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    Christmas Craft Fair – Papermill Pub

    As a person with a normal job and painting as a hobby (obsession!) I very rarely take a stall at craft fairs. Generally because I spend so much time beforehand painting and organising that I always feel dejected afterwards if I don’t sell anything and that happens more often than not. It’s like craft fair Russian Roulette… I might leave feeling a failure because I’ve wasted loads of time and people don’t like my paintings or I might leave full of ideas because I sold some paintings and had some really lovely conversations with people. It is very easy for me to get carried away spending money on things that…

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    The Makers Market

    In October 2018 my best friend Nikki came up with an idea – to put on a Christmas Market. A lot of our friends are makers, artists and creators and we wanted to go to a Christmas Market that was different – where you didn’t have to pay a fortune to have a stall – or stand out in the cold whilst people browse your art and don’t buy anything… And The Makers Market was born. We live in and around Salisbury, Wiltshire and Nikki already had a venue in mind (the upstairs of a gorgeous Barn that she uses as a Yoga Studio) just outside of Salisbury in Odstock.…