BUST Craftacular

The BUST Summer Craftacular

London - 22.8.2009
York Hall - Bethnal Green

Above: We got to Bethnal Green at about 11.50am, hoping to be one of the lucky first 100 who would get a goodie bag. As you can see, we misjudged the popularity of free goodie bags a bit!
Above: The queue stretched on and on (so we went and had lunch and waltzed in when the quese had almost completely gone)
Above: Inside BUST's Summer Craftacular Above: The stall of Love From Hetty and Dave

Above: More stalls . . .

Above: Tatty Devine

Above: Tatty Devine invited visitors to help them make a record breaking charm bracelet

Above: The Pop-Up Tea Shoppe, run by Lady Luck Rules Ok

Above: Delicious cakes!

Above: We pick vanilla cupcakes with coloured icing. Yum!

Above: Our collective haul! (We popped into the Buckingham Palace gift shop too, hence the cute soldier items!)

Above: I finally got a Little Doodles print! So happy with it! I also got a Bag O' Birds by Kate Wilson - the most friendly crafter I met at the event :)

Above: The print I got <3>

The Old Curiosity Shop

Today I went to Lewes - the picturesque county town of East Sussex well known for it's range of antique shops. I'm not a big antique fan by any stretch, but many of the "antique" shops in Lewes are much more like "curiosity shops". They seem to go on forever, in all the nooks and crannies of these winding old shops that go up and up and up again and then deep down in the cellar where every surface is drowning in peculiar little things. Needless to say, I spent hours in these places!
I'm not sure is photography was allowed, but I tried to get some sneaky snaps for this blog . . .

Above: Part of Lewes Highstreet - You can just see the Lewes Antique Centre on the left.Above: Camp Pink Panther lamp anyone? Above: Is that a boar in a fez?Above: Yes. Yes, it's a boar in a fez. I'll have one to go please. Above: I absolutely loved this bashed up old bird cage!Above: The brilliant flea market! Next post: Today's haul!