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We Make Christmas Fair

After six successful fairs We Make is pleased to announce its seventh fair, this year’s Christmas fair.

This will take place at Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, London on 4^th December 2010.

The Venue:

Situated on Kings Road, Chelsea town hall is a perfect location for a high volume of passing trade and shoppers. The beautiful building with original oil paintings, marbled floors and columns and chandeliers creates a fantastic surrounding for a fair. The facilities available include the main hall, surrounding hall ways, and two smaller rooms.

The Date:

We Makes Christmas fair will take place on 4^th December 2010. The doors will open at 11am till 5pm. With set up from 10am.

Application Process:

If you would like to apply for a stall at our Christmas Fair please email us at wemakelondon@googlemail.com

Completed application forms along with 3 -5 good quality images must be returned to us by email by midnight on the 31st July 2010. The images will be used in our selection process so please make sure they are a good, clear representation of your work.

The application process deadline is 31^st July 2010. All applications will be collated until then. Please note we do not accept applications on a first come first served basis, our selection is based on quality of products and maintaining a vast range of products throughout the fair.

We will then let everyone know by the end of the second week of August if they have a stall.

A Big Thank You

Our Summer fair was a great success. All of the stalls looked amazing, and we were very proud to be the host of so many talented designers.
It was an amazingly hot day, but despite the heat lots of people came to shop.
Our 70 tote bags were gone is less than half an hour.
The feedback from sellers and visitors has been great. Which makes all our hard work worthwhile.

We would like to thank all of the wonderful sellers for making it a beautiful fair.
We would also like to thank everyone that helped in the lead up to the fair and on the day too.
We would also like to thank our sponsors in supporting and promoting the event.

The We Make team had hoped for a break after the summer fair, but due to demand we are in full swing working for the xmas fair which we will be announcing later today.

Here are some pictures of the fair. There are lots more on blogs, flickr, etc.

EtsyUk Blogger Amity with the Etsy Raffle Winner

Chloe from Hatastic and Kat from Creme Nouveau

Hung Drawn Quoted

Milk Two Bunnies

Now Voyager

Ruby Red Cosmetics

Two of our lovely helpers with our sign and balloons

Heart Zeena

Bunting made at the Bunting making Party

Gail from Florio Designs

Dainty Pretty Things

One of our Helpers with lovely cake pops made by Molly Bakes

Tobyboo

Share The Feeling

Chickp

Here Today:

Come and visit us today at Chelsea Town Hall
11am -5pm its going to be a fun day

We Make...This Saturday

Just 2 days to go till the fair. Its going to be a lovely day. Sunshine, Shopping and Summer fun what more could you want. Here are some fantastic reasons to come to to We Make Summer Spectacular on Saaturday

Shopping:

With over 80 designer/makers there is something for everyone ranging from Art, prints, jewellery, clothing, hats, ceramics, cushions, childrens way, and gifts galore. Each and every items handmade by the designer. So you get to buy something original and unique and chat to the maker.

Bunting Making Party:



Join the Seaside Sisters in the small hall for a fun party. Raid the Seaside Sisters stash of Gingham. Vintage Fabrics, buttons and haberdashery galore to make your very own bunting flag. Spell your name, make a slogan or just create and decorate.
The Seaside Sisters will also have some fun Summer Fete games like: Lucky Lolly Picker, Guess the Weight of the Cake or the Seaside Sisters Tombola


Etsy Raffle:




Our main sponsor, Etsy.com will be there.
Visit Etsy's UK blogger, Amity, at the Etsy table at the back of the hall for a chat, where she will be handing out promos and running the Etsy Raffle, giving one lucky ticket holder the chance to win a heap of handmade goodies! Get your free raffle tickets with any purchase from a participating Etsy stall holder. The winning ticket will be drawn at 4:15pm so don't forget to bring your tickets to the Etsy table for entry before then!

Mr Site:




Mr Site, one of our wonderful sponsors will be at the fair. Join Sunny, Mr Site's Business Development Manager where he will answer all your questions about Mr Site websites.

Mr Site Presentation at 2.00pm & 3.30pm in the Café Area.

Mr Site are pleased to invite visitors to a Presentation where we will:

Discover the value and importance of online presence.

See the different packages that are available no matter how small or large your business and how each product can support your business

Find out how easy it is to set up a website from as little as £19.99 and without spending a fortune

BUY YOUR MR SITE PACKAGE AT THE EVENT AND SAVE 25% on the Standard & Pro packages.

Tote Goody Bags:




If you are planning on coming to the fair early you might be in with a chance of getting one of our Tote goodie bags. Each cotton tote bags is screen printed with the We Make design and filled with lovely handmade goodies. They also contain exclusive discount vouchers for various stalls. You will need to be quick as we only have a limited amount of 70 bags which will be given to the first 70 people through the door.


Cafe:

With all that shopping and excitement you might want a place to relax and refresh. The cosy cafe will be open with a lovely range of food, cakes, tea and coffe and cold drinks.

So what are you waiting for? Come along to We Make this saturday

Chelsea Town Hall, kings Road, London, SW3 5EE 11am - 5pm

See you all there x

And The Winner Is...................

We are amazed at the hundreds of entries we have had through Twitter, Facebook and Blogging for our Summer prize draw

After collating all the entries we are pleased to announce the winners.

Each winner will be contacted through the way they entered.

Thanks to everyone that entered and we hope to see lots of you at the fair on saturday.
We would like to also thank all of those who contributed to the prizes.

First Prize: Pippa Ainsworth on Facebook

Second Prize: @cookenicola on Twitter

Third Prize: @lucentegirl on Twitter

Forth Prize: @Jas643 on Twitter

UkHandmade Years Design Package: @craftjemima on Twitter

Share The Feeling:

Only a few days left untill the fair and everyone is getting excited.

The Girls at Share the Feeling are looking forward to meeting everyone and sharing with you there fantastic work.

Share the Feeling.co.uk is a happy little enterprise based in Hackney, East London. Owner Angie employs 4 local ladies with learning disabilities and together they make a range of Little Gifts with a big impact.

This is the girls’ first craft fair and they are really excited about launching lots of new products at We Make London. In addition to their range of ©Little Gifts of Feeling – colourful bags filled with symbolic ingredients to make you feel happy / strong / loved.... - the girls will be selling handmade lavender hearts, gorgeous retro bunting, wheatie bags (like a hot water bottle, but with wheat instead!) and, especially for fellow crafters, vintage pin cushions.

Doris, Lindy and Sylvia will be at the stall with Angie & Magda and they look forward to meeting you and showing you what they can do. See you on Saturday!

P.S. They’ve been writing their own blog about their preparations for We Make. Find it here:

http://sharethefeeling.blogspot.com