NEXT FAIR ON THE HORIZON

We all say it, but "Doesn't time fly?"  

I must admit, now that my sons are up and grown long ago, I don't get caught up in the school year as I used to, except through my grand-children, and as we live next door to the village school, I suddenly notice a flurry at the gates morning and afternoon again, and in September see the new starters and each year marvel how tiny they look!

And so, September is here and on the 14th my next Hand-Crafted Home Fair will be open for business again at Stanwick Lakes.

I have lots of lovely new stallholders once again as well as some old friends and for your delectation we will be offering:

Pam's happy hats,

Hand-woven bags,

Jewellery of all sorts

Shell jewellery boxes

Marshmallow sweety things and more

Hand-made children's clothes

Baked treats from Miss Bumblebee

Personalised wooden items,

Greetings cards

Embroidery

Jigsaw and stamp designs from Banmars Barn

Cushions

Vintage floral peg-bags and aprons

Heart door decorations

More fabric products of all sorts

and, of course,

Hand-Knits from Jumping Lamb

So, if you are around, come and see us - it's never too early to start your Christmas Shopping - and your presents will have been well thought out and designed exclusively for your friends and family.

PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PRODUCERS

SUMMER ROLLING ON

Last week a few days in Suffolk with the family camping and caravanning, and a super time had by all.

Great dips in the sea and much digging on the beach at Walberswick followed by an excellent lunch at The Bell Inn, which has to be one of the most characterful pubs I have been in - and there have been a few! - and it's apparently very haunted too, and then crabbing and we caught 21 - I think the best thing was letting them go again - they are so comical running sideways down the ramp back into the water.

The next day, some rain in the morning, but then a hearty lunch at the campsite followed by a visit to Southwold where the children with Mum and Dad climbed the Lighthouse, a walk along the Pier, a browse in the shops and tea and cake at the Adnams Brewery - and a bit of shopping in there too!

The roads were really busy with tractors and corn carts and the combines were busy in the fields throwing up great amounts of dust as they race to get the harvest in which is looking good after a slow start.

Home again now, and seeing the Harvest coming in always makes be begin to think about Autumn - especially with my knitting projects as knitting, not being an instant thing, you really have to think ahead and so on the go at the moment are my Autumn Leaves Throw and Mug Hugs - textured, basketweave ones on display at  http://www.jumpinglamb.co.uk/#!refreshing/c18t8, but two colour Brick Design ones in the making too.

You can see the Throw work in progress at http://www.jumpinglamb.co.uk/#!inspiration/c24vq  

Keep an eye open for the finished article.

See you soon.

YESTERDAY'S FAIR

Once again a most grateful THANK YOU to all my stallholders who made such a super Hand-Crafted Home Fair yesterday at Stanwick Lakes, with their beautiful products displayed in such attractive and professional ways.

There seemed to be a good atmosphere, Stanwick Lakes was quite busy, and hopefully, we all had a good day.

Here are the pics - if you would like to see any more of my stallholders' work, do contact me and I will put you in touch.

Alex' Scrummy Cakes - 

I had the most fantastic Coffee and Walnut Muffin with my coffee - 

I feel so sorry for those who missed out  !!!

Emma -

her beautiful and unusual felted and beaded artwork are as vibrant as she is

Jumping Lamb - 

A new look for me following the going live this week of my website

www.jumpinglamb.co.uk

See lots more there

Lydia - 

Her bright and fun beaded jewellery would enhance any outfit

Maggie - 

Her delicate and intricate beadwork was simply a joy

Pauline -

Fantastic button art - and Pauline runs workshops too

if you would like to have a go

And with Pauline, her friend -

with some unusual and quirky hand-knits and crochet

Paula - 

Incredible sterling silver jewellery hand made, of course

and showing here my favourite of her pieces - an Amethyst pendant,

and super hand made cards from her Mum, Marsha too!

Pauline -

One of my regular ladies with her so cute children's clothes -

One little girl's gran bought a dress for her and she just wore it for the rest of the day!

Steph -

A stall just packed with the most beautiful cushions, bunting and more

in colours all little girls dream of.

Victoria - 

An array of spectacular oil paintings -

wouldn't you like to own an Art Original?

Zoe - 

Sumptious, glinting beaded jewellery and gorgeous hand knit bags too

Thank you so much for reading and don't forget -

THE HAND-CRAFTED HOME FAIR 

will be at

Stanwick Lakes

on

SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER

with more fantastic hand-made products

PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PRODUCERS

JUMPING LAMB AND HAND-CRAFTED HOME FAIR

Shortly my new website www.jumpinglamb.co.uk will go live, where you will be able to see and buy my hand-knitted items.

Within my Jumping Lamb website you will find an Inspiration tab where you will be able to see my designs come to life, find where my Inspiration comes from, and a little about me.

So do come across and have a look and find Individual and Unusual Hand-Knitted pieces to enhance your home, whether you are DREAMING, GATHERING, REFRESHING or RELAXING

I MUST OF COURSE ALSO SAY:

The next

Hand-Crafted Home Fair at 

Stanwick Lakes is on 

Saturday 10 August from 10.30 to 4.30 

where you will find 

Hand Made Jewellery,

Hand Knitted and Crocheted Bags,

Home Made Cup Cakes, Scones and Baked Goodies,

Cushions, 

Vintage Floral Items, 

Aprons, 

Peg Bags, 

Heart Door Decorations,

Hand Made Children's Clothes, 

Oil Paintings, 

Button Art, 

Cross-stitch,

Hand Embroidery made into Pictures, Key Rings and Embellished Items, 

Felt Brooches, 

Canvas and Beadwork Art, 

Hand Knitted Bunting 

and much more.

Where else could you find all these wonderful goodies under one roof - and so come to Stanwick Lakes, take a walk, let the children play in the nature based playground, have a coffee or a tea - but mostly 

VISIT 

THE HAND-CRAFTED HOME FAIR.

PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PRODUCERS

JUMPING LAMB

My new website - Jumping Lamb - is beginning to take shape - and I just had to show you this mug - I found it in a charity shop the very day after buying my name for my website - Jumping Lamb - it must have been fate!!

My ideas for the site are progressing and changing and I am really excited at the thought of being able to showcase my hand knit designs to a wider audience.

I will actually be writing an 'in house' blog on the site once I go live, and so do keep an eye open for that.  It will be called 'Inspiration' and will show where my inspiration comes from, what goes on in my village life and hopefully it will inspire my readers too.

See you soon.

EXCITING TIMES

I seem to have been a little quiet lately, but actually only on my blog as really quite a lot is happening.

The first thing was that when we came back from our break in Yorkshire, I was just leaving the house by the back door when I found a lady knocking at the front - Emma - and she asked me if I would be interested in running some Knitting Workshops for her.  You can see her website here Walnut Tree Workshops and after a super afternoon of tea drinking and planning, I am booked to do 4 in the Autumn.

This is a new venture for Emma and so I wish her all the luck in the world.

As you can see from the pic, I am still producing retro tea cosies and these will shortly be available to buy from Foreva Designs (click to link) where you can find all kinds of exciting and unusual personalised items, and much, much more.  This site is run by Eleanor and Matt who are both extremely talented and highly qualified designers - do have a look and find something a little different.

The last thing is that my new website, Jumping Lamb is in production - very early days, but do keep an eye open for its progress.  There I plan to sell Hand-Knits made by me, Knitting Kits and some Vintage and Interesting Haberdashery.

Very exciting, and just a little daunting!

See you again soon with the next update.  Ruth.

YORKSHIRE AND FAIRS

After a few days away in North Yorkshire where - as you can see from the pics - the weather was mixed!  I have come home refreshed and ready to go again - much helped also by yesterday spent at Sketchley Grange Spa with my super sister-in-law - her birthday present to me! 

On the Steam Train from Pickering to Goathland - Do you remember this?

And the train comes in!

Whitby Harbour followed by glorious Fish and Chips!

Heavy seas at Scarborough - more like January than May!

Robin Hood's Bay - Bitterly cold, strong wind!

Saturday lunch in Helmsley - it felt like a different country!

Beautiful Hutton-le-Hole

The View from our Caravan

Just fantastic - no phone signal, not much radio signal and we don't do TV in the caravan and so a complete break.  Reading, walking, browsing, knitting for me of course, and a super pub just outside the entrance to the site.

What more could you want?

HOWEVER,  I am taking bookings now for my Hand-Crafted Home Fairs to be held at Stanwick Lakes from August to December and so if you are interested in taking a stall please contact me via the comments box  or via facebook or email.

See you all soon.