Been exhibiting at the Axe Vale Festival all weekend. It was our first year at this popular annual flower festival just outside the small town of Axminster in Devon. Luckily for us – it’s only a 15 minute drive to the showground and it’s always lovely to do these local events. There were exhibitors there from all over the country though and a lot of them. I was surprised when I got to look round, just how big it was, with everything there from crafts, food, agricultural machinery, plants, flowers, clothing and charities. The Axe Vale Festival is a voluntary, non profit making organisation which raises funds for the Flamingo Pool and other local charities.

The toys went down very well, and I really enjoyed sharing a stall in the shopping mall area with Harriet of  The Children’s Jewellery Company. It was lovely to see so many familiar faces, with family members, friends and mums from school popping over to say hello. We sold a wide range of toys this weekend, with the wooden toys being ever popular with parents and grandparents. Lots of people commented on the traditional old fashioned toys we had on display like the rainbow humming spinning top.

Also chatted to people interested in working for us as party plan agents and mums wanting toy parties or coffee mornings plus event organisers looking for toy sellers for their own events later in the year. We are back in the Tish Tash Toys office today and working on our new mail order catalogue. This will be our fourth annual collection of children’s toys, including pre-school and toddler toys, gifts for birthdays and Christmas, pocket money toys and party bag fillers.