Now you see them, now you . . .

Now you see them . . . 

. . . now you don't!  I made these two little zipper purses literally the day before my craft-fair, really because I wanted to have some fresh designs on display and I'd been wanting to use this lovely cupcake fabric against some classy herringbone tweed for a  long time.  I was pretty pleased with the result and a lovely lady at the fair was too, as she bought them both - I was so pleased as they were very much 'hot off the press'!  Delighted :)

There's a lot to be said for keeping your stall fresh and updated - this was one of the reasons I was a bit wary of this last fair - I've been so busy with retail outlet stock-making that my other stock was falling behind.  Funnily enough the items I loved making, the new scrappy flower brooches, the zipper pouches and some pendants, sold pretty well.  Pheeeeew!  Have to say I'm relieved it's over and I'm looking forward to a much more relaxed week though :)

Here's a pic of my stall,  which really needs some more fabric hanging at either end - I knew this, but hadn't got round to doing anything about it - ooooops!  The camera never lies, hehe :)

Also, I don't know why I hung my bunting over my 'tweedie' lettering!!  Never mind, I'll keep this photo as historic evidence and make some improvements next time.  I decided to take a selection of smaller items this time, so everything was 'on the flat' so to speak - but it worked fine as I had a reasonable variety of work - I won't win any prizes for display though this time round!  I think I was a little tired this week, so I'm quite pleased I managed to do the fair at all : )  And, heck, people were actually buying stuff - how cool is that, hehe!!!  (The local music festival definitely helped with that!)  Thanks Hebridean Celtic Festival! (even if I didn't manage to see any of it - boo hoo!)

Here's  what I was doing to pass the time in between customers . . .

I was so glad I had taken something to do - personally I don't always want to interrupt people while they're browsing my stall, so it's nice to keep your hands busy with something.

Here's the finished flowers  - I have to be honest, I made a mistake with the pattern, but I'm calling it a 'happy accident' and I quite like how they've turned out . . .

They'll make an appearance on 'something or other', no doubt!

All in all, the craft fair was a success - I didn't do quite so much mingling this time, too tired!, but it all went well, with good sales.  What more can you ask for?  This week I'm  looking forward to a much more relaxed  holiday-mode time with the boys (who seem to be turning night into day, at the moment!).  Perhaps a little more crochet and some fun crafting - I'm cutting myself a little slack, in other words, hehe!

Have a lovely week - 'speak' soon :)
Alison x