Reporting the first crafters fair at the McFarland Living History Ranch.
By Duane Ausherman It was held on June 10, 9 AM to 4 PM
and 26 booths were occupied by local crafters. The weather was perfect and
the visitor turn out was only fair, but considering that the decision was made
to start small and learn, it was OK from the standpoint of the Galt Area
Historical Society.
My job was to make signs to direct people to the ranch. I elected to
make only 40 signs and post them around town.
My "other job" was to welcome people to the McFarland Ranch at
the gate, direct them to parking and solicit donations. While doing this
we inquired about how people heard about the craft fair. Roughly half saw
it in the paper and the other half just saw signs and followed them. I had
not anticipated such a good result for the signs being advertising itself.
The signs were placed to direct traffic entering Galt to the
McFarland Ranch. That was a poor idea and I would do it differently next
time. Only one sign was placed on the East side of the freeway. More
than half of Galt was ignored. Only about 1/2 of the West side of town could
see the signs. Not a single sign was on "C" Street
west of Lincoln. My placement was poorly thought out.
The clientele for the craft fair was quite different than the
Old Tractor Show in the fall. There we get donations from about 80% of the
visitors and we were lucky if we got 50% from this craft fair. The
donations were also much smaller amounts. Each donation was about 1/2 of
what we get at other events.
Volunteers for the craft fair
As usual we depend upon the help of volunteers. Sometimes
they are not even members of the historical society. We do appreciate any
help and these have really done a good job.
As a last minute measure for exposure, Jesse Morales
volunteered to put flyers on cars on both Friday and Saturday. Thanks so
much.
Jamie Davis volunteered at the last minute when the scheduled
high school girls dropped out. She did a great job and even went without
lunch, as the hot dog stand was out by the time that she got there. Thanks
so much Jamie, you made the day go faster.
Ben Sussman is the ranch caretaker talking to Scott Lethbridge
who was in charge of the hot dog booth. Thanks
Thanks to Keil Carpenter for assisting in the organizing of
the event.
The venders
Keylee's Smelly Goods by Keil Carpenter. 209-688-5893.
Al Baldwin is well known locally for helping out everybody
with charity/public events. 209-745-4599
The Valley Crafters Guild was represented by several members
who offered their goods. This was a really fun bunch whom I suspect use
this "crafting thing" as an excuse to have a lot of fun. Posing for the
camera is Sally Pendleton.
Ernie Baca was the lone furniture maker. His pine
creations are ready to decorate your home. 209-744-1367
Egg Schells by Katy Schell. These are just beautiful and
reminded me of faberge eggs from Russia. Contact her at 916-871-7589,
Sue Lee makes these lawn and garden stakes.
sue777in@AOL.com
Jena's Jewelry offered by Sara Rodriguez. 916-359-3770,
or jenasr@winfirst.com
Michele and Dan Neider make these attractive and affordable
metal sculptures. 209-748-2591
Vicki La Porte with Honeypot Baskets & Gifts.
209-810-4883, or honeypot11@comcast.net
Bunny's Boutique, 209-748-2142
Elizabeth Stigelmayer of Elizabeth's Creations shows off her
hand made aprons. 209-745-3537
Betsy hand paints the gourds and also has these lovely red
hats for the Red Hat Society.
SNJC Enterprises offers
a variety of gifts. 209-981-6516
Janice McAuliffe and her daughter Jillian (8) are offering
purses. 916-689-4585, or
absolutenecessities@kaxy.com
This is Princess House by
Carla Shreve.
209-745-1334
Vintage Treasures booth.
The Bargain Boutique (744-2697 at 205 S. Lincoln in Galt) with
(l. to r.) Pamela Enmark, Claudia Morales and her children Michelle (8) and
Jesse (13). Jesse passed out a lot of flyers advertising the craft fair,
thanks.
Karen Roberts and Valerie Ehresman at the BeautiControl booth.
916-427-3793, or spa_grandma@yahoo.com
Cookie Lee Jewelry is represented by
Daneece Percey or call
209-480-6145
Aderian Hutson cheerfully explains the mission of the Galt
Area Historical Society. 209-745-0951 for info.
Elena Mendoza shows her jewelry and can be contacted at
916-686-2986, or emendoza27@msn.com
This is a map to the
Ranch
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