Craft2.0 kicks off 2010 with a fourth birth­day bash this Sat­ur­day (March 6th) from 11am to 3pm at The­New­Dowse in Low­er Hutt.

Over 4 years Craft2.0 has become syn­ony­mous with high qual­i­ty, diverse prod­ucts proud­ly claim­ing ‘New Zealand Made’ or even bet­ter, ‘Welling­ton made’. March sees the biggest fair yet with 70 crafters, many sell­ing for the first time. You may dis­cov­er that your neigh­bour moon­lights as an artist, a col­league is a clos­et knit­ter and the kid next door’s Dad is rather resource­ful in the design depart­ment.

Many of the crafters use recycled/vintage mate­ri­als, like cast-off alu­mini­um tabs, e‑waste, old board games, cut­lery and oth­er quirky objects that often end up at the rub­bish dump — it’s all about being resource­ful.

Plus there is a free mak­ing table for a kids, and if you are a Friend of Craft2.0 you get a free gift on arrival and the abil­i­ty to start shop­ping at 10.15 before the crowds arrive at 11.

and if you’ve a han­ker­ing for all things hand­made, don’t for­get The Inau­gur­al 2010 JAM OFF tomor­row at 11.30 at mojo old bank.