Andrea Trombetta Art professor and performance artist Andrea Trombetta will be bringing her textile creations to the market this year. Her web site (www.trombettadesigns.com) showcases her re-constructed clothing and the elegant dresses she incorporates into her dance performances. At this year's Craftstravaganza, Andrea will present her recent body of work from Trombetta Designs, including a wide range of hand embellished women's tee shirts.

At Last Glance At Last Glance consists of the independent and collaborative works of Eric Simmons and Jessie Merriam. Eric is a self-taught oil painter from Athens who has been painting and exhibiting for over ten years and Jessie is a printmaker from VA, but they both work in many mediums including watercolor and pastel in addition to oil and intaglio printing. Jessie is fond of Vanitas-style still lives and figures and Eric depicts circuses, fairgrounds in various states of activity, landscapes and portraits. They both enjoy celebrating and lampooning people in festive carousal and costume. Their latest collaboration is the creation of wooden marionette puppets and hand/sock puppets for both adults and children.

Bluebell Pottery have worked in ceramics for fifteen years. My fascination with clay has led me to gain the technical knowledge necessary to successfully express my ideas. Playing in the dirt is always a stimulating challenge. I have had the wonderful opportunity of working with two very talented artist and teachers. Andy Nasisse and Ted Saupe. They have both influenced my direction through teaching essential techniques while inspiring experimentation, intuitive play and self-exploration/expression. Most importantly they encouraged me to think of myself as an artist. I have also had the honor of taking a workshop with Nancy Blum, another brilliant ceramic artist. During one of her lectures she read: "A person who works with their hands is a laborer. A person who works with hands and their heart is a craftsman. A person that works with their hands, their heart and their mind is an artist." My husband Shannon and I live in Comer, Georgia with our 10 year old twins, Paxton and Sebastian. Our studio is located in the "Old Blue Bell Building". Its 12,000 square feet have lived many different lives over the past 108 years and has undergone many exciting changes. It is now our home, gallery and studio and three other retail businesses.

Cathy Dailey It is my love of animals and the joy they give me that drives me to create images of them. Over the past several years my animal images have evolved from serious, stylized watercolors to humorous images rendered in colored pencil and acrylic paint, often incorporating collage and recycled/found materials. I feel like animals are incredibly expressive and at times very funny, so if a client laughs at my work I feel I have accomplished something!

Chandler Products We have lived in athens more than 20 years and create many UGA themed art, Our art is ever changing with what we can find to create with. We love to do junk art and we try and use recycled metals as often as we can. We make the things you dream up, metal fabrication, wrought iron work, plasma cutting, and welding services, Ornate handrails, garden gates, driveway gates, garden art. Custom signs and request. Enjoy what you see and be sure to check out our web site www.chandlermetalarts.com Penny Chandler 706-255-7911 and Mitch Chandler 706-202-2012

Christy Wooke Christy is a freelance illustrator/animator trying to make a living in Athens, as such, with a goal to bring happy, bright, affordable art into your home. She makes fun things for children and adults: illustrations, paintings, home/office fixings + more! Also she is awesome.

Cindy Jerrell Cindy Jerrell creates haunting puppet boxes, ghostly wooden dolls and vibrant prints using vintage portraiture. She will also be offering some one-of-a-kind never seen before assemblages. Cindy is a longtime Athens area resident,Ê is winner of two Georgia Council for the Arts Grants, is a former Flagpole cover designer, and has more dogs and cats than you can shake a stick at. She is delighted to be sharing a tent with her husband, Quinton Phillips, who will show his Vintage Pinball Machine Coffee Table.

Cookies By Elyse Elyse has been baking and decorating cookies for friends and family all her life, and now she does it for you! Cookies By Elyse provides delicious customizable and beautifully hand-decorated cookies for every occasion. Her recipes also include scrumptious alternatives for for diabetics, celiacs (gluten-allergies), and those with egg-allergies or milk-allergies.

Cynthia Pendley Nashville native Cynthia Pendley's colorful, sometimes quirky figure drawings are brightly colored and drawn in a cartoon burlesque or pinup style. She enjoys working in colored pencils, colored inks and markers for her sketches and illustrations. She is beginning to experiment with painting, and prefers acrylic paints and watercolors. She also sells prints and originals on her etsy shop.

DaisyCakes Soaps Spa quality + affordability--that's Daisycakes Soap! For the past 8 years, owner Jean-Marie Buxton has made soaps from scratch with velvety olive oil, rich cocoa butter, smooth coconut oil & pure essential oils! The result: fresh, fragrant, long lasting soaps perfect for holiday gift giving. Lip balms, bath bombs & shea butter perfumes are also available and made fresh! Daisycakes is new to GA, but has long been a festival favorite in Louisiana and Florida!

100% Cool Efi Designs Our designs are all guaranteed to be one of a kind. With recycled materials and painted canvas you will see detailed stitching, ties used as bag straps and right on to bags, wallets, scarves wristlets for colour and originality :) 404-545-4790

Extra Credit Crafts EXTRA CREDIT CRAFTS are lovingly hand-made items by Raoul de la Cruz. This crafty dude specializes in sturdy hand-sewn goodies that feature clean designs in eye popping technicolor.

Fabuluxe Fabuluxe - hand crocheted hats, scarves, baby hats, baby blankies, and felted "good kitty, bad kitty" handbags. all of my hats are named after cars (mostly from the 50's). it's just more fun that way.

Dulce Vegan Dulce Vegan is a local vegan owned and operated organic bakery featuring decadent, ethically made sweets using only the finest organic, unprocessed, and unrefined ingredients. Dulce Vegan does not use bleached flour, processed sugar, hydrogenated oils, or trans fat.

Fetching Collars Fetching Collars combines Angie Garcia's love of dogs with her desire for a creative outlet. The collars are fun, yet functional, meticulously hand-made with festive fabrics and reinforced with webbing and extra stitching where needed most. Fetching collars add a pop of color to your canine companion and are especially transformational for 'Georgia Black Dogs.' A dollar from every collar will be donated to Athens Canine Rescue to help pay for foster pup Sidney's eye surgery.

Genevieve Gail Genevieve Swinford creates unique artwork, jewelry, and accessories. Her designs are a mix between what you would find in your Grandma's attic and a trendy Soho Boutique. Genevieve strives to make her items fun and unlike anything else out there, so stop by her booth to see the new collection!

Gilannie Jewelry Studios Creating is my Passion! I handcraft feminine, unique, whimsical Jewelry utilizing fine silver (PMC), sterling, polymer clay, gemstones, freshwater pearls, found and recycled little treasures. Also I create unique Handbags with vintage and new fabrics; simple and functional. My love of nature is conveyed in my Original Photo NoteCards. Most recently added are my Silly Folk-Artsy Soft Creatures and Art NoteCards . My unique creations are mostly one-of-a-kind ~ designed to add a bit of beauty and whimsy into each day.

Gypsies Tramps & Thieves Serra Ferguson creates handmade, one-of-a-kind clothing with a focus on screenprinting and layering fabrics on tees, as well as a range of jewelry (beaded and paper), hats from recyled sweaters, and redesigned items.

Handcrafted Industries Handcrafted Industries is Billy Ball, Zhang Xuan, Chris Purcell, and Lou Kregel. We create a variety of handcrafted items- wooden toys, neddle felted animals, birdhouses, jewelry, personal journals and the list goes on. From our hands to yours. Enjoy.

Jasey Jones Jasey Jones is the owner and operator of Jonestown Pottery, an independent, unimbedded pottery collective of one located in Athens Georgia. Jonestown is the premier manufacturer of american post-imperial ceramics in the southeast region. Their production ranges from the absurdly functional to the dangerously sarcastic, with an emphasis on the overtly ironic.

Jason Matherly I make toy books! My work is highly influenced by children's literature of the past two hundred years or so, such as battledore and tunnel books. I am particularly fond of hand-drawing all of the images and do so whenever possible. Sometimes, though, my hands need a change of pace and I use block or Gocco printing. The main things are floating creatures and lots of plants and many bright colors!

Jones Handmade Goods Jones Handmade Goods specializes in ceramics by Monica Jones of Maxeys, GA. Her ceramic art puts the fun in functional, with animal-inspired pieces (especially rabbits), figural pots (armpots), and utilitarian ware all with incredible, eye-pleasing glazes. Also introducing, paintings on recycled wood, notecards, and pendants too. Guaranteed to delight and makes for unique and unforgettable gifting. Visit www.joneshandmadegoods.com for further investigation.

Katie Howell My passions for recycling, cuteness, color and functionality collided. Ideas rained down and I managed to grab a few of them. The best of these ideas materialized into cozy hats, soft sculptures and handy bags. All hand-made and full of love.

Kitty Crusaders Kitty Crusaders is a division of Cat Zip Alliance, whose mission is to reduce the number of homeless cats and to put an end to unnecessary euthanasia and feline overpopulation in Athens-Clarke County. All of the items we sell at the Craftstravaganzaa are handmade by volunteers and will include jewelry, knitted cat toys, pottery, and art, and many of the items will be one-of a kind!

Laurel Hill Laurel Hill makes handcrafted sterling silver jewelry influenced by biology, history, birth, death, decay, and renewal. Sometimes, she also serves you delicious food at the Grit, which inspires her to create beautiful, unique pieces with a high level of craftsmanship that are affordable and available to everyone-- service industry workers, proles, Joe Sixpack, Jane Winebox, and you!

Libby Plaspohl Libby Plaspohl is a pet loving artist who creates fabulous acrylic paintings of dogs and cats in both realistic colors as well as bright, pop style colors. These fun pieces are sure to put a smile on your face no matter what type of pet you have! Originals, prints, and bookmarks are available. She welcomes custom work also.

Love Alison When I was little girl, I thought you were supposed to sign your art pieces like a letter. That's how my business name came to be Love Alison. I have always, and I continue today, to sign them that way. I create collages using pin-ups from a more innocent time paired with words to make you smile. Come and read some art!!! Love, Alison

Lori Holcomb My entire life, I have loved experimenting with just about anything I could get my hands on to express myself creatively. As Cherry Matador Designs, my crafty alter-ego, I have found a real passion in creating jewelry. I strive to create unique, beautiful pieces that have a vintage feel with a modern edge. Indulge in what you adore at CherryMatador.etsy.com. I am also a very soapy kind of gal. I love soaps so much that I created Lucky Lather Soaps and started making my own. All of my soaps are lovingly handmade in small batches and beautifully hand-wrapped for gift-giving. My soaps are fantastic and I am sure once you try them you will think so, too. LuckyLather.etsy.com

Lylou A love of textile arts courses through Lylou's veins. She grew up at her mother's sewing machine and joined her first knitting club at the age of 7. She earned a BFA from the University of Northern Colorado in 1990 and although she has explored many different mediums in her artistic expressions, she always returns to textile. Lynn Louise Larson lives, loves, works, plays, and creates in Athens, Georgia where she is inspired by the strong and independent women all around her.

Mama Mama is a body care and soy candle company that was born from a life-long love of body products. Part wannabe hippie, part aspiring entrepreneur, I ordered a bunch of natural raw ingredients, turned my kitchen into a workshop, and started experimenting. The minute I made oil and water combine, I was hooked. Mama officially launched in September of 2004, and is happily based in Atlanta, GA. My line consists of handmade body lotions, sugar scrubs, soy candles and olive oil soaps. I formulate, manufacture, pour and package every product by hand, the old-fashioned way. To preview our line, visit us at http://www.loveyourmama.com

Markella My love for making handmade wares began at age 5 and can be blamed solely on my mother. While helping her melt friendly plastic into eccentric 80's style earrings, I knew that I was hooked. Markella is my "grown-up" way of carrying on my addiction to crafting. Markella offers an eclectic array of creations for people looking for unique handmade goodness. From jewelry to vintage necktie headbands to revamping windows into jewelry organizers and chalkboards, that friendly plastic beginning has transformed into a melting pot of creativity.

Missy Kulik My background is focused in graphic design, but my first love is art. I live in Athens, Georgia where I live in a very cute house with Raoul and my cat, Nilla. I work as a product and graphic designer by day, but by night I draw comics for the free weekly paper called Flagpole Magazine. In my spare time I enjoy sewing, baking, drawing, and studying trapeze.

Naturallie Strung Allie Low combines beads from around the world with interesting colors and textures. The result is unique, global jewelry that is completely affordable. Her twisted wire earrings are craaaazy!

Nivette Connors Hailing from the South, Nivette Connors' Lovedove Designs encompasses hand-crafted clothing and accessories for your little lovedoves. Nivette has been sewing for years and with her second child on the way only has one more reason to think up chic and adorable creations that will make your little one cute beyond reason. Nivette also does custom work, so only your imagination can limit you.

Old Cat Died Old Cat Died loves clay, the human figure, and you. We are a wife-and-husband team making sly, witty tchochkes with character and personality - polymer magnets, ceramic love shacks, and other amusing ornaments to suit your taste. That is, if your taste is homegrown, clever, even crude or amateurish. And if you don't see yourself in our work, make a request - we love custom orders!

Organic Twist Craftworks My name is Dena Maxwell, and I make organic art with a twist... I combine organic materials such as leaves, moss, sticks & lichens with glass beads and other non-organics to add texture to decorative pieces and home furnishings such as vases, lamps, gourd birdhouses, clocks and picture frames. I also custom-paint furniture, particularly small tables.

Hand Crafted Furniture by Pete Smith "I think when most people look at an old abandoned barn with a rusted roof, they see nothing but ruins. I have learned to see opportunity and art. I use those salvaged materials to bring life to my work. I also experiment with unique finishes in my new furniture and art to remind us of styles past."

Poetique Couture: Poetique Couture is an independent clothing line dedicated to sustainability and earth friendly fashion. All garments are made of organic cotton and other eco-friendly fabrics, and are dyed using low-impact dyeing methods free of harsh chemicals. The collections are custom designed in Atlanta and then manufactured in India using fair trade certified labor standards. Most Poetique garments feature signature prints of artwork and poetry, created using water-based screen printing inks. These small production pieces become limited edition works of wearable art, designed to inspire!

Posy Posy is my little sweet escape of a hobby. I create fabric flowers out of a love for textiles + color, buttons + beads -with hopes of brightening a day or two. Pick a posy for yourself, your home or for a friend.

Rachel Cabaniss I make paintings, pillows, and various embroidered items (e.g., pillowcases, neckties, headbands) all inspired by old-time country music, rockabilly, and folk art. I've been selling my work in and around Athens since 2002. I've participated in several art/craft shows in the past six years, including the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn and the East Atlanta Strut.

RhysPeace: Art For Love I create various unique crafts, like recycled jewelry from magazines and bottlecaps, crazy psychedelic art, wild masks, earthy ornaments, and other stuff to make you smile. Each specific craft has its own special benefit. They include Food Not Bombs, Sierra club, Susan G. Komen, and Bike Athens. More art available on my website.

Ruth Allen ruth allen likes to paint and draw, mostly on ceramic tile, wood, canvas and xmas tree glass ornaments.

Shutterstitch Karen Phillips creates beautiful, matted travel photography of Italy, France, Africa, and the Caribbean. It will inspire you to take that dream vacation you've always wanted or stay at home and pretend you're there! The craftier side of her makes quilted pillows. Some pillows feature photos or maps of Athens on them that are totally washable and fun.

Snuggle Chicken Snuggle Chicken is an Athens-based collaboration creating fun, original ceramics, textiles and jewelry out of earthy natural materials, a lot of laughter, and a little bit of sass.

Sweet T Baby, LLC. Sweet T Baby is a line of organic clothing and essentials for babies and toddlers, committed to local production, using sustainable materials, and simply stylish Asian-inspired designs in the softest of soft fabrics kind to babies and kind to the planet.

Soup Studios As a child I had a great affinity for soup, (chicken and stars if ya really want to know) and preferred it for every meal. What started as a family joke turned into a life-long nickname. In the fall of 2000, when I was opening my studio, it was obvious which name would stick, and Soup Studios was born. Join me at the show to see the funky and fun colorful functional pottery, koozies made from recycled plastic to keep your drinks cold, holiday ornaments for you and your pets, and hats with crazy ear flaps all made by my busy little hands!! Visit http://www.soupstudios.com to ponder the possibilities!

Studio Mod Glass Local jewelry artist Annette Paskiewicz has been fusing glass and setting it in silver for the past 16 years. Studio Mod Glass is located in the historic Chase St. Park Warehouse in Mercury A.I.R. With clean clear color and simple geometric shapes, Studio Mod Glass brings you the seamless fused dichroic and colored glass set in sterling silver jewelry that people find irresistable!

Talulah B. Talulah B. loves to accessorize and firmly believes that everything looks better with some glitter and pearls. Getting her inspiration at flea markets and thrift stores, she loves to create unique jewelry pieces and purses with a vintage inspired twist. Part girly, part quirky... all fabulous!

Tara Taylor - Prehistory Tara Taylor makes one-of-a-kind plush creatures, reconstructed vintage clothing, and unique accessories, all of which feature peculiar and childlike elements. Taylor likes to draw inspiration from aquatic life, carnivals, retro crafts, and old children books.

Will Eskridge Originally from North Carolina, Will L. Eskridge attended the N.C. School of the Arts and earned his B.F.A. in painting from San Francisco Art Institute 1999. Working part time as a graphic designer, Will has roamed the southeast, setting up shop in Charleston, SC; Savannah, GA and Nashville, TN. He focuses his paintings on weathered, distant subject matter with a longing for home and an obsession with history. He just purchased his first home in Athens, GA with his 4 dogs and 2 cats.

Yvonne Miller Yvonne Miller's exciting and unique works of art have garned both national and regional media attention. Four Footed Art has been featured on the cover of the Atlanta Journal Constitution and the newspaper also ran an exclusive on her funky pet portraits. For the last five years, Miller has dedicated her artistic endeavors almost exclusively to painting Pop-art styled pet portraits.

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