Local Featured Seller: Sara Vogt Photography

Who are you? Sara Vogt Photography

Where are you located? Greenville, NC and surrounding area

What do you create? Photo prints
What is your favorite place to visit in the triangle? Cameron Village for the eclectic selection of shops and the Lebanese restaurant Sitti for the authentic, Lebanese cuisine

When did you start creating? July 2006

What is your most cherished handmade item? I love all of my photos. They are all my "babies" that I have brought to life.

Why did you choose your medium? I love photography and over the years I have come to realize how big of an impact that it can have on others lives.

What inspires you? Any beautiful photography or photos that show aspects of life and fantasy that I never thought about.

Where do you create? Anywhere that I take my camera. When I edit, I normally sit in my living room or in my bedroom with my pet rabbit Cinnamon.

Why did you choose your shop name? Because I thought my last name is unique enough that people would remember it.

What are your goals? To own a flourishing portrait photography business in the next 5 years; to get married and have a family someday; to complete my Business Administration Associates Degree and have people be inspired by my work.

What do you do when you are not creating? Read, shop, collect quotes, play with my bunny Cinnamon, cook and laugh!

After you've browsed Sara's photography on etsy, you can find her on Facebook under Sara Vogt or her own website.

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Local Show: Pirate Fest (Greenville...April 18 2009)

Pirate Fest 2009
Date: Saturday April 18, 2009
Time: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Greenville, NC

What’s PirateFest?
A large outdoor celebration offering fun, food, and entertainment for everybody!

Uptown Arts Festival will showcase beautiful one-of-a-kind art available from more than 60 exhibiting N.C. artists including mediums of all types – pottery, jewelry, wood, painting, and more! Bring your doubloons!

Fabulous music, food, and attractions from nations around the globe will be featured in a large component of the PirateFest, known as the International Festival, in its fourteenth year of existence.

Blackbeard’s Market will offer a variety of goods to plunder, and lots of grub and grog to satisfy your taste buds’ fancy. You’ll want to be on the lookout for roving pirates who might sing you a chantey or challenge you to a sword fight.

The PigSkin Pig-Out will be going strong, offering pig cooking contests, live entertainment, barbeque, a carnival, and ECU Pirates in a spring football scrimmage game!