Friday, 5 November 2010

On the map



Greetings folks and fellow fair dwellers.. it is only three weeks now before our 6th Original Vintage & Handmade Fair and you may have thought we had nodded off, but actually we have been rather busy drawing up plans for our next bonanza and welcoming many new members to our Christmas Fair, including the logistics of working out how to accommodate everyone! This year we will have 40 stalls of vintage and handmade finery on offer and a wonderful diverse collection of quality items to offer the discerning folk who flock to our fairs.

Here we have the final floor plans which includes a new room for us this year.. the elegant Charter Suite upstairs.

This room has enabled us to move our tea room and facilities upstairs so to provide more room in the main hall downstairs and provide a more practical area for serving teas. We will also have 7 new stalls upstairs as well as several in the main hall and lounge area and the stage area will also be utilised.

The upstairs can be accessed by two staircases, one at the entrance and another in the lounge, with a lift to help whisk visitors and members up the the first floor!







We can't wait to welcome old friends and new to our cracking Christmas fair at Chipping Sodbury Town Hall 10 - 4 p.m Sunday 28th November and look forward to seeing you all soon!

Below is a list of the exhibitors for our Christmas Fair.. click on each name and most link to their own website or blog..

Ana - Mrs Moores Vintage Store
Sue ~ Pennychoo Retro Vintage Greeting Cards

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Saturday, 16 October 2010

Collect It Magazine

As it is just 6 weeks until the long awaited V&H Christmas Fair I thought it was time to revive this blog & to start posting info again.
We have made an appearance in the November issue of Collect It magazine on their events page.
Hopefully this will reach those who love to collect vintage goodies.

We will be featuring in quite a few other publications in the next month or so & I will post them here as they appear.

Hope everyone is looking forward to a fun day once again - it will be a bumper event this year with a lovely selection of sellers - the regulars that you know & love, as well as some exciting new stallholders with selections to delight you.

Forget about the high street crush....come along to the fair for your Christmas shopping in a friendly & relaxed environment amongst like minded people!

I can't wait!!
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Wednesday, 7 July 2010

Textile Treasures




All the photos from the very first V&H Textile Fair can be seen HERE
Once again it was very well attended & proved to be a treasure trove of textile delights.
We will be holding another one next year, so watch this space!

In the meantime we are already working on a bumper Christmas Fair so don't forget to leave Sunday 28th November open for a day of delightful shopping!
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Saturday, 26 June 2010

One for your Diary ....


It's official.. well even more so now..
The Western Daily Press have done us proud again and we have a mention in today's Antiques supplement.


So no excuses.. write it down on your calendar now and tell your friends..
The Original Vintage & Handmade Textile Fair is a week today, that's July 3rd at Chipping Sodbury Old Grammar School Buildings from 10.00 a.m - 4.00 p.m..Free admission.. Just look for the bunting.

There will be swathes of beautiful vintage textiles, haberdashery, textile art, wonderful cushions, buttons and beads, vintage clothes, designer fabrics, ribbons and lace, French linens to name but a few .. oh.. and not forgetting some much needed refreshments with home made cakes, strawberries and cream and the nations favourite drink.. Tea !!

Hope to see you there with some sunshine for company.
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010

Chipping Sodbury

The first Vintage and Handmade Textile Fair will be held here, in the Old Grammar School...

Across the road from the Town Hall... look out for the phone box and follow the bunting!
But here at Vintage and Handmade HQ we thought we would show you what else Chipping Sodbury has to offer on a day out!

A gorgeous traditional Grocer...
Beautiful Florist...
Ladies Boutique...
The famous Hobbs House bakery attached to an excellent, traditional butcher...
Always the chance of a vintage find at St Peter's Hospice...
Lovely cake decorating shop...
Sweet little Coffee Shop...
Shabby Chic Homewares...
For ladies who like to shop with a glass of champagne at hand...
A scrumptious Deli...for delicious sandwiches...
Fun for the children - paint your own pottery...
And for the gentlemen...

The Barber...
The Wine Shop...
And the Pub!! With a pretty good Restaurant too...
ENJOY!!
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010

New Christmas Postcard


It does seem crazy to be thinking about Christmas in June, but with our fairs we work for months beforehand - planning, preparing, advertising & promoting, so with a bit (actually A Lot!) of help from Mr Cottage in the technical department, we have designed a new postcard for the 2010 V&H Christmas Fair.

Coming soon to a fair near you.....
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Sunday, 13 June 2010

Here, there & everywhere?

I hope that this post doesn't come over all "Grumpy Old Woman" but it's something I need to get off of my chest & air out.

Recently we have been made aware that there are a few new fairs setting up which are promoting themselves as Vintage & Handmade Fairs. We just wanted to let our visitors & stallholders know that none of these have anything to do with us - they are not our fairs, nor have we given them permission to use our name. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to make any difference.

I am all for enterprise & of course anyone can hold a fair, but why not try & be original?

When Michele & I first came up with the concept for our fairs we thought long & hard about a name. When we settled on Vintage & Handmade we searched the internet just in case anyone else was using it as we wanted to be original, be identified & not step on anyone else's toes or poach someone's business name.
It wasn't being used so we were able to register it for our own use.

I suppose that we should feel a little flattered that our fairs have inspired others to follow suit, but why, oh why not at least come up with their own name?

Jayne (taking Grumpy hat off now....)
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