Let Tina tell you about all the benefits of her all natural and herbal products and answer any questions you may have during her Wellness Saturday.
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Carrie McCaskill of Carrie’s Crafts is An Artisan’s Emporium’s Featured Artist on September 1st from 10am-3pm. Carrie has resided in Person County for over 16 years and has been crafting for as long as she can remember. She follows in the footsteps of her mother, also a crafter and a seamstress. Carrie creates in several mediums including beading, drawing and painting, and paper crafts but basketry is her favorite. She began basketry after attending a class in 2009 and it took off. She’s been teaching classes at the studio at 103 Depot Street and has a variety of styles and sizes of baskets at An Artisan’s Emporium. Her next class at the studio is Sunday, September 16 from 1 PM – 4 PM and again on Wednesday, September 19 at 6 PM – 9 PM. Come by to see Carrie on September 1st at An Artisan’s Emporium and the basketry bug may hit you. Find out more about her classes and start your Christmas shopping early to get those one of a kind baskets for those special people on your list.
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Carol White of Carol’s Chime Pots along with her husband, Gary who creates Solar Lights and Repurposed Furniture will be An Artisan’s Emporium’s Featured Artists on Saturday, August 25th during Personality Festival. Since retiring as a school teacher, Carol has invested her time and energy not only in mentoring newly hired teachers in the county but she also spends her time as one of our Managing Partners at An Artisan’s Emporium, On the days she’s not working with the school system or working in the store, she is thrifting or constructing new chime pots.
Carol has been making Chime Pots with a base of coffee pots, teapots, watering cans, etc. along with the actual chimes being made from kitchen utensils and beads for several years. She also makes heirloom chime pots for customers who want to preserve some of their family treasures. And when Gary is not at work or renovating their home, he makes solar lights from old chandeliers he finds thrifting.
Carol and Gary have been familiar faces at Personality Festivals over the years selling their crafts. We look forward to featuring them from 10am-4pm at our store during the festival this year.
Have you seen all the beautiful wooden signs in An Artisan's Emporium made by Jasmine Klenke? She is our main source for "custom wooden signs". Providing she has the materials on hand to create a custom sign, her turn-around time is usually a week or less. She will be at our store on Saturday, July 21st from 10am-3pm to talk to customers and take custom orders. This is a good time to start some early Christmas shopping for those special people on your list.
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Featured Artists at An Artisan's Emporium during our June 16th "Red, White & Blue Saturday" will be Beth Dalton of Moonchicken & Co., Don Dalton with his Wooden Signs and Peyton Reed with her Chunky Crayons. This will be a "Family Affair" and a real treat for us at AAE to have all three family members demonstrating and helping us celebrate on this day our Patriotism between Flag Day and the 4th of July.
Peyton has been a featured once before but we cannot get enough of her and her cute products! This time, she is bringing with her the whole family. Peyton is known as Maker Girl and runs her own business. She peels crayons and organizes color families to create unique crayons for her younger friends. She also donates a portion of her proceeds to charity.
Beth has been been a long-time vendor since we opened our store. She is well-known for her heat therapy bags, Nadia dolls, boo boo bags, sewing kits, catnip toys, memo boards, live plants and much more. Beth has now recruited husband Don into the business of making wooden signs. Dalton's Signs include themes such as beach, lake, Father's Day, and camping. His signs make excellent gifts for family and friends.
Join us for this "Family Affair" on June 16th between 10am-3pm and enjoy seeing the assortment of work they produce.
Our Featured Artist for the month of May is Tina Barbour of Make Mine Homemade. Tina is a familiar face in An Artisan's Emporium on Tuesday thru Friday mornings. Other times she is busy in her home making natural and herbal health and beauty products and planning special events at “.the studio”. Her products include salves, facial, body and foot scrubs, deodorant, room and body sprays, lip balms, tooth whitening polish, headache relief rollers, cold kickers and even products for men such as beard oil. She also has many gift sets which will be available for Mother’s Day. Her products are made from natural herbs and essential oils such as lavender, eucalyptus, orange, lemongrass, coconut, elderberry, rosemary, grapefruit and honey.
Tina has been one of our top sellers in our store since we opened in August, 2016 She has been so popular that many of our customers have asked her advice on remedies and what various products work best for particular issues. Tina will be available to discuss her wealth of knowledge on herbal products and remedies on Saturday, May 5th from 10am-3pm.
Tina also sells her products at Farm to Home (in Hall's Way), “the room.” on Depot Street and on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/makeminehomemade.
An Artisan's Emporium's Featured Artist for the month of April is retired Person County
Sheriff, Ernest Dixon of Pine Needle Creations. As part of his therapy while recovering
from esophagus cancer in 2007, Ernest began making his pine needle baskets. He learned
his craft from a friend in Atlantic Beach. He incorporates color and sliced walnut shells in
many of his pieces. Ernest says, that all considered, he probably only makes $2.00 an hour
for his baskets. He currently has many different styles and sizes displayed for sale in
An Artisan's Emporium. Ernest's wife Mabel is his biggest supporter and publicist. Come
by the store on Saturday, April 14th from 11am-1pm to watch Ernest demonstrate his craft.
You will be amazed at his fine craftsmanship.
