Partney Fair 16

On Saturday we attended Partney fair this was the third time we had been and so far every year has been an improvement.  The fair its self was the village's 930th with records of the original ones appearing in the doomsday book. Its a lovely traditional fair with a real village atmosphere.

 Like the week before at Gunby it was a little breezy setting up but we expected this after experiencing windy conditions here before.  I felt the stall looked nice with things laid out well and the bunting displayed at the side. We sold a good mix of items and people seemed very impressed with what was on offer. It was lovely to meet customers old and new.

Again the Shepard's crooks were working well this one displaying the new felt toadstool decorations these are the first of a new autumn/woodland collection I'm designing.

Plenty of entertainment was provided at the fair including two sets from Horncastle Ukulele Group or "HUG" as their t-shirts state. Who played a good selection of sing along songs. And circus skills and comedy knights from Earthbound misfits who scoured the field looking for damsels in distress and dragons to slay.

A closer look at the new felt toadstools. Check back soon to see which other designs have been added to the collection.

Next Fair is on Sunday the 4th of September Wragby Show & country fayre.

NGS Gunby Hall

With the summer we are in full swing fair mode and this last weekend was our second trip of the year to the local national trust property Gunby Hall  to take part in their National Garden Scheme day.

It was abit of a breezy morning but we got the tent up and once the walls were on it was a very nice sheltered spot. Again I'm very impressed with  the coleman it is very sturdy and attracted alot of attention from the other stall holders who were finding their shelters not so solid.

I used a couple of the new mini shepard hooks to display some of the felt decorations, These were a bargain and are proving very useful I think they and the larger ones I have in the shop will be particularly good at Christmas.

A new felt decoration which launched at this show was these super cute felt cats. Like the other felt decorations they are all hand sewn. At the moment I'm just producing them in normalish catty colours. They proved very popular with half of them selling I'm now having to whip up some more in time for out next fair this weekend.

A couple of other new bits on the stall this weekend included a few extra cards I really must find time to build up  the stock of these again.

And a few extra friendship teas these are always well received. Other popular items at this show included lavender bags and candle jars,

All in all a very nice day and looking forward to the next fair this Saturday the 13th August Partney Fair 11am till 4pm.