Vintage & handmade Fair at Chipping Sodbury on Sunday 28th November!!

We have visited before and loved every minute of it! Better still this time ... Paul (aka Mr Fixit) and I will be there selling vintage and handmade goodies from This'n'That. See you there?
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Totnes away day at V&H, Chipping Sodbury!

Saturday was one of those lovely days which you spend ages looking forward to and then turns out to be every bit as much fun as you had hoped!

Mr Fixit and I accompanied by Lidi (who helps me in the shop) and her partner travelled up the M5 leaving Devon clouds and showers behind and arriving to find Gloucestershire sunshine ... all as planned.

What an enlightened council ... Chipping Sodbury has plentiful free, yes free parking!! Even on a busy Saturday it was easy to park. Thank you Chipping Sodbury:)

The town hall was filled, in equal measures, with vintage and handmade goodies, familiar faces and wonderful cakes! So pleased that my latest diet (a fruit & veg. detox) wasn't due to start until today. Even then I had to give Mr Fixit three quarters of my choc. cake which he nobly munched (the things they do for love)! Our joint congratulations to the maker of that tall, squidgy, death by chocolatey cake. Gold medal to you:)

Anyway, as usual, I digress. We both bought lots of lovely treats and I had the opportunity to catch up with friends. Sad to say, I was having a bit of camera trouble and the usual 'flash free' pics weren't turning out well and the flash was a bit dazzling for folk. Apologies to Jane for dazzling her. Anyway, here's nine OK shots of goodies and apologies to anyone I've missed.

What a great day out!

Mr Fixit and I had a rare Saturday out together today to visit the Vintage and Handmade Fair in Chipping Sodbury. I am aware that many of my followers will not only know of the event but were there as customers or sellers. All that I can say to everyone else is ... "Find out when and where the November 2009 V & H Fair is to be held and move heaven and earth to go!!"

When we arrived the first stand holders we came across were Amanda (Shabby Chick) with her Mum and then Leonore (International Quality Kitsch) with her daughter ... just as though it was a Totnes awayday :)

Then, all other goodies were revealed! The Town Hall made a lovely venue and we were both very impressed that Chipping Sodbury has free car parking. (***** five stars to their town council for such forsight).

Sorry that my photographs aren't too clear, maybe I should have done close ups to use the flash properly but I wanted to get some background in as well. Anyway, the only way to go is up with my photographic skills ... onward and upward as we say!

Above and below ... Michelle's 'Cowboys and Custard stand ... packed with goodies.

Then on to see my 'Blog Mentors' Sal (Salssnippets) and Mr Snippets (who is known on his blog as Professor Yaffle). It was so lovely to see them, Their kind encouragement has really helped with my blogging. Sal's stand was alive with colour and goodies, all very tempting but in the end I treated myself to a beautiful little vintage gardening book. ... More about purchases tomorrow when, in better light, I photograph my 'trove' to share with you. I'll probably edit this with more captions too.

However, for the time being, as all good books go ... then , tired but happy, they went home for tea ... THE END

... and finally, where did we end the day's browsing? No, not the zoo ... answer to follow tomorrow.