To get ourselves in the Christmas spirit, we visited the Castle Ashby Gardens Crafts for Christmas fair. It was held in the gardens outside the beautiful Castle Ashby house grounds, and promised a selection of local craft stalls as well as live reindeer for the children, although I think they were more of a draw for the adults with their jingle bell harnesses and tinsel garlands!
I was really surprised and happy to see how busy it was, as it is a fantastic place to visit and it was great to see so many different examples of local crafts and meet some of the fascinating people who make them. On our second time around the marquees, I spotted an apron stall in the corner. Griff's is a Northampton based company who make beautiful aprons based on the heritage of the towns shoemaking past. They have a fantastic section on their website which explains all about how they make, design and reference the heritage in each of their aprons, so why not go ahead and have a look. https://griffshomemade.co.uk
They had a lovely selection of very well made and designed aprons, all named after local locations. I chose the Stanwick, a gorgeous deep aubergine colour with a deep patterned front pocket with smaller pencil pocket and a clasp on the neck strap. I was so pleased with my purchase that I wore it the very next day to cook my first family dinner for seven in The Nest!
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