Monday 16 November 2009

Crafty day

Hello everyone, hope you all had a good weekend & enjoyed the beautiful weather we're having at the moment :(
On Friday, after working a 10 hour day (!), I fought my way through the gale force wind & rain to here....

(Yes this was taken on a different day!)

It was due to start at 8pm & we were thinking surely no one in their right mind would head out in this weather...... how wrong can you be!!
They were queuing up to get in & when the doors opened they all flooded in.

It was a slow start for me & at one point I felt like giving up, then they all came back!
The Christmas decorations were a hit & sold out very quickly, at one point I had 2 ladies fighting over them.
I didn't have time to take any pictures before the rush but here's one I took just before the end.....



I tried to keep my prices low but it's so hard when I know how long everything takes to make..... knitting is very different to sewing, it takes me 5 mins to run up a lavender bag in fabric but over an hour to knit one side, then you have to back it etc so I think £6 is a bargain!

I shared the table with my friend who does wall decals.....


Very popular, love the fairy.

So that was my 2nd fair & it was fantastic :) I loved it.... it was such a buzz selling my own things & I'm finally in profit :)
I've been asked to do my 3rd on Friday 4th November so it's all go (it's the first one that I'm doing alone)......I must be mad taking on 4 craft fairs in one month & leading up to Christmas. I work in retail so my hours have gone up as well! I'm hoping if I work really hard now I'll be asked back to these in the summer when I have more time on my hands....also loads of people were asking about ordering online so things are looking up. You never know I might make my millions & be able to hand in my notice soon :)

In my last post I show a photo of my basket that I took to the tea dance. After I wrote the post I went back to the kitchen to find this.....


Silly Nanny.


He didn't like it when OH picked him up.

Last year I showed you this Christmas cacti I brought......


I said I didn't know how to care for it so I didn't think it would last long but look at it now....


I'm so pleased with it, it's grown so much.

I thought I'd show you this photo of the lovely planters I brought from Habitat to go in my plant stand. Also my plate that I brought today....


I've been looking on the web for Spode baking days but haven't got round to buying any, today I went in to Panters...(do you have Panters?) & it was really cheap! This plate on the web is £10...mine for £6.20...bargain! I'll be having my dinner on that tonight.
This wasn't the only thing I brought today...... as you know I was suppose to go to the CL fair on Thursday & the Vintage & Handmade fair on Saturday, both of which I had to cancel due to work......so I treated myself to some goodies from Michele, can't wait for them to arrive so I too can share my V&H goodies.

Have a good week

12 comments:

  1. Hi Joe
    love your union jack knitting how clever is that.
    Have a great week
    Kate

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  2. wow I'm glad you had a sucessfull fair. Your stall looked fab. I love those knitted union jacks.

    (((hugs)))
    karen

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  3. well done on all your crafty projects...I'm off for another look !

    Sam xx

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  4. In profit after only two fairs? I am impressed. I love your stuff and I am sure yiou are not over-pricing it. I can see what you mean about knitting taking so much longer than sewing. It's a whole lot harder, too!

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  5. So pleased your fair was a success and I'm sure you'll be a household name next Summer!

    Victoria xx

    PS I can't wait to see the goodies you've ordered.

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  6. Wow, you've done so well! Gorgeous things hun. What a shame you had to miss the two fairs though :(

    Mel xxx

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  7. So pleased your fair was a success!!!
    Your stuff looks great and yes you are brave taking on all those fairs but you can do it!!!!

    Lots of Love

    Kelly xxxx

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  8. Well done on battling through the bad weather!
    Glad you have found a place to sell your goodies!
    See you soon!
    ;-)

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  9. So pleased that the fair was a success for you, I love knitted union jacks!!! These kinds of fairs are great. I went to the V&H fair at the weekend and had a fantastic time.
    Take care
    Isabelle x

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  10. Love those union Jacks! oooh, it all loos wonderful! suzie. xxx

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  11. fab!! Oh, I am so pleased that the second fair worked out for you and was so good. How exciting. Definitely sounds like the start of a new and exciting development.

    Love the picture of Nanny too - he looks very comfy and very much like he doesn't want to be disturbed!

    Look forward to seeing what loveliness you have coming your way from Michelle - so nice to have a little treat - you certainly deserve it after all your hardwork. x

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  12. well done josie! i love the union jacks xx

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