Card Making at Longton Fete 2010
24 May 2010
Saturday was Fete Day in Longton and along with Anita and Hilary I packed up all the cards we had and off we went to raise funds for our mission work in Uganda.
The weather was glorious, apparently the temperature reached 86 ‘ F (30′C). Luckily we had a gazebo which we set up to protect the cards – and ourselves!
In this photo Anita is on the left and Hilary on the right ( sorry it’s a little dark but the camera was compensating for the bright sunlight).
Unfortunately the Fete has not been well marketed for the past couple of years and this year it was hardly publicised at all. We were told to be on the Memorial Field where it was held at 9.30am with the gates opening at 11.30am, however the start date has 
previously been 2pm and that is when most of the people arrived! It was actually very poorly attended which was disappointing and we only sold about 30 cards, whereas other years we’ve more or less sold out. Other stall holders we talked to hadn’t done any better.
Despite the poor results we enjoyed ourselves – we all lead very busy lives so it was good to have the luxury of just sitting and talking for a few hours.
By the time I got home I was exhausted – relaxing is so tiring!
Anyway here are just a couple of photos of 2 of our stands -see what you can spot.
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