Winnipeg Folk Festival Handmade Village

It's almost time for one of Winnipeg's most anticipated summer events - the Winnipeg Folk Festival! This year some of our very own WESTies will be at the Handmade Village, so please make sure to stop by and say hello to:

Tigers and Dragons
"Brass and Stainless Steel jewelry made using Victorian technology. Bracelets, pendants and earrings etched with Viking runes, Celtic knots and other symbols from around the world."

AeliosDesign
"Jewelry made with traditional metal-smithing techniques and leather crafting, using all natural materials and an environmentally friendly process in a chemical free workshop."

MamaPacha
"Mama Pacha is passionate about helping you reduce the use of chemicals in your life. We offer all natural, herbal skin care products for the whole family."

FlatlandersSoapCo
"Flatlanders Soap Co. creates bath and body products that are safe for you and our planet."

This year's Handmade Village Hours:

Thursday July 9th: 5 pm - 8 pm
Friday July 10th: 10 am - 8 pm
Saturday July 11th: 10 am - 8 pm
Sunday July 12th: 10 am - 8 pm

To see a full listing of vendors please visit:
winnipegfolkfestival.ca/blog/2015-hand-made-village-vendors/

Canada Day Weekend - WEST Handmade Village - Osborne Street Festival

10 WESTies banded together to create our own hand made village on Osborne Street in Winnipeg over the Canada Day week end. We set up 4 tents of awesome handmade Etsy artisan items!

Amidst a sea of mass produced items we stood out loud and proud!

Marie from YamasMaries table - sorry, I some how didn't get a picture of the lovely Marie! In the back ground is Louise of SoGaSoap, who was my next over neighbour and I somehow seemed to have also missed in my photo taking! Bad bad captain!

Here's some of her subject appropriate soap in lieu of apology!

Jennifer of ToxieDesigns,one or our fabulous leaders!

Sarah of FlatLandersSoapCo

Angie of ByBlackBirdDesigns and Steam Punk Trunk.

Deb of HoshiiDesigns 

Christa of SecretJewelry and Kat of AeliosDesign

Angie's sign - it sure drew a lot of attention!

Jackie of BranchesandFeathers 

And finally,my table Periwinkle Designs.

Many thanks to the group for all the great organization, support and just plain laughs we had all weekend--couldn't have survived it with out you! ~Ruth