Mumbles Fayre

Brilliant day on Saturday at the Vintage & Craft Fayre in Mumbles. As ever a huge thank you to Smock Vintage for organising. Looking forward to future events with them at the Waterfront Museum in Swansea.

As ever the Welsh wool blankets were very popular. We have more coming in this week and will be bringing to our next fayre in Crickhowell on November 7th. Please come along and say hello.

"At home with"

We've spent an enjoyable afternoon going through paperwork and sorting new stock. We like working in the garden office. Thought some of you might be interested to see our HQ. It's a lovely room to be in all year. We use it for paperwork, restoration and craft projects. It also houses the bone china we rent out.

Time for tea....

Our followers know how we love a bone china tea set at Cow & Ghost. We are also very partial to afternoon tea, particularly the cake part. Just a reminder that we have a huge range of bone china and glass stands available to rent for any occasion that may require them. Enough trios for 200 people. We also have some complete tea sets for sale. They are available online, and we try to take at least one to every fayre we do. The following photographs are a selection of what we have in stock at the moment.

Botanic Garden Fair.

Cow & Ghost have had a brilliant weekend at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales. A memorable two day fayre in a beautiful and unique setting. 

Inside stalls in four locations and also outside making the most of what was perfect autumn weather. It doesn't always rain in Wales. Wonderful to meet so many great people. Also great catching up with friends and regular customers.

We look forward to returning in January 2016 and seeing this amazing venue dressed for winter.

New stock

We've had a very enjoyable long weekend at Cow & Ghost Towers. We visited what remains of the National Trust's Clandon Park, so sadly gutted by fire earlier this year. The building is very eerie, but wonderful to see the plans and enthusiasm  for its restoration.  We plan to return when it is complete.

Also a weekend for stock hunting. We visited Hungerford, which is a town we love, and discovered Guildford. What a wonderful city. An amazing array of shops and a great atmosphere. It reminded us of how our local towns were years ago. Both were great for vintage items. As well as the suitcase we bought lots of other goodies. Spoiled for choice. It will all be coming to the 2 day Vintage and Antique Fayre at the Welsh National Botanic Gardens on October 3rd and 4th.

Busy weekend.

A busy, but very enjoyable weekend. Great day as always at the Vintage Fayre in Crickhowell on Saturday. Nice to catch up with everyone,

and lots of wonderful items on sale.

Added bonus was the presentation of a cheque to Cancer Research. There has been a raffle at each event, and delighted to report that stallholders and the public have raised £1173 for this worthy cause.

Today was a day of treasure hunting for future events. Lots of lovely items for upcoming fayres. We particularly like this vintage sewing box. 

Blankets

We do love a Welsh wool blanket at Cow & Ghost. Two new arrivals today. Both double and both perfect. The photos simply don't do justice to the vibrant colours.

These lovely blankets were made in various mills all over Wales. Always a luxury item when new, they were often given as wedding presents as they would literally last a lifetime.

My Great Grandmother would give one to family members only. 

I have the ones that belonged to my Grandmother - and a few I've collected through the years. I never tire of them, and they are very useful in the winter.

We've been pleased to sell several over the last few months. It's been lovely talking to people about them and seeing photos of them in their new homes.

Along with the two new ones, this is our stock at the moment.

We also have a wonderful range of bunting made from damaged blankets.

Wonderful that when they have had a lifetime of use these treasures find a new purpose.

We'll be bringing all these along to the Vintage Fayre in Crickhowell on September 19th