Card Making and the Durham Christmas Festival
15 Dec 2009
My son David is studying for his Masters Degree at Durham which is a beautiful city.
When I found out that they have an annual Christmas Festival it was a great opportunity to kill 2 birds with one stone - visit David and see the Festival.
The Festival was split into 2 sections - the local food fair was in the cloisters of the Cathedral -as pictured on the left.
It was a wonderful setting, especially noticing the signs which warned you to be careful not to step on any young bats which may have fallen from the cloister roof! ( No, I didn't spot any!)
The rest of the Festival was in a large marquee on Palace Green which is in front of the Cathedral.
It was full of stalls selling lots of beautiful items which you never knew you needed!
There were at least 3 stalls there selling handmade cards and card making supplies - I couldn't resist some more winter Cuttlebug embossing folders.
One of the stalls was run by 2 delightful ladies, Shirley & Margaret.
They told me that they are both retired but love card making and do a number of craft fairs every year.
(I took their e-mail addresses but seem to have misplaced them in the hustle and bustle of the fair - so if they are reading this please get in touch through Cardmaking-Companion.)
Their cards were selling really well and were well presented. If a customer wanted the card personalised they were happy to oblige curtesy of a peel-off.
So all in all I had a lovely day out, I saw my son and managed to find some wonderful card making!
