I bought a greeting card display stand and some smaller stands, which really helped to fill out the table space. The day went rather slowly with an average footfall, but I was happy when I got a couple of sales. Unfortunately these were my only sales, but some of the stalls around me didn't sell anything. It was a bit disappointing as I'd spent so much money and time, but it was a good experience.
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
My First Craft Fair
On Saturday, I had a stall at my very first craft fair. It was a modest event in a church hall in Watford and only the second time a fair had been held there.
Sunday, 3 November 2013
Paper Wreath
I'm seeing so many wonderful Christmas projects around at the moment, so I thought I would have a go at a paper wreath. These look stunning and are really easy to make.
I've used kit contents from Papercrafter magazine issues 65 & 66 to create and embellish this wreath, plus some red gems.
First I drew round a dinner plate onto some corrugated card, then round a tea-plate in the centre of this and cut round both to create a ring. From assorted patterned papers I cut several 2cm x 10cm strips, fringing half of them. I looped them all in half and glued the ends before stapling to the ring in equally spaced rows, starting from the outside. (Before completing the inner row, I stapled a length rustic twine for my topper and sentiment.)
To hide the staples from the inner row, I hand-drew a couple of holly leaves onto card then used these as templates to cut several from patterned paper. I arranged these in differing directions to give a natural look and finished off with some red pearls for berries.
To complete the wreath, I glued my sentiment and topper to the twine and attached some more twine at the back to use as a hanger.
I would like to enter this wreath into the following competitions:
