Vendors Set Up Shop at Corvette Museum
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Updated: 1:23 AM Nov 29, 2009
Vendors Set Up Shop at Corvette Museum
If you stopped by the Corvette Museum to see Santa, you also had the chance to shop at tables set up for local vendors. We visited them to see how they feel about holiday sales.
Posted: 9:28 PM Nov 28, 2009
Reporter: Lacey Steele
Email Address: lacey.steele@wbko.com
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If you stopped by the Corvette Museum to see Santa, you also had the chance to shop at tables set up for local vendors.

We visited them to see how they feel about holiday sales.

Jewelry, jams, and holiday decorations.

"Everybody loves a good Christmas gift," said Paige Bennett, owner of Enchanted Forest Designs.

If went to the museum to see corvettes Saturday, more than 20 vendors probably caught your eye with home made crafts.

"We were contacted by the Corvette museum, and I thought it'd just be a good opportunity to get out in the community and see some new people," said Bennett.

Making the crafts is something each vendor enjoys for different reasons.

"My mother used to do the crafts, and then she passed away about three years ago," said Robin Brown, owner of Betty Jean's Inspirations. "I was planning my wedding and decided to try my hand at decorating for my wedding."

And because they're made out of enjoyment, many say they aren't worried about the economy or holiday sales.

"I just have fun doing it," said Brown. "I just have fun doing it. If I get a sale, I do. If I don't, I'm not really stressed out about it. It's just something I do to relax me as a hobby."

"Somedays I just sit and either paint or stitch just about all day, but it's just something I enjoy," said Susie Wood, owner of Antiques & Collectables.

Wood says she goes to many of these events to share her crafts with the public.

"Making the crafts, enjoying the people, and talking to the people," said Wood. "I just enjoy it."

And she isn't worried about making a profit either.

"If I sell it, that's okay," said Wood. "If I don't, it's got a home."

But most of the vendors agree, it's events like this, where they can come together to display their items, that help get them noticed by the public.

"I hope to find some more people and maybe further my business through this," said Bennett. "I like to get out. I've been mostly at home and do trunk shows, so I want to get out somewhere different."

All of the vendors make their crafts locally, and most say they do not use any form of advertising.

Even if they do not sell a lot, they still have fun and say sales are higher during the holidays.



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