Fair / Fayre?

Hand carved Santa Pencils

Well I did it! The Christmas fayres/fairs have been and gone and, rather amazingly, my hair did not go white overnight from the stress. As it is the first time I have sold my hand made items my two biggest quandaries were how much stock to bring and at what price I should sell everything. I had a week between the fayre and the fair (what is with the olde worlde spelling?!) but could not decide if I should make any extra stock. My hands have been a bit rough with all the outdoor work I do so anything fine was out of the question.

mixture of little stockings

felt decorations

The fayre was at a local school and it was really full on with lots of sugar-high children running about  but it was okay to sit back and see how these things go as I was surrounded by seasoned pros! The fair was a much more sedate affair and I was very lucky to have my very good friend with me throughout and my lovely OH brought the munchkins along and left one to sort change but not until he had sat down and have a cup of coffee and a piece of cake with them at the tables and managed to sell something for me from there. My goal was well and truly smashed and I have been asked if I will go along again...I think so.

table at the fayre

It has not escaped my notice that more Scots gets dropped into conversations these days as if after a couple of years of being up here my Scottish friends are no longer constantly having to remind themselves to speak English without all of the little phrases and words that take little while to get used to. I'm strangely pleased by that. Today is a day of wandering about the next town over posting gifts and cards and shopping for the extra little bits but in all the preparation for Christmas I have a very important Birthday before that; my daughter. This week is going to be fun!



My promise to myself after the two fairs were over wass to have another go at making panettone. After spending all that time making the candied citrus peel last year only to have the cat attack the dough was disheartening but this year I am determined to make some without the Furry Assassin's intervention so that is for next week and if there is no meddling I might be able to post a picture.



Before I head off to start my day I will leave you with this very nice non-alcoholic recipe I tried from the food network: a dash of orange blossom water, 1 measure lime cordial, 1 measure elderflower cordial and top it up with sparkling water. Enjoy!

Hugs from Haggis Land,

Jx