WOW!

I am overwhelmed by the response I have had at my first craft show this weekend. After weeks of planning, painting and fretting (yes I do that a lot unfortunately. My other half has had to put up with a lot, eek), it has come and gone in one big swoop. It has been such an eye-opening and amazing experience, I have now got the bug! I have loved every minute of meeting new people who appreciate the work that I do and also loved the free tasters of Honey Mead and Homemade sausage rolls throughout the weekend that’s kept me stood up for hours (the sausage rolls at the deli at the top of Antelope Walk in Dorchester are just divine. As is the tasty Mead that Chalice Mead in Hampshire produce to save the Bees, so gorgeous that i’m halfway through my bottle already!).

I originally signed up to doing the craft show back in July before actually realising that I didn’t have much stock to fill a 6ft stand, so I have been panicking for months! BUT with hard work, determination to succeed and an understanding other half who supported me immensely by building wooden stand displays and sold like a trooper (and nagged me) on the first day of the show, I got there!

So, here’s thanks to my partner in crime, my good friend for helping me, my show stand neighbours, mulled cider, honey mead (I am not an alcoholic I can assure you), homemade sausage rolls (I’m not a fatty either), the visitors who plied me with compliments throughout the weekend and kept my spirits high, the man who bought a Sea Turtle card to get it tattooed on himself (the ultimate compliment!), the lady who follows me on Facebook and came down especially to buy a print, the visitors who loved my work so much they are interested in bespoke commissions of their beloved pets and all my friends and family for travelling to come and support me. AND breath. Winners speech over. You can now all go and enter my Facebook page competition.

Love you all. x