Textiles, Treasures & Tea!

The sun was shining down brightly on Chipping Sodbury on Saturday at 8.00am when the doors of the town hall were opened to the stallholders attending the Vintage & Handmade Textile & Fashion Fair. Boxes & bags, baskets & bundles were carried in & unpacked to create a glorious display when we opened the door to a very long queue of eager shoppers at 10am.


Is it any wonder that we were busy all day when the stalls had such wonderful treasures available to snap up & take home?

A great day was had by all & once again it was thanks to the extremely high quality & hard work of the stallholders. Thanks also to our new tea team 'Billy's Buns' who kept everyone plied with tea, coffee & cake all day.

I have included a few photos here to give you a flavour of the fair, but if you'd like to see more please do pop along to our Facebook page here where there is an album full of delights!

V&H Textile & Fashion Fair This Saturday!

Just in case you didn't know - the V&H Textile & Fashion Fair is back in Chipping Sodbury this Saturday! I do hope you will be able to join us. The Fair is held at the Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6AD from 10am - 3pm. The vintage baby clothes above are from a lovely selection that I will be bringing to the fair.

This Fair is a 'must visit' for anyone interested in vintage fashion & home textiles,sewing or creating. So whether you are looking for that special dress or jacket, fabrics & haberdashery for your latest project, a special gift or sewing supplies, or just love to be surrounded by like minded & creative people, do come along for a great day out.

There will be 40 stalls brimming with lovely goodies.

Stallholders include vintage fabric & haberdashery dealers, textile artists, fabric designers & many more including top quality dealers in vintage fashion & accessories & re-purposed clothing.

The V & H Fair, with it's extremely high quality goods on offer, has proved very popular with visitors & stallholders alike, with both coming from far & wide to attend - some even travelling from France & Italy to do a bit of vintage shopping!

Entrance to the event is just £1.00 for adults (children free).

Refreshments will be available in our Vintage Tearoom.

Free parking is available all over town.

Another 'in case you didn't know' ....the lovely Tom & Henry of Channel 4's The Fabulous Baker Brothers are based in Chipping Sodbury at Hobbs House Bakery & Butchery & they do super bacon rolls & burgers on a Saturday.

For more info visit: www.vintageandhandmade.co.uk

Venice (In Pictures!)

The view from our hotel room window.....

Old & new....

Frozen fountain....

Street market.....

Shops.....

This is the view I saw of Mr Cottage most of the weekend!

Happy Valentine's Day & a Winner

I couldn't resist posting this photo for Valentine's Day of this super cute foal with a heart shaped marking on his bum!


Thanks for all the entries for my little giveaway. I put the total into a random number generator & the winner is number 17 - The Vintage Gardener.....please let me know your postal details & I will pop your package in the post. Hope you enjoy it!

Little Valentine's Giveaway

Thank you all so much for the birthday & anniversary wishes....we had a lovely (if very cold!) time in Venice & I will post photos soon, but today I am having a little giveaway for Valentine's Day. I was sorting some goodies out to take along to the Vintage & Handmade Textile & Fashion Fair on the 25th February & came across this little lot & I thought it would make a nice giveaway.
All you have to do is leave a comment here & I will draw the winner on the 14th.

Fun!

Guess where I'm going on Friday?

As it is my 50th birthday tomorrow (how did that happen?) & our 25th wedding anniversary, Mr C has earned himself many brownie points by booking a long weekend away!
It is somewhere that I have always wanted to visit & so I am excited & delighted!