Last weekend we went to the Castle Ashby Craft and Art show, a yearly event that attracts a big crowd to see all of the skilled craftspeople, some selling on stalls and others creating as you watch. The show was held in the Italian walled gardens, a large open green space that was the perfect size to contain a huge variety of stalls and attractions, from plants, cakes and crafts, to archery, croquet and bird of prey demonstrations! Unfortunately it was quite a chilly grey day, but that didn't stop us from having a great time.
Above you can see some of the business cards that I picked up from the event. There were some fantastic vendors there but one of my favourites was BackThenBags (find their website here) who make vintage silk scarves into handbags and other accessories. I think this is a fantastic way to repurpose an item that has perhaps fallen out of favour in modern fashion into something equally beautiful and useful.
A little grey but still majestic!
Along with the entrance to the fair, entrance to the gardens was included, and we couldn't leave without a visit to the Menagerie, which included a range of animals including a huge family of Meerkats, Giant Californian rabbits, pygmy goats and splotchy pigs. There were also Marmoset monkeys in their night house and chipmunks in their wooden hut, but they were all keeping snug and warm inside, I didn't blame them!
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