Summer starts here

A very busy start to the summer at Cow & Ghost.

Luckily the sun has shone. Hopefully a sign of more to come.

We enjoyed a fantastic day trading at the Hay On Wye Literary festival yesterday. Trading as part of the annual Crafts and Collectable Market, it was a pleasure to be in the town. Live music, brilliant stalls on the square and streets and a superb feel good atmosphere.

We also spent the day at the show ground on Saturday. Saw our history heroine Dr Lucy Worsley speak about Jane Austen. Brilliant. Lucky enough to meet her afterwards. Much excitement at Cow & Ghost Towers.

The previous weekend was spent at the Glanusk Estate. We took the blanket and craft side of the business along to their Estate Fair and Open Garden. Wonderful event. Great welcome, and met some lovely people.

Wandering Hay On Wye in the sun, we came upon this wonderful stall selling vintage garden furniture. It made a great splash of colour on the old market square. We're old enough to remember a lot of the patterns first time round. Great trip down memory lane and recollections of summers past. They were wildly popular, and have to confess we invested ourselves, with thoughts of summers future.

In between this, we've been busy promoting our own fair in the summer. Lots of leaflets given out at events and passed on to local businesses who have been very supportive.

Lots of advertising in the pipeline, and delighted to say the first one has come out.

Please spread the word. Looking forward.

Advertising

Spending the afternoon working on advertising and promotions for our fair in August. It's the first event we've organised and all at Cow & Ghost Towers are very excited. 

The first batch of leaflets and posters arrived from the printers last week and we're delighted with them. The art work is by a friend and has worked perfectly.

Also this week we have seen our first advert in a publication. More to come, but thrilled to have made front page in the village 'Talybont Matters' magazine.

In other news, the we're really looking forward to standing at the Glanusk Estate Fair & National Garden Scheme Open Day on May 21st. We'll be displaying the Welsh blanket side of the business. LOTS of new stock.

Fairs

We've had a busy few weeks at Cow & Ghost. Two fairs in Carmarthenshire. A great weekend at the National Botanic Gardens. Added excitement was that Bargain Hunt were filming, and one of the teams bought something from us. The episode is due to air in September.

We also had a very enjoyable day in Llandeilo Civic Hall. A new fair for us. Wonderful atmosphere. We look forward to returning for the next one on June 3rd.

A few more dates fast approaching. Really looking forward to standing at Glanusk's 'Estate Fayre and National Garden Scheme Open Day'. It's May 21st and will be an event for the Welsh Blanket side of the business. We've had lots of new colours in over the spring, so many new items having their first outing.

The following weekend we are delighted to be part of the Hay On Wye Literary Festival again. We were involved two years ago. This time we will be at 'Hay Craft & Collectables' in the Old Butter Market on May 28th.

A busy and exciting time.