Today we have a quick say hello to post from Paul Cherrill of Basement 68. He will be joining us at the fair, with a range of quirky and colorful greeting cards! Find out more… Tell us a bit about…
Today we have a quick say hello to post from Paul Cherrill of Basement 68. He will be joining us at the fair, with a range of quirky and colorful greeting cards! Find out more… Tell us a bit about…
Help the local makers and community! Did we mention all of our makers are local and handmade their beautiful creations! Please come along and support them- they’d love to have a chat with you and hear everyones thoughts on their…
Today we meet Owl and Otter, who make fab, unique laser cut gifts! Find out more… Tell us a bit about you and what you do/ make…. The Owl & Otter is based in the lovely seaside town of Brighton…
Today we meet Katie from Little Mouses. She makes the most adorable handmade bunting, including her very popular mini  bunting! Find out more.. “I love all the pretty fabrics I work with and looking for old lace and buttons is…
Today we welcome back Georgie Arts who makes the most beautiful embroidered textile art. She has made many fairy themed items especially for the fair including fairy wishes notebooks and toadstool sitter greetings! Find out more about her below… “I’m…
Today we welcome back Ilona Drew This, a fab, unique, colourful greeting card designer who also took part in our last fair. Find out more about her… “The last Fairy tale Fair was great! I got wonderful feedback about my…
Meet someone new! Craft fairs are a great place to meet other local people, whether it be stall holders or visitors! We want The Fairy Tale Fair to be a real community event where locals, families and those from far…
Today we speak to Claire Montgomery Design, who is also our fair organiser. Find out more… Tell us a bit about you and what you do/ make…. I am an illustrator and designer based in Brighton. I specialise in hand…
Something for the Kids- Keep them entertained! Everyone is aware of how stressful it can be dragging kids around the shops at Christmas. They are often busy, hot and involve standing on queues for most of the day! Well why…
Say Hello to the wonderful Handmade & Vintage who take old vintage items and makes them into something beautiful and useful! We are excited to see Trudi at the fair, find out more about her below… “I love collages, fifties…
Today we have a special post from Bunting Boutique, who will kindly be supplying some of their beautiful bunting for the fair. Bunting Boutique is Brighton based and uses vintage fabrics to hand make lovely and unique bunting. Find out…
Today we Say Hello To Patcham Papercrafters, which is a monthly card making group at Patcham Community Centre for all ages. They will be holding a workshop stall where you can come along and make a card yourself with the…
Today we introduce Karen Rao, a unique and exciting felt artist. Much of Karen’s work is animal inspired and she is a regular at the Makers Boutique craft market and Brighton Artists Open Houses. Karen will also be conducting one…
Today we hear from Calico and Cotton, a talented mother and daughter crafty team! We look forward to welcoming to the fair and think their items are well suited for our theme… “We love making custom pieces, it gives us…
Well time has flown by and here we are ONE WEEK away from The Fairy Tale Fair! We hope you all are enjoying our craft stall holder interviews- there are still some to come so keep checking back this week!…
Today we speak to Chloe from The Silver Hut. Chloe took part in our last fair and makes beautiful and precious silver and gemstone jewellery. She has been busy making lots of new festive creations and some fairy themed items…
Today we say hello to Lindy Wells who will be providing one of our workshop stalls at the fair. Lindy makes beautiful handmade memory gifts and will be giving you the opportunity to create your own. These make perfect Christmas…
Say Hello to Amie Boswell, who creates wonderful t-shirts, purses and more from the most beautiful fabrics! You may of seen Amie’s items for sale in The Cake House Artists Open House in Brighton, and we are happy to have…
Today’s interview is with the talented Pomelo Crafts, who took part in our last fair. A true Patcham crafter Pomelo crafts are based just minutes from our fair venue. Pomelo Crafts make items that are pretty but useful and affordable…
Say Hello To Lucy of Vera Jane. Lucy is pretty new to the craft fair scene but we think her creations will go down wonderfully, especially for our Fairy Tale Fair- we have our eye on one of her beautiful…
Today we welcome back TheBigForest! TheBigForest and their amazing artists bears took part in our last Fairy Tale Fair and their creations were certainly popular with our visitors, with some of them even commissioning TheBigForest for their own personal bears!…
Something for the weekend? Today we say hello to the lovely Cheska of Mooshpie. Cheska visited our first fair and we can’t wait for her to take part in our Christmas one in two weeks time! Find out more about…
Just to let you all know about this wonderful event Pop Up Vintage which is next weekend in Hassocks. Find vintage Christmas gifts, Painted furniture, fabrics, clothes, jewellery, accessories, a florist as well as a yummy pop up tearoom! There…
Today we have a lovely festive gift for you in the form of Hello DODO. Hello DODO are a Brighton based screenprinting, crafty couple full of loveliness and colourful ideas! They took part in our last fair and we heard…
Today we have a guest post from Kelly who runs the fantastic Belle’s events. I visited her recent vintage wedding fair and bridal bazaar which were both wonderful events with such a great range of unique stall holders. Find out…
Today we say hello to Pagette and her beautiful silver jewellery. Pagette will be running a jewellery workshop for us which is suitable for all ages and means you can leave with a unique piece of jewellery handmade by yourself-…
It was only a week or so ago we posted about reaching 10,000 views on our blog, well we have already hit 11,000 now! Which is super! Thanks to all those that have taken to time to look and we…
In our latest interview we say hello to Patricia Palmer. Although Patricia has many years experience in textiles having taught it at Patcham High School, The Fairy Tale Fair is her first craft fair! She is a little nervous as…
Today we welcome back Carol from Sparkles Face Painting. Carol took part in our last fair and everyone (children and adults) was amazed by her face painting! I heard several times through the day- ‘thats the best face painting I’ve…
Today we say hello to Emily of Fairy Letters. Emily brings the help of the fairies themselves with her providing hand written personalised fairy (and elf!) letters for children- what a wonderful and magical idea! It brings back childhood memories…