Greater Barre Craft Guild's
30th Winter Festival Of Vermont Crafters

Saturday, November 27, 9:00-5:00 & Sunday, November 28, 10:00-4:00

Free Admission. Free Parking. Handicap Accessible. Refreshments.

Crafts & Crafters | Where & When | Prizes

Bags, Totes & Purses | Candles | Carving | Clay, Pottery & Ceramics | Corn Husk | Country Collectibles | Crochet | Fabric | Fleece | Food | Glass | Jewelry | Knitting | Metal | Music | Ornaments |Paper Mache | Painting | Photography | Sandblasting, Stone & Granite | Sheepskin-Llama | Slate | Soaps, Bath Products, Lotions | Woodworking & Woodenware | Wreaths, Dried & Silk Flowers

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The Greater Barre Craft Guild (GBCG) has been holding its annual Winter Festival of Vermont Crafters on Thanksgiving weekend for the past 29 years. It's free. It's fun. Refreshements are downstairs. Come start your holiday shopping on the right foot!

The show attracts visitors from all over Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, and Canada because of the great selection of Vermont-made gifts. The GBCG chooses its participants very carefully to make sure that there's a diverse array of products, all well-made and all made in Vermont. Because of this, the show is a veritable shopping fiesta.

For the past 29 years people have streamed into the centrally located Barre City Auditorium to participate in the Winter Festival of Vermont Crafters. Come join us for our 30th year!

Crafts & Crafters

2010 Members of the GBCG by Category:
Crafter Name - Craft (Business Name) Many email & website links provided


Bags, Totes, Purses

Candles

  • Theresa M. Keppel – Pure Beeswax Candles (Craftsbury Candleworks) – email Theresa

Carving

  • Kenneth Klingler – Woodcarving & antler art - moose and deer (Klingler Woodcarving)

Clay, Pottery, Ceramics

Corn Husk

  • Lynne Tattershall - Corn husk dolls (LT Products) email Lynne

Country Collectibles

  • Bev Brisson - Wood & fabric home decor (Calico Crafters)
  • Martha Foster - Country wood & fabric home decor (The Old Crow Craft Farm)
  • Trudy Miner - Painted items (Miner Creations)
  • Shannon Romeo - Country & primitive (Simply Primitives) email Shannon or visit www.simplyprimitivesvt.com
  • Michelle Whittier - Small wood & clay items (Something Whimsical) email Michelle

Crochet

  • Kay Mariotti – Crocheted bears & ponchos (Kay's Creations) - email Kay
  • Carol MacDougall - Crocheted items (Angellace) - email Carol

Fabric

  • Sue Alenick – Fabric (The Patch Place) - email Sue
  • Jennifer Arey - Quilts (Baby's Breath Quilts) - email Jennifer or visit www.babysbreathquilts.com
  • Bonnie Brace – Doll clothes (Bonnie B's Doll Clothes) - email Bonnie
  • Cindy Fluette – Hot packs, Potpourri dolls, purses, totes, wallets (Cindy's Totes & Things) – email Cindy
  • Jean Gonyea - American doll clothes (Spool & Brush) email Jean
  • Debrenee Fisher - Dog fashions (Pet Luv Fashions) email Debrenee
  • Darla Hood Morissette - Headbands and belts (Colorful Scarf Headbands) email Darla
  • Cuc Huynh - Quilts (Golden Daisy Quilts) email Cuc or visit goldendaisyquilts.googlepages.com
  • Marion W. Locke - Quilts & wall hangings (Sister's Choice) email Marion
  • Vikki Machia - Fabric children's items (Once Upon A Time) email Vikki
  • Jane Mason - Floor cloths (Art Underfoot)
  • Nancy McAvoy - Purses & silk scarves email Nancy
  • Gladys Muzzy - Children & baby items (Half Pint Farm & Crafts)
  • Sherry Ploof - Felt hats and bags (Woodland Knits)
  • Tausha Sylver - Hand embossed velvet scarves & pillows (Visions In Velvet) email Tausha
  • Jeanette Ward - Hats, scarves and purses email Jeanette

Fleece/Polar Fleece

Food

Glass

Jewelry

Knitting

  • Martha Becker – Machine knit hats and sweaters - (The Elephant's Ear)
  • Kathy White – Hand knit apparel - (Kathy's Heavenly Knits) – email Kathy

Metal

Music

Ornaments

Paintings/Fine Art

Paper Mache

  • Lisa Evans – Paper mache characters for all seasons - (Folk For All Seasons) - email Lisa

Photography

Sandblasting, Stone & Granite

Sheepskin - Llama

Slate

Soaps, Bath Products, Lotions

  • Pauline Broe – Handmade bath products (Nature's Touch) – email Pauline
  • Carole Doherty - personal care products, soaps and scrubs - (Pleasant Valley Soap) - email Carole
  • Julie Manchester – Herbal & aromatherapy body care - (Woodsong Herbals)
    email Julie or visit www.woodsongherbals.com
  • Heather Tallman - Handmade bath & body - (Twin Birch Bath & Body) - email Heather
  • Debbie & John Metruk - Herbal wraps - (Naturally Yours VT Herbal Gifts) - email Debbie & John

Wood, Woodworking & Woodenware

Wreaths, Dried & Silk Flowers

  • Angela Griggs - Dried flower wreaths with silk angels - (Angela's Creations)
  • Heidi Cooperstein & Michael Gulick– Christmas wreaths - (Waltzing Bear Farm) - email Heidi & Michael or visit www.waltzingbearfarm.com
  • Yula Troughton - Silk flower arrangements & wreaths - (Dear Daughter) - email Yula

Plus NEW Crafters with great Crafts!

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The Greater Barre Craft Guild - Barre Auditorium
Barre City Auditorium, home of the Greater Barre
Craft Guild's Winter Festival Of Vermont Crafters.

 


Pottery comes in all shapes and sizes at the Barre
Craft Guild's Winter Festival of Vermont Crafters.

 


Jewelry styles vary just as much as the person you're
shopping for. You'll find earrings, bracelets, anklets,
rings, necklaces, hair pieces and more.

 


Stone carvers create custom pieces for your home,
like these stone vases used here for flowers or candles.

 


There's something for everyone at the Greater Barre
Craft Guild, even that hard-to-shop-for golfer.

 


Hand-crafted soaps at the Greater Barre Craft
Guild smell just as lovely as they look.

 


Children aren't neglected by the Greater Barre Craft
Guild crafters. Gifts range from aprons and
tool belts to rocking horses and doll clothes.

 


A little personalized gift for a friend or for yourself.

 


Creativity abounds at the Greater Barre Craft
Guild, providing the public with quality
workmanship and originality.

 

The Greater Barre Craft Guild - Painting
One example of the many types of extraordinary
paintings available at the Greater Barre Craft
Guild Show on Thanksgiving weekend.

 

The Greater Barre Craft Guild - Beeswax Candles
Carved beeswax candles is one novelty
Vermont item available at the
Greater Barre Craft Guild .

 

The Greater Barre Craft Guild - Christmas Ornaments
With Christmas just around the corner, you'll find
ornaments, decorations, and knick-knacks to
get everyone in the holiday spirit.

 

The Greater Barre Craft Guild - Exquisite craftsmanship
Wood carvings range from simple to elaborate,
just like the different styles of woven baskets
seen behind this carving masterpiece.

 


Talented Vermont crafters create intricate lace
products, such as this dress with matching
booties or doilies for your home.

 


Vermont artists create iconic Vermont
scenes that make great gifts or keepsakes.

 


The Greater Barre Craft Guild crafters offer a
variety of housewares, each with its own personality.
   

Where & When

The Greater Barre Craft Guild always holds the Winter Festival of Vermont Crafters on Thanksgiving weekend. The 2010 Greater Barre Craft Guild show will be on November 27 and 28 at the Barre City Auditorium in Barre, Vermont.

The hours for November 27 are 9:00 to 5:00. The hours for November 28 are 10:00 to 4:00.

Directions: Take Exit 7 off I-89 and take the beltline (Route 62) until you reach Route 14. Turn right onto Route 14 (also Barre's Main Street). Turn left onto Seminary Street immediately after Lenny's Shoe & Apparel and Rite Aid Pharmacy. Seminary will intersect Summer Street. Continue straight up Auditorium Hill to the Barre City Auditorium. Attendants will be on hand to assist with parking.

 

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Greater Barre Craft Guild - map of Barre
Barre, Vermont

Prizes

Everyone loves prizes! That's why every crafter at the show donates an item for door prizes. Every visitor receives a ticket as they enter the auditorium, giving them the opportunity to win a door prize, several of which are drawn every half hour throughout the show.

The Sunday Shopping Spree has also become a favorite Craft Guild tradition. On Sunday afternoon tickets are drawn for shopping spree money. The winner receives "funny money," which they can use at any booth at the show to "buy" items for free! You have to be present in order to receive your "funny money."

While parents love the Shopping Spree, kids love Santa! That's why every Sunday Santa takes time from his busy holiday schedule and visits the Greater Barre Craft Guild. He makes his way through the aisles handing out candy canes to children.

Another tradition at the Greater Barre Craft Guild show is special entertainment by the Bell Ringers from the Barre Congregational Church. The Bell Ringers join us on stage Sunday morning with beautiful Christmas selections and more.

The Greater Barre Craft Guild also sponsors a raffle at the show, with proceeds going toward the Barre City Auditorium for maintenance and improvements. Over the years, the Greater Barre Craft Guild has donated several thousands of dollars to the auditorium, which have gone toward the sound system, the granite sign at the foot of the hill, and the installation of an elevator.

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