The KUBE Art Boot Sale and Events Amendment

On Saturday, Nicole (Hearts and Skulls) and I attended KUBE for an Art Boot sale.

It was a windy day and our stock didn't always stay on the table, but we had fun.

While it wasn't particularly busy, we did meet some wonderful artists and crafts people such as Judy and her wonderful artwork, Linda a fellow knitter and Junko a passionate crocheter. We hope to keep in contact with them and expand the network.

We have also decided not to attend the following two Art Boot Sales on Saturday 26th September and Saturday 31st October. We hope, however to attend a Christmas handmade only event at KUBE which will be held on the last weekend of November, Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th. And, of course there is also the Craft and Zine fair in Southampton the weekend before this! One slight hiccup is that I now have a weekend job and with theses events being near Christmas, it may not be possible for us to attend, but watch this space.

New Events For August Through November!

Its been a while since we've blogged but thanks to some hard work, mostly by Hearts and Skulls I might add, we have four up and coming events we are attending as oOak.

The first three events are at KUBE gallery in Poole. The Art Boot Sale is held the last Saturday of each month and, although it is open for all arts and crafts, each month they focus on a specific area of art, such as this Saturday the focus is on "Fine Art and Craft".

Entry is free and is open between 11am and 2pm. We will be attending the following dates:

Saturday 29th August
Saturday 26th September
Saturday 31st October

We also hope to have a full table at the Craft/Zine Fair being held by The Art House Southampton. This will be a weekend event for November the 21st and 22nd, 12pm til 5pm. We're not booked in yet but watch this space for updates.

Remember, if you want to become a part of oOak Tree just email us with details of what you make and the area you are from and we'll get back to you!

Winchester Handm@de

First of all some bad news.

oOak Tree ceased trading at the Boscombe Underground on Tuesday 23rd June. We sincerely apologise to everyone, particularly those we were sharing the stall with and the landlady, Ruth who was very kind to us. We hope that anyone who had orders or queries with us will stay in contact with us, emails are in the sidebar to the right.

However, we are hoping to attend some more events in the future, one of which is Winchester Handm@de on July 5th 2009. TomatoTea and Hearts and Skulls will be sharing a stall, supporting and promoting oOak Tree whilst they are there.

The Handm@de craft fairs are THE place to find awesome British handmade goodies. The first fair was held in Oxford last year in November with great success and as such they decided to make it an annual event! With a growing number of people becoming interested, 2 new avenues were created for 2009: Cambridge and Winchester.

Cambridge was first up in April and was well received, so much so that there is a new date in December! The Handm@de group is continually growing and so we hope to support our artists attending any of the Handm@de fairs!

We hope to see you at Winchester!