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Make Do Drink are a collaborative platform and creative workshop series, connecting skilled local makers with relaxed settings and casual cocktails, creating engaging experiences with style and flair in and around Preston City Centre. The aim of Make Do Drink is to bring local makers together with local venues, giving you the opportunity to get involved in fun workshops right on your doorstep – all with a drink in hand!
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Instagram post 2248161702533657870_11135125307 Did you know the oldest examples of macrame are from Babylonian times? The same knots and techniques have been used as decoration by everyone from camel traders to sailors to victorians to hippies... and they're still looking just as fresh today (though we'll leave it to you to decide how retro you go with it 😉) . Learn for yourself at our next Knot workshop, tickets in our bio! 🎟 . #MakeDoDrinkKnot #Macrame #Workshop #Experience #Preston
Instagram post 2247361869405199537_11135125307 "Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history. Our ancestors used to create these crafts out of necessity, and now we do them for fun." — Phyllis George . #WednesdayWisdom #MDDLoves
Instagram post 2246724019944880931_11135125307 Any excuse for cake! We can’t offer you a slice (it’s WAY too small to share 😂) but we CAN give you 11% discount up until midnight to celebrate one full year of Make Do Drink! 🖤 . Use code EATCAKE to take 11% off any of our upcoming workshops - links to all of them are in our bio! . Make Do Drink; Knot Macrame with @kiln.and.craft Sunday 1st March @cafunecafeuk . Make Do Drink; Knit Learn to knit with @lilykatemakes Sunday 15th March @risebrunch . Make Do Drink; Floral Fresh spring blooms with @wilderness_flower Saturday 21st March Elia (@olivetreebrasserie) . #MakeDoDrink #MDDLoves #Workshop #Experience #Preston
Instagram post 2246533580633572384_11135125307 It's our birthday! One year ago today @helenvbrady started the whatsapp thread that turned Make Do Drink from a rumbling thought into a fully fledged 'we can't go back on this now' actual real life thing! 😬 . To celebrate we're giving YOU – the lovely makers, do-ers and drinkers that have made it all happen – 11% off any tickets booked until midnight (1% wouldn't really have been as worthwhile now would it? 😂) with code EATCAKE . #MakeDoDrink #MDDLoves #Workshop #Preston #Experience
Instagram post 2246016632304824412_11135125307 We say it on the bottom of every event page but it doesn't make it less true! Workshops are the perfect way to spend a couple of hours with friends, family or focussing on some well earned me time – there's no pressure, no skill requirement and no prior experience needed! . Join us for Knot, Knit or Floral by following the link in our bio 🌿🧶🌸 . #MakeDoDrink #MDDLoves #Workshop #Knot #Preston #Experience
Instagram post 2245826864291837434_11135125307 🖤🖤🖤 . ""[...] spent a lovely evening learning a new skill, meeting new people and enjoying nice food and wine. Well organised by the make do drink team. This is a great concept and I would encourage people to get involved. Well done to all involved!"" . #MakeDoDrink #MDDLoves #Workshop #Preston #Experience
Instagram post 2243855869498725174_11135125307 Condition, prep and arrange your own spring blooms with @wilderness_flower, and take an extra 10% off with code FEELTHELOVE 🖤 . #makedodrink #experience #workshop #floral #floralworkshop #experiencesnotthings #preston #loveday
Instagram post 2243768355035466754_11135125307 Get 10% off your Make Do Drink; Knot tickets with @kiln.and.craft - today only with code FEELTHELOVE 🖤 . #makedodrink #knot #macrame #workshop #experience #preston #loveday
Instagram post 2243633899599523000_11135125307 Want to learn your knit from your purl? Join us on the 15th of March to do just that with @lilykatemakes! . Take 10% off your tickets today with code FEELTHELOVE 💕 . Make Do Drink; Knit @risebrunch Sunday 15th March 4—6pm . #makedodrink #workshop #experience #preston #knit #knitallthethings #mddloves 📸: @lilykatemakes
Instagram post 2243494100083297182_11135125307 Happy Love Day everyone! 🖤 Because we love you most of all, take a cheeky 10% off any of our upcoming workshops with code FEELTHELOVE (valid til midnight, go go go!) . #MakeDoDrink #MDDLoves #Knot #Knit #Floral #Workshop #Experience #Preston #ExperiencesNotThings
Instagram post 2243145136280579447_11135125307 Literally the only good thing about this weather is getting to extend knitwear season... 🧶 . Make it even better by learning the techniques you need to start your own creations (hello never ending colour combos...) at our workshop with @lilykatemakes, get your tickets in our bio now! . #MakeDoDrink #Knit #Workshop #Experience #Preston #KnitAllTheThings
Instagram post 2242932533226727942_11135125307 If you can tie your shoelaces you have all the skills you need to macrame! It’s amazing what a few well placed knots can do 🖤 . @kiln.and.craft will be guiding us through all the right loops, hitches and twists you need to make your own plant holder - and you’ll go home with a full set of instructions if you want to keep going! . #MakeDoDrinkKnot #Macrame #Workshop #Experience #Preston
Instagram post 2242406111500540233_11135125307 Are you green fingered or more of a black thumb? Make your own macrame plant holder at our next workshop and either way at least your decor will be on point! 🌿 . (and if you have to keep swapping out the plants we won’t tell anyone 😉) . #MakeDoDrink #Knot #Macrame #Experience #Workshop #Preston
Instagram post 2242190193235110879_11135125307 “Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 🌊 . Presumably we'll all coming out of this week FULL of character 😂 . #WednesdayWisdom #MDDLoves
Instagram post 2240921310058659189_11135125307 If you're looking to level up from forcourt flowers this valentines... 💕 . Make Do Drink; Gift gives the gift of a workshop experience (up to £35) plus a fancier-than-usual @goosnarghgin G&T to get you in the making doing and drinking spirit at home — collect from the city centre for £40 . #MDDGift #Valentine #Galentines #ExperiencesNotThings
Instagram post 2240749501635938601_11135125307 Monday let’s be ‘avin you 😉 . #MDDLoves
Instagram post 2239499298547225716_11135125307 Blowing away the cobwebs at the first @_makersmarket of the year! . #MDDLoves #Preston #ShopSmallShopLocal
Instagram post 2239348305792828253_11135125307 Make Do Drink; Knit 🧶 . Tickets on sale now for our workshop with @lilykatemakes, 2 hours of knitting know-how, yarn chat and espresso martinis 😉 grab yours now! 🎟️ . Sunday March 15th 4-6pm @risebrunch . #MakeDoDrink #Knit #Workshop #Experience #Preston #KnitAllTheThings
Instagram post 2238767127033460291_11135125307 NEW WORKSHOP! We are SO exctied to announce that our next workshop will be with the wonderful @lilykatemakes! ✨ . Lily creates the most beautiful knitwear and will be teaching us our knit from our purl at the first Make Do Drink; Knit – where you'll be able to learn the basics and leave with all the materials and know-how to begin your very own yarn-based adventure! 🧶 . As if the temptation of handmade knitwear wasn't enough (really though?!) we'll also be sweetening the deal with cake and cocktails from the guys at @risebrunch who will be shaking up the perfect espresso martinis on the day ☕️ . Sunday March 15th 4-6pm Tickets on sale now! 🎟 . #MakeDoDrink #Knit #Workshop #Experience #Preston #KnitAllTheThings
Instagram post 2238596554437192115_11135125307 The sun is out, there are stars on our hot chocolates and we have a new workshop to announce later this afternoon! Happy Friday indeed! 💫 . #MDDLoves #MakeDoDrink #Preston
Instagram post 2238103468787534659_11135125307 Details details... 🖤 . #MakeDoDrinkKnot #Macrame #Workshop #Experience #Preston #MacrameAndMojitos

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