In the country...

I took the kids plus one extra on a little jaunt out to the country.....

My Dad was running the "men of the trees" section  so we headed out to say hi......

my two sisters and their tribes were there also.

It was a fabulous morning....

space for the kids to run,

so many locals and their produce to pick over.....

even an auction of everything and anything with most stuff going under the hammer for an absolute steal......

It was a stunning blue sky winters day...

I came away with 
carrots,apples and bananas

some plum jam

and three ferns for my garden.......
I did register to participate in the auction but didn't really find anything to bid on that I could justify coming home with.

A morning in the fresh air well spent.....
a bonus to hang out with my family too.  

This Little Piggy....

...went to market.....

This little piggy went with some friends.....

Let me clarify ....my friends are not really piggies!

But we did go to market yesterday.......

Although we had threatening dark clouds all day not a drop of rain  or wind in sight that made for very pleasant day out with these girls.

We set up and not really being experts at this game we realised very quickly that we were surrounded by others who had done this many times before....

The no gazebo to erect probably gave it away!

I enjoyed the people watching and chatting the day away....a few sales were made but overall a quiet day out ... but a great exercise in stepping out and testing the waters.

We were a little concerned about our position under the speakers as they were in constant use all day.......

but a plentiful stash of chocolate in many forms was enough to take away any environmental concerns we had.

I found this chap in the car park looking none to pleased about the invasion of so many people riding mountain bikes through the mud.

( the market was hooking itself onto a large national event)

It was such a lovely spot to spend the day...a little country town , a little distance from home......

after all the fun of the day what else was there to do but stop and nosy around in some antique shops that were  just begging to be stopped at.......

no treasures were taken home other than the ones that we had so lovingly made......

at least I now have a lovely stash of gifts ready to give away!

My Creative Space

Not very much glamour about my creative space this week.....

Just trying to make sense of the mess I have created around the house in preparations for a market  on Saturday......

It is deceiving how much work goes into having a stall at any kind of event...

there's the sewing, tagging, pricing and packaging.....

sourcing tables ,organising floats, promotional bits, signage....

display props...and that's all before the day arrives.
Sadly my new sew in labels are somewhere between there and here and will not arrive in time. Swing tags will have to suffice...at least that is one less job that I feel the need to do.

I admire anyone that does this kind of thing regularly.....

maybe it is easier of you do it often so that you know how best to be organised.

Anyway I am joining with a couple of friends and our motto is really just to have fun......

Right girls?

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