It’s arts and crafts galore
Cell phone sack decorated with butterfly buttons at the Seacoast Artisans Fine Arts & Crafts Holiday Show in Portsmouth: $15.
“Peppa burga” at St. Raphael’s Holiday Bazaar in Kittery, Maine: $2.50.
Pound of fudge at Eliot United Methodist Church’s Holiday House Christmas Fair in Eliot, Maine: $4.
Spending Saturday shopping at local craft fairs: Pric— actually, let’s settle on $1.25. It all goes to a good cause.
There were at least nine craft fairs kicking off the holiday season on Saturday from North Hampton and Exeter up to Rollinsford and Kennebunk, Maine.
Like people, craft fairs tend to come with their own personality traits and specialties.
You could call the 10th annual Seacoast Artisans show Posh Spice.
Held for the first time at the Frank Jones Center instead of Portsmouth High School, the show still included a bake sale to benefit New Franklin Parent Teacher Organization.
After a $5 admission fee, visitors could shop under chandeliers through 85 artisan booths in three rooms while listening to instrumental Christmas music by Ed Gerhard.
The show was held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. but by 10:30 a.m. it was crowded to the point of difficulty squeezing by other shoppers.
Each guest was given a list of crafters and booth numbers, and Judy Ward of New Castle was spotted circling her favorite booths of the fair.
