Winter Arts Market

What a marvellous weekend – St. George's Hall, Liverpool, is the most beautiful building and it was a real privilege to have a stall at their Winter Arts Market www.winterartsmarket.com run by Open Culture www.culture.org.uk

On Saturday, we were in the Main Hall which was really bustling – so many people, so many wonderful stalls with original craftwork from so many talented people.   We had some lovely customers, some who bought from us in the Summer came back to see us again, which was very rewarding.   We sold three mounted prints, my felted fish picture, various notebooks and brooches and a variety of other things.    After a busy day, we had to move our stall into one of the side rooms where we had been allocated a space for Sunday – that was a bit of a mad half hour or so but we managed it before we had to let the exhausted organisers go home.   

Although not quite as bustling as the Main Hall, we like the side rooms, they are so light and airy and a little bit less hectic.    Again, we had a really enjoyable, slightly more relaxed day, and sold lots of different things, a couple of felt bowls, and notebooks, another felt picture and the mask I made a couple of months ago.   All the poppies I made last week were sold, as were lots of brooches and little bags, a couple of knitted scarves and cowls.   A nice gentleman, who had worked as a stonemason on the Metropolitan Cathedral, bought a mounted print showing the beautiful carving on the front, a carving he had actually worked on – I love it when someone buys a print because it actually has a meaning for them, personally.

By the end of Sunday, we were absolutely exhausted but happy and we are already looking forward to the Summer Arts Market there in July – that is, of course, if our application is successful – fingers crossed!

This week, we’v

e already had a hospital visit and are looking forward to a dental appointment on Thursday, Ugh!    Today we’ve been to two concerts – one lunchtime concert at Chethams College of Music in Manchester, www.chethams.com in which our grandson played, and one Christmas Concert by Maghull Wind Band in Maghull in which his Mum and Dad played.

So tomorrow, I’m going to have to play ‘catch up’.     I’m intending to make some felt to replenish stock for the last two events I have planned before Christmas – the Networking Mums event www.facebook.com/networkingmums at the Marriott Hotel, Liverpool, on 16^th   and the final Calidad Gift and Craft Fair www.facebook.com/calidadeventsartand of the year at Lark Lane on 21^st.