We booked a stall at our local summer food and craft fair. It was a lovely sunny day and as we live by the sea it was a good start and we thought that might encourage tourists to the fair. The other crafters were a lot more professional than we were and more expensive. There was a lot of interest in the teacups and the knitted bees that are in the photo. I managed to sell 7 teacups, some cards and some gardening planters and plant kits so feel it was a good day out. I do think I should concentrate on smaller craft fairs and table top sales but enjoyed the experience. Now starting to think about what to sell at Christmas fairs!
I have a new idea for seeds which involves tea cups! The plan is to buy teacups and mugs from charity shops and upcyle them with the addition of some seeds. I will sell the cups with seeds and some funky plant markers at craft stalls. My first outing for this new idea is at the end of April, so fingers crossed that it works.
Well it is a new year now and so on to the next hobby! I had a very appropriate birthday card from my friend Janie this year.
We all enjoyed the gin cake on my birthday and while it was a huge cake it is disappearing fast!
So onto my latest idea for the Arts and Crafts Stall in November. I received a lovely gift tag with seed paper that can be grown on the garden from my good friend Morven. At first I thought I could make seed paper, but that could be messy and not always successful. On investigation on the world wide web I discovered that there are only a few small business selling greetings cards with seeds included in them. I love gardening and taking photos of the garden and came up with the idea of making cards with photos of flowers on the front and seeds inside to match. I have set this up at www.sparklegiftcompany.co.uk.
So fingers crossed that this might be a bit of a success!
