A crafty Christmas!

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Remember that handmade gift you got last holiday season and how warm and fuzzy it made you feel inside? The giving this time of year seems more special when the gift is personal, and even more so when you’ve made it yourself. Lisa Hepfner was at the Binbrook fairgrounds today, which was a whole bazaar of homemade gifts designed by local entrepreneurs.

A few years ago Monique Lourenco and her sister decided to start a business selling lockets.

“You can customize the backplate, so if it’s not a Grandma and it’s a Nanny, Nona, or Granny, it’s 100% personalized for each person.”

“Grandmas have everything. Moms have everything. So it’s a great idea for them.”

Kelly Gerrard is local knitting entrepreneur.

“Handmade, local entrepreneurship is awesome. It’s really Facebook driven. I’ve been doing it a couple years. A lot of the patterns have history, like the Newfoundland mitts are a century-old pattern I tracked down on a website.”

Kelly Binns and her husband have a lavender farm.

“That’s my sea pearl soap.”

Sabrina Gouveia, from Studio 29, teaches people how to use her chalk paint.

“It’s like, crazy demand.To take old stuff and make it new again.”

“When people walk into the shop they’re nervous, they don’t think they can do it, and when they leave they’re totally smiling.”

Debbie Johnson from Jean’s Flower Shop held workshops on how to make a Christmas urn.

Usually for a Christmas urn at a store you would pay around $75.

Jean’s Flower Shop in Binbrook is having another workshop next weekend for kids. They’ll make teapot bouquets for the season, and in December the kids can make Kissletoe.

Crafts give you personal satisfaction, they’re fun to give and receive, and you can have great family time in the creation process.