Country Living Spring Fair 2012

We are back from the Country Living Spring Fair, exhausted (hence why it has taken 3 days to get around to writing this post!) but very happy. I was so pleased with how the stand looked and felt very proud as I arrived each morning. It was like having my very own shop, albeit a mini one!

The reactions to my work from visitors to the fair was also wonderful, and I met so many lovely people over the five days, from people visiting the fair, to followers on twitter and lots of already familiar faces too.

After a fantastic 5 days we are now back on home turf, and although London was great, it is good to be home! We are now cracking on with trade orders and re-stocking for our next Spring fair... this Saturday! (31st March) 

We'll be scooting back to the big smoke for the Selvedge Spring Fair, a one day extravaganza, and we're very excited! http://www.selvedge.org/pages/fair.aspx

All Hands on Deck!

This week in the studio has been all about starting to get prepared for the Country Living Spring Fair. Not long to go and being a little under the weather last week has not helped my preparation schedule. Fortunately I have a couple of amazing assistants (for when times get particularly busy, like now!) who have had their hands on deck too, and we've started to get things together ready for the '3 week Spring fair marathon' - as I'm fondly beginning to think of it (see previous blog post for our Spring fair schedule). 

We also had a small 'Friday giveaway' at the end of this week over on our facebook page, with the opportunity to win a couple of pairs of tickets to the Country Living Spring Fair Gala Evening on the 21st March. In the next week or so we will also have tickets to the fair up for grabs, so stay tuned! (Complimentary tickets valid every day except Saturday).

Alternatively if you are getting organised, booking train tickets to London and would like to get your ticket to the fair organised now, you can use code EXHCMT to get £1 off your ticket price. We look forward to seeing you there!

Our Spring Fair Schedule

Whilst sewing lots of chickens, eggs and making our NEW wooden bunnies this week, we also have lots of exciting Spring fair announcements...

Spring at the Barn

Saturday 17th March, 10am - 5pm, free admission

Tithe Barn, Mells nr Frome, Somerset, BA11 3PN

Click here for more details and a list of lovely stallholders!

Country Living Spring Fair

21st - 25th March

Business Design Centre, London

If you would like to get an extra £1 off your ticket price, please use the code EXHCMT online or over the phone. http://www.countrylivingfair.com/spring/tickets

The Selvedge Spring Fair

Saturday 31st March, 10am - 5pm

St. Augustine's Church Hall, London, N6 5BB

Click here for more info!

We are so excited about all three of these fairs, so had better crack on with our bunny-making! Happy Sunday x

The Sunday Post: Country Living Spring Fair

On Friday my mum and I took the train to London to visit the Country Living Spring Fair. A little treat that we like to enjoy a couple of times a year and definitely the best Country Living Fair we have visited yet! 

We had a wonderful day of shopping, eating, drinking and meeting people exhibiting at the fair who I had previously only been in contact with via email. A few weeks ago Joanne from Callula Glass contacted me to ask if I would be interested in making union jack bunting and linen panels for her stand at the fair - I delighted in the task and one of our first stops at the fair was to go and check out the bunting and panels in action!

I was pretty slack on the photo-taking at the fair in general (I blame the excessive eating, shopping and chatting!) but I did however manage to take a few pictures of Joanne's stand complete with union jack bunting!

The slightly delayed Sunday Post... the Monday Post!

Gosh, how time has just vanished today, I had every intention of writing this nice and early and suddenly it is 5 o'clock!! Better late than never, let me start by introducing my lovely new stockist in Stalbridge, Shy Violet. Suzanne from the shop in Dorset contacted me last week asking for trade details and less than a couple of hours later had placed her first order! I think from the photos on the Shy Violet website that my things are going to fit right in. If you are down in the Dorset area pop in and say hello to Suzanne and see her wonderful shop!

This afternoon I booked my train tickets to visit the Country Living Spring Fair. My mum and I venture over to London every Spring and Christmas as a little treat and yet again I'm excited about it! As the website says, the "Spring Fair is the perfect way to banish the winter blues and celebrate the bright new season" - which sounds good to me!