This week our Trader of the Week is Haven Crafts, a popular arts store in Whitehaven town centre. 

The shop has been open for almost two decades and has proved popular with art lovers and creatives across the area. 

It has also built up a cult following amongst game lovers, particularly those who play card and board games like Dungeons and Dragons. 

The store hosts games nights in the upstairs of the store where people can come along and enjoy playing card games with others. 

The shop is also well known in the town for its window displays and has created special ones for events like the late Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee. 

Hazel Wright, the owner of the store, said: "We're basically an arts and crafts shop but we also dabble in air fix models and games workshops. 

"We have a lot of interest from the community and a lot of loyal customers because we've been here for coming up to 17 years now. They know where we are, know what we do and we see them most weeks. 

"I also run workshops and classes, and these are held every fortnight and as a result of this, it is where we get the loyalty from. 

"The classes are held upstairs in the premises that we have on 60 Roper Street. The classes are held on Saturdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. 

"We cater to a wide range of ages with the youngest person being about nine and our oldest customer has recently turned 90. 

"I'd always been interested in arts and crafts; I shopped in here before I took it over and since owning it, have built up the arts and crafts side as it used to be a stationary shop. 

"We still have a lot of people coming to us for stationary, but this has shrunk down a bit and we only stock what the customers buy. 

"The games workshops are becoming very popular and there are a lot of younger children and those involved with the scouts who are starting to get into it."