A very stylish affair

Last weekend was  a thoroughly English event. The Vintage Nostalgia Show at Stockton Park was the perfect cocktail of vintage stalls, cars and that special added ingredient, so rare in England... sunshine!

I had my helpers-




Emily in her favourite boater

David in his favourite hat

Everything  looked so bright and cheerful in the sun



There were some beautiful stalls

It was especially nice to have Sophie nearby

And lovely people

Don't our dresses go well together?



These are some more of my favourite things...

This made David laugh!

We all entered into the spirit of the weekend, I even had my hair done by a 'travelling hairdresser'

It was a lovely weekend. Although I decided to bring less stock with me next time

At the end of the weekend, by the time we had packed everything  in the van and then taken it out again when back at home...

We were only fit to sit in the garden and drink a very large gin and tonic!

Spring Fairs- Spring Cleaning can wait...

It must be Spring, or very nearly so, because the time for Spring Fairs has arrived!

I have put aside any thoughts of housework and been going through old photographs of my stock to try to find the ones which sum up my rather varied collection... My apologies if  you have seen some of these before. It's really hard to choose which ones to put into brochures and on websites.

The first I'm doing is The Jubilee March Fayre, this Saturday 3rd March in the Guild Hall in Salisbury

http://www.visitwiltshire.co.uk/site/whats-on/salisbury-committee-cancer-research-uk-jubilee-march-fayre-p1326823

Then there's The Artisan Spring Fair at Middle Woodford Village Hall on Sunday March 18th
http://artisanfairs.blogspot.com/

And last but not least, which isn't until May but I've just heard I have my place booked, so I'm feeling excited about it...
is The Vintage Nostalgia Show 25th 26th and 27th May in the Wyle Valley
http://www.vintagenostalgiashow.co.uk/

And I added the photo of me holding a great pile of old books, which I love as they hide my not inconsiderable tummy!

I hope I've made a good choice of photos. I'm actually planning a slight different theme to each fair, it's much better fun that way but harder to capture using old photographs rather than a picture of what I'm planning to take each time.
I think I had better stop writing about things and actually get on with doing them. There is an awful lot of sorting, labelling and packing to do. I'm so looking forward to these fairs-
 I can truly say - I have a spring in my step!