I've been there as a customer several times but this year I will be a stall-holder for the very first time!
I decided I need some space and since my cupboards were packed with 'spares' collected over the years, I have more than enough to fill a stall (maybe I should even have taken two!!)
As well of loads of lovely vintage and more modern preloved furniture and accessories, I'm taking a brand new 1:12 scale shop which I've built from a kit by Barbaras Mouldings.
The only trouble is, as Saturday looms large, I realise that I've become quite attached to it!
I've spent hours installing stairs and lighting, not to mention painting and decorating. But it's only really as it's come together this week and the shop itself has started to look like a proper shop that I've started thinking about what it would sell if it was mine and imagining it with full shelves.......
I should have known I was getting too involved with it when I decided that the stairs needed to be adapted to turn the corner otherwise the layout was totally impractical.
I'm imagining a little living room at the top of the stairs and a kitchen through the doorway to the right.
Then there's space for bedroom at the top of the stairs in the attic and for a little bathroom through the door to the right of it.
Oh yes, I have it all planned out. Let's just say that I won't be devastated if it doesn't sell on Saturday - but don't tell my husband I said that!
Actually, Saturday will be a big test of my resolve. Not just because I really like this little shop but because I'm not sure how good I'll be at letting things go. I can imagine me wresting items back off people and telling them I've changed my mind, ha ha!
Worryingly, I also built this 1:12 scale cottage from a kit but I haven't gotten the inside finished in time for the fair. I'm really quite taken with it too and well, what will I do with it until the next fair in November???
It's just possible that by then it will have squatters........
Until next time,
Zoe
