Our Rewind Series on the blog has now reached 2018 and it was at the start of this year that I had an idea that would help bring the crafting community together in our local area in Crawley and West Sussex.
Our craft room at home was getting rather crowded and there were drawers and boxes of craft items that we just neither used or wanted anymore. Car Boot Sales didn't gain much attention from non-crafters and Ebay just felt too long winded to sell our unwanted craft items. At this point I had a lightbulb moment........why not start a local craft sale for unwanted craft products.
I knew of one other sale located in Burgess Hill, however this sale was only limited to once a year in May and with all the items we had gathered up, we just couldn't wait that long. I made some enquiries at our local hall in Three Bridges..... The Montefiore Institute Hall....and then planning was in motion.
Our first Craft Jumble Sale took place in March 2018 and was met with great enthusiasm and encouragement. Visitors came from around the area and once crafters knew there were some bargains to be had they couldn't wait to get stuck in and find them amongst our stallholders. Unwanted craft items our stallholders were selling included paper crafting, knitting, sewing, jewellery making, kids crafts, cake making and more!
The success of our first Craft Jumble Sale was overwhelming and requests were piling in from stallholders and visitors for us to host another sale. Therefore we decided to host another one in September 2018. Popularity for this event grew even more and September's sale saw queues outside the venue as eager visitors awaited for the sale to start. By the end of our 2nd Craft Jumble Sale attendance numbers were getting too big for this small hall and so we were on the hunt for a new venue in town.
At the start of 2019 we started planning our next Craft Jumble Sale for March and found a new venue - St. Barnabas Church Hall in Pound Hill.
The hall enabled more stallholders to sell their craft stash and also allowed visitors to walk around the event more easily.
Our most up to date sale was a week ago on 14th September 2019. Once again the sale was a huge success and my list continues to grow for new stallholders and visitors who want to attend the event.
Interested in selling?
If you have any unwanted craft items that you want to sell, including papercrafting, knitting, haberdashery, jewellery making, kids crafts, cake making etc. then please do not hesitate to contact us at craftjumblesale@hotmail.com.
Our next sale will hopefully take place in March 2020.
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