The Craft Fair

Now I've got my breath back after a very hectic weekend I can tell you more about the Hobbycraft fair ....

As usual, the show was very crowded with about 12,000 people over the three days....

but our stand was a bit out of the way so we weren't too overwhelmed, thank goodness!

Our crafting team had time to talk to all the lovely people who came to visit us ....

We met quite a few ladies who had gone to our school when they were young and we were able to tell them how much the school had changed....

Lots of people wanted to find out more about Liverpool's Young Enterprise scheme which gave us the initial set up loan for our business four years ago.

It seems lots of local authorities don't have similar schemes.

The team were busy making lots of lovely cards like these .... decoupage being the favourite technique.

We made so many, I forgot to take photographs of them all. This is just a small selection....

We made lots of cards - but even better, we sold lots of cards too.

Our card stands were almost empty by Sunday afternoon.

It was fun counting our takings!

We made friends with Kevin from our local craft shop.

He popped round to see us to show us how to use a brayer on embossed card.

We were so impressed we bought one ...

and some lovely rainbow inks too.

We already have a cuttlebug ...

so we are looking forward to using them back at school.

Kind people left some lovely comments in our Visitors' Book.

I was so proud of our children and very grateful to their parents who drove miles across the city to drop them off at the show.

It was a very long and tiring weekend - and Mrs Jones and I were relieved when it was time to pack everything away and go home.

Even the children were shattered by the end, but it was an amazing experience and they got so much out of it.

Would we do it again next year? Ask us again in a few months time!!!!

Each night after the children had gone home I stayed behind and had a little look around the rest of the show.

These are a few of my favourite things ....

I loved the gorgeous costumes from the film 'The Duchess' about the life of Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire

... and of course, everyone's favourite.... The Knitted Garden!

next year there will be a display of 'Under the Sea' where every item will also be knitted.....

They have made a start on this but are calling on knitters across the country to join in!!!

Right, now I must go and catch up with some sleep!!!