Wow, what a week! Last week saw the second module of my FDAD course at West Deam, it was an incredibly intense 6 days, I was a zombie by Wednesday but made it to the end and I am so glad I did, it was well worth it. I will post about that when I feel a bit more recovered!
I got back from West Dean on Friday afternoon and had to pack the car for an Etsy Local fair in Guildford, at the time I was so exhausted I questioned if I would make it through to the end of the fair but the wonderful people of Guildford carried me through with their fantastic sense of fun and laughter 🙂
A slightly smaller space than the last fair but it still attracted plenty of attention.
The people of Guildford really surprised me, I expected to sell a couple of my more conventional styled hats but it was the really quirky ones that everyone wanted to try on and buy!
The horned hat was very popular…
But the prize for the best reaction had to go to this gent’s youngest son, his delighted laughter when his daddy turned around to face him in the hat was the most endearing and honest response I could have wished for, his wonderful reaction had us all laughing along with him 🙂 And that is how the horned hat found its forever home! I hope to see it out and about around Guildford 🙂
Almost as soon as I put the alien hat on display to fill the spot vacated by the horned hat this lovely lady came along and snapped it up!
Well done Guildford, I was pleasantly surprised by your willingness to embrace the unconventional, I will bring more of my wacky hats next year! 🙂
Everybody was in such good spirits, there were a lot of conversations along the lines:
Friend 1: “Ooooh that’s lovely, I really like that”
Friend 2: “Oh no, that wouldn’t suit you at all!” while nudging me or giving hand signals to say, “could you put it aside, I will be back to buy it just as soon as Friend 1 can’t see me getting it for him/her”.
This was a very successful event and one I would gladly take part in again, the only snag is I have sold about 25% of my stock, I need to get making again! 🙂
Lastly (thank you for reading this far), the new dates for the FFS online classes have been posted on the FFS website, and I will be hosting a new class on making seamless felt bags, from small pouches to rucksacks, please check them out and drop me a line if you have any questions.
What lovely photos – made us smile broadly – and what great news about your hat sales!
Looking forward to hearing about your second module.
Congratulations with your course, Teri and success at EML fair! Was it one day event or you did two days? We have a good EML fair here in York on both days but I did just Saturday. Everyone was happy it seems, we got a good footfall even with Xmas fairs in every corner 🙂 !
Well done and wait for your next post!
This was just a 1 day EML fair, I wonder if running it over 2 days would see more customers or would you just get half as many visitors per day? Have you done both, can you compare? You are so right about the number of Christmas fairs that weekend, it was a very popular date 🙂
Wow, you certainly have been busy. It’s wonderful you made it through the course and learned so much. That’s always a great feeling.
Congratulations on a successful show. And thanks for sharing the hat comments and pics, it gave me a good laugh.
I am glad my customer made you laugh too, ’tis the season to spread joy and good tidings! 🙂
Wow, you have been busy. Glad the sales were successful, the photos are great.
Thank you Ruth 🙂