Handmade Happenings, October 15-16, 2011

A beautiful fall weekend in store for the Triangle area, so come out & see some of our team members display their work at one of these great events!  See you there!

Saturday, October15
The Saturday3 Fair at NOFO @ The Pig - Raleigh
Join us for food & fun under the tents! Five Points Farmers Market vendors and tarheel food artisans, plus local artists offering jewelry, children's clothing, paintings, and more!
Where: Five Points - 2014 Fairview Road, Raleigh
When: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Seller to look for: VillainousVixen
More info: http://www.facebook.com/pages/NoFo-The-Pig/307408632277

33rd Annual Holly Arts & Crafts Festival - Pinehurst
Nearly 200 artisans and crafters in a variety of genres - from woodworking to glass, stitched art to lawn ornaments, hand-crafted jewelry to metal sculpture, gather in downtown Pinehurst.  Area restaurants and food vendors dot the gathering as downtown shops offer sales and specials. 
Where: Historic Old Town Pinehurst
When: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Artist to visit: OldBroomStreet (aka, Bordeaux Lane Studio)
More info: http://www.pinehurstbusinessguild.com/

Cooke Street Carnival - Raleigh
The 2011 theme is The Sideshow and Circus Freaks so dress up in your carnie attire and come have some fun with the rest of the freaks in the street. Art, performers, music & food! The event is a Can Drive for the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina (http://www.foodbankcenc.org/) so bring some cans to donate!
Where: Cooke Street, between E. Lane & E. Jones Streets, Raleigh
When: 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Artists to Visit: metamorphosis, LaTeDaJewels, curiousgoodscurios
More info: http://www.cookestreetcarnival.com/, or  https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=140826072673041

We hope you'll visit our NC Triangle Etsy Team members and say hello.  Check in each week for more handmade arts & crafts festivities throughout the fall!

(Members, if you have an event coming up next weekend, send your information to Orange Cat Art by Wednesday night to get onto next week's calendar!)