All of the preparations paid off and Handm@de Cambridge was a success on many levels! Organized by the lovely Deepa of Lazy Giraffe, it was a great day. There was a queue of people outside before the doors opened, no doubt eager to get their hands on a goodie bag… While not seeming as busy as the Oxford fair, probably due to that one being held just before Christmas, there was a steady stream of visitors all day and lots of money was changing hands! I shared a table with Rose from Felt Giraffe and we had lots of fun.
It was nice to see lots of the Oxford sellers again – Cloudhopping, Quercus Silver, Twinklyspangle, Yunisacs and Moments by Martha were all on fine form – and I met lots of lovely new people too, like Hannah-Chan, Helena Carrington, Fabric Nation and Strikk. I had a great chat with Jon and Sarah from The Lapwing Printworks about letterpress (oh how I want one), and Xtina Lamb was lovely and kept lending me her Gocco guide when people asked what Gocco was (note to self – make one of these!).
Here are some of my photos from yesterday, check out the Handm@de pool at Flickr for more!
My stall!
Felt Giraffe aka Rose, my next-door neighbour
Prize for best looking stall must go to Made By Kate!
Cloudhopping – always one of my favourites 
I was very strong and managed to resist spending all of my money on lovely things – but I did buy my dad a belated birthday present – a lovely hand-turned wooden bowl by Turned and Twisted. And I won a lovely little Yunisacs pouch in the raffle!
After having such a great day I decided I definitely want to do the next Handm@de fair which is in Winchester on July 5th. I’ll hopefully be sharing a table with Twinklyspangle.. So put it in your diary now!
The stalls you have shown look lovely! I’m glad to hear there was a steady stream of people coming in and that lots of money was changing hands, haha!
If you’re attending the Winchester fair, it will be great to meet you! It will be my first time trading at a proper fair, any tips for a craft fair novice?
Hi Katrina! Looking forward to meeting you at Winchester! As for tips, this was only my second fair so I’m not exactly an expert but my main tip is to enjoy yourself and chat to the customers – even just saying hello and smiling seemed to get them more interested instead of just moving along to the next stall! there were some good tips on the Folksy forum the other day too.
oh I’ve been waiting to see some photos from the fair! all the stalls are very professional looking. glad you had a good day
Your stall looks great (they all do). Glad it was such a good day.
Hi, your stall did look fab. And it was lovely to meet you. I loved Kate’s display too! I wanted to make a sock monster.
It was so nice to see you again Kate! Your stall looked lovely and the card I bought from you is perfect! Love your new earrings too!
it all looks fab, I wish I had been there. I will definitely be in Winchester though, so I’ll see you there!
Monda
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