Saturday, July 24, 2010

Craft Fair in Melbourne

Hi, Thanks for popping in!
I was at the Melbourne Craft Fair yesterday.  WOW-sooo many like minded people to see and chat with.
I demonstrated techniques using Chroma Products on the BFDA stand.  I don't think I've ever spoken non-stop for that long about something I'm so passionate about!
Here's a picture of Rachel and I demonstrating in front of the BFDA stand.
Rachel conducted the Make and Take workshop in Craft Circle, while I continued to demonstrate and she came back with this lovely gift tag for me! 
Thanks Rachel.
After a quick break I did the run around from stall to stall.  I say run around because I normally spend all day at the Craft shows and go back and purchase what I really need after checking out all the stalls.  Hm, yesterday, I only had a couple of hours and it was dangerous!  No running back to get anything, not enough time {I just had to buy it then and there}.
Here's a picture of my goodies I purchased yesterday.  A quick stop by Giggle Buttons and met Kez & Elisa.  I also found a few art supply stalls. 
One lovely helpful lady was Ange at http://www.scrapware.com.au/ I also stopped and introduced myself to Pam from Cottage Garden threads.  Oh yummy, I could stitch almost anything using these threads and of course some pretty lace was purchased from Lace Cottage for sewing and in my art journals.  Oops, Being on the run, I forget to take pictures. Not very good blogging.
Happy Painting,
Hugs,
Anna

22 comments:

Vicki ♥ said...

Glad you had a great time at the Craft Fair Anna....it was a fabulous one and I went today. Pity you werent on the BFDA stand as I would have said hello to you.
hugs Vicki

Marlene said...

Sounds like fun and you got some great goodies. I have not been to a craft fair for quite some time, I miss it.

Luthien Thye said...

wow!! what fun !! i would have loved to be there. looks like a really huge craft show and man ... look at all the goodies you got! i spied a stamp ... oooo.... is this craft show going to continue for a few days?

Rebecca Anthony said...

It looks like a nice collection of goodies to me, in fact almost like a little pile of gold(O:

Janet said...

What fun! Surrounded by all those art supplies! It looks like you had a fun day and got a lot of goodies to play with later.

Jan said...

Looks like a great show and some nice bits and pieces for you to remember it by.

Serena Lewis said...

Sounds like it was quite a successful show, Anna...loved the pics! I predict you will have lots and lots of fun playing with those goodies ~ :)

ArtfulLee Designed said...

Lovely photos Anna. It was great to be there with so many like minded people and just talk about our passion all day.
Lee:)

Kerryanne @ Shabby Art Boutique said...

What fun Anna. Glad to see you got some goodies for yourself too. Looking forward to seeing how you use these.
Hugs ~ Kerryanne

Gail McCormack said...

Glad to see you managed to obtain some goodies!!
Sounds like loads of interesting and fun stalls, I must, must come along next year!

Gail xx

ittybittyandpretty said...

finally catching up on some blogs!! wow those shoes are not for the faint hearted :)

how i would love to go to a craft fair..maybe when my children are old enough to be at home alone...

have a great week
xxrosey

The Pink Poodle said...

Dear Anna...i would have loved to have gone to the fair...(I never missed it when i had my shop)..

Hope it did really well for you...looks great..

it woud be great if you came to the SVJ fair...times are 8.00 am til 5.00 pm...(boy I am gonna have to get up early for a change!!)..

hope to see you there..would be fabulous...

xx andrea

Anonymous said...

OOOh Anna...looks like you have great fun! i always want to join in on the fun whenever I see photos of a great artful time!!!!

speaking of joining in....I noticed that you are in on the ATC swap fun at Janet's blog....so am I!!

who knows, maybe we'll be paired!
either way...it'll be fun...summer and fashion!!!! yeah!

have fun with all of your purchased goodies! and thanks too for stopping in to see me!

ciao bella
creative carmelina

Martha Lever said...

WOW, that sounds like you had FUN!!!!! I love craft fairs --makes my head spin but in a GOOD way!!!

cathyb said...

ooooohh I love all the goodies you purchased - going to check out all the sites you linked for some new buys - thanks for your nice comments on my blog - always so nice to have new visitors - I'll come by again soon

Anonymous said...

So beautiful to see you Anna Rose!
What a beautiful day you had. Such a pleasure to see you so happy and sharing what you love so much.
You are a truly beautiful lady!

Loads of love!

Julie

Hazel said...

Looks like you had a lot of fun Anna. Now, what are you going to make with the lovely goodies?

Hugs,
Hazel

Debi said...

Oh what fun! Thanks for stopping by and visiting me! The craft fair looked wonderful! Wish I could have come!
xo
Debi

PVK Devotionals said...

Hi Anna...I'm back again.
You look like you had a great time and I love the goodies you bought...you look really great in you pics also...Patricia

Jonny said...

Hi, Anna Your craft fair looked very exciting thats neat your customers got to make something to take home.Nice pictures Sincerely,Jonny

Wini said...

Hi Anna, Thank you so much for visiting me! Its lovely to meet a fellow blogger from Melb with similar interests. I'm following you now too.! Great to see that you enjoyed the Craft fair. Hope you are having a creative week, Wini xo

Ruth Welter said...

Looks like you had so much fun Anna, I love arts and crafts fairs.

Ruth