Shop Online

We have finally lanuched our online shop! So far we only have a small selection of our huge range of products available, but over the next few months we shall be adding many more new and exciting items.

Secure payments will be handled by PayPal, so no need to worry about entering your card details on the internet. Look out for the “https” in the address bar during checkout, this indicates a secure payment server. Postage on all orders will be £2.95 initially, we’ll see how it works out.

Many thanks to those of you who voted on our last post about which products we should make available. We have taken your feedback on-board and shall be updating our website accordingly. Voting is still open.

If you have any further feedback about the look and workings of the website and shop, please feel free to leave a comment. A full website redesign is in the pipeline. Hopefully towards the end of this year.

Our Products

As you may or may not know, we have been preparing our on-line shop for ages but we’re nearly there now. So;

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Latest updates

Here we are again, March already!

We have been buried beneath mountains of boxes and shredded paper. Our first container arrived on a beautiful sunny day in early February.

Many of our old favourites are back in stock along with many exciting new lines.

  • The colourful mosaic plates are back in stock. This year we also have mirrors and coasters in similar wonderful designs.
  • Stunning teak root chairs, benches and display pieces.
  • Our range of hand carved and painted wooden birds has been extended to include many unique items.
  • Windchimes, nodding birds and dragons in adbundance.
  • Strings of beads, necklaces, bangles and earrings in every colour.

Our second container is on its way so our complete range for this season will be in the shop for April.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

On-line shop

Now that our new stock is arriving we have begun the huge task of photographing and catalogueing our extensive range to put on-line; sorry, it’s taking ages!

Watch this space…

In the meantime, do email or phone (01766 890 586) as we can send anything mail-order.

Happy New Year!

FireworksJust a quick note to wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year. This last year has seen the thirtieth anniversary of Beddgelert Woodcraft, the production of our new line of postcards (following our photo competition) in support of the local primary school and has generally been a busy year for the village.

Our stock for the coming season is currently out at sea on its way to us, and will be arriving mid February. We shall have the old favourites — wooden birds, mosaic plates — and some new lines too. We’re looking forward to having our new shipment as there are quite a few special and unique pieces this time.

Yet again, the village put on a stunning fireworks display to see in the new year and new decade. There was a great party atmosphere, music and dancing in the streets and the river too!

Many thanks to all of you who have been to visit us. We hope to see you again in the near future.

Mulled Wine & Carols

Mulled WineHo, ho, ho. Peace, joy, merriment and all that kind of malarkey. The Big Day is almost upon us yet again.

To celebrate, from midday on Christmas Eve we shall be serving up mulled wine and mince pies and having a sing along, closing at 3pm.

You may even find that last minute gift that is just a little different from the run of the mill high street fayre!

So; Come All Ye Faithful, join us to give the Christmas Festivities an early start!

November Opening

openWe are soon to be leaving cold wet Wales on our annual buying trip.

We shall be closed on Mondays during the period 9th November to 30th November inclusive. The remainder of the week we shall be open from 10am to 5pm. During December we shall be back to our normal seven day week.

If you plan on making a special journey to visit us during November, please call us on 01766 890 586 to check and avoid disappointment.

New Postcards

PostcardsThe results of our photo competition are here and selling well. We hope this will continue and that we can raise some funds for Beddgelert Primary School.

The postcards have turned out really well and we are very happy with them, despite the odd spelling mistake which just adds to their charm!

If you are one of the competition winners, please get in touch with your postal address and we shall send a full set out to you.

Photo Competition Winners

Finally, we have decided on the winning photographs from our recent photo competition. We shall be creating a series of eight unique postcards from these to sell from our shop.

All proceeds from sales will be donated to Beddgelert Primary School.

We would like to thank everyone who took the time to take part, we have had fun sorting through the hundreds of entries we received.

Congratulations to the winners, here are the pictures;

The Shop Cat

pestoWell, he’s not the shop cat really he’s ours. He just follows us in to work some days.

His name is ‘Pesto’ which is long for pest. He is 2 years old but looks older because he has so much fluff.

Arriving as a Bengal, his hair continued to grow. We remembered seeing a persian when we collected him!

He has been know to bite occasionally, but only playfully.

He can often be found under the large carving  of eagles, or soaking up the warmth from the counter lights.

Trains Arrive in Beddgelert

The PlatformAfter six years of work the Welsh Highland Railway has opened the latest 16 mile (25 km) section of track from Caernarfon to Beddgelert, which will eventually continue through to Porthmadog.

The platform was crowded with excited faces all eager to ride the first public trip from Beddgelert to Rhyd Ddu and back, laid on for local residents. Despite a small delay all had a great time enjoying a familiar journey from a different perspective.

steam01It was good to see so many familiar faces turn out, all chattering and catching up with each other. The train ride became quite a social event.

This short journey takes in views of the forest, lakes and Snowdon. A spectacular opportunity for photographers! There must have been hundreds of photos taken already. I wonder if any will be entered in our photo competition?

whr-no-37As recently as 70 years ago trains used to run along this route regularly, reintroducing the railway will add to the charm of this already beautiful area.

Many thanks to Welsh Highland Heritage Group and Welsh Highland Heritage Railway for the use of this archive picture.