On Friday morning we went to Jedburgh Town Hall to set up our stalls - we had been allocated a table each
as soon as Malcolm unpacked his first box of trees, the other stallholders and organisers clustered round to admire them. And can you just see the decorations made from birch bark on the right - I didn't take any photos when he was making them, and I can't take photos now as he sold them all!
his fish and whales also attracted a lot of attention, and when we went back into the hall at teatime, the big bird at the back had a note and money under it from one of the other stallholders, anxious to buy it!
in fact, Malcolm had so much stuff that he not only took up part of my table.......
but he had to use the windowsill as well!
once we had got everything done, Malcolm dropped me off at Borderland Fabrics for my patch'n'chat lunch
Scotland introduced a much lower level for drink-driving on Friday, but as Malcolm was chauffering me, I was able to enjoy a small glass of wine (ok, plastic cup!) with my lunch
having eaten rather too much savoury food, we then found room for pudding - this is only half of the sweet treats on offer
we played a silly game, which ended in us all getting a Secret Santa present - this is mine
at the end of the afternoon, Malcolm picked me up and we headed back to the Town Hall. When we left, only a handful of stalls had been set up, but everything was ready when we went back
then the doors were opened and the crowds poured in
so how did we do? Well, I was happy with the amount I sold - but as for Malcolm .........well, there has been no living with him over the weekend, as he did so well!! Not only did he sell all of his birch bark ornaments, ten of his trees, the big bird and all but two of his fish and whales ........ he has orders for two more big birds, and Linda, who owns the Lovatt Gallery, has commisioned him to make fish and whales for her (she bought two of the whales). She had bought one of his trees last year to display jewellery in the gallery, and loved his whales - she snatched one from under the hand of a man who was thinking about buying it! She knows that it may be some time before he finds suitable driftwood, so he has just to get in touch once he has made some.
To finish, at our lunch on Friday, the food wasn't just on the tables ........ Margaret brought in her latest wonnderful quilt, which has lots of cute gingerbread men