Crazy Quilt - Candia, New Hampshire

Barbara Boyd was another new participant at our 2009 Lupine Festival and she's returning this year on Saturdays only. She's a member of the Rockingham Craftsmen and brought her eggshell ornaments last year as well as some quilt art. Her eggshells are reinforced, cut, with a scene inside. If you click on this link to the Rockingham Craftsmen blogsite you can see some of these lovely ornaments. I found that if you clicked on the photos you could see the eggshell ornaments a bit more clearly. Last year she sold them quite quickly so you wan to check her booth out early to see all of the different designs!

Barbara's other talent is Victorian Crazy Quilting. She has pillows, vests, stockings, and angels. E-mail her for more information.

Cutting Edge Designs - St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Bill & Tari Trainer were were new to the Lupine Festival last year and will be returning for both weekends this year. They are bringing over cutting boards, cheese boards, and rolling pins. Quality that you have to see in person, because the photos don't do it justice. Of course, don't forget that if you buy a cheese board . . . Harman's has some great cheese to go with it. This past winter, Bill made some wonderful cheese mouse boards for us. We carry a few of Bill's boards all year round in Harman's store. For more information, you can visit Bill's new website, Cuttingedgedesignsvermont.com or you may order Bill's wonderful cheese boards through Harman's On-Line Store. You can also stop by his tent and remind him to keep his fingers out of his saws!

Lance Roberts - Lunenburg, Vermont

Lane is also very busy this summer and can't make the Lupine Festival but you can find him at Farmers' Markets all summer: Littleton, Bethlehem, and Lunenburg, Vermont. He hand carves wooden bowls and spoons. He also makes chairs and baskets. I found a few minutes during the Lupine Festival to watch Lance at work. It is amazing, in just a few minutes you can see the bowl actually starting to emerge from the split log. It's worth your time to spend a few minutes with Lance and his wife, Ginny.

 

Thyme & Ewe Farm
Claremont, New Hampshire

Sara Poisson is coming up from her small farm in Sullivan County. Thyme & Ewe Farm has a retail store, green house, Story Book Trail, in season produce, and baked goods. Sara is bringing the farm store to us: preserves, pickles, relishes, mustards, dressings, sauces, totebags, yarn, and herbal soaps. Look for her on both weekends of the Festival.

This farm offers special events and much more! Thyme & Ewe Farm also offers a permanent home for farm animals of all sorts that need a home (sort of a rescue shelter) and provide lifelong care for the animals. The farm also sponsors seasonal events including their famous haunted hay rides in October.

For more information on her farm, E-mail Sara.

Watson Pottery and Glass
Newport, Vermont

John and Ann Watson combined their gifts into a fine craft business that is scheduled at so many craft shows and farmer's markets that we are thrilled they have found time to come to the Lupine Festival again this year and will be here for both weekends.

Ann's pottery is all hand-thrown, fired, and glazed. Her pottery pieces are unique but fully functional as they are lead-free and dishwasher safe. She makes kitchen ware, dinnerware, flowerpots, candleholders, and tealight holders with John's glass beads. John's specialty is flameworked beads. John lays molten glass onto rods to form a bead using an oxygen/propane torch. The beads are designed into beautiful jewelry pieces. Check out their website for a closer look at their art and a glimpse at their busy schedule: www.home.earthlink.net/~clay2glass/index.html     You can reach them by e-mail at clay2glass@comcast.net

Peace of Infinity Holistics, LLC
Wise Woman Tradition - Woodsville, New Hampshire

Susan Lucas offers multiple natural products for wellness and stress reduction. She offers herbal body products, gemstone and silver jewelry creations, meditation beads, and chakra bracelets. She creates her products from the synergy of herbs and healing properties of the gemstones.. You can learn more at their website: www.wisewomantraditionherbals.com. Look for her at the Festival Market on both weekends.

Ink Drawings
by Gene Matras
Pittsfield, New Hampshire

Gene Matras is an artist whose pen and ink drawings have been winning awards for over twenty years. Matras was born in Poland and emigrated in 1960 with his parents and brothers to New Hampshire. Today he lives with his wife and five children on their homestead in Pittsfield. His forested surroundings inspire much of his work. Travels throughout New England provide the source of many of his subjects - trees, mountains, wildlife, and rural life. Matras' prints are produced from the original by an offset lithography process in limited editions, numbered and signed by the artist. His ink drawings are farm scenes, wildlife, and rural landscapes. The framed and unframed prints range in price from $15 to $250. This is his first year at the Lupine Festival, we hope you make him feel welcome. Look for him on June 12-13 only. You can also check out his work at his website: www.GeneMatras.com

Littleton Raccoons 4-H Club
Littleton, New Hampshire

The Littleton Raccoons 4-H Club will be at the market on Saturday, June 13th as a luncheon vendor. Stop by to support the club (have a hot dog) and learn more about 4-H. They'll also have 4-H cookies for sale (not as famous as Girl Scout Cookies but tasty).

The 4-H emblem, a clover bearing an "H" on each of its four leaves, represents the characteristics each club member develops: head, heart, hands, and health. Head involves thinking, making decisions, and learning new things, while heart entails caring about other people, accepting responsibility, and developing values. Hands symbolize the effort to acquire and perfect new skills and to help others. Health involves protecting the well-being of yourself and others.

Mike's Chuck Wagon
Thornton, New Hampshire

Breakfast and Lunch entrees will be offered. He'll be at the Market on Sunday, June 13th and both days of the next weekend, June 19-20.