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It's Chriiistmas (almost)!

24/11/2024

Another Wrexham Artisan Market and my first (sort of) Christmas market of the year. It was another lovely day (they really do know how to pick the weather!) and once again lots of people came through. I also had some return customers which is always amazing.

Craft at the Castle...

20/11/2024

Definitely the best setting I have ever had for a craft fair! This was at Gwrych Castle in Abergele back in August and although it wasn't a great event in terms of sales it was a beautiful fair and the view was stunning!

It was shame the event wasn't better sign posted because almost everyone I spoke to was simply there to visit the castle and the craft fair was a nice surprise; they had no idea it was on. Still, the weather was beautiful and I had some yummy food so I had a lovely day anyway!

Wrexham Pride!

27/8/2024

Wrexham had it's very first official Pride event this year with a special Pride Market to go with it. It was my first time at Pride and it was such a fun day with so much joy and colour. A lot more people turned up than the organisers thought would do which was lovely, and hopefully it will become a bigger and better event every year!

The market stalls were all encouraged to get rainbowed up for the event and they all looked so beautiful and fun. I made my own felt rainbow bunting which looked adorable!

Craft Fairs Galore!

25/6/2024

I've been nice and busy with craft fairs this year and for the most part they've been going pretty well. Other than the most recent fair at Betty Berkins I've also been very lucky with the weather.

I did another Wrexham Artisan Market which once again was a very well organise event with lots of people.

Wrexham Artisan Market

Caersws Vintage Rally

I went to the Caersws Vintage Rally which was a lovely event and was a lot busier than I thought it would be.

Chirk Carnival

The Chirk Carnival has by far been the busiest event I've done so far. I learnt a lot about what sort of things work and don't work at this one. The best one was from the stall next to me who had a battery powered fan which was a great idea as it was really warm in the marquee!

Betty Berkins Craft Fair was the most eventful if unsuccessful fair I've ever done! It was very windy and we all spent most of the day holding onto our gazebos, especially after one gazebo flipped backwards over the hedge and landed on someone's car! All in all it was a bit of waste of time but sometimes events just don't come together for one reason or another.

Betty Berkins Craft Fair

lots more craft fairs to come!!!

The Bunny's back in town!

16/4/2024

Craft fairs are back! That's right after many years I am back out on the craft fair circuit selling my wares.

I've bought myself a lovely new red gazebo, some personalised bunting and lots of cool accessories to make my stall as enticing as possible. I think you'll agree it looks pretty good!

My first craft fair of the year was Wrexham's Artisan Market on 30th March. It was a really good day - the sun shone, it was actually warm and best of all it was busy all day!

I must commend the organisers for putting on a really good event and also thank everyone who bought something from my stall (especially all of my very supportive family who are my best customers!).

bye bye badge board . . .

13/7/2015

Last week I decided to say a fond farewell to one of my original craft fair display pieces - my wooden badge board.

It has served me well over the last couple of years but after countless badge tumbles and one gust of wind too many it was time to call it a day.

However I am not one to waste perfectly good brown material and so I simply re-fashioned it into something else.

The new and improved badge board!

Here it is now. With half a Ferrero Roche box and some strips of cardboard box I hot-glued myself a brand new display unit!

It debuted at the Malpas Summer fair on Saturday and I'm pleased to report that not once was a badge knocked on the floor by my elbows, and the wind couldn't even make it shake let alone blow it clean off the table! Win!

Doing a grand job at Malpas!

The Magnificent Malpas Summer Fair!

13/7/2015

This past Saturday I was at yet another fair this time in the lovely village of Malpas. I wasn't sure what to expect when it was billed as a 'village summer fair' but I was very impressed with the whole event! Despite an ominous dark grey sky in the morning the weather for most of the day was lovely and sunny, and even the rain did't stop the festivities in the afternoon!

This is me all set up in my familiar red gazebo, and my neighbours; the lovely Iris and Terry on one side, and a group of ladies with some yummy homemade cakes raising money for their church on the other.

I had a lovely view of the arena from my stall!

Here's some of the items I had to sell. My fabric hearts and bottle top keyrings were both very popular this time.

Some of the groups in the parade included the local cheerleaders who followed the local firemen and their elephant mascot.

A samba band provided the music, and also gave a few performances throughout the day.

There was lots of entertainment provided throughout the day, including this well balanced fella.

The fair officially got kicking when the parade arrived on the scene. It looked as though nearly the whole village took part!

The theme of the fair was Mardi Gras so there were lots of people dressed up in colourful carnival outfits. Even a couple of giants stopped by!

The Malpas flower club got into the carnival spirit!

The arena was host to lots of competitions including the pony fancy dress competition!

The Vale Royal Falconry display team also provided some bird themed fun throughout the day. I just about managed to snap one mid-flight!

The Malpas Village Parade!

Well as you can see from all these photos I had a pretty fun day at Malpas! It may not have been my most successful fair in terms of sales but it was definitely my most fun one in terms of fun! I met lots of nice people and a lovely dog called Bessie, and though I may have been thoroughly soaked by my gazebo whilst putting it away it did nothing to dampen my enjoyment! Thank you Malpas for a fabulous day!

Some lovely birds to finish off!

A very blustery craft fair!

6/7/2015

Well this Saturday was my first craft fair of 2015 and it was certainly a memorable one! The sun was shining and there was lots of people all day; almost the perfect craft fair. Then there came the wind! Much of the afternoon was spent finding creative ways to keep my craft from blowing away, along with my gazebo, which seemed determined to take flight instead of staying put. Yet despite much of the blood behind drained from my arms from clinging to the gazebo for several hours, it was actually quite a nice little fair.

This was how my stall looked at the start of the day when all was calm and no-one was even thinking about whether there stuff was going to fly away or not.

During the morning I had quite a nice display of all my new craft items, which by midday had been greatly downsized and taped to the table. Thank God for masking tape!

One addition to the fair which made me smile was the Thomas the Tank Engine style land train which made continuous loops around the fair all day. I find it's very hard not to enjoy yourself when Thomas is around!

So that was The Plassey Craft and Country Fair 2015. I must say that every time I do a craft fair my fellow stall holders are always great and very helpful, but at this one they surpassed themselves, and I am extremely greatful for all the help I received in keeping my stall and my craft earthbound. Thank you!

Boathouse Christmas Fair.

14/12/2014

All set up.

The fair was at The Boathouse in Chirk. It was clear from the empty tables dotted here and there that a couple of stall holders hadn't turned up, but the ones that were there made a good showing. There was a stall next to mine selling freshly popped pop corn from a pop corn cart making the room smell lovely!

Prime spot right next to the fire.

Well this evening was my last Christmas fair of the year, and although it wasn't quite as successful as the others I've been to it was still a good event.

Later on in the evening there was music provided by a singer who is usually an Elvis impersonator but tonight was just singing as himself, albeit in a very Elvis-y voice. He certainly added to the festivities anyway!

So that's me done for the year as far as craft fairs go, and I almost managed to sell out of all my Christmas stock. Not a bad season I'd say!

Christmas fair double whammy!

6/12/2014

I had two very different Christmas fairs this week; the first was freezing cold and the second toasty warm, but they were both very successful.

Cefn-y-bedd Christmas Market

The first one was Thursday evening in Cefn-y-bedd outside Discount Mayhem. There was an inflatable Santa's Grotto, mulled wine and real ale, a mini fun fair and two groups of carol singers.

I was able to bring electric spotlights with me to this event so I was very well lit up, although there was a black out for about ten minutes when the generator gave up! I did take battery powered back ups with me so I ws still a little lit up even then.

Christmas stall all a-glow.

It was a great night even if it was bitterly cold. The carols were sung first by Ysgol Estyn and then later by Bitesize Theatre. There was good footfall all evening and I had lots of compliments about my stall.

Penley Rainbow Centre Christmas Fair

A nice warm stall at last.

My second fair was today at the Penley Rainbow Centre. It was a much bigger event than I had envisioned and it proved very popular. There were also carols here sung by the Maelor Adult Choir. Santa and his elves also made an appearance despite being very busy this time of year.

I sold out of a lot of craft items at this fair, so my table may look a tad empty at my final fair next Sunday. It's better to sell out than have loads left though!

So far it's been a very good Christmas fair season!