Tales from the Lanes

So yesterday I took the Emporium to the city, setting up a stall at the Norwich Lanes Summer fayre.

It was a bit of a gamble and I was a little apprehensive about doing it, having second thoughts even up to the last minute. But if you don't go for these things, you'll never know if they're going to work. And I must admit that initially I was wondering what I was doing there. Business was slow and a comment about the price of my satchel which is gorgeous but costs a small fortune in hardware and interfacing:

not to mention time and effort (enough with the ranting already!!), left me suspecting that this might yet again be a waste of time. Its at that point you have to hold your nerve. Plus you're there so what else can you do? However, the amount of people through the door did indeed increase substantially and was consistent through out virtually the entire day. I have no idea what was going on outside but the sounds and smells were wonderful. No one seemed deterred by the weather- at one point apparently everyone was being very British- outside in the pouring rain under umbrellas watching the band, drinking Pimms!
So despite my initial concerns, a great day was had. Thank you to everyone who bought something, thank you Gemma for helping me out and to hubby for ferrying me backwards and forwards and entertaining the children for the whole day. Just goes to show, we sometimes have bad days but its all forgotten as soon as a cracking one happens, you just have to keep the faith.

So now, I have a website to spruce up, some curtains to make for my father in laws camper van, one of my husbands 'projects':

(the picture makes it look a lot nicer than it actually is!)

And we have our own camper/day van project to undertake:

So plenty to keep me busy then!
xx