Emily Hunt

A last minute arrival tot he fair on the 2nd of June is Emily Hunt. She's going to be bringing along a range of super kitsch and cute aprons and home wares. Perfect for adding that extra dash of retro to your kitchen...bring on the frills! Head over to Emily's Flickr site for some pictures!

Cynneth Bonanos and Mr Bonanos

Local Creatives Cynneth Bonanos and Jimmy Bonanos are a a father and son who sure know how to make good things.

Cynneth will be bringing along is range of screen printed cushions which are all hand printed and hand sewn, you can even request a custom order! his cushions are guaranteed to bring a bit of edge to any sofa.

Jimmy Bonanos will be bringing is range of handmade leather goods...which he's been making since the 70's! His current range includes belts, bags, purses, sandals and flip flops! We can testify to how good they are....because we have some...and they're good....take our word for it.

Kate Clift

Lets face it...everyone likes a letter press. The awesome typography, the bright colors, the weight of the paper...everything! Which is why we're super excited to have Kate Clift on board for our first pop up fair. Whether your after some 'GIN' coasters or some of her newer work head over for a gander. You can find her website here and her etsy shop here...or you could come down to the Swan (Cheltenham High Street) on the 2nd of June...she'll be in the conservatory!

Lilley's Handcrafted Lovelies.

Local long term maker Vicki from Lilley's Handmade Lovelies will be with us on the 2nd, and boy! are we excited! She's a whizz with fimo and will be bringing along along some of her insanely cute love heart jewelry (altho' all of her jewelry is rather cute...we just like love hearts is all.) Rumor has it that she may be bringing along some of her crochet wonders too. Find her blog here and her etsy shop here.

Pretty Green

We can't wait to have a browse around pink green stall. It's going to be jam packed with vintage home ware, lovely cups and saucers and rather fantastic jewellery. We've got our names down for the gorgeous vintage rice tin...and if anyone is feeling generous i'll gladly accept one of her vintage fabric covered button necklaces.
Check out her etsy shop here.
And her blog is over here.

Laura Lee's Larder

As we've mentioned before we're partial to a bit of Jam...well we think that Laura Lee's jam takes preserved fruit to a while new level. This local lady sure know's how to make things in jars taste good! We can't wait to have a taste of the Mojito Marmalade and to be honest we're rather tempted by the Marrow and Ginger Jam too! Have a peek at her etsy shop to get a heads up!

Pigeon Illustration

Those that are fans of fantastically cute animals will be sure to spend a few pennies at Pigeon Illustrations stall. Whether your after a tip top print for your walls or a lovely pocket mirror for your hand bag we're sure you will find something to please.

Check out her blog here.

& her etsy shop here.

Music!!!

Just a little bit on some of the lovely music we've got planned for the day time.

there are a few music peeps who will be strumming and singing throughout the day, think camp fires and sunny afternoons and you wont be too far off of the mark. The perfect music to go with some casual browsing of awesome handmade stuffs!

Then when the evening time comes we've got the super Mention The Bear playing retro and vintage tunes from his bottomless collection...he played at our New Years party if any of you lovely people were there...my what a tip top night that was!

Soooo, what more of an excuse do you need to come down to the pub on the Jubilee Weekend? We've given you stalls packed with awesome handmade wonders & vintage delights, we've given you chilled out acoustic tunes, we've given you tasty BBQ food and we're finishing it off with a sprinkling of good time tunes to help you see in the bank holiday weekend.

Things Are Coming Together...

Hello out there,

Things are moving along at a rate of knots around here, pretty much all of the slots are gone for the Pop Up Pub Fair on the 2nd of June!

We might be able to squeeze a few more in if your really desperate to have a go! Drop us an email at curioemporium@gmail.com.

Here's a list of confirmed sellers...I think I'm going to start saving now!

• The rather talented Kate Clift (who's been working on some new letter press stuff...can't wait to see that!)
• I like toast and I especially like spreading stuff on my toast which is why I'm putting aside some penny's for LauraLees stall (can't wait to get my hand on some Mojito Marmalade!)
• Catherine of Pink Green is coming along with some her her vintage lovelies and fabric covered button necklaces.
• The lovely Abi from Pigeon Illustration is coming along too...lets hope she brings plenty of her Manatee prints because they are the bestest.
• StuffedNonsense will be there too (I guess that goes without saying as we both work in the pub and are helping to organise it!)
• The super fanastic Vicki from Lilley's Handcrafted Lovelies is coming along with her fanastic range of fimo creations.

We're keeping it small to start with...baby steps and all that but it looks like its shaping up to be a tip top day!

Drum Roll Please....

Testing...Testing...

Is this thing on??

Welcome to the first ever post on Curios Emporiums blog. 

For those of you that don't know Curios Emporium is a Pop Up Pub Fair based in Cheltenham. We're hoping to organise regular fairs with a difference....a bustling festival of vintage loveliness full of curio's, records and handmade British design. Our first fair is on the 2nd of June and will be held at The Swan, which is a super fantastic pub on Cheltenham's High Street (even if we do say so ourselves...we may be biased...we both work there!) We hope to bring the pub and the fantastic hand picked talent together to create a superb day full to the rafters with acoustic music, vintage tunes, Great beer, Great food and most importantly a great atmosphere. The first fair will be held as part of our Jubilee celebrations so expect lots of bunting and a 'Great British Flair' harking back to the old days of street parties and good old fashioned fun. As it's our first ever one the Pop Up Pub Fair on June the 2nd will be for free! That's right dearies...we aren't asking stall holders for any of their hard earned money!! Soo if your interested please get in touch, our email is curioemporium@gmail.com
Or get in touch on facebook 

It's going to be a roaring success! (I can feel it in me waters!)