Jewellery By Shalini

Guest Post: Oakham Festival 2012 on Stamford Artisans Guild : Dave & I will be at the Crafts show at Oakham Castle which is part of Oakham Festival 2012 on 23 June. We had a great day last year at this event which was held on Gaol Street and really looking forward to this one at one of my favourite venues of all - Oakham Castle. Sarah who is the chief organiser for this has been working really hard to get everything in place and I think she is doing a brilliant job! Hope to see you there! 'via Blog this'

In my world everything stops for Cake! So am I actually going to get any work done this week-end or will it be spent eating  Cakes and Crepes at Oakham Castle ? I will be at this Hand-made Craft Market at Oakham Castle on 28-29 April 'via Blog this'

Two fantastic days! And its not just about the sales. Yes, as my previous post says, it is my business! And I did make good sales at both events. But it is also about working in harmony with like minded people and getting nice comments from people who visit my stall. At both the  Stamford Handmade Christmas Market and the Late Night Shopping event at Oakham Castle I met some really  lovely people and got so many positive comments, even from folk who were not actually buying but had just come for a "wander around" at their local event. I don't expect everyone who comes to a fair to buy something but a little respect for the artisans displaying their creations goes a long long way. And while people like the ones mentioned in my previous post do their best to spoil things there are the good guys who always make it worthwhile! And give me and others like me the encouragement to carry on crafting and making.

How nice to see some coverage of the Oakham Castle Craft Fair in the Stamford Mercury on the day they did a front page feature titled "Shop locally this Christmas" All of us at the Stamford Artisans Guild started the Shop Handmade - Shop Local campaign with our Bull Hotel Christmas Fair back in October. Hope people are still listening and supporting their local small businesses, local traders and craftsmen . It would be fantastic to see the people of Stamford come out to support the Handmade Christmas Market at the Stamford Arts Centre and Newages Social Club on 4th December . All artisans work very hard to create new and unique items for our customers which would make fantastic Christmas presents. Give us a chance to show you that 1) beautiful things don't always have to cost the earth and 2) Christmas presents don't all live on the shelves of Tesco, New Look et al! They can be found in little independent shops AND local Christmas...

Really looking forward to it! The fair, a day spent in the company of some of the nicest crafty people in the world, and freshly made French pancakes from Crepe Monsieur.

Christmas Craft Fairs From Stamford Artisans Guild : Oakham Castle on 12 November and  Haycock Hotel on 13 November ! I will be at both of them :-) 'via Blog this'

12 December Christmas Shopping at Oakham Castle : Looking forward to this Bonus Event! I LOVE Oakham Castle! :-) This is a picture of my stall at the August Fair. 'via Blog this'

Oakham Castle Summer Craft Market on 27 August 2011   'via Blog this'

Oakham Castle Summer Craft Market on 27 August 2011

Festival Fun, Frolics & Fayre on 2 July 2011 I will be at this event on Saturday, 2nd July 2011.

Really looking forward to the Oakham Craft Fair this Saturday! To seeing everyone's new creations and just meeting up with old friends. Most of us have done a lot of events together now and it will be good to catch up. And obviously looking forward to showing our beautiful creations to the people of Oakham and Rutland :-) Dave & I will be there (of Course!) http://www.roughrocks.co.uk/products-page/ http://www.jewellerybyshalini.co.uk/ Have a peek on the Stamford Artisans Guild Website to see who else will be there!

The Rutland County Museum Christmas Craft Exhibition Opened Last night. There are some absolutely gorgeous hand-made crafts on display including my jewellery (of course!), Wood-turned pens plus textile crafts, weaving and jewellery by 4 other talented artisans from the area. The Exhibition will be on until 22 January 2011 at the Museum at Catmose Street, Oakham, LE15 6HW Work by the followings makers is on display: # Jewellery By Shalini (and Stamford Lapidary ) # Wisteria Woodcrafts (member of The Stamford Artisans Guild ) # Calla # Rhubarb # Wiggles # Jo Edwards Do come along and browse though the beautiful items on display and for sale. The wonderful staff at the museum are very helpful and a great group of people. Some photos from last night: