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After spending 5 hours on this blog I ended up putting it on Phillipa's blog shabby chateau and for the life of me cannot find how to move it over. So this is the link to
http://theshabbychateau.blogspot.com now I need a coffee!!!

It went fantastic.

Just a couple of quick photo's and a update. Our market went so well, we were really pleased as it was our first and that's always a worry, Friday evening was buzzing and a great crowd came through, a terrific response from customers and stall holders alike. The atmosphere was so nice. A big thanks to all our stall holders and also the customers that came through. Next one probably in July. We also had quite a few wanting to join us for our next one so if your interested let us know. More photo's to come.

our yummy food and coffee.

Helen has this wonderful Gourmet Indulgence shop just up the road from the Guildford Town Hall, she is joining us and doing the catering, she makes yummy food, she also has a gorgeous house that she showed Jacky and I through, such a little gem.

Vintage decorated bottles.

These are some of the decorated vintage bottles that I have been making especially for our market, also have some crowns that I am working on, hopefully I will get them finished. Next weekend my sister and I are doing a fair at York, it is the soul and jazz festival, sounds good.

Our banner is finished.

Our banner has been made and is now ready to hang up. My sister and I are doing a fair in York next weekend, its the soul and Jazz festival, sounds like fun.
We also have a wonderful caterer joining us, and she is just down the road, so thats handy, more info to come.

Coco couture handmade soaps.

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Some of Kim's pieces.

Just a few of Kim's pieces to look forward to, she has such lovely pieces, vintage lace, buttons, jewellery, china and so much more.

And some sweet old little childs shoes.

These have been lovingly worn and probably passed on down threw the family, the worn appearance just adds to their charm I think.

Some Vintage wedding gowns.

These geogous vintage wedding gowns will be at the Vintage fair, not long now, postcards ( flyers) have gone out, banner has been ordered, nerves setting in, thanks goodness my sister is with me.

some more to view.

We are pleased to have some french inspired pieces from Susanty, some Christmas items and lots of geogous pieces for your home.

New Products

Up until now I have not made any entries, no excuse, just the usual, teaching, running a business and creating new products for this market. These will be new just for this market.

I saw a sample of these one of the Somerset Life magazines winter 2008 by Amy Hanna, I thought it a nice way to display Joannes jewellery, can be sold with the jewellery or separate. Mmmh argh do you know how hard it is to scan jewellery it skitters around on the glass, took my 5 attempts to get this one, still not perfect but you get the idea. I have used vintage album page with an old parlour card. Can be hung on the wall, I have made a pair of these and they are mounted onto old book covers. This one of two is also mounted on old book covers covered in vintage paper.A handmade journal, all pages on finest French watercolour paper, painted in Golden acrylics with illustrations of vintage items on each page. I have kept a very pale colour scheme in this journal. I am up to the point of binding and will get that done in the next week. This is an original one of a kind limited edition.

this small image is of a goose feather Christmas tree of which we will have in a variety of sizes, they look lovely in a white colour scheme.

These beautiful white snow crusted church and house's go so well with the goose feather Christmas trees, go create a vintage vignette in your home this Christmas. We are getting excited, nervous but excited, plans buzzing around in my head for decorating the hall, this will be an experience never seen in Australia before, come share with us.

Jacky Artistic Journey

DREAM in rhinestone's.

I have this lovely vintage rhinestone brooch with the word DREAM, added my favourite mother of pearl rosaries and other bits and pieces.

The DREAM word doesn't show up so good in the photo's but certainly stands when its on.

Kerstin's pieces.

A lovely piece from Kerstin, I have more to upload soon.

Some of Karla's other pieces.

Felted scarves using vintage silks and other textiles.

Vintage linen too.

Some pieces from Di's stall.

Some of the pieces that will be on Di's stall. I will add more when they become available.

Some pieces from Karla.

some mixed media pieces from Karla.

And more.

And some beautiful Victorian umbrella's

To be seen.

old teddies.

male mannequins.

top hats from France.

and off course suitcases.