Autumn Artisan Fayre - Sunday 25 October 2026 in Upwell

siloutaggart

Aug 3

4 min read

Updated: 6 days ago

Montage of some of the artists attending our Autumn Artisan Fayre on 25 October 2026

ANOTHER GREAT SUCCESS ...

... and £850.00 raised for Norfolk & Waveney Mind!

Our Autumn Artisan Fayre - the ninth Artisan Fayre we've held over the past three years - was another brilliant success! Simon & I would like to thank the amazing artisans, visitors, friends & family who once again helped to make it all happen by spreading the word in a variety of ways or helping out on the day.

The hall was bursting at the seams with visitors, and there was a lovely positive feel to the day. Our Autumn Artisan Fayre raised £850 for Norfolk & Waveney Mind - a charity close to our hearts.

In total, the nine Artisan Fayre events we've held so far have generated a fantastic £6335.10 for this worthy charity (for our very first event back in 2024, we donated the funds raised to the general umbrella MIND charity, but since then we've chosen to give the event profits to our local Norfolk & Waveney Mind division).

We are thrilled with the ongoing encouragement and positive comments received from artisans and visitors, and the overwhelming local support for what we're trying to achieve with our Artisan Fayre events (thank you also to our local Community Magazine for printing a lovely 3/4-page article). We're delighted to have raised a further £850.00 for our chosen charity - Norfolk & Waveney Mind!

All the event profits are heading their way to the charity. We raise funds from the raffle ticket sales, tearoom profits and stallholder fees.

And check out the fabulous raffle prizes that were all made by our resident artists!

A HUGE thank you to our lovely friend and bubbly front of house, DEE, who welcomed everyone with her familiar warm smile and cheer.

Dee and her partner, Tony, also stayed behind at the end to help us clear tables and clean - we can't thank them enough!

Thank you also to our students, friends and those artists who helped to spread the word about the event - whether on social media or by distributing our fliers and posters (special shout out to our friend Michele who once again put out lots of posters for us in the Ely area).

We’d also like to thank Zakiya from Fanoggins Bakery for all her hard work baking and creating the tasty treats that were on offer on the day – and her partner, James, for helping to clear up at the end. Zakiya was rushed off her feet during the lunch period, and it was all hands on deck to keep collecting crockery and trays, and washing them up ready for the next customers.

The events are fairly exhausting but the adrenalin keeps flowing as you know it's all for a good cause - so we're grateful to those who remained behind to help clear up and clean.

Big hugs and thanks also to those artisans (you know who you are :-)) and our loyal followers, customers, students and friends who helped to share the event on their social media platforms, distribute posters and fliers, and assist in making our high-quality artisan fundraiser event another fabulous success.

A number of artists demonstrated on the day, and I tried to get photos of everyone but might have missed some. Needless to say, it's wonderful to have some demos taking place at the stands and we thank those who went to the effort to do so ... we enjoyed polymer clay jewellery making, crocheting, broom making, beadwork, paper flower making ...

It was also great to have some fabulous workshops taking please throughout the day with:

Aimee from AimeeSculpts offering polymer clay earring workshops
Zoe Ansari providing lino printing workshops and
Tic Challis holding Halloween-themed pyrography workshops

We are truly heart-warmed by the generosity and support shown by artists and visitors alike in buying raffle tickets to win the amazing, high-end prizes made and donated by each of our resident artisans (thank you!), as well as the purchases from our pop-up Fanoggins Bakery! You can order their delicious cookies online or hire them for catering too! See their website HERE.