Holiday Craft and Gift Fairs Have Begun!

Megan Bogle, Longaberger representative

The Fall Craft Fair held last Saturday at the Wildwood Room launched the start of the 2010 gift season. Vendors came ready to sell a wide variety of products including handmade baskets, decorative pillows, home decor, jewelry, accessories and others.

This Saturday, another fair is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kindergarten Center in Driggs. The event organizer has received booth reservations for an estimated 20 vendors for this show which will be advertised in both local papers.

These fairs provide an exciting opportunity for sellers to showcase their handcrafted items or direct sales merchandise to buyers who are equally eager to shop for such goods under one roof. And if last week's response is any indication, then this next one should be even better. I suspect that as Christmas draws closer, interest for the upcoming shows will continue to rise.

A calendar of events is posted on the homepage sidebar. I will update this with any new event information as they come up. From my observation of the first fair, the assortment of products available will likely satisfy a good portion of that gift list so don't forget to bring it with you.

Regrettably, I don't know that anyone has been able to create a handcrafted Halo game for a handcrafted xBox just yet, so I'll leave that segment of the gift market to the big boys.