Renaissance fair in Le Lude

Last sunday, I had a stall at the Renaissance fair in the village next to mine. 
This fair was really fantastic. There were lots and lots of visitors plus the weather was glorious with a shining sun all day. Lots of people dressed up with Renaissance costumes and consequently, the procession was brilliant.

For this fair, there were lots of volunteer people who helped : some gave fabrics to make costumes, some made wooden stalls, some made costumes or costume parts, some helped during the fair itself.

I was given a handmade stall, like many other exhibitors.

I was placed in a street between a stall of handmade leather bags and a stall of floral art.

My bears never got as much success before. So many visitors stopped at my stall to watch my bears, asked questions, commented, praised a lot... I was over the moon. I only sold postcards, a brooch and a key ring, and also had a custom order for a special bear. I am pleased with that though, because I often went back home without anything sold at all. In France, collector teddy bears are not much known and artist teddy bears are fully new for most visitors.
It looks like more and more visitors start to consider seriously the idea about ordering one some day... so I shall see.

I was so busy at my stall that I did not manage to tour all the fair area and missed the main part of it.

My stall.

Some deco near the baker's.

 More deco.

A stall I could visit the sunday morning before the visitor arrived. The artist used different kinds of natural clays : so clever of him! I love the result.

The head of the procession.

These happy minstrels stopped specially to play for my neighbours. I was jealous so I tapped on the shoulder of one of them after they stopped playing and asked him how much my neighbours paid them for it, hehehehehehehe!!!!! They all laughed and proposed to play for me too. Yeppeeeee!

Look look!

Me behind my stall.

Me again...

A company of "musketeers" was animating the fair too. They stopped very close to my stall and played there.

Look, I manged to get a great shot!

The procession came back in the afternoon.

Et voilà!!!!