Head in the clouds

Oh hello...

Life has been a little busy lately and as you can see, this little old blog has taken a back seat. So much for my resolution eh? Anyway, I'm back again and I've got quite a few posts coming up...

In the meantime I am off for an early night. Two nights out in a row and a lot of wine have resulted in me being absolutely shattered! Why do weekends go so quickly?

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Fire in the sky

The South coast has been my home for over two years now and I never get tired of this ever changing skyline.

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside...

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Simply having a wonderful Christmas fayre

After lots of planning and running around like mad women, my friend Julia and I opened the doors to our first festive fayre earlier this month!

We had stalls from some amazing local sellers and something for everyone!

Vintage inspired jewellery from Little Treasures

Cards, crafts and gifts from Miss Rose

I adored these photos from Lucy Schorn 

And I fell in love with Lucy's dog amazingly called Stevie Nicks. So bloody cute... 

Leather bunting from Heather

Gorgeous glassware from Clare

Incredible prints from Paul Parsons at the Urban Gallery (we bought top left for our flat)

These prints and beautiful wooden toys from Artisanat were really popular

Amazing jewellery from You Flaming Brute

Some vintage bits and pieces from my stall

Ceramics from Kelly Loves

Elsbells jewellery

Along with great stalls from Ooh La Lapin, Mia Mai, Alice McWilliams and Gamble and Gunn...

As well as the craft stalls we had a craft workshop... children could come an make a tree decoration and adults could experiment with fabric wreaths.

We also had the lovely Emma and Sarah doing festive nail painting and of course there was some delicious mulled wine along with beautiful cakes, minced pies and gingerbread men.

The lovely gents from Snout Crackle Trot were there with some delicious rottiserie Turkey, Cranberry and rocket baguettes...  They were so tasty I had one for lunch and one for dinner!

Snout Crackle Trot

And for a bit of cheesy festive fun we had a photobooth upstairs...

We both really enjoyed it and are already thinking about next year! But in the meantime, I need to wrap some presents... oh and listen to this a bit more...

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Places and Spaces

The past month has been a busy one. An eclectic mix of a trip to Foxton Locks, 3 weddings, a drive around the New Forest, Date night in Portsmouth, a charity raffle and a visit from my parents and their gorgeous little pooch Boo.

The next few weeks will be spent making things for upcoming craft fairs and getting involved with the Southsea Sisters independent women's group. Exciting things are a comin'!

What have you got to look forward to over the next few weeks?

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After dinner walk

                

 

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Good Excuse

I've been absent from this little old blog for a few weeks but I have a good excuse or 3, I promise.

First off was a little trip to London for a dear friend's Birthday. Lots of dancing and some sore feet & heads the next day...

The following weekend, Harry and I drove up to see my family and the gorgeous puppy Boo. There was also a trip to a lovely Vintage fair and a good old fashioned Barndance. Yeehaaahhhh.

So in-between the weekends away and work, I was crafting away on bits and pieces for the Love Southsea show. Myself, Julia and Heather had our own stall yesterday and it was great fun...

Aside from the odd downpour and wet feet all day, we met some great people and sold lots of our items! 

Some of my handmade items for sale

A selection of vintage items I was selling

Awesome jewellery from Julia of You Flaming Brute

Heather with her unique leather bunting

I was really pleased at how the day went and we've now signed up for another show in 2 weeks time. You can find out more here We're all looking forward to it... If you're in the Portsmouth & Southsea area then come down to Castle field in Southsea on Saturday 21st July and say hello! 

Have you been to any good craft fairs or shows recently? x

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