Sunday 1 April 2012

Carlisle Country Craft and Old-fashioned Market Mercantile, Aug. 25,26th 2012

Ontario Rural Craft Show: craft show, country and pioneer theme, natural,his...: Carlisle Country Craft and Old-fashioned Market Mercantile show on Aug. 25, 26th, http://www.facebook.com/events/204001256356822/ is the ...

Rural Events by Rural Revivals, Ontario: Ontario art and craft show, pioneer heritage prese...

Rural Events by Rural Revivals, Ontario: Ontario art and craft show, pioneer heritage prese...: Carlisle Country Craft and Old-fashioned Market Mercantile show on Aug. 25, 26th, http://www.facebook.com/events/204001256356822/ is t...

Ontario art and craft show, pioneer heritage preservation and all-natural eco-friendly themes

Carlisle Country Craft and Old-fashioned Market Mercantile show on Aug. 25, 26th,
http://www.facebook.com/events/204001256356822/
is the Facebook Events page for the Carlisle Country Craft and Old-fashioned Market Mercantile show on Aug. 25, 26th, 10-5 in the year 2012, at Whispergreen Farm, 1396 Progreston Road, Carlisle (near Campbellville, between Hamilton and Guelph)
write to
rusticrevivals@yahoo.ca
or see the farm events consultant, Rural Revivals on Facebook for ideas for your own farm or countryside property to make extra income!

The show is a gathering of more than 40 artists who love primitives, homey country crafts, old-fashioned rustic antiques/furniture and naturally-inspired environmentally friendly creations, including:

- wood carvings handmade from recycled and reclaimed wood
- salvage artist
- quilter

- a native artist with wildlife sketches, beading and soapstone carving
-steampunk and goth designs
- folk artist painting on reclaimed architectural pieces

-an all-natural clothing designer
- organic soap maker
- birch bark and grapevine wedding specialist
- primitive doll maker
- preserves and dried herbs/flower marketer
- willow twig furniture

-a weaver and spinner
-garden art from rusty metals and barnwoood
-a salvage metal jewelry
-a wedding artist with bouquets from paper
-organic beeswax candle maker

Everyone come in pioneer costumes, win prizes, play old-tyme games and contests (test your skills at pie-eating or apple-bobbing). See tribal jingle dancers, have your fortune told by an olden-days gypsy, see riders of the "pony express" and have your photo taken at the vintage pioneer photo booth!
Buy sassafras and ginger balls, and licorice sticks from the Mercantile general store counter, order for your weddings (bring your engagement notices for many discounts!) Eat fresh-made preserves on fresh-baked bread, learn to spin, or cook over an open fire, have a try at banging the blacksmith's anvil. Children have their own programmer where they will learn to pull taffy, churn butter and make rag-dolls!

Best of Day Prize (put your email down for this before you leave, with a reminder of what you wore) for each day to Man or Lady in most authentic pioneer, victorian or hill-billy costume.


Brought to you by Rural Revivals, Team UPECO
http://www.etsy.com/teams/6906/upeco

Organized by Julie Johnson of Rustic Revivals
www.etsy.com/shop/rusticrevivals