2011 craft fairs - Bridge of Allan and David Lloyd

I realised I haven't posted about 2 craft fairs I attended this year. The first was the Bridge of Allan Art and Crafts festival. This was held on Nov 5th this year, and was the first time Bridge of Allan, just outside Stirling in Scotland, had held this sort of event. I grew up in Bridge of Allan so it was great to be able to take part. There were 3 different venues in the village, and I was in the Royal Hotel.
This is the facebook page for the festival: click here
It was a great success, with loads of different artists there. I had a lot of lovely comments about my jewellery, as well as some sales. I also had some ideas to expand my range after suggestions from interested people. If I met you at the craft fair, thanks very much for looking at my work and stopping to chat. I received so many nice comments from people, it was really encouraging!
I even made it into the paper as a result of the fair...

That's me, bottom left of the page!

I also took part in the David Lloyd Anniesland Christmas Fair at the start of December. Unfortunately it was less of a craft fair than just a sale - mostly manufactured stuff; I think I was the only one selling hand-made items. Which meant I was quite a bit more expensive than everyone else! However, I made a sale which more than made up for my time there that evening. Thanks to everyone who took a business card and stopped to chat :o)

Hopefully in 2012 I'll attend some more sales, and I'll try to post advance notice on this blog for anyone who'd like to come along. I'd really like to get a stall at a high class craft sale, but we'll see what comes along....

Pictures from the fete

Rather belated I know, but here are a few photos from the fete. I've been busy working on new pieces as I'm going to be at the bridge of Allan craft fair in November and need to build up stock! Pics coming soon...

Ardmaddy fete

Just back from the Lorn Garden Club fete at Ardmaddy Castle. Although I love the highlands, I forget how really amazing they are when the sun is shining. There were some stunning views on my drive there and back.
I got a lot of lovely comments from people looking at my pieces; only one sale but to be honest I was not expecting a lot, I really wanted some feedback on how my jewellery was received and I certainly got that :o) Lots of people took cards.

If you're one of those people, thanks very much! A 'shop' section will be appearing on my website soon with some of my smaller pieces available for sale.

Craft fair

I have a couple of things to blog about but I'll start with this. I'm going to have a stall at the Lorn Garden Club's fete at Armaddy Castle, near Oban. Granted, I still have to make up my stock for the event, but I intend to be there! I'm going to make a selection of smaller pieces to sell - I doubt impulse buys will stretch to the larger pieces - but I will take a couple of bigger pieces with me. So now I have a tray of beads which are 'available' for me to make smaller pieces with... all I have to do is start making them! It would help if I didn't have a nasty cold though, doesn't help with detailed work :o/

The location looks wonderful.. you can click the link below to see a map of where it is. It will be a bit of a drive from Glasgow!