We stumbled onto a craft fair today. I was drawn to the fused glass and precious metal clay jewelry. Others didn't seem to share my enthusiasm though.

People loved the wind chimes. The artist wrapped pieces of glass with copper foil and soldered them to interestingly shaped wire. They were beautiful.

Another popular booth (one of my favorites) was where they sold things that would really be classified as 'trash to treasure.' They used old pieces of white distressed wood and added hooks, knobs and towel bars. Some of their pieces had wood carvings... which I think would be easy to replicate with plaster shapes glued on and then slathered with paint for that decades old appearance.

The candy booth always had a line. I think the reason she did so well was because her husband was handing out little samples. I tried to keep walkin'... but one taste of her fudge and I got in line with the rest of 'em.

I left the craft fair with a loaf of cinnamon swirl bread, fudge and carmel corn. (Diet forum here I come.)

In the end I didn't buy the jewelry or the wind chimes, etc.

The problem with we crafters is that we can make pretty much anything they can sell :)

That sounds like a good craft fair, Candy. The last one I attended was like a throw back to the 80's. I was in and out in less than an hour. Aside from a few jewelry booths, most of the products were "cute". And I didn't see many people buying.

Atoka, is trash to treasure popular in your area? That's a great idea to glue on plaster shapes and slathered paint to give new wood an old weathered appearance. That's something I would buy!

Christen