LETS trades

Today was the monthly meet and mini trade fayre for our local LETS group. I took along some jars of apple and blackberry jam and a freshly made loaf to trade out and I came home with lots of goodies that I had traded for with other members.It was a lovely few hours socialising and trading was brisk. Here are some of the things I came home with today:

I started off with two dozen freshly laid free range eggs :)

This is more of a note system/ journal than a diary, with pages for things like wildlife, flowers.household notes etc.

 A hand carved wooden shortbread stamp - biscuit sized.

Ten assorted hand made cards.

Scented votive candles 

 More candles in small tin buckets

A decorative glass cake platter.

Three German oval shaped preserving jars.

Some lovely hand made glass trinkets.

and lastly my favourite trade of the day, a burred oak plaque. This is made from a slice of oak sourced locally and hand finished and polished. It is inset with two pieces of hand made glass. It is a gorgeous tactile piece of work,the burr adds lots of detail and texture to the grain of the wood, and I love that it came from the grounds of Shennanton House which is just a few miles from our home so it is really local. It was also made by a friend of mine which makes it more special to me.

Now I need to find the right place to display it where the light can shine through the glass insets. I really love things made from wood, especially tactile pieces.All in all it was a good morning's trading and not a single penny changed hands.