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Shop Local – grab a bag and go to The Shakespeare Market

Season 2 – Act 10S

Sunday October 3rd

On tap for this Sunday:

Yoga Class starts at 10 a.m. by Head Space Training & Wellness – Sally Head.  I’ve been doing yoga since forever… even before I became a fitness buff! A flexible body is one of the most important parts of bone health and longevity. Every fitness program will include yoga, pilates and stretching.

Chair Massages by Alison Fand!

Food Producers

Eaglewood Farms:  Pre-Order!!  CT raised Pork and eggs

Daffodil Hill Growers:  Fruits and Vegetables, Apiary, Cheese and Dairy Products, tomato sauce and salsa

Wave Hill Breads:  Pre-Order!!  Breads and Pastries.  We are a family owned artisan bakery that has been in business for 15 years.

The Healing Herb Garden, LLC.:  We grow elderberry and other medicinal herbs. We make elderberry syrup, shrub, syrup kit and teas.

Bee’s Cupcake Bites:  Live. Love. Yum.

Oronoque Farms Bakery:  Pies and Donuts!

Impius Silvis Farm:  Wool products – yarn, dryer balls, stuffed animals, etc.!  I process all the wool from my sheep and angora rabbits and make my own yarn, knitwear, dryer balls, stuffed animals, etc.

Dave’s Angry Sauce:  We have a passion for the kitchen as well as for exploring new flavors from around the world. We take pride in using the best quality ingredients and the freshest produce harvested in our local farms and urban community gardens that creates the amazing flavors that is found in our three bottles of all natural hot sauce.

Doce it:  Homemade Brazilian goodies. the most yummy brigadeiros inside a box … Making people happy!

The Salt Shaker:  Unique, small-batch, flavored salt blends. Our goal is to provide elevated comfort food and retail products using organic, sustainable ingredients

Wanke’s Yankee Hot Sauce:  Yankee Hot Pepper Products.  My name is David, my friends call me Chile, feel free to do the same. I have been a professional chef for over four decades.

Hot Food

Calandrelli’s Kettle Corn:  We will be popping fresh kettle corn all day!  We are beyond excited to get popping!

Riehl Cool Crafts and Confections:  New Item!  Fried Oreo’s!!!! Hot Chocolate, Cocoa Bombs, Hot Tea, and Cookies!

Crafts

Krafty Pineapple Creations:  Glitter/art resin tumblers, sublimation tumblers,  koozies, keychains, cold cups, earrings, coffee mugs & Glitter pens

Laurie Lynne’s Clay Jewelry:  Handcrafted clay jewelry in vintage settings. Hair accessories, wine bottle stoppers, bookmarks etc.

Ovelle Coffee:  Coffee: whole bean and grounds

Shakespeare Renaissance Festival:  Connecticut’s newest Renaissance Festival. Held on the grounds of The American Shakespeare Festival Theater Park! A classic Renaissance Faire with Harvest Festival and Halloween twist!

Let it Flo Studio:  Lazy Susan center pieces and other useful home decor, on wood, ceramic and canvas, using many mediums and finishing my pieces with high gloss resin.  This is my 3rd year in business as a Resin artist. Although I do all kinds of styles, the beach theme is my favorite.

Designs on Homestead:  Decorations, Art.  Designs on Homestead is a woodworking and others business. We make signs both personalized or not. We do custom orders and framing as well.

the paint box:  original paintings, drawings, prints

A Few Screws Loose:  Picture frames, Coasters, Plaques, Home Decor.  All available for custom orders as well!

IJB Aromatherapy:  I sell body scrubs made in small batches to ensure each one is made to perfection. I have never participated in any craft markets.

The Volume Just Increases:  Jewelry, Photography, Candles.  I’ve been a professional photographer for over 15 years. My subject focus is actually live music. I have photographed various of artists including Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Snoop Dogg, BB King and so many others. I have now taken my photos and started a company putting these images onto candles for fans of art and music called Phandles.

Merchant Ship Collective:  Clothing, Jewelry, Art, Leatherwork, and other handcrafted products.  Unique and one of a kind leather products.

Best Blends:  Hand knitted hats and hand knitted blankets

A Touch of Color Photography:  Color and black and white fine-art photographs. My signature style is black and white with “a touch of color”

Bead Happy:  I am a RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) graduate and have been a published book cover illustrator/painter and jewelry maker for over 30 years. I collect stones from beaches and create unique pendants by carving, painting, or applying my small photos in resin. I also make cairn stone necklaces.

The Crafty llama:  Wood Signs, coffee mugs, wine glasses, makeup brush holders, hats, cutting boards, masks, front door signs, unique cards, candle holders, car decals and other handmade unique gift items

Legrify Inspired Candle & Apothecary:  Legrify Inspired is a maker of hand poured, luxury soy based candles. We also make bath products such as bath salts, lip balms, beard balm and oils.

P’s Crocheted Designs:  Awesome crocheted character hats; hats for babies to adults.

Khokosake Crystal Apothecary:  Crystals, Gemstones, minerals, jewelry, incense, handmade art, crystal art.

Nurse Lady Soaps:  Hand Made Soaps.  Natural soaps that are made with non toxic ingredients. Nurse Lady Creations was started by Nurse Carly. A mom, nurse, and a person just wanting to share her creations. Hand made with love.

Pinwheel Productions:  We sell decorations, signs (personalized and non), ornaments, laser engraved items, woodworking items such as cutting boards, cocktail sets, woodworking tools.

Sew Stichin’ Crafty:  Handmade goodies…bags, quilts, home decor, backpacks, pillows

Sullivan and Wallace Dry Goods:  Reusable bags, embroidered tea towels, home and seasonal decor. All handmade

the dognut:  Accessories for the non-basic pet (bow ties, bows, bandanas, etc.)

Willow Bee Goods:  Dog Mom apparel, dog enrichment toys, dog bandanas

Community

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library:  Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that gifts free books to children from birth to age five in participating communities, like Stratford thanks to Janet Lengel and the Stratford Education Foundation

HEARTS OF HOPE:  Hearts of Hope is a nonprofit organization. We are the longest running and largest healing art program in the nation and have responded to national and international tragedies since 9/11 as well as to hospitals, grief centers, cancer centers and the military worldwide. We will be selling our Hope Kits, Angels of Hope, and our signature Heart necklaces .“Create hope” for those in need by painting and decorating hand made ceramic hearts which are accompanied by your hand-written messages of hope and healing. Hope kits come with everything needed to simply unpack and begin including unpainted ceramic hearts, paints, brushes, message cards, ribbons, gift bags, and instructions.

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