I made my Hubby drive me all the way to Christchurch the other weekend to go to A Craft Affair,
It was awesome, He dropped me off on the side of the road (without the kids) and let me go loose (aka shopping galore) all by myself and Boy was it fun.
A Craft Affair is made up of some of New Zealands specially selected Hand crafters from all walks of life. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of goodS that were on offer,
I had some beaut finds there too. My HANDS DOWN FAVORITE was RELIQUE who sold the most amazing pieces of unique handcrafted vintage jewellery, I couldn't get into see her stall at first as the overcrowding was phenomenal, so I came back an hour or so later and scored the most beautiful Vintage button. The detail was nothing short of incredible as you will see in the photos I posted above.
I stopped in at NEEDLEFOOD to say Hi to Michelle but she was being mobbed by all the crazy yarnies that where there, I leaped in and scored some yummy yarn goodness from her, I got a lovely Dusky Pink lace, 4ply sock yarn in "there are greens in my salad" colorway and a WW butternut yellow *cant remember the colorway* I also got some Hiya hiya fixed circs and stitchmarkers along with the famous chocolate which I enjoyed secretly on the drive back home
I got the cutest little hairties from WILD ONES who had some truly cute clothing and little raggedy Anne dolls. It was really nice to finally meet Angelique and see all her amazing wears.
Then of course there was NATURAL STAR!
Although I didn't buy anything from Brenda, I got to wave all the stuff I was buying at her, *sniggers* "LOOK AT MY SEXY YARN" as I show her my needlefood, "HEY CHECK OUT MY VINTAGE BUTTON" as her sister tells me that Green really is her color, (Nice try buddy! But I am not handing it over!)
Her stall was over run by crazy fans ohhhh and arrrrghing over her lovely Merino knitted wears.
Lets hope they follow her down to the Strawberry Fare in Waimate this year where I will be sharing a stall with her :-)
It was awesome, He dropped me off on the side of the road (without the kids) and let me go loose (aka shopping galore) all by myself and Boy was it fun.
A Craft Affair is made up of some of New Zealands specially selected Hand crafters from all walks of life. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of goodS that were on offer,
I had some beaut finds there too. My HANDS DOWN FAVORITE was RELIQUE who sold the most amazing pieces of unique handcrafted vintage jewellery, I couldn't get into see her stall at first as the overcrowding was phenomenal, so I came back an hour or so later and scored the most beautiful Vintage button. The detail was nothing short of incredible as you will see in the photos I posted above.
I stopped in at NEEDLEFOOD to say Hi to Michelle but she was being mobbed by all the crazy yarnies that where there, I leaped in and scored some yummy yarn goodness from her, I got a lovely Dusky Pink lace, 4ply sock yarn in "there are greens in my salad" colorway and a WW butternut yellow *cant remember the colorway* I also got some Hiya hiya fixed circs and stitchmarkers along with the famous chocolate which I enjoyed secretly on the drive back home
I got the cutest little hairties from WILD ONES who had some truly cute clothing and little raggedy Anne dolls. It was really nice to finally meet Angelique and see all her amazing wears.
Then of course there was NATURAL STAR!
Although I didn't buy anything from Brenda, I got to wave all the stuff I was buying at her, *sniggers* "LOOK AT MY SEXY YARN" as I show her my needlefood, "HEY CHECK OUT MY VINTAGE BUTTON" as her sister tells me that Green really is her color, (Nice try buddy! But I am not handing it over!)
Her stall was over run by crazy fans ohhhh and arrrrghing over her lovely Merino knitted wears.
Lets hope they follow her down to the Strawberry Fare in Waimate this year where I will be sharing a stall with her :-)
So glad you love your button brooch and sounds like you had a fab time. Great write up!
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