All The Fun of The Fair

Our gazeebo being held down at each corner by Kirtsy and Fynn and along the back by my son at last week's Fair in Falkland.

Rain is the usual enemy of any event held outdoors in this country, especially during the summer months but on Saturday we were battling against the wind!

It was crazy! We had the gazeebo tied to the railings behind us and bricks at each corner but it still blew around and had to be held onto every five minutes.

The fair was still good fun to do though and was quite busy for the most part.

We were pitched right opposite the lovely gift shop Fayre Earth just opposite the fountain in Falkland. Not only does Elizabeth offer a lovely range of Fairtrade Gifts and Homeware, she does a roaring trade in delicious coffee and has pretty benches outside the shop for customers to relax on.

Fayre Earth Gift Shop

As well as having good fun on the day I also met the organisers of The Big Tent Festival and have been invited to have a stall at the festival!

I'll be in the Craft Unplugged tent from 10.30 am - 6pm on July 21st and 22nd 2012.

You can read all about The Big Tent here.

Tickets are still available.

Falkland Street Fair 2012

You can find me and my work at Falkland Festival Street Fair tomorrow,

Saturday 23rd June, 11-3pm.

We had a great time last year and hope to have an even better time this year!

I will be sharing a stand with Kirsty again who will be doing on the spot Soap Rock Workshops.

Some new makes from me include this felt Box and Notebook.

 The felt was a bit of an experiment. I tried Nuno felting onto some polyester chiffon.

I had bought the chiffon for a different project but it turned out to be the wrong kind for what I wanted it for. No matter how much I tried hand felting it, the fibres just didn't want to cling to the chiffon. Turns out it's the wrong kind of chiffon for Nuno felting as well! So I threw the whole thing in the washing machine and this was how it came out. A happy accident indeed : )

In order to retain the lovely double sided nature of the nuno felt

I decided to make a wee box with matching notebook but didn't line either so that the loopy texture of the chiffon side can still be seen. Quite a soft and squishy box but the notebook fits snug inside helping it keep it's shape.

 I will also have a few Sheep In Boxes with me.

 Knitted felted sheep by Lynne Seaton at My Baboo

Along with some new Sheep pendants.



And one or two new felt pictures.



 Lupins by The Stream

£45

Wee Hoose In The Heather

£30

Cosy Cottage Among The Heather

£35

I've also been a bit distracted this week watching these Woodpeckers in the Rown Tree just outside the window.

The baby one wasn't managing to cling to the feeder so the adult male was feeding it on the branch.

The photo is slightly out of focus but it's so hard to get a decent photo of them as they fly away at the slightest movement.

I had to perform stealth moves up to the window to get this one plus it was windy outside and everything was moving about.

 

Turns out there is a third bird aswell. A slightly older juvenile. It's a bit of a bully though and tends to chase the smaller birds away from the tree.

In the few days that I've been watching, this young one has learned to feed itself though and now clings happily to the feeder.