Nov. 3, 2016 (COLUMBIA, S.C.) – Crafty Feast, the Midlands’ largest indie craft fair, announces the list of nearly 100 makers of handcrafted and repurposed goods – from across the Southeast and beyond – who will join the eighth annual indie craft fair on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, 12-6 p.m. at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.
Known for funky, one-of-a-kind offerings to check off the holiday shopping list, Crafty Feast will host the jury-vetted merchants and nearly 2,700 attendees for a one-day-only market in the center of downtown Columbia, S.C., adjacent to the Congaree Vista district.
In addition to strolling down aisles of unique vendors (made easily navigable with handheld maps), guests will enjoy snacks; local, craft and domestic beer; wine and mimosas for purchase.
Admission to Crafty Feast is $3 for adults; free for kids 10 and under.
For its eighth annual fair, Crafty Feast slightly reduced the amount of vendors to maintain quality of goods and experience; and increase comfort for both attendees and merchants.
Of the 95 makers, 32 are new to Crafty Feast for 2016. 77 are from outside of Columbia, and 35 are from outside of S.C. – coming from Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina.
Lesley Eaton, the artist behind Peppered Paper, is joining Crafty Feast for the first time from Knoxville, Tenn. Peppered Paper sells artwork made exclusively from cut and strategically layered paper.
“I am very excited to be joining all the other vendors at Crafty Feast,” says Eaton. “I heard about it from another vendor, and she said it’s the best show she’s ever done. So that’s why I checked it out and applied.”
Eaton meticulously curates, cuts, arranges, and glues papers to make collage works. “I’m inspired by taking bits of ‘scattered items’ and crafting something beautiful with them,” notes Eaton. “I have a new Peppered Paper kit that I’m thrilled to debut at Crafty Feast.”
Other new vendors include Bone and Ink, which creates pen and ink drawings that capture the essence of antique tin-type photographs out of Pendleton, S.C.; Supermassive, an apparel company from North Charleston, S.C.; ceramic scg from Charleston, S.C. and Carolina Soap Works out of Newberry, S.C.
Returning vendors include Brixtix Bakery, a pet treat and outfitter brand from Hampton, G.A.; Field Botanicals, which makes vegan botanical beauty products in small batches from sustainable, harvested plants in Augusta, S.C.; Smarty Pants Paper Co. from Knoxville, T.N., and January Jewelry from Irmo, S.C.
Find the full list of nearly 100 vendors for Crafty Feast 2016 below, and visit http://www.craftyfeast.com to view products by each maker.
Adams Apple Eatables, LLC
Backyard Safari Company
Birdies by Shayna
BumbleFly~N~ButterBees
ByFarr Design
Cait Maloney
CandleBravo
Carolina Soap Works
Causey Foods, Inc.
ceramic scg
Change For the Best
chi design studio&workshop
Clay Burnette
Columbi-Yeah
Day of Days Productions
Dylancommadash
Elizabeth b. Ceramics
Emergolde
Fair Isle
Fanny Beads
Field Botanicals
Five Peaks Studio
Glak Love
Golden and Grey
Green Stripe Designs
Happy Arsenal Jewelry
Hippy Do Da Creations LLC
Holly Oddly
Homegrown Studio
Humble Roots
Inglenook Soaps & Co.
Izzabees’s Confectioneries
J Stott Pottery
J. Vaz Pottery
January Jewelry
Jellykoe
Jenny Mae Creations
Jessica C. White
Knotty Cards
Kyle Smith Pottery
Lamped Lighting
Leandra Hill Metal Works
Lindsay Louise Pottery
MAC’S POTTERY
Mani Designs
Maria Andrade Troya Pottery
melissaweisspottery
Melody Joy Designs
Mike MerrittArtworks
Mini + Meep
Nana by Sally
Nina K designs
No One Alike
Oak Leaf Pottery
Omnia Studios
Once Again Sam
One Screw Loose
Oriskany Glass Studio
Owlette
Peppered Paper
pH reclaimed
Phoenix Fire Studios
Platypusfile
R&B Printery
Red Rocket Farm
Seams Legit Crafts
Sebastian Harper
Seed & Sky
Shannon Newlin LLC
Silver Spoon Bake Shop
Smarty Pants Paper Co
southcentric
Sunny Mullarkey Studio
Supermassive
Teri Goddard Handweaving
That Godzilla Guy
The Artwork of Kevin Stinehart
The Button Florist
The Elegant Elephant
The High Fiber
The Little Nest
Third Instar
Tierra Sol Studio
Titanic Alley
Twenty Two West
Two Brothers Jerky
Valdes Art
Watermark Products Co.
WhittlersRoost
Zoe Natural Creations
About Crafty Feast
Organized by Flock and Rally: Integrated Communications for a Brave New South since 2009, Crafty Feast is Columbia, S.C.’s largest indie craft fair, offering a juried selection of original handmade goods from across the Southeast and beyond to more than 2,700 attendees from across the region. Crafty Feast 2016 will take place on Sunday, December 11, 2016; 12–6 p.m. For more information, visit www.craftyfeast.com.
