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harvest time

So many lovely things to harvest at the moment on the allotment. I thought I might have missed the Victoria plums while I was on holiday but luckily I didn’t. So this week we “have been mostly eating plums”, plum crumble, plum cake….Also tomatoes (just right for a pizza), courgettes and ruby chard (these both taste so nice fresh picked). As well as savouring these seasonal fruit and veg now I’m also trying to preserve as much of the harvest as I can to enjoy at a later date.

Harvests have inspired some of my handmade beads, and I enjoy trying to capture harvests and the allotment in photographs.

pin cushion prize

I don’t enter many competitions and giveaways but I was drawn to the lovely blog of Bee and Buzz, who I found via UK Handmade, I liked her idea for sharing tutorials and thought the prizes were very sweet so I entered. Much to my surprise I won 2nd prize, this pretty pumpkin pin cushion. It arrived in the post today carefully packaged and with a handmade card. It was so exciting receiving this prize through the post and unwrapping it. I think I might be a weeny bit hooked now to blog competitions!

Bee and Buzz has an Etsy Shop and a Folksy Shop where you can purchase her handmade goodies.

vintage weekend

This past weekend has been very vintage! On Saturday I had a stand at the Birmingham Vintage Fair. The fair was a really relaxed event with an interesting mix of vintage, handmade, music and more. The fair was organised by the super talented Rickie Josen.

Here are just a few photos from the day including some of the other stands, Ghost Town Outfits, Emily Rose and Maria Wigley. For more see the flickr set by Keith Bloomfield (Hardluck Hotel).

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On the very hot and sunny Sunday I exhibited at the Midlands Chic Wedding Fair at East Bridgford Hill, Nottingham. As with other Midlands Chic Wedding Fairs this was a friendly and charming fair, well attended by lots of brides to be and couples.

Here are some photos of my stand and just a few of the other exhibitors, Charlotte Thomson, Angela Vickers, Yummy Little Cakes and Vintage Glamour Days. More can be found in this flickr set by Keith Bloomfield (Hardluck Hotel).

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Thanks to Keith (Hardluck Hotel) for the lovely photos in this post.