Happy Sunday Everyone! This week me and two of my friends took a trip down to the NEC Arena in Birmingham to visit the Spring Fair! We left quite early in the morning so I was super tired when we set off and also quite hungry! I woke up a little earlier than planned so I didn't have time to eat any breakfast, this meant a quick stop at a service station! As a child I used to love stopping at service stations, no idea why but it was always so exciting! And this time didn't let me down either because I got to have Krispy Kreme Doughnuts for breakfast! Healthy right? Haha! I'm a bit bored with all the fancy ones now my favourite are the original glazed! So tasty! We then hit the road again and not much later we had arrived! We picked up our passes and off we went to explore!
Now a little disappointing but I was told I wasn't allowed to take any photos which is super annoying because I really wanted to be able to show you guys what was there! But I'll do my best to explain what we did, We started off with homeware and this to me was the most exciting! I love homeware and I felt like a child in a sweetshop ... only I wasn't allowed to buy anything. Because this is a Buying show it is mainly for companies to view on what's new in the next season and they can deal with the designers directly in buying bulk product for a lower price. There were so many things I saw that I wanted to buy but unfortunately I wasn't able to buy just one *sad face* We still had a good look around and I felt super inspired by it all, the displays were amazing! I wanted to go crazy and redecorate my whole house!
Once we were done with homeware we moved onto Christmas! Which was magical but also really weird! It felt strange walking into a Winter Wonderland seeing as we Christmas has only just finished, but it was all so beautiful. One tree which really stood out was a vibrant and colourful black tree decorated with teals, purples, pinks and gold! The tree was decorated with glitter baubles, flowers and peacocks! My friends were in love with the tree ... I thought it was gorgeous but a bit too much? If you guys have read my .... you will know I have a monochrome tree and its very me! If that makes sense haha!
We then skimmed Flowers and Childrens toys before we got to the gift section where I visited a stand named Imabari Towels Japan. Most of the stalls we visited were super businessy and didn't really pay much attention to us once they realised we were not buyers or with a company. However the lovely lady at Imabari was super attentive and made sure I was okay. She was also super passionate about the brand. There was a particular hand towel that I was looking at which has white specks in the material. She told me that woven in the material was small bits of Japanese paper! But it was so soft you wouldn't think it was! We spoke for a while and I was leaving she handed me a little gift! Filled with lots of information about the company and a beautiful hand towel! If you want to read more about them please visit their website here!
We then visited the gift packaging and greeting card hall, my friend Priya is super into designing as is Suki so they were really into this section, I had a little mooch here and there and saw quite a few interesting stands! One in particular was a Pencil Shaving Card range by Ruth Jackson. I loved how quirky the designs were! We then walked over to the fashion and jewellery area, there was a fashion show on but it wasn't for another three hours and I was already tired from walking round! So unfortunately we missed that, the rest of the section was a little uninspiring for me ... there was nothing that stood out or caught my attention.
By this point all three of us were tired and a little warm so we thought it was right to head home! After walking to the car we set back off onto the motorway but we weren't done there! Oh no we made a cheeky stop at Nandos! We were absolutely starving, its very easy to over order at Nandos and I think thats exactly what I did! I had a fillet burger with chips, coleslaw and halloumi cheese! It felt so good to sit down and have some food! We were there for a few hours having a good old natter so we ordered a few hot drinks aswell! The girls had some herbal/fruit teas and I had a Hot Chocolate ... Just look at how amazing it looks!
It tasted as good as it looks! Yum! Hope you guys have enjoyed this post! It was definitely worth a visit but as I said I was a little disappointed I couldn't take any photos inside the exhibition to show you guys! Have any of you guys visited the Spring Fair? If so, what did you think! What was your highlights! Leave your comments below, I would love to know what you're thoughts are! Hope you guys have a lovely week and I shall see you next Sunday!
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