Shopping at craft or hobby fairs.

I like to go look but I'm really too impatient or dumb to actually finish a project.. so I hardly buy anything... we have a flea market here, but I stopped going to it cause the huge snake scared the pizz outta me.. apparently people get their pic taken with the snake.. yeah.. that's what I want.. a 200 pound snake around my neck .. and a pic of me turning purple!.. wait! what was the question again????

People are just so telented ,I enjoy walking around looking to see whats new and talking to stall holders ,in the past I would sell at markets myself but competion was fierece and some days would come home having made nothing.Yes I looked to get ideas for my stall but I always tried to change it ,to make it mine ,I miss those days. cheers.

Generally when we go to these markets we are amongst the sellers although from time to time my partner will buy something. We make jams, preserves, sauces, relish and puree from the organic fruit and vegetables that we grow on or small farmlet. We also have some dehydrated fruit and vegetables and we do that ourselves as well. My partner is also good at various types of craft and she often has some that she has done to sell as well. What is available will depend of course on the time of the year, because for example right now we are too busy with the farm so we would only have things which were not sold last year. We also like to browse and my partner in particular enjoys that side of things as well as talking to the other stall holders. So I am left looking after our stall while she is busy wandering around checking everything else out. If she sees something that she likes and thinks either her or I could make, then she will but one if the stall holder is from out of town. We do not directly compete with the local craft people, at least as far as copying something that they do. But sometimes we might have the same crafts as they do but it was not their design originally. Craft Fairs or Farmers Markets are wonderful places. In fact for many of the stall holders, what they can sell can make quite a difference to their lifestyle. It might mean that they can say treat their children to something special that they could not otherwise afford.

I love to go to craft fairs both to pick up new idea, and to buy some products, I don't really get much time to do many craft now with the kids....either I have no time or they've used my materials :)..But it's good that they like art and design. Our local farmers market is fruit, veg and meat, no crafts which is probably good as no doubt I wouldn't be able to resist. D xx

Oh I just love going to fairs, I my city their is a fair in every month and I just go with my family and have a look on the items which are sometimes rare to find also the crafts items made by hand only I just like such things and also buy sometimes like some show pieces or some kitchen item or even some unique or rural fashioned clothes

Hey sanudyl! I haven't been to a good craft fair in a long time! I do go to the farmers market the next city up from me, but they only have it open in the summertime, at least the outdoor kind! I love to go to all kinds of fairs, flea flea markets just to see what I can find that is unusual! I love to just look around and get ideas or maybe pick up a new nic nac or something! I never get tired of checking out those things! I think they are so fun because you never know what you will find! And it does give me ideas sometimes for my own projects too!

Oh I love these places, I go to shop and to get ideas of what maybe i could have a go at, although I am not much into crafts these days but I still like to see what new types of things are arouns but i also like to buy presents for people at these sorts of places...