Christmas Fair 2011

As the Christmas Fair is just 3 weeks away on Saturday 3rd December, we thought you'd like to know who will be having stalls. You are certainly in for a treat with the following superb sellers displaying their wonderful wares!

Jayne Soule - Country Cottage Chic
Michele Chivers - Cowboys & Custard
Louise Taylor-Bowen
Sue Lee - Penny Choo
Jacquie Robinson - Kitty's
Charlotte Hammick - The Handmade Lampshade Company
Sarah Rowlands - Vintage Notebook
Ray Warner - Thomas Etty Esq.
Lucy Przeleska - Lucy Bloom
Viv Sliwka - Hen's Teeth
Woo Gilchrist - The Devil Makes Work
Clare Powell - Daisy Darling
Maud Lomberg - Beyond France
Jayne Trotman - Slimbridge Soaps
Helen Roskell
Niki Fretwell - Nostalgia
Becky Beasley - Alice & The Thimble
Claire Moraldo - Made In Pixieland
Donna Flower
Alison Lidbetter - Bramble & Bloom
Heather Lawson - Hellish Designs
Karen Pomeroy - Floriane
Gertie Strahl - Treutmade
Emma Boyne - Box Mad
Hen Pinnington - Hen House
Katie Powell - Textile Treasure Seeker
Gemma Faithful - Faithfull's Quality Baking
Corinne Phillips
Dorothy Stiven
Suzie Johnson - The Wool Sanctuary
Stephen & Judy Newman - All Things Vintage & Beautiful
Lesley Loach - This 'n That
Elaine Jones - Kitsch & Curious
Leonore Holder - International Quality Kitsch
Jo Ross - Hesta Nesta
Sally Hall - Sal's Snippets
Lizzie Van Hasselt - The Washerwoman
Daniella Segal - Acorn & Will
Sallie Ead - Lucia's Red Roses
Amanda Stanbury - Shabby Chick
Louise & Amanda - Vintage Inspirations
Philippa Bowes
Beverley Jones - The Muddy Dog Company
Caroline Zoob
Jenny Barnett

One week to go!

We hope that you are looking forward to next Saturday's V&H Textile & Fashion Fair! Just to whet your appetite for all thing fabricy, fashiony & funky, here is a list of the exhibitors at this event.....

Jayne Soule
Michele Chivers
Louise Taylor-Bowen
Viv Sliwka
Gertie Strahl
Sally Hall
Lizzie van Hasselt
Donna Flower
Katie Powell
Heather Lawson
Suzie Johnson
Jo Ross
Stephanie Milburn
Maud Lomberg
Judy Denton
Camilla Metcalf-Beavan
Sarah Hardaker
Jenny Dadd & Louise Mee
Clothkits
Handmade Living Magazine
Beverley Jones
Jane Adams
Gill Oakley
Ali Hocking
Philippa Bowes
Anne Jenkins
Sallie Ead
Kath Kingdon
Jayne Coleman
Alice Synge
Marilyn Craven
Jenifer Young
Julie Coates
Jo Stafford-Michael
Geraldine Shepherd
Celia Fazan
Janet Humphrey
Helen Roskell
Martin Conlan
Clare Powell
Caroline Zoob
Jenny Barnett
Eloise Scotland
Edwin Dyson

Not long now!

Vintage Jumble Sale

I do hope that lots of you will be able to join us at our second Vintage Jumble Sale next Saturday 13th August from 10.30am - 2.00pm.

Many of the V&H dealers will be having a sort out & offering vintage goods at giveaway prices - most items will be under £10!

Toys, books, games, china, glass, haberdashery, ephemera, clothing, textiles & much, much more will be available for your shopping pleasure.

Entrance is free & there will be tea, coffee & delicious homemade cakes served by the Rangeworthy WI in aid of charity.

Find us at Rangeworthy Village Hall, Wotton Rd, Rangeworthy, BS37 7LZ

Don't miss a fun day out!

June Fashion & Textile Fair

There is barely a fortnight to go until the next V&H event on Saturday 4th June & we are so looking forward to welcoming our regular stallholders as well as lots of new & exciting stalls to the fair.

After the success of last year's fair we have decided to move the fair to the larger venue of the Chipping Sodbury Town hall so that we could accommodate the demand for stalls & all of the visitors too.

This year we will have over 30 stalls brimming with lovely goodies. Stallholders include vintage fabric & haberdashery dealers Donna Flower, Liz van Hasselt & Sal's Snippets, textile artist Viv Sliwka, knitting expert Suzie Johnson (from the Kirstie's Homemade Home TV series), fabric designer Sarah Hardaker, the sewing kit company Clothkits, Handmade Living Magazine & many more including dealers in vintage textiles, vintage fashion & accessories & re-purposed clothing.

Entrance to the event is free and refreshments will be available all day in our Vintage Tearoom with teas, coffees & home made cakes served on pretty vintage china.

Free parking is available all over the town.

For more information please visit our website at

www.vintageandhandmade.co.uk

The following exhibitors will be attending:

Jayne Soule
Michele Chivers
Louise Taylor-Bowen
Viv Sliwka
Gertie Strahl
Sally Hall
Marie-Clare Blyth
Lizzie van Hasselt
Donna Flower
Katie Powell
Heather Lawson
Suzie Johnson
Jo Ross
Rebecca Engels
Stephanie Milburn
Maud Lomberg
Judy Denton
Camilla Metcalf-Beavan
Sarah Hardaker
Jill Patel
Jenny Dadd & Louise Mee
Clothkits
Handmade Living Magazine
Sarah Dinsmore
Beverley Jones
Jane Adams
Gill Oakley
Ali Hocking
Lisa Lipman
Philippa Bowes
The Makery

Hot off the Press..

With just a week to go, the cogs of the Vintage & Handmade enterprise have been whirring that little bit faster and there is a discernible buzz of activity coming from our wonderful team of members who are all doing their bit to get ready for the Spring Fair on Saturday April 9th.

It has been busy here too at The V & H HQ, making sure that we keep the publicity machine stoked, as without the help from the glossies we cannot be complacent and just expect folk to turn up on the day. Every little whisper helps and the magazines have done us proud again with a mention in these various publications.....our faithful friends and supporters BBC Homes & Antiques Magazine who will be attending the fair in person, a nice mention in Bath and Bristol Magazine, The Boundary Magazine, Sodbury Gazette, Parish Magazine.. and numerous websites..... Family Soup, Where Can We Go, Vintage Network, UK Handmade, Sodbury Online..

Illustrated above is the lovely mention we have in the Vintage Issue of Antiques Explorer, a paper with a huge circulation amongst the antiques trade. So with all this fabulous publicity we hope to draw a bumper crowd to this next fair. We will have copies of this magazine available for you to take away for free - look for it in the tea room upstairs.

There will be a fine variety of stalls including our regulars... Donna Flower, Lizzie Van Hasselt, Daisy Darling, Sal's Snippets, Hen's Teeth, HenHouse, Acorn and Will, Country Cottage Chic, Cowboys and Custard and many many more, with some exciting new members joining us such as Vintage Inspirations, Hesta Nesta and Beyond France.

Our stirling team will be serving endless cups of tea and cake throughout the day .. and best of all.. admission is FREE as is parking in Chipping Sodbury.
Hope to see you there!

A Vintage Jumble

Most of you are probably like us....we have loads of "stuff" that we are hanging onto but would like to clear out - too good to give away but not quite right for our shops/fairs/websites. It's time for a Spring Clean!

We have been wondering how to clear out some of this clutter - not too keen on car boot sales, don't have enough parking to have a sale at home....so we came up with the idea of holding a Vintage Jumble Sale at the village hall in Rangeworthy (the venue of the first V&H Fair!) - we want the Jumble to be vintage & not just general household stuff. Prices will be "Cheap & Cheerful" so people can come along & find a bargain & we end up with some empty space at home. We have some of your favourite vintage dealers signed up already!

We have booked the hall for Saturday 5th March - we can accommodate about 18 stalls (6 foot tables). It will be a half day event - 11am - 3.30pm as we have to be out by 5pm & it means nobody has to get up at the crack of dawn to get there!

As our usual Tea Team are at university becoming very clever & educated, the ladies of the Rangeworthy WI have come to the rescue & will be selling tea & cakes to refresh you!

We have a few stalls still available, so if you would be interested or have any questions please contact either Jayne or Michele asap as space is limited!

Please note that this will not be like the Vintage & Handmade Fairs - but it will be a fun event & a chance to buy or sell a bargain!