Familiar faces and buyers in Cori's birdbath crafters Hoag close. As a seller re-sells cement garden statue, he saw the past to anticipate customers in the 42 MSU Arts & Crafts Show.
This is also an ideal setting for sculpture garden rabbits, birds, dogs and cats.
"It's very beautiful, and full of love gardening myself, happy in a garden setting," he said.
The event which will take place May 20 and 21, will feature more than 300 stalls of handmade pieces from the artists and crafters from all over the country, the event coordinator Janelle Jacobs said.
Vendors will be located on both west and east sides of Union, selling an array of arts and crafts items including clothing, furniture, jewelry, photography, sculpture and decorative home and yard.
All arts and crafts must be hand cut, which makes an interesting mix of media arts, said Jacobs.
"It's this kind of scrap-book-meets-good-art phenomenon," he said.
University Activities Board, or UAB, who sponsored the 330-campus teaching activities for the year 2005-06, made most of the funding of two annual exhibitions - one in the spring and the other at Christmas, said Jacobs.
For the spring show, usually UAB receives about 500 applications from crafters to participate in the event and narrowed them to fill 317 booths are available, he said. The hardest part of the process of narrowing the people who sell jewelry, which so far formed the largest part of the applicants.
Gail Brandly, semi-precious jewelry vendor, is in its sixth year participating in the festival. He began working at the craft about 15 years ago as a hobby to keep busy during the night from working as a nurse and using jasper found near his home in Negaunee, a town near Marquette.
"Unless you know what you're looking for, you will not know how beautiful they are when you polish them," he said.
Brandly said that necklace, earrings, pins and bracelets have an elegant simplicity.
"I tried out the beauty of the stone than to have a very large designs," he said.
Lansing-area photographer Janine Stephenson said the show has a lively atmosphere and allow people to enjoy being outside.
"I have a great passion for the beach, the Silver Lake area and the beautiful simplicity of orchids," he said.
Stephenson has his sights photographs on display in the event since 2002. Like many participants, he began his professional photography career after he retired, turning a hobby into a business long.
She said her main source of sales come from the performing arts, East Lansing showed very profitable.
"It's good-advertised, well attended and the heralds of spring," said Stephenson.
Also in this show Mike and Beth Metcalf, a husband-and-wife team from Ohio marketing as a replacement cushion wrapping paper.
"My wife was sick with waste paper and waste in general, from the Christmas season," said Mike Metcalf.
The Metcalfs' company has added in the table runners and thermal pet mats to vendor selection and the first time in the exhibition. Second, both have previous work before taking their new business full time, which tested the water and see if they can make their living on the products environmentally friendly.
"We decided to go for the gusto with the craft," said Mike Metcalf. "We think we are pretty good." Www.statenews.com
This is also an ideal setting for sculpture garden rabbits, birds, dogs and cats.
"It's very beautiful, and full of love gardening myself, happy in a garden setting," he said.
The event which will take place May 20 and 21, will feature more than 300 stalls of handmade pieces from the artists and crafters from all over the country, the event coordinator Janelle Jacobs said.
Vendors will be located on both west and east sides of Union, selling an array of arts and crafts items including clothing, furniture, jewelry, photography, sculpture and decorative home and yard.
All arts and crafts must be hand cut, which makes an interesting mix of media arts, said Jacobs.
"It's this kind of scrap-book-meets-good-art phenomenon," he said.
University Activities Board, or UAB, who sponsored the 330-campus teaching activities for the year 2005-06, made most of the funding of two annual exhibitions - one in the spring and the other at Christmas, said Jacobs.
For the spring show, usually UAB receives about 500 applications from crafters to participate in the event and narrowed them to fill 317 booths are available, he said. The hardest part of the process of narrowing the people who sell jewelry, which so far formed the largest part of the applicants.
Gail Brandly, semi-precious jewelry vendor, is in its sixth year participating in the festival. He began working at the craft about 15 years ago as a hobby to keep busy during the night from working as a nurse and using jasper found near his home in Negaunee, a town near Marquette.
"Unless you know what you're looking for, you will not know how beautiful they are when you polish them," he said.
Brandly said that necklace, earrings, pins and bracelets have an elegant simplicity.
"I tried out the beauty of the stone than to have a very large designs," he said.
Lansing-area photographer Janine Stephenson said the show has a lively atmosphere and allow people to enjoy being outside.
"I have a great passion for the beach, the Silver Lake area and the beautiful simplicity of orchids," he said.
Stephenson has his sights photographs on display in the event since 2002. Like many participants, he began his professional photography career after he retired, turning a hobby into a business long.
She said her main source of sales come from the performing arts, East Lansing showed very profitable.
"It's good-advertised, well attended and the heralds of spring," said Stephenson.
Also in this show Mike and Beth Metcalf, a husband-and-wife team from Ohio marketing as a replacement cushion wrapping paper.
"My wife was sick with waste paper and waste in general, from the Christmas season," said Mike Metcalf.
The Metcalfs' company has added in the table runners and thermal pet mats to vendor selection and the first time in the exhibition. Second, both have previous work before taking their new business full time, which tested the water and see if they can make their living on the products environmentally friendly.
"We decided to go for the gusto with the craft," said Mike Metcalf. "We think we are pretty good." Www.statenews.com
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