Hot Days of Summer

WOW it’s hot.  This has been a true summer with notable record-breaking temperatures.  We hope you’ll come to visit us at the Guild Hall to enjoy a cool visit  with our group at the Makers’ Market. 

 Take pleasure in the creativity of our craftspeople and artisans.   You’ll find unique treasures of delightful pottery, soothing soap, and hand-crafted jewellery.  To add to the finds you will see aprons, knitted sweaters, handbags, baby items and dog treats.  Savour the aroma of fresh cinnamon buns, a breakfast sandwich or take home a pan of  lasagna from Lucy’s Café .

 We warmly welcome Karon Designs to our 2011 season.  Karon, one of the original artisans with the Makers’ Market, brings unique handmade jewellery designs using precious metals and natural materials.       

 Our thanks to both vendors and visitors who are making this market Port Colborne’s  most exciting ongoing community event.

 

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The Makers’ Market greets the month of June

It’s just about time for some nice warm weather and the month of June brings us a promise that summer will soon be upon us. 

If you have the opportunity to visit us at the Markers’ Market, you will find a medley of crafters, bakers and cooks with items that express their unique creativity.   Enjoy a walk about the Guild Hall to visit previous vendors and new ones.  We invite you to come and meet us.

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Spring Returns and So Does Makers’ Market!

Spring is here again, the air is getting warmer after a long cold winter, and the robins have come back to us.  Makers’ Market opens again after a winter’s rest, all refreshed with new products and welcoming new vendors and new customers.  We look forward to greeting old friends and catching up on the news.  Come have a coffee and maybe breakfast at The Hub, chat with the Makers’ Market vendors, and then have a wander around the Farmers’ Market across the street.  We look forward to seeing you once again on Friday mornings, starting March 25, 2011.

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Holiday Season

It’s time to get started on all that holiday shopping for loved ones and friends!  Some customers began by attending our recent Christmas Evening.

Makers' Market Christmas Shopping Evening

At Makers’ Market you’ll find a wide assortment of gifts, and price tags to suit every budget.  Quite a few items are $20 and less, some even as low as $1!  Here is a sampling:

 

Christmas cookies from "gobsmacked"

Christmas hat from "Wendy Standish soap etc."

Soaps, ointments and oils by Wendy Standish

Many beautiful pottery items are under $20

Yesteryear has many gorgeous arrangements for Christmas

Cosmo Cookies offers treats for your doggie friends

Meticulous needlework from our smocking ladies

Unscented soaps by Wendy Standish

A few smaller items from our quilting table

A necklace from Crowsnest

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November news

Just a reminder of our Christmas at Makers’ Market evening.  This event takes place today, Thursday, November 18, 2010, from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m.  Besides our regular vendors, we will have many new people on board, and the Guild Hall at 72 Charlotte St., Port Colborne, will be very full!

Of course, besides this special evening, Makers’ Market is open in the Guild Hall every Friday morning.  We’ve had a new vendor selling her knitted items the last several weeks.  She offers knitted and crocheted sweaters, slippers and ponchos, etc.

ANNOUNCEMENT:  This winter we are closing at Christmas and reopening on March 25, 2011 for the new season.  We will return with fresh ideas and new creations, and look forward to seeing you in the spring.

New vendors are welcome!  As 2010 draws to a close, this is a good time to start planning for the new year.  Perhaps you have a serious hobby you wish to take a bit farther?  Maybe you already sell at some craft shows, but would like a regular venue for sales?  One which keeps you out of the hot sun, cold, wind and rain?  Why not give Makers’ Market a try?  Tables are available by the week or by the year.

We would especially like to hear from artisans working in different media such as painting, sculpting, weaving, wood carving, glass working, high quality paper crafts, book binding, etc., so as to provide our customers with as large a variety of creative choices as possible.

We’d love to hear from you!  Whether you are a customer or a potential vendor, please come visit us at today’s Christmas sale, and every Friday morning until Christmas, and again next spring for the new 2011 season beginning March 25.

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Christmas Open House Evening

Here’s an announcement for everyone, but especially those unable to come out to see us on Friday mornings.  You may be interested in marking your calendar for our Christmas Open House.  On Thursday, November 18, 2010, from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m., we will be here at the Guild Hall for our special Christmas evening.  Come by yourself for a little bit of secret shopping, or gather a group of pals and combine it with a bit of socializing.  We hope you’ll plan to join us!

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Happy Canada Day and Merry Christmas!

Come celebrate Christmas in July with us at Makers’ Market all this month!  Get an early start on all your gift gathering.  Shopping at a leisurely pace in warm summer weather is so much more pleasant, don’t you think?  While you’re buying your fresh produce at the Farmers’ Market just pop across the street into the Guild Hall to see us and discover our group of craftspeople and artisans.  We’re here every Friday morning throughout the year.

By the way, there’s a rumour that Mrs. Santa Claus may make an appearance on July 2.  Come join us!

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June already!

The month of June is already here – doesn’t time just fly?  We at Makers’ Market are always busy creating for you, and we’ve been extra busy getting ready for the summer season.  A walk around the Guild Hall on Friday mornings is sure to turn up some new finds.

Smock-It was showing a cute little dress with flower trim last week, just one example of their careful needlework.

Dress from Smock-It

Crow’s Nest has necklaces made of beach stones, as well as many with interesting bead work.

Beach stone necklaces from Crow's Nest

Barrettes and brooches from Crow's Nest

Be sure to pick up a snack for Fido while you’re wandering through Makers’ Market.  Cosmo Cookies has some very tasty peanut butter dog biscuits your little canine friend won’t be able to resist.

Yester Year was displaying a plaid golf bag recently.  There’s no telling what might show up at her table!

A golf bag from Yester Year

A Touch of Clay created some elegant “Buddha bowls,” each with a handle and a word impressed on the inside.  These delightful pieces of pottery could hold a steaming cup of tea, or perhaps a salad or bowl of soup.

Buddha bowl from A Touch of Clay

"Love" written in a Buddha bowl

Karen of Gobsmacked Naturally decided to give back to the community recently, and donated some of her delicious and beautifully decorated cookies to a local cancer fundraiser  event.  Besides her tasty desserts she always has a great selection of freshly baked breads.  Can’t you just smell them already?

A package of very fancy treats from Gobsmacked Naturally

Cookies from Gobsmacked Naturally

Shirley has been very busy sewing her quilts, always trying out new ideas with a variety of fabrics.  Her microwave potato bags have been very popular.   Nautical designs  adorn a number of her quilted items lately.

Nautical-themed quilting

Karon’s detailed work with silver jewellery always impresses.  Semi precious stones as well as shells and beach glass also are important parts of her collection.

Some of Karon's silver

A few of Karon's many pendants

Why don’t you come out to see us at Makers’ Market, every Friday morning at the Guild Hall on Charlotte Street in Port Colborne, Ontario!

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Victoria Day Weekend

The long weekend is finally upon us, the one that signals the start of cottage season, the time of both lighter days and clothing.   Backyards are redolent with the heavy perfumes of deep purple lilac blossoms.  It’s also an excellent time to stroll through the Friday’s Farmers’ Market to get some plants for your gardens and decks and balconies.  While you’re there, why not cross the street to go into the Guild Hall to have a look around?  Makers’ Market offers a wonderfully diverse array of hand made delights.

First of all, it’s hard to resist the baked goods at “Gobsmacked Naturally”!  Here’s a photo of a few cookies on display last Friday:

Who can resist these from "Gobsmacked Naturally"?

“Crow’s Nest” had some new stone-with-wire pendant necklaces, as well as some lovely beaded earrings and bracelets.

"Crow's Nest" stone & wire pendants

A bracelet & earrings from "Crow's Nest"

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Blue earrings from "Crow's Nest"

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Fleurette makes sock monkeys to please the child in us, and you should see her latest ones!  She makes not only sock monkeys, but also sock rabbits, sock elephants, and sock horses.  Of course her sock monkeys are still very special!  She often makes them in different costumes, and last week there were some in hockey uniform!

A sock monkey in hockey uniform!

A sock elephant

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You’ll find some pretty amazing bowls at “A Touch of Clay”, hand made by our potter, Mary.  The colour accents are especially interesting.

Come on out to visit us!

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Mum’s the word…

It’s no secret that mothers are very important people.  Every mum drives her children crazy at times, but when help is needed she’s there.  Mum is the touchstone for security, the ruler by which we gauge our lives.

When we were little she was our whole world;  grown, she is that eternal hug in our memory, the place we found safety before we learned to rely on ourselves and where we sometimes retreat in spirit even yet.  Her arms were there to hold us until we finally stumbled out into the world, and ready to offer guidance again whenever we needed it.

Some of us had other special people in our lives to fill the same role, whether a stepmother, a kindly neighbour, an older sister, an aunt or grandmother.  Whoever it was for us, this is the time of year we try to remember to honour her.

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers and to those with mothering hearts!

A hand-smocked purse for a special lady

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