tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39104916587013867082024-02-02T13:30:11.869+00:00Hannah's Craft CottageCrafty musings from HannahHannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-33769901618538544862021-06-08T13:22:00.002+01:002021-06-08T13:26:16.067+01:00Getting Back to Fairs and Shows. <p> Fingers crossed we will be able to attend some fairs and shows this year and have got a few bookings in place. We didn't manage to attend any during 2020. So I thought before we start heading out again I would do a round up of all the fairs we attended during 2019, it seems such a long time ago now, but there really was some awesome ones. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikA1FIfJ7bY7rCSjE0QPmc7IEfigaIVjT2PCmvLr7VuRrNbmJP7-6_CL0q_E5bR1RH9pXFR_zH8W4BseosCtkFAvUa5gGZQ2668RMCkUPYdXymVcCD2BQU1zcMuc9HjTaQi6Har5cAkco/s2048/100_5417.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikA1FIfJ7bY7rCSjE0QPmc7IEfigaIVjT2PCmvLr7VuRrNbmJP7-6_CL0q_E5bR1RH9pXFR_zH8W4BseosCtkFAvUa5gGZQ2668RMCkUPYdXymVcCD2BQU1zcMuc9HjTaQi6Har5cAkco/s320/100_5417.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>First up Vintage on Sea at Sutton on Sea this event was held in early May and started out as a very wet and cold day. We were on open market stalls a new experience for us and we now quite prepared for this type of stall the exhibitor next to us kindly shared some of their back cover with us and when we attend this year <b>June 26 &27th </b>we are ready with our our cover and clips. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIUJGx_eZYud-1Sx5M6CvaaOOE6yYTPfCzajA_pitPMa-AWquyQwpdE717QJ5CeAwIU7IU9NshbxCJaE_i4E0GR4EseVu-CoIT5itF4u1HdmH34U2DAAvhrWZwEZvIR97eUN5dsofHUE/s2048/100_5418.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIUJGx_eZYud-1Sx5M6CvaaOOE6yYTPfCzajA_pitPMa-AWquyQwpdE717QJ5CeAwIU7IU9NshbxCJaE_i4E0GR4EseVu-CoIT5itF4u1HdmH34U2DAAvhrWZwEZvIR97eUN5dsofHUE/w200-h133/100_5418.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>This is a vintage event 1940's and 50's so dressing up was required although I did keep my jeans on under my dress, the stall had the added extras of some vintage books and playing cards found during family house clearances. and these cute vintage button tags. (must get some more made for this year.) <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEqihaLZ_yyk41WfgY0giR0WGMd2UmBUsgYS_vVAGvAW8G-xsOLZ8QyVed6PXo9T0luJ_h7KBML1k_hMz6i9mTXQupsChhyphenhyphenHvaKoHxduirtUf8IRd_O7r2Byc3SFvPBtFyoa5zarlK8M/s2048/100_5419.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEqihaLZ_yyk41WfgY0giR0WGMd2UmBUsgYS_vVAGvAW8G-xsOLZ8QyVed6PXo9T0luJ_h7KBML1k_hMz6i9mTXQupsChhyphenhyphenHvaKoHxduirtUf8IRd_O7r2Byc3SFvPBtFyoa5zarlK8M/w200-h133/100_5419.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p>The crochet cacti and succulents proved popular at this event.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMt6LbTQR2A6EydVHHAsC7nM23M81U3JCVnf_9T9mCmXgd4NzKBSnzuRvNWujuaiDeF4HSuZf-f7-PfoGLfTGTKRPQXK5aUWZzOOqiOhcnHuCi1VqAN-ha9UUdeKlHNGGfuJP0j3P1bDU/s2048/100_5420.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMt6LbTQR2A6EydVHHAsC7nM23M81U3JCVnf_9T9mCmXgd4NzKBSnzuRvNWujuaiDeF4HSuZf-f7-PfoGLfTGTKRPQXK5aUWZzOOqiOhcnHuCi1VqAN-ha9UUdeKlHNGGfuJP0j3P1bDU/s320/100_5420.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Langton Plant and garden fair was next up a week later. We've done a few events with this quirky village hall and residents and they are always super friendly and have an excellent supply of cake and sausage rolls. The craft group at the hall had been working hard to create and knitted and crochet greenhouse full of plants and flowers this event was to show it to people before it went on tour. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJgIoR8wJWmjCjp_x5t-n_hFsvUiK1eQxm2OsTqS9POi6Bt8K48f2eOXW7ORxUCqtLRlcpPfAZ-Nye4LDegkfdirwz1ZpzUPKuyf64f4jn6CSOF40-lblr_XcNf9IIq55Ovbvb4j_e5Q/s2048/100_5421.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJgIoR8wJWmjCjp_x5t-n_hFsvUiK1eQxm2OsTqS9POi6Bt8K48f2eOXW7ORxUCqtLRlcpPfAZ-Nye4LDegkfdirwz1ZpzUPKuyf64f4jn6CSOF40-lblr_XcNf9IIq55Ovbvb4j_e5Q/w150-h200/100_5421.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><br /> It was the first event were we took our new ladder shelving I really like to use this when taking the event shelter out, gives us lots of display space. <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6gC67RUxSdspDppdivOiv393WhdpXtbAdysYK3Gp2Kp4h6cCP2Dzvs8qjv7hw_9TF3-qhlBhoIdd_5NxqMThQAXi6vSGHSmSlROHmTzG2UCBm4VxpFd0vm0Q8ByPMXNyeEG-xrULPqY/s2048/100_5422.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6gC67RUxSdspDppdivOiv393WhdpXtbAdysYK3Gp2Kp4h6cCP2Dzvs8qjv7hw_9TF3-qhlBhoIdd_5NxqMThQAXi6vSGHSmSlROHmTzG2UCBm4VxpFd0vm0Q8ByPMXNyeEG-xrULPqY/s320/100_5422.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The next day we were at Woodhall Spa Country Show. I really like this event and was pleased to be returning, having missed the previous year as it was on my wedding weekend. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQ-Jhu5xbExYFCQIUHhhNQRujn7rS5v-Ustk7vvo5rIv7xcgc3K-c8D_LMypRcXteqc_qEKuE0MfW0McwLibANcPcmMLFfm7OoyCYUdPeD18qa3_DTENw3GhE5mSpxoFlx0qAj0V_klY/s2048/100_5425.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1364" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQ-Jhu5xbExYFCQIUHhhNQRujn7rS5v-Ustk7vvo5rIv7xcgc3K-c8D_LMypRcXteqc_qEKuE0MfW0McwLibANcPcmMLFfm7OoyCYUdPeD18qa3_DTENw3GhE5mSpxoFlx0qAj0V_klY/w133-h200/100_5425.JPG" width="133" /></a></div><br /><p>A bonus for this fair was winning the best indoor stall trophy.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmZSXYSgcLonDLnl4nL2b8nDoORO3eleU7C0H8d8Mx-HqJQj2eh8EYPoTiIHWjiRBxDRVACjHNMOaK_MdVKTpM_qdVSBKDaa3gEYnVD-vB7lfnCF-I1UjMc5UuW0w_KY3K3T0fzHk78E/s2048/100_5429.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmZSXYSgcLonDLnl4nL2b8nDoORO3eleU7C0H8d8Mx-HqJQj2eh8EYPoTiIHWjiRBxDRVACjHNMOaK_MdVKTpM_qdVSBKDaa3gEYnVD-vB7lfnCF-I1UjMc5UuW0w_KY3K3T0fzHk78E/s320/100_5429.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>At the end of May we attended Carrington Steam Rally a two day event. It wasn't the busiest event sales wise but it was nice to have a stall here as my parents used to attend this stall with crafts when I was younger and the craft tent was something they are trying to build up again. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-4o7Xk1IZ02GAjlUo4DUBFdRRz3oPqhjvpxn7hPBOlWaji2makIx5kquRRRpD27iKGTg89gQHid3qauDwOUj4pgmD9GgQX1RcTQFJStbimX4DZ9UI0fgyXN_u9wYLvkCKUCFKpJAh7A/s2048/100_5430.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-4o7Xk1IZ02GAjlUo4DUBFdRRz3oPqhjvpxn7hPBOlWaji2makIx5kquRRRpD27iKGTg89gQHid3qauDwOUj4pgmD9GgQX1RcTQFJStbimX4DZ9UI0fgyXN_u9wYLvkCKUCFKpJAh7A/w200-h133/100_5430.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p>We get to share the tent with some vintage farm equipment displays which is fun. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIj9g4pKbsTdDxYnxNLadAV1XuzNfnSBZOu1meM5CsJ33tynO6N7ZeYUcEaK_i8vr_oEmEt5BtDRjjblCG4Gj_FhbmcZvUMozi0KMtgnI8qIQZ2nRmE6sbSyuAnTAHoF4ailcDI6dn44/s2048/100_5467.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1364" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIj9g4pKbsTdDxYnxNLadAV1XuzNfnSBZOu1meM5CsJ33tynO6N7ZeYUcEaK_i8vr_oEmEt5BtDRjjblCG4Gj_FhbmcZvUMozi0KMtgnI8qIQZ2nRmE6sbSyuAnTAHoF4ailcDI6dn44/s320/100_5467.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p>Little gap till our next fair in late June attending Gunby Hall Rose day. All ways a well organised event with plenty of new and old customers to see. Unfortunately due to changed at Gunby these big event days with stalls might not be returning after covid which we are very sad about. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2V64cEcEEDLxZoF9Ix3eYBFCMNDGcb0p6lkIM2mLG7C56IX4SynWSBcVo_CdpROvPqPhwZ6-YYG9TlL9EGUT-2a8tssoSMETHqAbL3LsSLbZS58dmTxJQYSFCBqKFOICimf9cWgIuiWQ/s650/burgh-summer-festival-2019-11.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="650" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2V64cEcEEDLxZoF9Ix3eYBFCMNDGcb0p6lkIM2mLG7C56IX4SynWSBcVo_CdpROvPqPhwZ6-YYG9TlL9EGUT-2a8tssoSMETHqAbL3LsSLbZS58dmTxJQYSFCBqKFOICimf9cWgIuiWQ/w320-h240/burgh-summer-festival-2019-11.jpg" title="Photo Credit Burgh le Marsh Website" width="320" /></a></div>In early July we attended the Burgh festival day (Photo credit Burgh le Marsh Website) This is always a fun afternoon with a great community spirit hopefully we will be able to have this event this year. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcM6xjXEmQDQr-vqAw_XKwuIh0Re3WbLQqpDZnJEZOpaufKQkLcN95TpOWtb2KEk01hJqgxeQmAI-bU4xQPSh34-o_gsLz1gaDRP3v2uAR7Cx1MI2gM1wH4PYwFl9yuEiOVk_7xew8V8/s2048/100_5478.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcM6xjXEmQDQr-vqAw_XKwuIh0Re3WbLQqpDZnJEZOpaufKQkLcN95TpOWtb2KEk01hJqgxeQmAI-bU4xQPSh34-o_gsLz1gaDRP3v2uAR7Cx1MI2gM1wH4PYwFl9yuEiOVk_7xew8V8/s320/100_5478.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The next day we were up bright and early for Galley Hill farm Strawberry Fair. We've done this fair a couple of times and its been great, we love making some strawberry themed products for this event. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaXz-RoRLizxWWQhj5DN95jwMrhcJJrk5jvpC6dgyHiXy595Lh6xx97Tum-S_teDBO4wlim6KG33-KqwhSuwqA1BSohLsicu8P016XmfCN5nAdOBnGfVnOCMMNtVhTR_L7vX_hSByyeM/s2048/100_5498.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaXz-RoRLizxWWQhj5DN95jwMrhcJJrk5jvpC6dgyHiXy595Lh6xx97Tum-S_teDBO4wlim6KG33-KqwhSuwqA1BSohLsicu8P016XmfCN5nAdOBnGfVnOCMMNtVhTR_L7vX_hSByyeM/s320/100_5498.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Early August saw us a Revesby Show this is a well established show but a first time for us attending. The craft marquee is well laid out with very easy parking. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wv_12DwcSB2AaLmSLOLG4h6UtgbNzQm9KHeRmo1nkEsxZ04TcRAq27pPBLtFeO1PQpnSxNOY9PuM1sTJrT5nerWBucQmuMRGngcPyTI8JCsdrBd1FoSbB2uII6x54TRMU3dhyphenhyphenSZVrho/s2048/100_5499.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1364" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wv_12DwcSB2AaLmSLOLG4h6UtgbNzQm9KHeRmo1nkEsxZ04TcRAq27pPBLtFeO1PQpnSxNOY9PuM1sTJrT5nerWBucQmuMRGngcPyTI8JCsdrBd1FoSbB2uII6x54TRMU3dhyphenhyphenSZVrho/w133-h200/100_5499.JPG" width="133" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><p>It was the first time we took a new display stand out, this lovely vintage folding cake stand is great for displaying bunting on. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJhgG3dQmnaJTW3JReEcmF-1AFurAt7_2Pic8DuROceNtn8vuWXoflvbvafFUdk-RXzj6-rf9IZJ9aKKfbjyaPkIM5WhGjwi9V6F1TAStnJ0uPHxkTUIpRXxyOa4nWiHVHhHM06b4bSUw/s2048/100_5514.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJhgG3dQmnaJTW3JReEcmF-1AFurAt7_2Pic8DuROceNtn8vuWXoflvbvafFUdk-RXzj6-rf9IZJ9aKKfbjyaPkIM5WhGjwi9V6F1TAStnJ0uPHxkTUIpRXxyOa4nWiHVHhHM06b4bSUw/s320/100_5514.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>At the end of August, we went to another vintage event held at Baumber walled gardens this is a beautiful venue and we had a good time dressing up for it. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIF_1dQRz5ARZjrhjjEopGaM_AA54pbbXnN3d9ba_IFp4sH2Z-izefOXJeeqODKjkEWMkBfZgZetQFbrq-J7fMRfdCJFvJLdmobjtP_j1uvpd2V0jCA1jGWK8RFhBzxDrJpkiSDbDEDs/s2048/100_5515.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIF_1dQRz5ARZjrhjjEopGaM_AA54pbbXnN3d9ba_IFp4sH2Z-izefOXJeeqODKjkEWMkBfZgZetQFbrq-J7fMRfdCJFvJLdmobjtP_j1uvpd2V0jCA1jGWK8RFhBzxDrJpkiSDbDEDs/s320/100_5515.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The next day we attended Wragby Show, we have done this a number of times both in the marquee and taking our own shelter, we booked the marquee in 2019 as my sister was having a baby and it would be easier for me to attend by myself if needed. 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This was a really good day with Crochet cacti and succulents proving popular again and we hope it can take place again this year. <div><br /></div><div>In early October Mum should have attended Gunby Hall Apple day, however rain stopped play I was attending the OWPG event with my husband we got caught out with flooding and had to spend an extra night in Norfolk. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAsaIw1UhpT3qd5U9IFmOvMi5rIwrJghNKnjOzY6x8IKDtRTV86e_0z05c64dk6mDnsTU0dXHoJv9xIOo21xwyFRj5UCYToTpf5H75GD6xpRqDKeuCWkNuK5YYIQHQqxY4syS8W4vjDc/s2048/100_5563.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAsaIw1UhpT3qd5U9IFmOvMi5rIwrJghNKnjOzY6x8IKDtRTV86e_0z05c64dk6mDnsTU0dXHoJv9xIOo21xwyFRj5UCYToTpf5H75GD6xpRqDKeuCWkNuK5YYIQHQqxY4syS8W4vjDc/s320/100_5563.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Late October found us a Thurlby Mortors classic car day. We'd been invited to attend by the owner who we have known for a number of years, with the idea of being something pretty and interesting to look at for the less interested partners of classic car enthusiasts, we had plenty of space and had an enjoyable day sneaking in a few Christmas items for the first time that year. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYJJuG1vjlD0OK6pU7JYUpDy1qiy6od3HoeDaRTbaPL12W3rfMMMM7Z1HFY9FIaZCvxp0ZzS67TjU7GR23tYqO_y-Hg4BvbnkGnZ57SWoyIy9l6N_lqxd0ICtZP9FcpifLiubJe4P5HM/s2048/100_5564.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYJJuG1vjlD0OK6pU7JYUpDy1qiy6od3HoeDaRTbaPL12W3rfMMMM7Z1HFY9FIaZCvxp0ZzS67TjU7GR23tYqO_y-Hg4BvbnkGnZ57SWoyIy9l6N_lqxd0ICtZP9FcpifLiubJe4P5HM/w200-h150/100_5564.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> Lovely vintage car in front of our stall, clad in leather. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkjBsyhdYMhv6YIbPVupU2wJ9ulO3AIkU8HFUWzftBzT6Wq7unzZ3SifqG2Drh_7FGlLpBCi0QHVnvD9LKPc8VXUyQT1rIB7W3nG6QimxMh4YnDRYZRiAn1oA5WWkWSd7lE8lgKQX4YA/s2048/125985099_10157922041405686_3047621531045772605_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkjBsyhdYMhv6YIbPVupU2wJ9ulO3AIkU8HFUWzftBzT6Wq7unzZ3SifqG2Drh_7FGlLpBCi0QHVnvD9LKPc8VXUyQT1rIB7W3nG6QimxMh4YnDRYZRiAn1oA5WWkWSd7lE8lgKQX4YA/s320/125985099_10157922041405686_3047621531045772605_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>Late November saw us returning to Batemans Brewery Christmas fair a two day event with lots of fun. 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This event has great atmosphere with lots of local family run businesses Christmas music and beer. </div><div>(Photo credit Batemans Brewery Facebook page) </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4o6TdcveR-XR9CqDvUuj9iJ4X6RjhDWK10HTwjCZMpyA0ioQ2d_ugvFIadysW3_Lhh4LRLPXXZhqDOgHDz-zvRsCkQ6fWTc26nz231t5qM2YvQLXTS25xKj07SYMzDOjHUBAkCNpIqs/s2048/100_5585.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4o6TdcveR-XR9CqDvUuj9iJ4X6RjhDWK10HTwjCZMpyA0ioQ2d_ugvFIadysW3_Lhh4LRLPXXZhqDOgHDz-zvRsCkQ6fWTc26nz231t5qM2YvQLXTS25xKj07SYMzDOjHUBAkCNpIqs/s320/100_5585.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The end of December was the biggie Lincolnshire Food and Gift fair. This two day event with a preview evening for invited guests on the Friday is a great Christmas fair, super well organised, indoor, dry and with lots of great stalls attending. (its hard not to spend all the profits while your there.) <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijG6ASnKPEwzFAjagXBjUL3MaUd25d4FFSvkdiAI5kUqfSiNH_wgDftFcgzHPyE8WhH7aEQi_ejphyphenhyphenZtsVWREUm3CVwcdKBGdPy4ZSMGgLiasCw-EgpEuCCdpDyqMh1cGDlxBgVid2UHM/s2048/100_5584.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijG6ASnKPEwzFAjagXBjUL3MaUd25d4FFSvkdiAI5kUqfSiNH_wgDftFcgzHPyE8WhH7aEQi_ejphyphenhyphenZtsVWREUm3CVwcdKBGdPy4ZSMGgLiasCw-EgpEuCCdpDyqMh1cGDlxBgVid2UHM/w200-h133/100_5584.JPG" width="200" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">We had a great corner pitch and look forward to being able to attend this event again. In the mean time we have signed up to be in the same venue on the 15th of August at Lincs Fest hopefully this is be a good day and fun for al the family. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3weLHtovccg5iTeFd37aJcMeyQQaVOD14SEHxaWIA2yffoDfnwwXuOkOcS9ZhUoN2qNmcIebgkj4mmvtiScNUombaElDSCIvF03l861x33kxJ0n_cURNOD9fMEXf7tiLVmAXT_S7ubZc/s1200/burgh-le-marsh-santa-day-2019-3-1200x800.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3weLHtovccg5iTeFd37aJcMeyQQaVOD14SEHxaWIA2yffoDfnwwXuOkOcS9ZhUoN2qNmcIebgkj4mmvtiScNUombaElDSCIvF03l861x33kxJ0n_cURNOD9fMEXf7tiLVmAXT_S7ubZc/s320/burgh-le-marsh-santa-day-2019-3-1200x800.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Our last event of the year was Burgh's Santa day another community event like festival day where we like to have a stall, on the upper floor of the old granary there's always lots of festive cheer and its a great way to round off our fairs for the year. This room did sustain some damage when we had the mill tragedy but has been repaired now, and we hope to be back later in the year. </div><div style="text-align: left;">(photo credit to Burgh le Marsh Website) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In 2021 we hope to attend several fairs starting with Vintage on Sea at Sutton on Sea June the 26th and 27th se you there. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><br /> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p></div></div>Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-36170321132945188142020-04-07T14:55:00.000+01:002020-04-07T14:55:30.014+01:00Handmade Wedding (part three)Finally getting round to finishing my blog posts about the handmade elements of my wedding. (Which was nearly two years ago now) So the first post covered the stationary elements and the second post covered the church bits now this post will look at the handmade things for the reception.<br />
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Lets start by mentioning again some of the bottles and jars used for the table centers. I have talked about these on my florist shop blog but think they are worth mentioning them again here. To try in with the pew ends in church some of the bottles were decorated with old OS maps and sheet music as well as lace, ribbon and black and white bakers twine.<br />
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Also decorating the tables was some table confetti hearts and stars made out of the mint macaroon card old sheet music and OS maps. I decided on the handmade table confetti partly because it tied in well with the handmade theme of the wedding and the colours etc but also because we had attended a friends wedding with table crystals a couple of years before, and a few of our less mature friends had taken to using them as missiles at fellow tables, each our and some down the back of my dress, this seemed a safer option particularly with so many small people attending.<br />
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A big theme of decoration at the reception was bunting I'm unhealthily obsessed with bunting it's brill. My awesome Mum made tones of it in specially picked fabrics to match with our colours, one of which was a great mint green with bees on it which tied in with the bridesmaids gifts. There was enough to go all the way around the edge of the inside of the marquee about 200 foot of it. </div>
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There was also a mini version made in matching fabrics to adorn some shelves in the entrance hall on which we created a display of black and white wedding photos of of family and friends some of which dated back about 100 years. This string of bunting has now found a home on our favorite bookcase a constant reminder of a wonderful day. </div>
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The last string of bunting I made also using die cut letters was this saying just married I put it up in our room for when we returned home and then we took it with us on mini-moon to adorn our tent. </div>
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Another use I found for my letter dies was creating the cards sign for the basket thought it looked rather good placed in the entrance hall next to the table plan</div>
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Also decorating the marquee was these brill hanging paper decorations, I didn't make them my self but purchased them from a great party decoration company called ginger ray they did all come flat and need assembling which took quite a while but was fun. </div>
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Then my brother in law was in charge of getting them all strung from the ceiling with a little help from my niece. </div>
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The last handmade element was something quite small but played quite a role in the proceedings of the day. I made a dinky throwing bouquet which included crocheted flowers and leaves, wool pompoms buttons and felt hand stitched flowers to cover the underside. </div>
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So that's our handmade wedding. So much fun to plan, make and celebrate the day with our family and friends. </div>
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Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-20047667162333034912019-02-25T15:19:00.000+00:002019-02-26T16:53:31.205+00:00Handmade Wedding (part 2)It seems an age since my last blog post about the handmade elements of our wedding. I must get back in to the habit of regularly blogging. So in the last post I talked about all the handmade stationary I did for the wedding in this one I will talk about the various handmade elements for the service which was in my local church.<br />
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The main handmade item in the church was the paper pinwheel pew ends. When I had decorated the church for my sisters wedding she had had full flowers pew ends and while these are stunning they are time consuming to make and I wanted to make things easier on my self and create a very different look. The pinwheels where made out of the mint macaroon card as that was our colour, old os maps for Alex and sheet music for me. The centers where a mixture of the have and hold stamp and our random greekyness, including minecraft, Harry Potter and Doctor who.<br />
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I was particularly chuffed with the little doctor who reference, having found these one inch circles of each doctors outfit. Its a double nod to my randomness as it reminds me of the wedding in the vicar of dibley when Alice is planing her wedding dress and says about having hearts with a different doctor who in each one, I had a different doctor who in each set of pew ends.<br />
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The iconic fourth doctor, Tom Baker, Scarf.<br />
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The pinwheels were strung on to the pew ends using the black and white bakers twine I'm lucky that the shape of pews we have lend themselves to having things tied to them.<br />
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The front two book rests which are narrower just had a large mint green pinwheel on. The pew ends took quite a while to make but it was something I could do well ahead of time and then only had to place them on the day before. I actually got quite alot of work on them done over a couple of snowy days, thanks beast from the east.<br />
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The day after our wedding was a church festival so I left my flowers for that and was surprised to find the church wardens also left the pew ends up so the congregation could see the whole effect which i thought was rather fun. I really liked the idea of the mixed centers and it gave people something to look at while they waited for the service to start, many younger guests noticed the geek touches which I was pleased about.<br />
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Some other little handmade bits in church were some decorated tic tacs theses were placed on the pews for the wedding party and choir. A die cut jar was stamped with the phrase mint to be on it which people found rather cute.<br />
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And some decorated tissues which said for happy tears on them. You always need tissues at a wedding. I was quite lucky in finding some packets which were green and spotty so looked good inside the green sleeves.<br />
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Alex was mostly in charge of sorting out the order of service using the same fonts as on other items, but I gave them a little decoration to fit in with the rest of the wedding by adding some mint and grey bunting, a have and hold stamp and punching the corners.<br />
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One last thing I made for the church was these super cute little paper pouches, made out of more old os maps and sheet music they contained dried petal confetti for the guests to help themselves to on the way out of church.These went down well and looked really good in a white wooden crate.<br />
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<br />Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-77184490544755943272018-07-19T13:15:00.000+01:002018-07-19T13:41:48.056+01:00Handmade wedding, part 1Its been a while since I last bloged, this is because I was super busy organizing my own wedding.<br />
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So what happens when a crafter gets married, well they make everything!</div>
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So lets start with stationery. We decided on green as I like green and its goes with everything. The green we chose was Stampin up Mint Macaron, which at the time was a temporary in colour but has now come back in to the core collection of colours. All the printing and font choices I left to my husband to be as its more his field of expertise, we wanted something readable but not too plain and we added the eight bit style font in as a nod to our geekyness. The first bit of stationery we made was save the date cards as we had more than a year between setting a date and the actual wedding.<br />
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I added some stamped bunting in mint and grey to the top of the printed cards as I knew bunting would feature in the wedding, who doesn't love bunting at a wedding. Because of the quantity of things to be made I did them in abit of mass production style doing each stage to all of them rather than finishing one individual one and then making the next. his was after making a couple of prototypes to check we like the overall design.<br />
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The printed cards were then attached to a green card which had been punched to give it a tag look, a piece of bakers twine was put on to emphasis the tag look and ment that friends and family had the option of hanging their save the date so they wouldn't forget. the back of the tag had an added stamp which said To Have & To Hold I pick up this stamp a while ago because I thought it would be nice for wedding stuff, it will make several appearances. This was stamped and them heat embossed with white.</div>
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The other piece of stationery made early on was these cute little cards, which I made to give to my bridesmaids to ask them if they would be my bridesmaids.<br />
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This is the first look at main stamp set which I chose to use for the wedding stationery. Jar of Love by stampin up. Considering what I was planning with regards table centers (see Snapdragons florist blog for flowers) I thought the jars would fit in well with the over all cottage country look. These are stamped in grey and mint with cute die cut flowers. </div>
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Moving on the actual invitations. A mint green base card with white stamped panel on the front, this had the corners rounded to give more of a finished look. We see a reappearance of the bunting from the save the dates and the have and hold stamp again heat embossed in white. There's a stamped and die cut jar in the grey which is on foam pads to stop the front being flat. the jar has some stamped foliage in it. I think it has a relaxed elegant look. Which is what we were aiming for with the entire wedding.<br />
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The inside was printed in fonts matching with tehe save the dates to create a coherent theme. The corners of the insert were punched the same as the save the date, I really love this punch it adds and instant extra something to the design. The insert is attached with an touch of double sided tape and then tied in with the black and white bakers twine.<br />
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I think hand making wedding invitations is abit of a balancing act between them being fancy enough for what they are but not so intricate that creating alot of them will take for ever or end up with you hating them. Working on them in stages is also a really good way of doing it. like cutting all the card to size then doing all the bunting stamping, making a pile of die cut jars ect. I think to have done each one individually from beginning to end would have taken longer. Also when making invitations don't just think about the time it will take to create the actual cards, factor in time for all the wording and printing and extras like rsvp slips information sheets and writing envelopes.<br />
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Other handmade stationery items include the table plan which used the same fonts as other items and the green backing cards were punched at the top to carry on the theme. The layout for the table plan was done to correspond with the layout of the actual tables in the room to make it as easy as possible for our guests to find their seats.<br />
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I wanted something slightly usual for the place settings and since we weren't having chair covers I utilized the shape of the chairs and made tags with peoples names on, this had the added bonus of taking an item off the tables which I thought already had enough on with the books, bottles of flowers, glasses and afternoon tea. The tags were done in the same style as the original save the date tags. The female ones were stamped with bunting and a grey bee to the left bottom corner, (this tied in with another part of the reception decor.)<br />
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And the male ones were stamped with foliage and a grey bee to the right bottom corner. The back of the tags were stamped with the have and hold stamp just to stop them being plain and the tags were tied on with black and white bakers twine. </div>
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If I can blow my own trumpet for a moment I was really impressed with how I organised the place settings, I'd seen on pintrest the best way to do tables was with post it notes and paper plates, which I did. When the tags were complete using the paper plates I put them in order of how they went round a table and then put them in sets in coin bags, this meant that each table was really easy to tag up using the plate as a guide and just working through the set of tags for each one. I think its little things like that that help setting up run smoothly rather than just having a box full of all the place tags and having to search through for each name and wondering who sits next to whom. </div>
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The last bit of handmade things I'm going to mention in this blog post is some items I made for the bridesmaid gifts.<br />
Some cute little cards similar to the ones they had asking them to be part of our wedding, this time thanking them. These cards had the addition of the grey stamped bees.<br />
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And little jar tags with names on to put on the gifts. We got them earrings made out of recycled silver and stamped with bees from The Little Red Hen who I found of Folksy. It was nice to support fellow Folksy member and the recycled element and the bees fitted it perfectly with other elements of the wedding. Also meant I could write "Thanks for Beeing our bridesmaid" and I do love a good pun. </div>
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I'm an involved member of our local parish church, its been my church all my life and after joining the choir on a regular basis just over three years ago I've been roped in to various other aspects of it as well.<br />
This winter the church is undergoing major roof work and we have had to vacate for several months and hold services at various other locations around the village. During a committee meeting how to handle the Christmas services was discussed including our very popular family Crib service on Christmas Eve afternoon, Where we tell the Christmas story and prepare the crib with our rather old and large traditional figurines. The point came up that moving them from place to place and carrying them about might not be the best idea. Our vicar commented about seeing a nice knitted set at another church and maybe something like could be produced in time for the service. This is where I got looked at as the "crafty one". Now I don't knit but I do crochet so I said I would see what I could do, a quick look on pintrest for some suitable free patterns pulled up <a href="http://www.5littlemonsters.com/2015/11/crocheted-nativity-set.html" target="_blank">these</a>. A blog by a lady called 5 little monsters, I loved the gentle look of them, less cartoony than some of the designs available. I quickly hooked up Mary and Joseph ready for the Sunday service and with the teams approval I set to work on completing the set. When I had finished the set I was so proud of them I thought they deserved some really good photos so I took the set to another church in the group to create a proper photo shoot with the help of my awesome other half <a href="http://www.alexroddie.com/" target="_blank">Alex</a>.<br />
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This is the full set, there are some alterations and additions to Erica's lovely patterns which I will discuss as we go through the groups. <br />
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First up the main group Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus in his manger and the animals a donkey and ox I call them Daniel and Ollie. The first addition to the set is Ollie the Ox. There wasn't a pattern for him, but I know our traditional set has an Ox and normally him and the donkey are the first characters to be placed in the Crib scene as we remember that it was their home before that special night and they didn't mind sharing. The ox is based on the donkey pattern in a more suitable ox colour with a shorter neck and wider/shorted head. I also added some little cream horns.<br />
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Next is the shepherds they consist of a Shepherd, Shepherd boy and three sheep (well lambs maybe they are quite dinky.) The pattern calls for a wire to be placed inside the crook but I decided to just sew it on to the hand of the Shepherd and at the base of the body as well and I think it works well. I also made his headdress in stripes just to give him abit more difference from Joseph as them as pretty much the same pattern. The sheep are done in three different colour combinations white and brown, black and white and brown and cream. The pattern calls for chunky wool to give a textured look but I hadn't got any so after stuffing I stitched some loops on to them to make them woollier. Yes of course they have names too, Barry, Larry and George.<br />
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Next up are the wise men, Although we don't really know how many there were its traditional to have three each one with a gift. I did these in brighter colours to give them an opulent and distant look. The patterns all for thinner yarn and tiny hook but I just used smoother dc cotton and a slightly smaller hook, this has made them come out bigger than Erica's but I rather like how they look and aren't over large.<br />
The camel isn't part of the 5 little monsters set and we don't have a camel in our traditional set but I like a camel in a nativity scene like the often missed out verse from a favorite carol In the bleak midwinter " The ox and Ass and Camel, which adore. " The pattern for him came from <a href="http://amigurumilacion.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/camello-amigurumi-patron-libre.html" target="_blank">here </a> which was in Spanish so needed translating before I could start. I left out some details like the beaded edge to his blanket and safety eyes to make him match in with the set more. He's called Humphrey and is a big hit with the team at church so I'm very glad to have gone the extra mile and make him.<br />
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Another character which isn't present in our traditional set but often features in scenes is the Angel and since there was a pattern for her as part of the set I made one. Shes done in white with white sparkly wool for her wings, which for some reason I found a tricky bit, (there might be a spare set at home which aren't even) Her hair was also I little tricky with the braid around the front. There's also a star which is such a lovely shape I may use the pattern to create some for hanging on my tree.<br />
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Another addition to Erica's stunning pattern I made at the suggestion of another member of the church team. It is a recreation of our Vicar and his faithful beagle dog Archie who attends services. The vicar is based on the standard Joseph pattern with suitable colour changes to make it look like a cassock with surplice over and a couple of stitches of white yarn after stuffing added the dog collar. I them crochet a stole in green making it slightly narrower with Slst in the middle so it would sit around his neck. The dog is a pattern from <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Teeny-Tiny-Crochet-Catherine-Hirst/dp/190817028X" target="_blank">Teeny Tiny Crochet</a>. Which I did in normal dc but used a much smaller hook than the rest to make him as suitable size as i could, I also added some brown crochet spots on his back for his colouring.<br />
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So there you go quite a project but it will be used to tell the wonderful story this year and hopefully will find a use at church for years to come.<br />
Huge thanks to <a href="http://www.5littlemonsters.com/" target="_blank">5 Little Monsters</a> for the pattern and for saying on her blog that I'm allowed to sell items I make using them. I will consider making sets to order for next year (after my wedding) If you are interested please get in touch.<br />
I wish all my readers peace and best wishes for the coming season.<br />
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I brought along some dried fruit, pine cones and bunches of mixed grasses for a seasonal touch these items are also available now in the shop. I think the mixed grasses are particularly nice in a vase this time of year them give a lovely autumn/ harvest feel.<br />
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We also took along a few Christmas items handmade felt decorations and knitted stockings with chocolate in all ready to the tree.<br />
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A closer look at the rag wreaths on the stand mum has created a couple of Christmasy ones to go with the general floral ones. These attracted quite alot of attention which was nice.<br />
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After a relatively disappointing couple of trips to Gunby this year due to stall relocation which looked lovely on paper but didn't turn out to work well with visitor flow we tried a new pitch on the front lawn. This turned out to work really well, Visitors could see us as the approached the property and the circular drive was easy to walk round all together it gave a really nice feel and we hope to be able to utilize this space again.<br />
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How the stalls looked from the courtyard gate,very inviting.<br />
Overall we had a much better day selling a good range of items including friendship teas, felt sausage dogs and of course our popular lavender bags. It was also lovely to see some returning customers who purchased from us last apple day and were looking out for more bits this year.<br />
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Our next stall will be at <a href="https://lincolnshireshowground.co.uk/food_gift/" target="_blank">Lincolnshire food and gift fair</a> on the 2nd and 3rd of December. This is a week later than last year due to a change in the city's outdoor Christmas market to the week after so if your disappointed about the other market moving its date and still wanted something to see the first weekend in December why not come along. There is an entry fee but parking is free and ample, there are two massive indoor halls to peruse and many hot food stalls joining the two buildings to get some lunch so make a day of it. <br />
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In the run up to Wragby show I made a new batch of friendship teas to add to the stock and its just as well I did as these proved really popular. I've also been sewing up a new batch of felt oak leaves ready for autumn.<br />
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Mum also launched her new rag wreaths at this show, aren't they just so pretty. An excellent decoration for all kinds of places around the home. £15 each.<br />
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Because I knew the space at Wragby is narrower than alot of the events I attend I decided to have a practice at setting up the stall in a different way at the shop before hand. I was really quite pleased with the layout and the height I created.<br />
I used a different stand in the center of the stall which displayed the wreaths and used both my display trees. <br />
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And is the stall on the day, complete with illuminated Hannah's Craft Cottage sign which i think is rather quirky. Unfortunately the tent was laid out differently to last year and we didn't have an edge space as we were expecting but we made the best of what we had and worked at the ends of the stall rather than behind. I put my half apron with pockets to use for this so sales could be made from either end of the stall.<br />
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Here's why the second tree has been brought out for the stall a few Christmas bits have snuck out. The mini drying rack was working well again with a mixture of items being displayed on it. <br />
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The pocket tissue holders have been changed in to these two oblong baskets with a suitcase creating height and depth. I think this works really well much better than the old giant oval basket, here there is enough choice on display without over phasing the customer. I have a couple more of this style of basket displaying the fabric hearts and crochet flower brooches and they help give abit of uniformity to the stall and seem to fit in the space better than round ones.<br />
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On a quick wander around the show I happened to spot this giant tortoise isn't it awesome, there were several of them wandering about in an enclosure.<br />
We sold a good mix of items at this show and had a couple of repeat customers which was nice. However overall it was not as good as last year. I've sent some feedback points to the organizers about what may have had an influence on sales hopefully next year will be better.<br />
Our next stall (weather permitting) will be Sunday the 8th of October Gunby Hall Apple day. <br />
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Recently we had a stall at one of our favorite fairs of the season. The annual Partney fair. this is the fourth time we have attended this fair.<br />
As I said in my last post I was abit concerned about the stall always looking the same so I moved things round abit this time. Placing the lavender bags in the corner and the candles further forward. <br />
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The bunting looked good strung around the shelter. I'm hoping to add to the range available with some cloth bunting before to long, maybe some festive ones would be nice.<br />
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Something new for the stall this time, this petite drying rack makes a wonderful display piece for all the different ornaments and received lots of attention. To enable the items to be displayed this way I have spent time putting Hannah's Craft Cottage tags on the hanging items this helps bring the branding to the forefront and hopefully might mean people look me up online after seeing the stall out and about and means pieces can be individually priced. I think the tags are working well and saw some people picking items up and looking at the tags. The prices are put on with easy peel labels so the tag can be left on if the items is given as a gift if desired. Over all I was pleased with the look of the stand and will defiantly be using the drying rack again. I do enjoy the Partney fair with its stalls, traditional teas, vintage vehicles, fun dog show and entertainment (this year provided again by the Horncastle Ukulele band) I do hope it continues for many years to come.Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-88160222304326241962017-08-08T10:18:00.003+01:002017-08-08T10:22:13.566+01:00Gunby NGS Day <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was a lovely sunny day for our second trip to Gunby this year for their NGS day with the gardens looking stunning. Again we had a pitch on the side of the main lawn behind the house.<br />
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Our buddy from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FernCottageCrafts/" target="_blank">Fern Cottage Crafts</a> has recently purchased a Coleman shelter after see how well we get on with ours and the pair of them looked rather good either side of the path.<br />
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However we didn't have an overly busy day this may be due to a number of reasons including another country show happening near by, but partly I think it is due to the change in location at this event and how now the stalls are in three different locations around the grounds and people don't always seem to be finding us and with it being a very open space people just glance from afar and don't properly look at the stands. Having looked at pictures from Rose day and compared them with this stall I've realized my stall dose look almost identical and maybe when I'm in the same location I should try vary it abit more in case people are repeat visitors then I will look different and interesting each time.<br />
I do think at the next event we might see if we can have a different location and see if we do any better. fingers crossed.<br />
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However the day was not a complete waste of time I took some crochet with me and made some progress on making the elements to create these cute crochet sprouts which are going to be new to the Christmas range this year.<br />
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Our next stall will be this Saturday at <a href="http://www.partneyvillage.co.uk/Latest%20Events.html" target="_blank">Partney Fair</a> we have attended this fair for a number of years now and is a staple of our summer fairs and always alot of fun. Come and see us there.Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-19732842825423562842017-07-10T10:56:00.001+01:002017-07-10T10:56:19.114+01:00Gunby Hall Rose Day<br />
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So we are back at local National Trust property <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/gunby-estate-hall-and-gardens" target="_blank">Gunby Hall</a> for our second year of Stalls. This year some of the stalls have been moved out of the courtyard and located around the garden this time there were some in the walled vegetable garden and some tucked in on the side of the main lawn, this is where I was. It was a much more sheltered spot then the courtyard which can be a tad breezy. However I do feel the foot flow past the stall was alittle less than our previous position and maybe some signage and a few more events in this location people will find us better. As you can see the gazebo looked good with the matching cloths working well.<br />
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I tested out a new display piece for the felt cats and sausage dogs its a vintage cake stand. I like this piece and it does free up abit of space on the stall as we keep adding new lines combining two items together and adding abit of height but I'm not completely sure about it yet, I'm not sure people are seeing them quite as well on it as the original baskets, I'll try it on a couple more stalls before I make my decision.<br />
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A new item on this stall were these cute vintage teacup arrangements with faux flowers in, these attracted alot of attention although I didn't make a sale of them, fingers crossed for another time. I'm also hoping to turn some other tea cups in to pincushions. Items that did sell well this time were the handmade cards, which I was pleased with and will have to find time to replenish the stock of them, lavender bags were also popular again as always.<br />
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I also provided a fresh flower arrangement to decorate the church which held a service as part of the day. I think this made up for me having to miss my duties in the choir and helping with tea at the Burgh morning service. The Gunby Church is such a quaint little building and is often open when the hall is open do remember to pop down and have a look at it if you visit.<br />
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We shall be back at Gunby on Sunday the 6th of August. as part of <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events/bd2728c1-65e7-48c6-a92b-2aca16db2d37/pages/details" target="_blank">NGS day</a> Do be sure to find us.<br />
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So this was our third year attending Woodhall Spa country show. This year our stall was on the edge of the marquee allowing us to display the crochet bunting.We maybe weren't quite as busy as last year be we sold a good mix of things with the lavender bags and Friendship teas being popular as always. We also had some repeat customers who purchased items off us last year and were pleased to see the expanded range of felt ornaments. <br />
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The new felt Sausage dog ornaments made their debut at a fair and lots of people commented on them. I'm hoping to also get some on Folksy before long.<br />
Someone also commented on having seem our items in Stuff with style so that's reassuring that they are being seen.<br />
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Overall I was pleased with the layout of the stall, still liking the longer brown cloths we introduced last year, Beginning to think about possibly painting the white crates as they are getting abit marked with moving about so much, maybe a blue color to tie in with the branding.<br />
A couple of gripes from this show, this is a large show which has both a Craft marquee and individual trade stalls under gazebos outside so I feel the organizers could be a tad more selective in traders inside the marquee I stood opposite a large double stall which didn't appear to have anything "Craft" on it. Also the show is technically on till 5pm but being a Sunday show it always seems to quieten down around 4pm, however I personally feel stall holders shouldn't start packing up until told to by the event organizers as it puts off anyone who is still around from looking in the marquee. But there's my couple of personal moans for a change.<br />
Next stall should be Rose Day at Gunby Hall on Sunday the 25th of June.Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-28437699488024215322017-04-11T16:12:00.001+01:002017-04-11T16:12:35.229+01:00Branching out abit more So as well as being able to purchase mine and mum's lovely crafts in Snapdragons Florist, through our Folksy shop, when we are out and about at craft fairs and in Stuff with Style in Woodhall Spa. My handmade cards are now available to buy from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Tasteefarmshop/" target="_blank">Tastee farmshop</a> in Gunby.<br />
So when your next popping in their for a tray of their yummy free range eggs why not have a look for them.<br />
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So this is the current range I have send down, starting with a bunch of Chickens, appropriate for a farm shop and eggs. These are made using the very popular Hey Chick set from Stampin up, this was a limited edition set I'm really glad we picked up. These are done on square cards which are a nice size between the mini ones and the standard ones great for when you just have a little something to say.<br />
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Next is the always bestselling banner style cards. these are done in a range of colours and embossed card patterns to suit all sorts of occasions.<br />
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The next little set are a colourful collection using the circle of spring set they have cut away centers on the floral wreaths to show a sentiment.<br />
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A few using the pedal pusher set. I thought the tandem bicycle had a nice country vibe to it, and the little birds in this set are too cute for words. <br />
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A few floral cards with some dainty colouring in I really like how these ones turned out even if they do take abit longer to create with the colouring. <br />
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A couple of cards on a larger base to give a variety of sizes to choose from. A pretty birthday card and a sympathy card the background for which I made using a new lace border stamp I think its rather effective.<br />
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The last three are abit more manly as I never seem to make enough blokey cards. Sketchy images from the wetlands set paired with brown card blanks deep green card and a hint of copper embossing. For something subtle but different.<br />
So thats the cards I have currently send down I think there's a nice mix and good selection there and I'm hoping in the future there will be lots of different ones if these sell well.<br />
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And here's the basket of cards complete with sign saying they are made by Hannah's craft cottage.<br />
Fingers crossed they sell well. Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-6360990497970758562017-04-04T15:49:00.000+01:002017-04-04T15:49:04.109+01:00April how did that happenI really don't know where this year is going to. Guess last month I was rather busy with the flowers for Mother's Day and I'm starting to get bits and pieces made behind the scenes for my wedding. (sorry readers but you'll have to wait till the middle of next year to read all about that. )<br />
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So as promised here's a post about the crafty gifts I received at Christmas. My sister added to my collection of <a href="http://www.thetoftalpacashop.co.uk/" target="_blank">Toft</a> patterns with the new Imaginarium book, Like the Edwards menagerie which are animals all based about a basic pattern so they have a family look to them these are all monsters. Pictured with the book is my fist monster made in a three round stripe pattern with funny fingers and toes.We call him Squigley monster<br />
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The extra unique part about this book is the flip feature so you pick different heads, arms and legs to go on the basic body, and with added colour changes and spots this means for a nearly endless range of monsters to be created, I'm going to have so much fun with this. There's also lots of inspiration in the book to get you started. <br />
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Carrying on with the crochet theme a friend got me this kit of star wars crochet. The kits comes complete with book of 12 patterns and yarn ect to make a yoda, which I have done and storm trooper which I haven't dot around too yet but I did raid my wool stash and find bits to do the darth vader. These are super cute and are going to be hanging out on my dvd shelves in the future.<br />
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I also received this rather lovlely needle felting kit of a fox. Needle felting is something I've fancied having a go at for a while I now have two kits (a friend got me a flower brooch kit for my birthday) so now I can when I find the time. Look out for a future blog post about how I got on trying this new popular craft.<br />
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A peek inside the box shows everything I need and this kit is made in my lovely Lincolnshire which is rather nice and nice surprise since the sender isn't from the county.<br />
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In our house at Christmas we have fill your own crackers which we try to find awesome little extras for mine this year have these super cute pom pom makers in them which make the dinkiest pom poms. I've been thinking about getting some for a while so was really pleased. thinking how I might incorporated a few pom poms in to the wedding crafting.<br />
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In this post I'll just quickly share with you my latest toft critter I made it for another baby which has just made her appearance in the family. Its a swaledale sheep, now technically I didn't have the pattern for this sheep, I believe it was handed out a a yarndale a while back but I had seen pictures of it online and from this I think I managed to work it out. Mixing and matching from other patterns in the series. The body is done as standard and when assembled covered in fleece as other sheep are. The legs are done with a black foot cream for a couple of rows and then with a colour change about every three stitches to give the black and white molted appearance I maybe didn't get these precisely even but then real sheep aren't that even so I'm happy with the outcome. <br />
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The head is quite clever I think the nose is a cream with the rest black and eye patches are the same as the ones in the panda pattern and the awesome horns I found the pattern for in the imaginarium book on one of the monster heads.<br />
I rather pleased with the finished sheep and hope they find a happy home with their new family who like a walk in the Yorkshire dales.<br />
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Here's the card that went with the sheep I first one suing the new bookcase builder set from stamping up I think this shall be a versatile set and I love the not the norm sentiments. This one says "Today's little moments become tomorrows precious memories" Isn't that sweet for a new baby. <br />
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<br />Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-19106122287187072422017-03-20T14:55:00.000+00:002017-03-20T14:55:28.608+00:00Branching outSo something very exciting happened for Hannah's Craft Cottage at the weekend. We took our first batch of stock to a shop in near by Woodhall Spa, to join other local crafters selling their items. The shop is called Stuff with Style run by the lovely Stephanie, you can see their facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stuffwithstylegifts/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I'd heard about this treasure trove of local talent thought facebook and a few weeks ago gathered up some sample pieces of our range and contact details and plucked up the courage to go check it out. Its one thing to sell my crafts in my shop and at fairs its a little daunting to take them somewhere else and ask someone if they are good enough for them to sell. Luckily Stephanie is super friendly and seemed to really like our bits. <br />
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So since then I've been selecting pieces and making new stock to make up our first box of stock. I've selected a range of things to see how they go and will adjust based on sales, and as new items join our range. In the fabric items there were some pocket tissue holders £3.99 each (pictured above), nail file holders so handy for handbags £2.75 each, fabric hearts lovely and decorative £3.75 each and lavender bags £2.50 each.<br />
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All the items sent have been labeled up wit the Hannah's Craft Cottage stamp, branding is important, I'm really pleased with how they look.<br />
In Stuff with style all the different crafters work are all mixed up together arranged in eye catching ways and coordinating colours so the tags will make items easily identifiable as mine. <br />
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Lavender bags with a range of pictures on new themes coming in Snapdragons florist soon.<br />
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In my hand stitched felt range I have sent four different designs for now. Some of my super cute toadstools (£3each) from the woodland autumn range because I think they are lovely all year round.<br />
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Some of the felt Russian dolls,(£4.99 each) just in time for mother's day this coming weekend.<br />
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Of course I had to send some of my lovely detailed partridges,(£9.50each), perfect for country gents and ladies which frequent Woodhall.<br />
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And our popular felt cats,(£4.99each) hopefully soon to be joined by some dogs when I get time to perfect my pattern.<br />
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In crochet I have sent some of my brightly coloured Quirly birds (£3.99each) I have added to their quirkyness by naming them all I hope they find happy homes soon.<br />
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Also some pretty crochet flower brooches (£3.50each) a pretty adornment to any hat, jacket or anywhere. Displayed on large luggage tag making a lovely gift.<br />
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Some of Mums sure neat and intricate Tatting has also gone for something different. A selection of bookmarks (£5each)<br />
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And keyrings (£2.50each)<br />
So why not have a pop along to Woodhall Spa soon and check out my items and all the other lovely bits Stuff with style has to offer. Supporting local talent.<br />
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<br />Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-44312458666261666722017-03-02T14:10:00.004+00:002017-03-02T14:11:24.403+00:00March already So it's March already not sure how that happened.<br />
If you can bear to cast your minds back I'm going to do a couple of blog posts about Christmas, One about the crafty things I made for Christmas and one about the crafty things I got for Christmas (cus my friends and family know me so well.)<br />
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As an early Christmas present for my sister I made these cat decorations, I used the same template I designed for my general felt cats which I sell and adapted the extra pieces and embroidery to make them look like her cats.<br />
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I even managed to freehand embroider their names on the back. I'm rather pleased with how these turned out and my sister was very pleased with them too.<br />
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Oh course I made a batch of Christmas cards lots of them had tree themes this year. the cut away tree punch ones looked good and I was also pleased with the lovely as a tree ones which have sheet music paper behind and vellum with embossed dots for a snowy look in front, these were for my choir buddies.<br />
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I had a commission for a couple of <a href="http://www.thetoftalpacashop.co.uk/" target="_blank">Toft</a> critter for my Mother in Law to send to family. This Bridget the Elephant and Austin the Rhino have gone to live with a lovely pair of twin girls.<br />
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A cousin of mine was rather impressed with the felt cats I had made for my sister so with lots of looking at Facebook pictures of her two fluff balls I managed to make a pair for her too.<br />
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Again I managed to freehand embroider their names on the back.<br />
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On a baking front I experimented with 3d ginger bread for a games night with friends. I'd had the cutters for a while and have been trying to find a time to try them out. I used the recipe provided with them and although it takes a while to come together (so much so I thought I'd left something out it was so dry.) the end result is really tasty and keeps its shape really well. Along with the 3d bits I also made lots of mini angels and gingerbread men. With the speed which my friends demolished it I think was alright.<br />
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It seems like a very long time ago now but there you are crafty things I did for Christmas.Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-22585006090736159972016-12-15T15:20:00.002+00:002016-12-15T15:20:34.226+00:00Christmas at the MillThe local festive event was at held on Saturday the 10th of December at our <a href="http://www.heritageburghlemarsh.co.uk/" target="_blank">windmill</a><br />
There was craft and charity stalls, raffle, refreshments, live music provided by a band and school choir and a visit from Santa in his mill grotto.<br />
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Thanks go to my wonderful fiance <a href="http://www.alexroddie.com/" target="_blank">Alex</a> for his<br />
help setting up, packing up and for taking these lovely photos of the stall.<br />
This year the stalls were moved upstairs above the granary tearoom. I think this worked well as there was more space, and it was lighter and warmer up there.<br />
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I did surprisingly well at this event which shows that as an event it is improving every year which is very good for the community.<br />
The lavender bags were popular as always particularly the Christmas designs.<br />
The fabric tissue holders and nail file holders also went down well as useful stocking fillers.<br />
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The knitted Christmas stockings and crochet quirky birds also attracted some attention. Overall I sold a good mix of items which was nice.<br />
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More pictures of the even can be seen <a href="http://www.burghlemarsh.info/news-about-burgh-le-marsh/8-news/167-santa-at-mill-2016" target="_blank">here</a> on the town website. this event was my last fair of the year and we're looking forward to next years events already. Here's to a new year full of crafting.<br />
Merry Christmas to all my readers. <br />
Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-85809389296091224522016-10-13T10:52:00.000+01:002016-10-13T10:52:10.041+01:00Gunby Hall Apple DayOur third and final engagement of the year at this lovely venue, we have really enjoyed having stalls at Gunby this year and look forward to next years. <br />
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This was also the last outing for the coleman shelter this year the rest of our stalls will be inside. it held up reasonably well to the rather damp seasonal weather with just a few tiny leaks along the seams in one particularly heavy downpour. Luckily the ex scout leader in me had the foresight to pack an extra ground sheet to throw over the stock when this happened. so all was well. The stall had the usual L shaped set up and I was pleased with how it looked.<br />
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We snuck out a few Christmas items at this event just to see how they went, felt decorations in festive shapes including robin, gingerbread house, holly leaf and bauble shapes and knitted stockings in three colours of sparkly wool. The stocking drew quite alot of attention. They were displayed on our new silver glittered tree.<br />
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There were also some Christmas scented tealights in set of three for 99p these pair up with our popular tealight jars.<br />
We also had some Christmas design lavender bags which were very popular along with our normal lavender bags. Other well selling items included the felt cat decorations with us selling half of the stock taken. I wonder if this is because many cat lovers visit Gunby hoping to catch a glimpse of the famous Committee and Craig.<br />
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A quick picture of a few extra cards being added to the stock, I really must find time to make more. The top four were done with a Stampin up set called pedal pusher which I picked up earlier in the year. The main tandem bicycle stamp as lots of little complimenting stamps to make each one different including a basket with variety of contents, flowers, hearts and bread and wine, a flag and adorable little birds.<br />
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The next stall will be at the Lincolnshire Food and Gift fair on the Lincolnshire show ground on the 26th and 27th of November this is a rather large event with over 150 traders. Really looking forward to it fingers crossed it goes well. Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-41011496486775520532016-09-08T12:06:00.001+01:002016-09-08T12:06:28.094+01:00Wragby Show and country fayre On Sunday the 4th of September we attended <a href="http://www.wragbyshow.com/" target="_blank">Wagby Show and country fayre</a> this was the first time we had attended this event and it is abit further afield for us. This was a craft marquee event which makes a nice change from having to set up the event shelter. The show had many attractions. Including Cattle, sheep, and poultry, equine events, dog show, displays in the main ring and traditional produce show. <br />
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The day had an early start, the information said the show started at 9am with the show ground being open for setting up from 6am, I didn't wish to be late and make the organizers think I wasn't coming or have trouble getting on to a busy show ground so we arrived in good time around 7am, surprised to find only one other exhibitor in the marquee who had had the same idea. this gave us plenty of time and space to get set up before most of the others arrived at around 8am. Tables were provided and space was a little tight compared with our normal layout but I think in the end the stall looked good.<br />
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The candle jars were sporting new Hannah's Craft Cottage labels as I try to include abit more branding on the stand. These dozen pretty patterned tealights presented in a clip top jar are a lovely present, great for thank-yous, new home or any occasion. I hope they will sell well in the run up to Christmas. Only £4.99 each.<br />
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The new felt toadstool and oak leaf ornaments looking good on the Shepard crook display stands.I sold some of each of these which I was pleased with as well as a good selection of other items. I heard someone say afterwards that visitor numbers were abit down on last year this may have been due to the slightly damp weather, and I personally thought that the marquee could have done with some more signage to say what was inside but over all we were pleased with the day and will be looking to attend next year. <br />
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Our next stall weather permitting is Gunby hall apple day on Sunday the 9th of October. Where we will be starting to display some of our Christmas items.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 <a href="http://www.earthboundmisfits.co.uk/#!f-comedy-knights/cutl" target="_blank">Earthbound misfits </a>who scoured the field looking for damsels in distress and dragons to slay.<br />
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A closer look at the new felt toadstools. Check back soon to see which other designs have been added to the collection.<br />
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Next Fair is on Sunday the 4th of September <a href="http://www.wragbyshow.com/" target="_blank">Wragby Show & country fayre</a>.Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-40423607645255763582016-08-09T11:33:00.001+01:002016-08-09T21:17:03.587+01:00NGS 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 <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/gunby-estate-hall-and-gardens" target="_blank">Gunby Hall </a> to take part in their <a href="http://www.ngs.org.uk/" target="_blank">National Garden Scheme day</a>.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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And a few extra friendship teas these are always well received. Other popular items at this show included lavender bags and candle jars,<br />
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All in all a very nice day and looking forward to the next fair this Saturday the 13th August Partney Fair 11am till 4pm.<br />
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Keeping my weekends busy with lots of stalls at the moment. On Sunday the 26th of June we had a stall at <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/gunby-estate-hall-and-gardens" target="_blank">Gunby Hall and Gardens</a> our local national trust property for their Rose day. This is the first time we've had a stall at this venue and had a very enjoyable day. There was a good range of different stalls there for the visitors to peruse. The other stall holders where friendly and the stall very organised.<br />
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I was really pleased with how the stall looked and we got lots of favorable comments about the event shelter, this was the first event with the new sides we have purchased which work really well. </div>
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In this picture you can see the new nail file covers which made a debut at this event. they went well along with a good mix of other items. Looking forward to our next day here on Sunday the 7th of August for the NGS open day.<br />
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As it was rose day and proceeds were going to St peters Church in the grounds I provided a floral basket to decorate the church with pleasant yellow and orange tones it sat well in the small window opposite the door greeting people as they entered the church.<br />
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The other recent stall was at the village festival Day. This is becoming a very popular event to replace the old carnival and is in a lovely location in the shadow of the windmill which was proudly turning in the sunshine.<br />
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We had a good afternoon despite the odd sharp shower and lavender bags were a popular item as always. More pictures from the event can be seen on the village website <a href="http://www.burghlemarsh.info/news-about-burgh-le-marsh/8-news/152-festival-day-at-mill" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I also sold a couple of crochet flower brooches at the event and noticed the stock was getting abit low so have whipped up a batch of them this week. they are super cute in a range of colours some with pretty floral printed wooden buttons.Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-79860202678541741382016-06-27T15:03:00.002+01:002016-06-27T15:03:47.313+01:00Latest Craft style samples. Christmas 2016It really does seem to get earlier every year.<br />
It's been a while since I've had time to do any craft style samples but I can never pass-up the chance to make some Christmas ones, so here they are, they are from the cut and create range, which over the years has built up to include a large range of characters. <br />
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The first one is made on a large card base with scalloped edge. I have layered a piece of red card, a piece of embossed white card with holly pattern and a backing paper of tiny holly pattern.<br />
I have used all the topper of the carol singing children. Except on holly sprig which a saved to attach to the sentiment. The toppers are such a good size you really don't need to add much else to them to easily create lovely cards.<br />
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Here you can see the depth which can be achieved by using the whole topper, however it also shows how many layers there are in a full topper. The designs of them also lend themselves to being split up to make two of three cards out of one sheet if you want to.<br />
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I caught a glimpse of this card on the Craft with Style show on Create and Craft yesterday (Sunday) you can catch up with the show for 7 days <a href="http://www.createandcraft.tv/ShowGridView?showId=2590410" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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The next card is a smaller scalloped edged base. This one was pre embossed with stars so I decided to keep it as the card background and just add a few peel-off gold stars.<br />
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With this card I was playing with how these lovely chunky characters can lend themselves to being creative and maybe abit quirky. I didn't use the full topper just added some layers to the head and extra bits for the arms.<br />
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I cut the arms off one of the drummer characters and then reattached them with split pins with the arm behind the body and an extra shoulder piece in front of it to neaten it up. I attached strings to the arms and carefully positioned them between the foam pads which are holding the character to the card base. If you look between the two pictures you can see how his arms move when the strings are gently pulled. Like an old fashioned puppet.<br />
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For my next card I took a gate fold base and covered the two fronts with a swirly green backing paper and added strips of matching pattern in red. This is a really lovely backing paper pattern and its lovely how all the different backing papers which are sold with the toppers co-ordinate making it really easy. To the fronts I added two sentiments one at the top on one side and one at the bottom on the other. And the middle is finished off with the Santa character. The photo doesn't show it very well but I've added glitter to his beard.These characters really lend themselves to this sort of embellishment.<br />
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The last sample I made was a double easel card which really showcases the toppers and shoes that you don't have to just make cards with them you could easily use them for creating home decor items which children will love to look at. Here a miss Christmas and Snowman are used and the stoppers have been made out of strips from a striped backing paper which is idea for using in the ribbon strips getting lots out of it and really value for money. <br />
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In my pack of sample stuff I did receive this card blank which no mater which way I folded it I couldn't work out what it was supposed to do. I was abit disheartened as it was clearly a new shape and it would have been nice to use it.<br />
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After watching the show I now realize how it goes and that I was looking at it upside down. It makes this rather fun pyramid card which if the sides are joined together with velcro dots (I believe supplied with them when purchased) they still fold flat for posting. This shape would make some really fun Christmas cards as it is perfect to be a Christmas tree.<br />
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So there are my latest samples, Christmas already. I'm not quite ready to start me own Christmas card making thou, maybe in August. Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-36286828797187925002016-06-02T11:08:00.001+01:002016-06-02T11:08:06.709+01:00Edward's menagerie family growing in size and number. I'm continuing to work my way through the different animals in the <a href="https://www.thetoftalpacashop.co.uk/PD.aspx?product=patterns/toys/-Edwards_Menagerie_Book_by_Kerry_Lord" target="_blank">Edward's Menagerie</a> book. some I'm making for my own set and some are being made to send to family and friends having babies I like this idea of my menagerie family being like a real one with different members spread around the country. So here's the latest additions. <br />
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This is Bridget the Elephant, who has gone to live with a cousin of my other half who has just had a little person. Bridget is done is soft DK wool in a gentle grey colour.<br />
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I love her ears and chunky tail. the pattern is quite straight forward with no colour changes, although she did cause me abit of an issue. I as I had been working on the separate body parts at work during quite times and had put them on a table awaiting stuffing, some how one of her legs fell in to a box of card making materials so when I came to assemble her she only had three legs and I couldn't find the forth, so I quickly did up another one convincing myself in the end that maybe I had only made three and the forth one was overlooked when changing to a new ball of wool.The missing leg as since been found and waits the possibility of becoming another elephant. <br />
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Here is Douglas and Donna waving her off on the way to her new home. They were wondering what new family member they might soon get at home.<br />
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And here they are this is Hank the Dorset down Sheep.<br />
Isn't he massive? Hank is make using Aran wool which is the third size (there one more even bigger). His legs ears and nose are made using a dark brown and his body and fleece are done in a "tweed" cream which has flecks in it which I rather like as it creates a mottled look rather than then being bright clean cream. This pattern did take awhile to do as you have to make the body parts as normal assemble them then add the fleece which is done in chain loops and when spaced right means to do about three rounds of loops for every row of stitches on the body or head. I had to do the body twice as the first time I made the loops to tight this had pulled his body abit out of shape and the next time I do a sheep I will stuff the body more firmly to allow for softening as it is pulled and pushed about.<br />
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Here you can really see the difference between the different wool thickness. I think the aran was a good choice for this pattern as I cant imagine how fiddly it would have been to create it in 4ply.<br />
I like how the same pattern can easily be adjusted in size with wool thickness and hook size. I do in the whole think most of my collection will be the DK size though as this creates a lovely cute animal.<br />
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When I brought the wool for Hank it was on a 3 for 2 offer so I also purchased this other "tweed" ball of Aran with a pinky tone I think this may become a hippo at some point in the future. <br />
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So there's my latest additions to the family. I'm sure there will be more before long.<br />
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So we kicking off the fair season this year with a stall in the craft marquee at Woodhall Spa country show. This was the second time we had done this show and this year was a big improvement on last year. The weather was a much brighter day which always helps to bring more people out to and there were more an event and there were more stalls making the tent look more inviting and worth looking in.<br />
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I was pleased with the set up of the stall, using a combination of two tables one longways on to maximize display area and the other at right angles making the stall longer and giving me some counter space behind the display to store bags and such on.<br />
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The white crates created height and interest to look at. In this picture you can also see the new fabric tissue packs which were launched as a new product at this fair.<br />
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Something else new to the stall was these cute floral suitcases, these are great for both transporting some of the items to the fair and then using them for display. I do also have some spare suitcases available for sale.<br />
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Our next fair will be at Gunby Hall and Gardens Rose Day on Sunday the 26th of June.Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910491658701386708.post-36492503419753962292016-05-20T16:52:00.002+01:002016-05-20T16:52:25.024+01:00New item launching this weekendSo as we head towards our first fair of the year Hannah's Craft cottage have a new product to launch.<br />
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Here they are, pocket tissue holders. These cute and handy holders are made from fabric and are completely lined with the lining fabric showing as a contrasting/complimenting strip on the opening. Each tissue holder come full of tissues ready to pop in your handbag and are easy to refill so you can use it again and again, so much better than a plastic wrapped packet of tissues.<br />
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Here you see we have lots of different designs they will be launched on our stall in the craft marquee at the <a href="http://www.woodhallspashow.co.uk/" target="_blank">Woodhall Spa Country Show</a> this Sunday 22nd May. With a special offer of £3.99 each or 2 for £7. So why not get one for yourself and one for a friend.<br />
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Also as part of the stock for the show there are a dozen new felt Russian Doll ornaments. All hand stitched in lots of lovely colours embellished with ric rac and buttons. Just £4.99 each.Hannah Roddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286315973778605189noreply@blogger.com0