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I s'pose I oughta own up really, why I have not been around much the last week or so. Well, one reason was the very late arrival of my new granddaughter Grace, the other reason was that I was preparing like mad for my first two day gift fair. I blame my dear friends who had booked their stall there, for talking me into that and turning me into a zombie, working til midnight and longer every night to get stuff made, giftpacked etc etc, you know the kind of thing, all at pretty short notice really. Despite the horrendous weather on the coast here, galeforce winds and rain, some people actually braved the elements and came out to the event, so it wasn't as bad as I had feared it might be. Made back the table fees for the two days, covered the costs of the products etc and made a fair profit. Best of all though, it was a great confidence booster, and encouraged me to perhaps do a few more in the future.

Yay!!!!  'bout time you came out Mrs  :)

Well done you and the best thing is that it has boosted your confidence - maybe drag that JJ with you on the next one eh?  I am so pleased for you and I guess the more you do, the better you will get at preparing for it. 

Great stuff LLL, well done!!!   :buttrf:

Awww, thanks Helen, couldn't have done it without the encouragement from you gals on the forum.

She arrived!! Congratualtions to all involved!
And hw lovely to be able to do a fair and earn money as well!

Well done LLL.  You should be very proud of yourself for being brave & having a go.

Errrrr.......pics?  Got any pics?  We need pics you know.

Naughty LLL, that's 2 secrets  8)
First, a new baby and now this!
Well done you, there'll be no stopping you now...

Oh, and any pics??????

Congrats on both counts LLL!!

Thank you!

Well, I tried to upload photos, small ones, but it tells me the upload folder is full? ???

WOOHOO......I am really pleased it went well for you!! Well done granma!! Thats lots more profit pennies to spend on your new lovely little bundle (ps what an absolute little cutie!!) Wow what a week you've had!! :buttrf:

It has been just a tad busy, yep, Keilly.

I suppose I ought to try and post those pics again, here goes........

and two more, just for good measure...

 :o  That looks amazing Mrs.  You've been a very busy girl haven't you!  Well done you  :-*

Doesnt it all look super lovely?  You must feel so proud seeing it all displayed like that LLL  :buttrf:

OMG! LLL what a stall!
That's amazing  :o There's so much of it. All looks fab.
Have you got any close up pics for us to drool over?
Well done!

What a stunning display. What a vatiety of gorgeous goodies. Well done You XXXXXXX

Jeez LLL you've been busy, what a mega fab stall.

FANTASTIC.....gawd wish I was there I would have spent allllll day looking at your stall!!

You girls are just amazing, without you lot I would have never done this, you know! So thank you all.

That is a really fantstic display LLL - no wonder you made a profit over the tWo days (how much did you have to pay the son on the stall??)

I had to bribe him with lunch at Cosmo, an oriential buffet, when we get back from France. Actually, he wanted to come on the second day and see what the stall looked like, then decided to stay for the morning, with dad picking him up at lunchtime, and then decided to stay all day. And he really was a fabulous helper, handing me bags, change, keeping things tidy, it was great to have him around.

Gawd, that's training for ya!
Most blokes wouldn't be seen dead behind a B&B stall

I found that working for MiL I noticed that a lot of fellas did help out on the stalls, mostly were a bit older but many, esp on jewellery stalls weren't. Maybe we are finally getting our fellas to show their fem side  :mwaha:

He has been absolutely wonderful, staying up with me til gone midnight all last week, to help me with the designs and the printing and all that, I wouldn't have been anywhere near ready without his help. I am so proud of him.

Aww, that's really touching  :'(

What about Hubby? Is he any good?
John can't wait to get away from things like this!
Still won't use my soap  ??? But if I buy a soap from somewhere else, he can't get enough of it. What's that all about?

The stall looks amazing, i'm sure it smelt amazing too.

Hi LLL,

this is what legends are made of :woohoo:. oohhh packaging can be a nightmare & if u managed to do this in a short space of time (labels & all) i hope u r really pleased with yourself. if you r like me fear mixed with perfectionism clouds my judgement & i am often my owm worst enemy..it makes me think that what i'm doing is not good enough.  i so glad u did well & it vaid dated all the effort u put in.  i'm hoping my daughter turns out to be helpful like your son thats really special,

bye danielle

Wow that looks amazing  :o ;D You must have worked so hard! I bet you felt proud seeing it all set up :)

And congrats on the birth of Grace  :buttrf:

Hope you are proud of yourself LLL! Just seen the pics and Ive got the goosebumps!! Thats just the sort of fair Id like to be a customer at. Re blokes, when i made my one and only attempt at a fair, my partner looked after my soaps while i went to the loo. When I got back he was disgruntled as a lady had marched up and said it was weird a man selling soap. Charming-I mean men wash too dont they??  ???

Rofl, thats hilarious, although I can believe that sort of attitude. I was quite tempted to put a little notice on the table where I had the more male orientated products, shaving soaps/sets, more "manly" scented soaps etc, something along the lines of " men like using soap, too" or " men DO wash ". Maybe the next time, teehee.....