Cardiff Christmas Market’s unique gifts

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Cardiff market has been called one of the best in the uk, and that’s a lot to do with the organisers insistence on unique hand crafted stalls on display. We head down to speak to some of the stall holders about what they’re selling and why this market just keeps getting better every year.

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00:00 So I left teaching to become a stained glass artist and I now teach hundreds of people

00:08 how to make stained glass but then I also come away and showcase everything that I do

00:14 and the big stuff down to the little stuff.

00:17 It's when I first started someone said to me make what makes you smile so that's what

00:22 I do and things that I like I'll create and then I'm sat here and I get to look at it

00:27 all and yeah it makes me smile.

00:30 We have been doing this market for a long time and most of our product handmade in Nepal

00:38 by my close family and friends and we do sell quite a lot.

00:50 A lot of people seem to really like our product so we're doing good.

00:54 Yeah basically we manufacture all our own products so we get them printed with our unique

01:01 designs and then we cut and sew them all but where based possibly we can only employ people

01:07 from Wales so that's our ethos to work with them and then we're also into sustainability

01:14 as well so all our manufacturing process is ethically sustainable.

01:21 Basically I make bird feeders, bug hotels, solitary bee homes all out of recycled and

01:29 reclaimed wood so the bug hotels are made from recycled pallets and the logs all come

01:37 from my local nature reserve and if they've got any excess wood from coppicing they give

01:41 it to me and I reclaim it and make it into something that's good for conservation and

01:46 the environment.

01:47 I did this market last year and we had a fantastic time.

01:49 We've been subject to a lot of rain this year unfortunately up to now but yeah overall

01:53 really pleased with it and it's just a great city, it's a wonderful city and there's

01:58 loads of people knocking about so yeah it's lovely to see them all.

02:01 We get to meet some of our customers which is refreshing to see them come back again

02:05 and yeah it gives us an opportunity to promote what we do and what we do behind closed doors

02:10 and get people to enjoy it and experience it and buy it obviously.

02:14 There are some amazing stalls here and I've loved that there's no two stalls are the

02:18 same.

02:19 Everything's different and everyone's really showcasing their talent, it's lovely.

02:24 I really look forward to come and do the Cardiff Craft Folk Market, it's really really good.

02:34 In my experience this is the best, it's a good one to do this market.

02:41 I love the Christmas market.

02:42 Yeah it's great camaraderie, you meet lots of interesting people and yeah it's just

02:48 a fun place to be.

02:49 It's been voted the best market in the UK a few times now and I can see why.

02:54 I shop here myself as well when I'm not on a stall, I do some stewarding and I do

02:59 a lot of my Christmas shopping at the market and try and buy local as much as possible.

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