Went to Sandringham estate last weekend for a Christmas craft fair. Much against my principals as I am very much against the royalty and "upper crust" hereditary system. But it was a sunny day, the surrounding countryside was very pretty and we have done a country show for some years now. We were desperately looking for a present for our friends 70th birthday weekend country house party we have an invite to.
At first we were unimpressed by the commercial "tat" on sale but we eventually found some marquees with artisan products. This plain cardboard pack looks very boring.
The seller added the words for me. £3.
We brought a purple glass necklace made locally but by an eastern European lady who was very chatty.
The only other purchase were 6 children's books for £5 which will be great stocking fillers for the two three year old grandchildren this Christmas.
Luckily getting in and out of the site proved to be quite easy, somehow we missed any the traffic queues. Not impressed by the loos and the food marque had impossibly narrow aisles which were worse than a London tube train at rush hour.
If there is a feedback on the web site I think we may give it a 3.5 to 4 out of 5.
Love the box and books. So often you go to these events and they're just full of tat that can be bought anywhere....nothing remotely artisan!
ReplyDeleteWe expressed our opinion a little loudly and got a few disapproving looks! We scuttled off for coffee and tried some of the marquees down the back!
DeleteNeat card, and the books are lovely.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.