JORDAN - T'was a month before Christmas with not a brand-name in sight, at the Jordan United Methodist Church craft fair, much to the visitor's delight.
With the clock ticking for holiday shopping, those attending the fair Saturday were given the opportunity to peruse a variety of homemade items in search of a special gift.
“I got some little cloth stockings to put gift cards in,” Nancy Robinson of Jordan said, showing off the hand-decorated and hand-sewn stocking arrangements. “And a loaf of pumpkin bread for Thanksgiving.”
“I bought a Christmas pillow for my aunt for a Christmas gift,” Sue Hartwell, of Elbridge said.
She also purchased a wicker picnic basket, with a hand-lined inside, “as a present to myself.”
A number a church members helped stage the event, which included a bake sale of donated pies and date bread and a lunch menu featuring homemade chili.
Co-organizers Judy Counterman and Ethel Ebling had produced two fairs before, but the last one was years ago.
“I'm trying to bring it back,” Counterman said. “We had some names of crafters from before, then we got some from the Elbridge Fire Department Auxiliary. I had a couple of friends I called, and there are a couple of church members with tables, too.”
A total of 18 tables filled the room with colorful knit hats and handbags, bright cloth tissue box covers printed with splashes of sunflowers and butterflies. There were also “foot rest storage buckets.” “They're recycled frosting pails I get from a P&C supermarket in Westvale. I clean the bucket, take off the handles, and pad the material around it,” Auburn resident Ann Clapper said of her creations.
For the lid, she seals a pillow under the printed material. The attractive stools have been used to store everything from children's toys to iced beer.
“I think the fair's a great idea,” said Sharon Donahue, of Auburn, a member of the church who attended to a table of her quilts. “Especially if it helps the local artists and it shows off the church.”
She looks forward to another year.
“I'll have a few more things made by then,” she said.
“I got some little cloth stockings to put gift cards in,” Nancy Robinson of Jordan said, showing off the hand-decorated and hand-sewn stocking arrangements. “And a loaf of pumpkin bread for Thanksgiving.”
“I bought a Christmas pillow for my aunt for a Christmas gift,” Sue Hartwell, of Elbridge said.
She also purchased a wicker picnic basket, with a hand-lined inside, “as a present to myself.”
A number a church members helped stage the event, which included a bake sale of donated pies and date bread and a lunch menu featuring homemade chili.
Co-organizers Judy Counterman and Ethel Ebling had produced two fairs before, but the last one was years ago.
“I'm trying to bring it back,” Counterman said. “We had some names of crafters from before, then we got some from the Elbridge Fire Department Auxiliary. I had a couple of friends I called, and there are a couple of church members with tables, too.”
A total of 18 tables filled the room with colorful knit hats and handbags, bright cloth tissue box covers printed with splashes of sunflowers and butterflies. There were also “foot rest storage buckets.” “They're recycled frosting pails I get from a P&C supermarket in Westvale. I clean the bucket, take off the handles, and pad the material around it,” Auburn resident Ann Clapper said of her creations.
For the lid, she seals a pillow under the printed material. The attractive stools have been used to store everything from children's toys to iced beer.
“I think the fair's a great idea,” said Sharon Donahue, of Auburn, a member of the church who attended to a table of her quilts. “Especially if it helps the local artists and it shows off the church.”
She looks forward to another year.
“I'll have a few more things made by then,” she said.
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