dressmaker by explaining and demystifying the sometimes daunting world of commercial sewing patterns. By the end of the session you will understand their cryptic language and know how to use them. Perfect for all you budding seamstresses out there!

Tuesday 7th May – 6.30-8.30pm
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Sketchbook workshop Brighton is a brilliant opportunity to experiment with a range of everyday materials and techniques to create a sketchbook brimming with originality, texture and colour. Over four weekly sessions, textile artist Clare McEwan will lead you in exploring mark making, 3d construction, collage, mono-printing, photography, and digital imagery development. A course celebrating trial and error, concentrating on process rather than outcome. The finished piece will be your unique sketchbook –a testament to your brave artistic self! – and creative skills to take forward.

Come armed with inspirational images, objects or text. These will be vital starting points for your book and allow you to get going immediately on week one. All making materials will be supplied but feel free to bring any papers/surfaces/fabrics you also want to work with. Bring a digital camera (phone/compact/SLR) for all 4 weeks and laptop or iPad for week 3 for editing images.

Don’t hesitate in talking to Clare if you have any questions about equipment. cfmcewan@gmail.com Follow Clare on Tumblr for course tasters.

See some of Clare’s work at http://www.claremcewan.com/ andhttp://cfmcewan.com/

£88 for course

Course dates: Wednesdays 7pm-9pm

April 17th, April 24th, 1st May and 8th May 2013

Week 1: 2d and 3d experiments + photography

Week 2: Mono-printing + photography

Week 3: Experimental photography and digital photo development

Week 4: Collage, refining pages and building book

We have all had enough of this wintery weather! The ‘Craft Yourself A Garden’ Launch Party Event – Super+Super Brighton will help you spring into action with a crafty afternoon at Super+Super from 2.30 to 8.30 on Sunday 7th April.

Hosted by Hedvig Murray Designs and What You Sow to celebrate the launch of their new businesses and the unveiling of another exciting window display collaboration!

 Swap seeds (or donate 50p per packet)

 Make a newspaper pot

 Learn how to sow your seeds

 Make a funky macramé plant hanger

 Browse & buy gardening goodies

 Drink tea, eat cake.

*FREE Event*

We can’t wait to see you all there!

http://hedvigmurray.co.uk/
http://www.whatyousow.co.uk/

Screen printed cushion cover workshop Brighton. In this 2 and half hour session we will be on hand to guide you through the process from designing and cutting to printing and finishing.

Create your own new functional accessory! For £15 you will get one cotton cushion cover and everything you need to design, cut and print a stencil (including inspiration should you need it) as well as tea + coffee + CAKE!

It helps if you bring an idea, drawing or photograph to work with. OR use one of our selection of existing designs…

£15 per person this includes all material and refreshments.

MAX 12 spaces get you ticket here!

email supersuperhq@gmail.com or call 01273 778723 to book a place!

Boho Gelato italian ice cream Brighton now sponsors Super+Super monthly Film Club! And boy are we excited. If you haven’t visited our monthly film cub yet, well now there is another reason to come along to this free event and get involved in our eclectic mix of low-fi film screenings, tea and cake…. and now Brighton’s most amazing frozen gelato!

With 24 ever changing Italian Ice Cream flavours ranging from Vanilla to Violet, Mango to Mojito and Apple to Avocado taken from an ever growing list of now over 325!! Handmade on site daily at 6 Pool Valley Brighton – Off East Street near the Palace Pier

Last month we showed Moonrise Kingdom… and ate Bourbons & Bourbon! SO DELICIOUS.

Boho gelato is a fine establishment indeed, with over 300 different flavours of gelato, frozen yoghurt and sorbet you could never possibly be disappointed! The parlour is tucked away in pool valley just next to the Mock Turtle and just across from our HQ! Sebs mission is ‘To make the highest quality truly artisan Gelato & Sorbet and to have fun with our flavours!’ And provides many of Brighton’s finest restaurants, bars and cafes with his amazing creations. BOOM! If you haven’t been yet you should go immediately. Rain or Shine. Follow them here on facebook  for all their news, competitions and new flavours!

Our next film club is March 28th

The film choice is The Labyrinth… Whatever will Seb choose?

This event is FREE but there is a suggested donation for baked good and gelato treats. Book your space here!

NB Please only book a ticket if you definately can make the night, OR email us if you have to cancel so we can make sure the limited ticket goes to another.

Welcome to Co Worker Of The Month at Super+Super HQ Brighton

As part of a series of blog posts to mark our 1 year Anniversary celebrations AND International Womens Day S+S are excited to launch our co worker of the month feature! Each month we will showcase the exceptional talents of the many guys and dolls that frequent our flexible co working space.

 First up is Izzie Roffe-Silvester, language tutor, sustainable design MA and one of the creative brains behind the Brighton Repair Cafe!

What are your Super skills?

I’m still working on developing my superpowers but on a day to day basis I’m a freelance language tutor, I up-cycle clothes and jewellery, I run workshops on ethical fashion and I’m also partial to bit of illustration. At the same time I’m studying an MA in Sustainable Design at the University of Brighton and help to run the friendly ‘Brighton repair café’ alongside two of my course mates, encouraging people to get fixing their broken objects.

What brought you to Co-Working?

I was lucky enough to win a competition in connection with the University entrepreneurship program, Beepurple, which gives me one day a week of co-working space at Super+Super for the next year. I fancied working alongside other creatives in an inspiring environment and the studio here offered the perfect co-working hub.

What benefits do you feel an office away from home provides to your professional practice?

As much as I like the idea of working at home in my pyjamas curled up on the sofa, the reality is that I wouldn’t get anything done. I find it more motivating working away from home, especially when you have a lunchtime walk along the sea front to look forward to. The light and cosy studio with Radio 6 music playing in the background, balanced with the busyness of interesting people coming and going makes it a friendly and relaxed place to work.

Any tips for a happy and creative freelancer?

I’m still learning the tricks of the trade in freelancing, but I would recommend setting yourself clear, realistic goals and a weekly timetable. Mix up your days with different tasks so that you stay motivated. Take breaks outside, especially if the sun is out! Keep people updated on your progress so that they can give you advice and at the same time it will enable you to think about your own plans.

What is your favourite tea/coffee/cake combo?!

I’m a coffee lover and I usually pop to the nearby Red Roaster café for my daily dose of magic. My favourite coffee is a Macchiato; which comes from the Italian word meaning ‘stained’ (little Italian lesson there for you), so essentially it is an espresso stained with a drop of frothy milk. We drink loads of yummy tea here and the freshly baked cakes always taste super good.

 Tell us three things, people or places that make you smile and feel inspired.

The seaside- I’ve always been an ocean lover; seaside walks, ice cream, swimming, snorkelling, marine life, dozing off in the sun with a book in my hand, people playing in the waves, fish and chips…hmmm

Travel and nature programs- They never fail to inspire me and give me itchy feet to go travelling. They also inspire my creativity.

Italy- A country of gorgeous food, friends, beauty, mystery, charm, humour and chaos. I lived there for a while and venture back when I can to soak up some of the dolce vita.

Join our easter tree decoration workshop for an evening of painting eggs, pom-pom and garland making!

We will provide all the materials to draw, paint, stick, sew and tie a selection of decorations perfect for a special Easter tree! Plus tea and cake to fuel the merry making…

All you will need to bring is a box of 6 eggs and we will provide the rest!

£15 per person with a MAX of 10

Get your ticket here http://easterdecorationworkshopbrighton-eorg.eventbrite.co.uk/?ebtv=C