Thursday 14 April 2011

Exciting Vintage Fair Preparations

I haven’t blogged or had chance to read any blogs for a while, but now I’m nearing the end of a week off work I’ve finally caught up with the million and one things on my To Do List and can partake in a bit of blogger time.

I’m looking forward to catching up with everyone’s blogs and seeing what fab things you’ve rescued from car boots and charity shops and what pretty things have been made. In my spare time I’ve been busy car booting (buying and selling), ebaying, gardening, catching up with friends and family and of course basking in the the lovely sunshine we’ve had. I’ve also been busy doing a practise set up of my stall for The Decorative Fair in Stratford on Saturday the 23rd April.


I’m really excited to announce that I’ll be hosting my very first Vintage & Handmade Fair at Hatton Park Village Hall, Warwick on Sunday 3rd July. I’ve already had booking from lots of lovely bloggers and if you’re interested in having a stall of would like to come along on the day then please visit the Blighty Boutique Vintage & Handmade Fair blog for more info. The blog’s a work in progress at the moment as I’m not the most computer literate person in the entire world, but it’s all in hand, promise.


I’m also really excited to be fundraising for The West Midlands Neuromuscular Centre Appeal as part of the Fair! No Vintage & Handmade Fair is complete without a vintage style tea room and for this event our tea room will be manned (or womaned) by volunteers with all proceeds going to the NMC Appeal.


The appeal is one close to my heart as many members of my family experience FSH Muscular Dystrophy and there is little knowledge or specialist care available for neuromuscular conditions. The Appeal needs to raise £250, 000 to open the specialist neuromuscular centre, the building having already been kindly donated by the Patrick family. The centre will be similar to that of the NMC Cheshire and will provide physiotherapy, osteopathy, soft tissue massage, acupuncture and hydrotherapy. The centre will also be able to offer information, help and support, and create a small IT enterprise run by muscle disease patients themselves. The centre is also forging links with local colleges to enable training courses to be provided.

Right I'm off to peruse all your lovely blogs. Amy x

16 comments:

  1. Your set-up for that fair looks super! Best of luck with fundraising, too. :)

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  2. Excellent Amy, it looks fab. Have fun and I hope you raise pots of dish.
    xx

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  3. ooh fairs are always so exciting! good luck!

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  4. Good luck with your new venture into hosting your own fair ... it will be fab and I am just sorry that I am too far away x

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  5. Hey lovely, sorry I've been so off the radar (work sucked up the whole of March). Great thing you're doing. I admire you - I'm too lazy to organise a fair! :-)

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  6. Good luck! I'm sure you'll do very well x

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  7. Good luck with the fair and the fundraising too.

    X x

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  8. Hi Amy
    Great news about another Vintage Fair to attend. If you would like me to distribute some of your flyers in this neck of the woods, just let me know.
    Love Gill

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  9. It looks really lovely how exciting for you. Good luck with the fund raising to, dee x

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  10. Good luck - am sure it will be amazing :)

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  11. Looking good. I wish I lived closer then I could come to the fair. Isnt it funny how we all spend a week off `working` on all the stuff we dont have time for when we are working.

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  12. Good luck with both the fair and fundraising!
    I have missed your posts!
    Sophie
    x

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  13. Just been to have a look at your lovely blogs oh you are so tallented and I wish I lived near by to come to your fair but one day maybe - perhaps during the summer months but until then keep up the good work and thank you for your comments.
    Take care, keep safe, be happy
    Beverley xx

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  14. You are so lovely. I hope that lots and lots of people come, and that your tea room stall gets lots of visitors and more importantly MONEY!
    Your own set up looks so good,full of lots of pretty things, i am sure everything will go well, but i will say 'good luck' anyway (even though i bet everything goes off without a hitch). Have a wonderful and very productive day!!!
    x

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  15. Looks fabulous! Hope you do really well at the fair. Scarlett x

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  16. Have a wonderful time! If only I had a car ....

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