Kathie Bonor brings to the Lupine Festival her molded candles inspired by the beauty of the world around us. Gift boxed individually or in sets. They are available in a vast array of colors. Her spiral candles are one of her specialties - all hand rolled - classic in their perfection. She has over a dozen color combinations to choose from. Natural and renewable, long cherished for its clean and slow burning qualities. Never scented, beeswax has a light sweet fragrance. Her candles provide the perfect gift for all occasions.She is coming to both of the Lupine Festival Markets; look for her inside the Sugar Hill Meetinghouse on June 9-10 and under the big tent in Franconia on June 16-17 Visit her webpage for more info: www.HoneyGlowDesign.com.

Just Jill Art & Design - Belmont, New Hampshire

  Jill Mahan is new to the Lupine Festival this year.  She is a a native-NH gal, from the Lakes Region.  She brings her nature-inspired photography, greeting cards, bookmarks, notecards, and magnets.  I was fascinated by the line of Christmas greeting cards uses wildlife tracks to make the design. Visit http://www.justjillartdesign.com see some of her lovely cards and photography.  Jill will only be at the Sugar Hill Market and you will find her inside the Meetinghouse.  Stop by to say "hi" and welcome her to the Lupine Festival on June 9th and 10th.

All Good Foods - Lisbon, New Hampshire

Garrett & Lisa Blake's Catering Wagon will be at the Lupine Festival.   Smoothies, Tacos, and more.  You can also visit their restaurant in Lisbon, where they offer popular pub fare.

If you would like to have them cater your event, you can reach Garrett or Lisa by e-mail at allgoodfoods@gmail.com or call them at 603-838-2298.

Colors of the Morning Art - Lyman, New Hampshire
Kathy Perry

For years, Kathy Perry used to travel between her Florida home and New Hampshire to share her artwork at festivals and galleries.  Recently she and her husband became permanent citizens of Lyman.  Now she has a short commute to join the annual Lupine Festival Art Show in Sugar Hill at the Carolina Crapo Memorial Building on Saturday & Sunday, June 2-3 and both of the Lupine Festival Open-Air Markets (June 9-10 in Sugar Hill and June 16-17 in Franconia). 

 Kathy graduated from the Massachusetts College Of Art in Boston with an emphasis on painting and illustration.  She furthered her studies in Art Therapy while in Florida and has enjoyed teaching creative expressions, art history, painting, and drawing to both adults and children.  She wants others to enjoy the process of creating art.Kathy is known for her acrylic and watercolor paintings and has exhibited them in galleries throughout Florida and the New England area, including the prestigious James Hunt Barker Galleries on Palm Beach, FL and on Nantucket Island, MA.  Locally, she is a member of The Arts Gallery in Lisbon and you can find her works there.

 Kathy’s home in Lyman provides a picturesque location with a natural beauty that inspires many of her paintings.  She loves color and texture and uses pallet knives to create special effects to accentuate the vibrancy of her work. Kathy’s passion for nature is revealed in her works and displays her inner conviction that all talent is a gift from God, who is the creator of this beautiful world.  Kathy’s works take you to peaceful locations where you marvel at our beautiful world.We invite you to visit her booth for a walk in nature through artisan eyes. If you would like to contact Kathy directly you can reach her at kpcolors@netzero.net  

Crafty Creations by D - Jefferson, New Hampshire
Diane Arcand

Diane is new to the Lupine Festival this year.  She will have embrodiered and appliqued towels, tote bags and wall art, along with note cards.  Look for her at both markets but on Sundays only.  Stop by her booth to welcome her to the Festival. 

Crazy Quilt - Candia, New Hampshire
Barbara Boyd 

Barbara Boyd has been at the Lupine Festival before and from our experience you will want to visit her tent early because her eggshell ornaments sell fast (you can see a few empty spots in this photo). She is only going to be at both markets but only on Saturdays.

Her eggshell ornaments are made from chicken, duck, and goose eggs. Her eggshells are reinforced, cut, completed with a scene inside. Mine has a moose in a lupione field but she has all sorts of scenes. Barbara's other talent is Victorian Crazy Quilting. She has pillows, vests, St.Nick, and angels. E-mail  her for more information.

Crosstown Motors & Littleton Chevrolet  - Littleton, NH

Crosstown Motors and Littleton Chevrolet are generous sponsors of our Lupine Festival.   We welcome them to the market with a few of their vehicles with you can see what their local dealerships have to offer.  Last year they brought the vehicles over on Friday and that evening were were arranging them on the field . . . it was a bit interesting as one car had us stumped as to how to start it, but we got it figured out.  I noticed that I didn't lack for help in driving the vehicles into position on the field even though it was after 7 pm.  Stop by this year and see what cars they have brought out for display.
   Also, we would appreicate it if you would take the time to thank them for being one of the sponsors of our Festival Concerts. Their support is a major facctor in  keeping music at our concerts and keeping the concerts free. My family has been buying vehicles from them for several years and two years agoI used their lupine coupon discount they to buy a Jeep Patriot from them. 
   A few years ago, a friend of mine couldn't find the car she wanted and she'd been searching for a year so I asked Tim (who is Tom & Ronney's current used car buyer at the auctions) to find just want Linda wanted. Tim found it - Linda liked the price and e-mail photos; so she purchased the vehicle (without seeing it in person) and I drove it to Pennsylvania where Linda was waiting to drive it back to Ohio (A friend drove Linda to PA and then drove me home to NH). 
Littleton Chevrolet Buick is your local North Country (and Lancaster Chevrolet) dealer with new and used Chevrolet and Buick cars and trucks. Crosstown Motors carries Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram.  Click on their names above to be linked right to their websites.

Deeda's Baskets - Bloomfield, Vermont
Linda Lomasney 

Linda is a native Vermonter, having lived in the Northeast Kingdom all of her life. The women in her family have traditionally been artistic on some level, whether sewing, weaving, cooking, painting, or gardening to name a few. She finds herself wanting to do it all, or at least making an attempt. She took a basket weaving class from a local woman about 10 years ago and has studied with other basket weavers as she continues to perfect her art.

Over the years  Linda has exhibited basketry at art shows and  sold at many craft fairs. Many of her baskets have been given as gifts, something that will last a lifetime. She uses reed in various sizes and colors to create her baskets. Many of them are from patterns, although she also makes her own designs. The beauty of a basket, is that no two are alike; each one is unique. Most of her baskets are traditional and functional, others are decorative. Each basket has a name, although many are used for something entirely different ... a laundry basket becomes a wood basket next to a fireplace or wood stove ... a gathering basket holds magazines next to your favorite chair ... a toy basket holds towels or you favorite pet's toy ... uses are endless.  

Linda will be at both of the Lupine Festival markets to demonstrate her craft and sell her unique baskets. She has classes all year round, so contact her through her website to sign up for a class.  In Franconia, Linda is going to have another Basket weaver with her so you will be able to see the both of their techniques and baskets.  If you would like Linda to make a custom basket for you, check out her website: http://www.deedasbaskets.com

At the Sugar Hill Market, we are offering something special this year.  You can enjoy two hours of instruction with Linda on either Saturday or Sunday and take home a basket that you have made yourself.  The cost will be $30.00 for the instruction and all the materials you need for one basket.  You can choose to make either Deeda's Bowl: a round basket on a 6 inch wooden base or a Small Wall Basket with a decorative wire handle. This basket has a woven base of about 2x3 inches and is about 6 inches tall.  You choose the colored trim to personalize both baskets and Linda will have an assortment of wire hangers to choose from.  The class will be limited to 4 to 6 participants, so you will want to reserve a spot.  Contact Linda by e-mail or call her at 802-962-3330.  If you can't contact her, you may also call or e-mail Harman's Cheese for a reservation.  603-823-8000 or Cheese@HarmanCheese.com.

Jessica L. Fligg - Ashland, New Hampshire

Another new artist at the Lupine Festival is Jessica L. Fligg, who is from Ashland, New Hampshire.  Jessica has always enjoyed creating things.  As a child, she drew with her great-grandmother and her parents even let her paint on her home’s basement walls.  She continued the exploration of her talents by studying at the NH Institute of Art.  Jessica strives each day to use her talents in some creative way and each day she discovers that there are always new things to move on to. Jessica’s favorite subject is landscapes and she sees the grandeur of the Lord’s mighty hand within every landscape.  God is Jessica’s only true artist and she takes her inspiration from his masterpiece:  

Every day God gives us a different sky and a whole new set of colors in every season.  “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained . . .” [Psalm 8:3].  God created everything down to the smallest spec.  I look forward to each new day for another adventure to be expressed with a brush.

Jessica Fligg paints her landscapes in oils and watercolors, working both in her studio and en plein air.  New Hampshire provides her with an inexhaustible source of subject matter.  She tries to connect the past with the present as she researches and explores locations; noting with interest how a place has changed from a century ago.  While on vacation or hiking, Jessica keeps a watercolor journal that will later inspire her painting in the studio.  Besides painting, Jessica is an artist with her camera and is able to New Hampshire’s beauty through photograpy. 

Jessica will be at the Art Show on Saturda
y only (June 2) and she will return the following weekend fora Saturday at the Sugar Hill Open-Air Market (June 9).   If you would like to see more of her work before June, visit her website:  www.jessica-fligg-artist.com. 

Julie Nadeau - Waterford, Vermont

Julie Nadeau has been knitting and crocheting her colorful Afghans, Baby Blankets, and Sweaters for Babies & Kids for Harman's to sell year round. She's known for the unique hooded sweaters she makes with the zippers in the back. Her items make perfect baby and toddler gifts - or treat yourself to a warm full-size Afghan to snuggle up in.

Harman's does have a nice selection of her products, but you can also e-mail Julie directly to see if she has what you need or perhaps she can make it for you. Julie is coming to the Sugar Hill Market for both days.

Kiki Monkey Jewelry
Kingston, New Hampshire
Gina Berthiaume

This photo was taken during the Autumn Festival last year.  It was cold and wet but Gina braved the elements to bring her large oversized jewelry.  Bracelets, Earrings, and Pendants handmade for bold fabulous women, all one-of-kind pieces.  If you would like her to make a custom piece for you, you can e-mail her. You'll find Gina at the Sugar Hill Market on both Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10.

Photo Sensitivity - Whitefield, New Hampshire
Valerie Hill 

Valerie Hill is well-known in our area for her northern New England landscape photography. She always has a lovely selection of note cards, matted, and framed photo art. You'll also see a bit of Valerie's personality and interests in her photos (you'll find a few matted shots from Fenway Park)! You often see her work featured in our some of our local galleries. Valerie attends several shows and fairs during the year and has a calendar (as well as a gallery) on her website:www.photo-sensitivity.com.

Last year, she took off for Alaska right after the Lupine Festival . . . so ask to see some of  her cross country photos.  Our store also carries some of her lovely cards, including one she makes special for us of the Sugar Hill Fire Engine #2 that is housed at the Sugar Hill Museum. Valerie will be at the Lupine Festival Sugar Hill Market on June 9-10.  

We also twisted her arm and Valerie is going to conduct a hands-on Digital photography workshop at 11 am on Saturday and at 1 pm on Sunday.  Bring your camera and pick up some tips to improve your photography.  The sessions will probably be 30-40 minutes long and we'll try to keep the enrollment low so that each of  you can have some personalized photograpy tips from Valerie.  If you would like to reserve a spot at one of the sessions, e-mail us at Cheese@HarmansCheese.com and we'll make sure that Valerie saves you a spot.

Scotty's Ceramics  - Livermore, Maine

Catherine Schweizer is coming all the way from Maine to join us for another Lupine Festival. She will only be at the Sugar Hill Market, so take the time to stop up and see her there. She is bringing her hand-painted ceramic pieces that she has adorned with Lupines or Blueberries. She will be inside the Meetinghouse with her display of pitchers, napkin holders, creamer with sugar bowl, salt & pepper shakers. If you want to contact her at other times of the year, you can reach her at PO Box 777 in Livermore, Maine 04253.

 

Sheep Shear Cuttings - St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Carolyn Guest 

Back in 1996, Carolyn Guest introduced us to the Polish folk art of Wycinanki. Those were the days before we had our open-air markets (from 1996 to 1999); Carolyn would come over with her sheep shears during the Lupine Festival and demonstrate this folk art of paper cutting that she learned from her IFYE (International 4-H Youth Exchange) experience in Poland in the 70's. This year she has lots of company and will be at the Sugar Hill Lupine Market (June 9-10) with more than 30 other participants. 

She'll be demonstrating her craft. It is fascinating to watch her take these shears designed for clipping sheep's wool and turn out the artwork she does. She has cards, matted prints, and framed prints. She was honored as a Vermont artisan and presented Laura Bush with a paper cutting for the White House Christmas Tree in 2006. 

Click on her www.sheepshearcuttings.com to see or to order some of her beautiful cuttings. Also listen carefully when you are on the website and you can hear her cutting! You can also e-mail Carolyn as she enjoys doing special orders. We carry a selection of her cards in the store, I'm partial to her Christmas cards.

 

Sunset Hill House
Sugar Hill, New Hampshire

Sunset Hill House has been a fixture of Sugar Hill for over 125 years. Fantastic views, more history than can be experienced in a weekend, and delicious food. Innkeepers, Nancy & Lon Henderson, have owned the Inn for over 10 years now and have continued the wonderful tradition of providing visitors with an outstanding stay in Sugar Hill. They coming to the Sugar Hill Lupine Festival Market with their generous gourmet sandwiches, last year the sandwiches were more than a sandwich!!

. . . But you don't have to wait for market days. Each day of the Lupine Festival, they are offering a historic Inn Tour at 1 pm with afternoon tea and cookies and it's free. Also if you have a Lupine Festival Tour Book, they are giving discounts in their casual New Hampshire Tavern (or dine on the deck) and also discounts in their award-winning restaurant. Check out their website for more information:www.sunsethillhouse.com

The Crimson Lion / Judecraft Specialty Foods - Westfield, Massachusetts
Greg Corcoran 

New to the Lupine Festival, Greg is coming with gourmet dip mixes and drink mixes.  He'll bring samples, so find his booth at the Sugar Hill Market.

 Wabanaki Beadwork - Whitefield, New Hampshire
Rhonda Besaw 

Another artisan attending the Lupine Festival Art Show and both of the Lupine Festival Markets  is Rhonda Besaw from Whitefield, New Hampshire.   Rhonda draws from her Abenaki roots to design and create her Wabanaki beadwork.  Her ancestors have lived in southern Quebec and the Connecticut River Valley of northern New Hampshire and Vermont for hundreds of years. In 2006, while visiting the Abbe Museum in Maine, Rhonda was fascinated by the beautiful little purses made years ago by Wabanaki hands.  Rhonda was inspired to make her own purses; not reproductions but artwork inspired by nature and history, made in the same manner as style as the original purses she saw in Maine:  Through this mix of old and new, traditional and contemporary, I hope to honor those who have gone before me and give to those in the future.

 In the 1800's and early 1900's, the Wabanaki tribes of New England and Eastern Canada and the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) of New York State and Canada, sold these beaded purses to tourists at Niagara Falls.  Many young Native women during this time, including one of Rhonda’s Native ancestors, were schooled by nuns in Quebec, and encouraged to sell their handiwork.  Although the selling of these purses was a matter of economic survival for these Native peoples, they still incorporated traditional design motifs and sacred symbols in their beadwork.  In the early days (before contact with Europeans) the beadwork and designs were made with moose hair, porcupine quills and paint. Once trade was established, in the 1600’s, glass beads and ribbon were incorporated into the designs. Not only was this beadwork decorative, but often times had specific meanings.  The beadwork design on this pictured bag is Rhonda’s tribute to a fiddlehead fern, one of the first edibles that appears in early spring.  After a long winter how thankful many were (and are) when the first Fiddlehead ferns appeared; signaling that spring had arrived and with it nature’s nourishment.  Rhonda’s incorporates the physical and spiritual world in her art.

 To me, beading is breathing. It is that natural and essential.  Just as breathing keeps the physical body alive, beadwork keeps my spirit alive.  Beadwork designs that are influenced by the world around me, such as mountains or medicine plants, keep me observant, grounded and grateful to Mother Earth.  Designs received from the dream world and visions are a most treasured gift.  I marvel at waking up in the morning with a beadwork design fully developed in my mind.  The colors, the patterns, the symbols and the meaning- it’s all there!  Every stitch becomes a prayer of thanksgiving to my ancestors and the Creator. My needle just flies when making such a project! These designs are the most powerful; the physical manifestation of spirit captured in bits of glass and cloth. 

 Rhonda is a member of the Arts Alliance of Northern NH, a juried member of the League of NH Craftsmen and is a “Traditional Artist” with the NH State Arts Council.  She was recently awarded a New England Foundation for the Arts grant to further her series of beaded bags entitled, “The Strength of the Nation Lies with the Women”.  Rhonda’s beadwork has been displayed at numerous museums, galleries, and shows; most recently at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine.  Rhonda is known for her Wabanaki bags will also bring her nature-inspired jewelry to the Art Show and also to the Lupine Festival Open-Air Markets on June 9-10 and June 16-17.   If you would like to read more about Rhonda’s beadwork and her current project on Native Women, visit her website at www.rhondabesaw.com

Thistle Hill Farm - Bath, New Hampshire

Carol Sherman is coming to the Franconia Market on June 16-17 with blankets, hand-dyed yarn, felting supplies, felted finger puppets, felted handpuppets, felted Christmas decorations, and more. You can contact her via e-mail for more information: thistlehillfarm@charter.net

Wandering Woolies - Shelburne, New Hampshire
Robin Peters Henne 

Robin spins wool and other fibers into yar and hand-knits various items from her yarn.  She'll have mittens, hats, scarves, cowls, headbands, and more.  She brings her spinning wheel and turns out yarn over the weekend, stop by the Sugar Hill Market to learn more about this traditional skill. You can reach Robin by e-mail if you would like to know about her products.

Wise Woman Tradition - Woodsville, New Hampshire
Susan Lucas 

Wise Woman Tradition creates a line of products using herbs and essential oils for body care.  Aromatherapy soaps, lotions and roll-on fragrances are a few of the products.  In addition a line of jewelry, meditation beads, mantra bracelets made of gemstones and silver are offered. They will be at the Sugar Hill and Franconia Markets.

World Unique - Franconia, NH

Linda Frank brings beautiful Bali batik clothing for women, kids, & men: dresses, skirts, pants, wrap pants, kids' clothes, men's shirts, and more. Linda has been going to Bali and working with her friends their to produce these unique styles & fabrics for 12 years. Fair trade & fair prices. She works with her long-term suppliers and friends to create unique designs and fabrics at reasonable prices. She'll be at both the Franconia and Sugar Hill markets.
Visit her website: www.worlduniqueonline.com

Yee Yee's Vermont Specialty Products 
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
David & Deborah Miller

 With a passion for creating great tasting food, and a commitment to quality, Yeeyee's Vermont Specialty Food Products has mastered many of those old recipes we all remember from our youth. Yeeyee's products are made in small batches that are carefully cooked by Yeeyee herself. With fond memories of her grandmother and mother canning garden veggies, you too can re-capture the tastes of your grandmother's goodies from Yeeyee's kitchen. They will bring Salsa, Olive Spreads, Ice Cream Toppings, Pepper Jellies, Dillied Vegetables. . . . and they will have samples for your to try these delicious foods.  They will be at the Sugar Hill Market.  Check out their website:  www.yeeyees.com