Beginners Level Oil Blending Workshop at Simply Salvaged.
Come and learn how to blend oils, with essential oils and fragrance oils. Learn about how to structure a fragrance and then let your creativity and your nose run wild by creating your own unique blends.
With hands on guidance from the Hopping Hare Candles team, you will get a basic level understanding of how to create your fragrance, what works well together, what doesn’t, and how special aromas and specific ingredients can benefit and enhance your sense of wellbeing.
On top of that, it is good fun and you get a lovely sense of achievement by creating your own special fragrance blend from scratch.
Tea, coffee and soft drinks will be provided.
Holdenby Home, Food & Garden Fair
The fair is based around the popular and successful Holdenby Hardy Plant Fair. With ten local specialist nurseries offering not only the best of plants but detailed knowledge and instructions and supported by the Gardeners Questions including local Radio Gardening expert Johnny Amos and Holdenby Head Gardener.
Stalls will offer carefully selected items for home and garden, outdoor living with The Cookery Theatre giving light hearted ideas for recipes, cooking techniques and sumptuous menus.
Guided tours of the kitchen garden and the opportunity to roam the gardens add to the enjoyment.
Music and catering men that you can stay as long as you like.
HARDY PANTS – FINE FOODS – HOMEWARE AND DECOR – COOKERY THEATRE – GARDEN ACCESSORIES & FURNITURE – GARDEN QUESTION TIME & TOURS – FALCONRY DISPLAYS – CONNIE’S TEA PARLOUR
Details of where to find Hopping Hare Candles at the fair will be posted here as soon as available.
Living Crafts brings you beautifully crafted designs chosen for their high quality and innovation. More than just a craft show, this is creative day out for all the family with hundreds of designer-makers, masterclasses, workshops and spectacular craft demonstrations. The event takes place in matted pavilions on the Queen Elizabeth Oak Showground, in the magnificent parkland at Hatfield House and admission includes entry to the West Gardens.
Featuring the best of contemporary and traditional craft from jewellery-making, ceramics, studio glass, art, woodworking, designer fashions and textiles to bodging, besom making and cider pressing, Living Crafts celebrates an inspiring range of craft. The Sculpture Spectacular returns for 2018 with an exhibition of contemporary pieces around the showground. Also don’t miss the popular marquee dedicated to food and drink producers with foodie treats…
Location for Hopping Hare Candles to follow
The Crafts at Castle Ashby shows were established 12 years ago to promote handmade work made by the actual person standing behind the table.
All the exhibitors at the events are vetted to keep standards high and duplication to a minimum.
Over the last few years ‘craft’ shows had become filled with bought in products, franchises, and offered an opportunity for the retailing of food products.
So the craft shows at Castle Ashby are for the craftsperson who handmake their work and the show is free from retailed gifts.
Visitors are also cared for, with free parking at every venue. Disabled area for blue badge holders and as near to the venue as possible.
Always professional catering with NO burger vans. An elegant setting in which to sit and enjoy the show usually with music and other entertainment.
Good quality toilets, NOT the blue plastic ones!
Tickets:
Adults –
Under 5 years free, Family (2+up to 3 children) –
Demonstrations: Pottery, basketry, chainsaw carving, wood turning
Quality Refreshments from Glen and his team at The Granary
Beginners Level Oil Blending Workshop at Simply Salvaged.
Come and learn how to blend oils, with essential oils and fragrance oils. Learn about how to structure a fragrance and then let your creativity and your nose run wild by creating your own unique blends.
With hands on guidance from the Hopping Hare Candles team, you will get a basic level understanding of how to create your fragrance, what works well together, what doesn’t, and how special aromas and specific ingredients can benefit and enhance your sense of wellbeing.
On top of that, it is good fun and you get a lovely sense of achievement by creating your own special fragrance blend from scratch.
Tea, coffee and soft drinks will be provided.
Big Victorian Picnic
Bring a picnic and a blanket and take a step back in time to the Pump Room Gardens in its Victorian heyday!
– Music from the newly restored bandstand
– Victorian-style ‘summer fete’ activities
– Face painting
– ‘Have-a-go’ pottering in the Pump Rooms Art Gallery & Museum
– A range of stalls selling ice-cream, picnic items, drinks and crafts
We will be in our gazebo – exact location will be posted here nearer the event
This will be the 44th year of the Burnham Market Craft Fair
The Craft Fair consists of over 100 carefully selected crafters stalls which are set out over the Burnham Market Village Greens in the centre of the Village.
Craft Fair Car Parking is available on The Playing Field just off Creake Road Past The Nelson Pub.
MK Handmade & Vintage Show – The Autumn event
We are really pleased to be exhibiting at this two day Autumn Extravaganza in Middleton Hall, in the Centre:MK is full of designer-makers and vintage/retro traders, all exceptional, approved exhibitors chosen as they fit the show’s criteria of originality, quality and affordability, with a friendly approach.
Timings
The show runs from 9am to 6pm Saturday 7th September and from 10.30 until 5pm on Sunday 8th September
Hope to see you there, will post exact location of our stand a few weeks before the event.
Lunchtime Christmas Fair at The Swan at Lamport 2019
Get started on your festive shopping with this lunchtime event at The Swan at Lamport.
Lots of different and unusual gift ideas to choose from before bracing the crowds at your local shopping centre, it’s much more calming to shop with ease and comfort in The Swan’s lovely rural local and in a more civilised environment!
More details to follow nearer the time.
Waddesdon Christmas Fair – week 1 Saturday 16th November – through to Sunday 24th November
We are delighted to have been selected to exhibit and trade at this prestigious Christmas Fair.
The spectacular fair at the front of the house is a Christmas shopping experience not to be missed.
The fair will be set against the backdrop of the floodlit North Front of the Manor with its 20ft Christmas trees.
Soak up the sights, smells and sounds of Christmas with hand-selected exhibitors all housed in charming wooden chalets.
There will be an exciting variety of high-quality, unique gifts, decorations, crafts and festive foods to delight all.
Location details for Hopping Hare Candles will be posted nearer the time.
We will be back at the fair again in December – see separate event listing
We are very to be returning to Hylands House Frist Fair for the second year where once again the event will be full of festive atmosphere, sights, scents and sounds.
Featuring:
Over 120 exhibitors showing original crafts and gifts
Wonderful ideas for all the family
Fine foods direct from suppliers
Father Christmas
Local entertainers popping up around the fair
Morning coffee, lunches and afternoon teas.
This fair is a really great way to get Christmas started.
The Love to Shop event is taking place in Olney at The Olney Centre on 30th November 2019 and will offer a ‘fabulous one day shopping experience under one roof’ brought to you by Hustle Gin.
With gifts, homeware, jewellery, clothing, childrenswear, chocolates, stationery and much more from hand-picked quality vendors, there’s a vast array of unusual and beautiful present ideas to get Xmas shopping really started.
Also there will be a pop-up Prosecco and Gin bar, yay!
Times; 10m til 4pm
Hopping Hare Candles are excited to be attended this inaugural event and look forward to seeing you there.
Waddesdon Christmas Fair – week 4 11th December through to 15th December 2019
We are delighted to have been selected to exhibit and trade at this prestigious Christmas Fair.
The spectacular fair at the front of the house is a Christmas shopping experience not to be missed.
The fair will be set against the backdrop of the floodlit North Front of the Manor with its 20ft Christmas trees.
Soak up the sights, smells and sounds of Christmas with hand-selected exhibitors all housed in charming wooden chalets.
There will be an exciting variety of high-quality, unique gifts, decorations, crafts and festive foods to delight all.
Location details for Hopping Hare Candles will be posted nearer the time.