West End Fair

I just sort of stumbled upon the West End fair whilst I was walking past St John’s across from Princes Street. The place was bustling with people, flitting around about 100 independent stalls on the grounds below.
Each stall has something different to browse and we ended up spending a good whack of time there until the rain ruined our fun. Jewellery, clothing, original artwork, candles, stationary, clocks, glassware and loads more were set up in the grounds, all selling really gorgeous unique things that would make ideal gifts for others or yourself!
My particular favourites were the jewellery stalls, of which there were many, including designs by Eclectic Shock, which uses vintage jewellery to make newer pieces, Jolly Good, a cutesy Kitsch stall using plastics and old scrabble pieces to make cool jewellery and Syrah Jay, really unique bracelets and necklaces made from beads and felt.
I also loved the more artistic, hand-​crafted stalls, with Stephen O’Neil being my absolute favourite with his bold digital art prints of landmarks in Edinburgh and Glasgow, including an Irn-​Bru bottle and Tunnocks tea-​cake! Another highlight were sheep and bull footstools which were beautiful, and made by The BoPeep Sheep Company. They were absolutely awesome!
This wee festival is fantastic! There is a café on-​site if you need to re-​fuel and plenty of seating to take some tea outside and soak up the atmosphere. Hurry though because it only runs from the 7^th to the 29^th of August, 11am until 6pm.