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| Join us for the only wholesale craft show on the East Coast dedicated to Rustic Nature Handmade!!
80 juried artisans: the rustic, the traditional, and the contemporary. 
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20th Annual
Rustic Nature Buyer Days City Center, Saratoga Springs, NY Thursday, April 6, 2006, 12 - 6 pm Friday, April 7, 2006, 9 am - 4 pm Cash and Carry 1 - 4 pm For the Trade Only Vendor Lodgings since 2003: The Saratoga Downtowner Motel ($62-$72) and The Springs Motel ($60) Buyer Registration: Buyer Days 2006 Registration Include names of owners/staff attending, business name and address and receive your badges and vendor list before show. Getaway Packages For Buyers Vendor Registration (until show full) 2006 Application Need more postcards? - Need More Postcards |
Rustic Nature Buyer Days
Showcasing handmade crafts, foods and art featuring nature and rustic themes.Rustic Nature Buyer Days marks its 20th year on April 6-7, 2006 in Saratoga Springs, New York. View registered vendors here starting January 7th. This low-key intimate trade show, a professional venue for debuting and well-established artisans, is celebrating its long time relationships with many Adirondack North Country exhibitors and retailers. Cash prices determined by peer vote are to be awarded to Best Retailer and Best Exhibitor and to second and third place runner ups. The Best Practices Marketing Toolkit Workshop for Gift Shop and Studio Owners in Rural Areas will be also be offered for free at the show.
You may register for the show by clicking on the above email for buyers. See you at the show.
Comments from Buyers: Getting better - every year. Nice looking this year!// nice show // Great! My store too small to include furniture // Great show - good set up - liked the door prize idea // Excellent show!!
What impressed Buyers the most about the product lines at this show: Quality ++ // lighting, pottery, wooden utensils // variety - affordable prices // variety & quality of merchandise // high quality work // quality - nice variety // quality, choice, variety // unusual - some prices were very reasonable // quality quality // quality and more booths this year!!
12-6, Thurs., April 6 and 9-4, Friday, April 7, 2006
City Center in Saratoga Springs
Walk in buyers welcome.
Bring business card and/or state sales tax #. No admission fee.
Browse through 2005 vendor list below. Many of the vendors come back regularly to the show.
Includes exhibitor description, link or contact info and booth shots.
Exhibitors are listed in registration order.
| Whiteface Mountain Gourmet Maple, Bloomingdale. Food - Maple vinagrettes and barbecues and maple glazed nuts sell very well. Fourth year. |
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| Nancy Miller, Saratoga Springs. Second year. Fine and sterling silver jewelry, accented with 24K gold, pearls, gemstones, fused glassor enamels. email |
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Underwood Herbs, Chateaugay. Herb products. 19 years at show.
Note: retail prices Underwood Herbs. Always does well at show. 518.425.3306
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Wahine Designs West Dover, VT. Jewelry - highly textured free form designs inspired by mountains, leaves, vegetables, sea creatures, in fine or sterling silver, gold or gold plated. New to show.
Eye and I Glass Colchester, VT. Jewelry - glass, lampworking style creates mosaic/stained glass look in free-form shapes. 802.660.0811. New to show.email
Adirondacks-Out of Hand, Essex. Candles - beeswax and dripless. Well established company. Adding new product lines. 19 years at show.
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Near North, Ausable Forks. Small nature watercolor prints. Fourth year. Good seller. One of five with image on this year's invitational show postcard.
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One on 1 Design, Queensbury. All original Adirondack landscape and wildlife prints hand screened by artist. Casual wear, mugs and more. Third year. 518.792.4699. email
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Pennyfield Studio, North River. Glass, stained. Lamps, votives, Adirondack and nature designs. Fourth year. email
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Silver Bench, Croghan. Silver jewelry. Beautiful workmanship. Vendor has attended show for many years. One of five with image on this year's invitational show postcard.
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North Country Books, Utica. Publishes and distributes quality books about the Adirondacks and New York State. Their selection includes history, biography, folklore, nature, field and trail guides, art, and photography. They offer over 1,250 titles along with posters, CD's, audio cassettes, DVD's, video tapes, postcard books, note cards, topographical maps, calendars, gifts, and sportswear. Ninth year at show.
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Benesch Creative Enterprises, Holland Patent. Wood - trucks, wall hangers, etc. Sixth year. Benesch Creative
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Heart's Desire Gifts, Little Falls. Food - Dried food mixes; dip mixes, dog and cat treats, gift sets, more. Third year.email
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Nostalgic Impressions, Middle Grove. Photography and art: Wildlife , nature. Photos, notecards, prints. Some watercolor and pressed flower work. Did well first year. Second year.
Suprenant's Berry Farm, Mooers. Food - hundreds of jam/jelly lines - many made from fruits grown on his farm. Fourth year. email
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Watershed Designs, Spencer. New Vendor - Fiber - quilts, comforters, placemats, potholders, pillows, wallhangings. Inspired by nature with images of landscapes, leafprint, animal and more from photos, prints and woodcuts. Second year.
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North Country Images, Long Lake. Photos and (new) rustic camp accessories; framed mirrors, clocks, etc. Nature and landscape images, framed. Eighth year.
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Woven Glass, Sand Lake. Vases, ornaments, paperweights. Manipulated threading used in the vases. Third year. Jury loved his work. 518.674.1387.
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Art Baird Pottery, Holland Patent. Pottery - stoneware for home and garden, especially his bird house feeders. His lines sell well at this show and at the Boston Gift Show. Fifth year. One of five with image on this year's invitational show postcard.
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B. Creative, Little Falls. Dried food mixes. Very popular vendor. Ninth year.
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Adirondack Logworks, Schroon Lake. Wood - candle holders, railings and more. Missed last year. 4th year.
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New Hartford Advertising, Utica. Adirondack style illustrations on mugs, gifts, Tshirts, glasses and more. They also sell customized gift items and can put your logo on a wide range of items. Fifth year.
Timothy Shea Precious Metal Designs, Salem. Jewelry - Hand-forged sterling silver and 14K gold classic contemporary jewelry. This long time vendor is back after not being able to attend last year.
AJL Designs, Fayette, ME. Birchbark and fabric lamps, lampshades, and birchbark and twig picture frames. Third year. email
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Adirondack Soapworks, Wilton. Soaps - Made with pure water from Saratoga Springs and infused with essential oils and nutrients. Second year - did well last year. One of five with image on this year's invitational show postcard. email
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Palatable Pepper Products, Hudson Falls. Foods - Chile Pepper Seasoning Blends, Beef Jerky, Hot Sauce and Pepper Jams. Second year. 518.746.0161
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Echo Mountain Media, Lake Placid. Syracuse University Press distributor. 518.524.6568.
M.A. Swift Originals, Wilmington. Colorful bug bonnets. Seventh year.
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Wood n' Works, Adirondack. Woodcrafts painted with an "Adirondack" theme and engraved walking sticks. New to show. 518.494.7959.
Westkill Knob Co., Westkill. Stone - drawer pulls mounted on brass mounts. New to show. 518.989.6462.
Fish Bob, Howes Cave. Wood - carved fish. New to show.
D&A Crafts, Camden. Adirondack theme fabric covered switchplates, lampshades, and log chests. Third year. email
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Herb Dieck, Photographer, Scotia. Photo notecards, matted and/or framed prints, available on watercolor and canvas. Well established producer with many wholesale accounts in the Capital District. Second year. email
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Willows, Etc., Ontario. Wood - decorative branches, pussy willows and wreaths. Sells decorative twigs by bale. Second year. 315.524.7827.
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Adirondack Antlers, Bloomingdale. Antlers - table, floor lamps and chandeliers. 5th year. Does well at show.
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Spruce Mountain Designs, Lake Placid. Jewelery - Sterling Silver and 14K Gold Adirondack and Great Camp themes. They are looking forward to showing their new lines to their already established accounts as well as new ones. Second year in show after ten year absence.
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Running Ridge Studio, Bolton Landing. Handhooked, original nature scenes - mountains, lakes, and coastal. Rugs, mats, wall hangings. New to show. Display only, vendor not in attendance.
Maine Antler Design, Unity, ME. Antler - many product lines, ie, elk button with clock, earrings, slice antler buttons, hanging flower pot, and more. New to show. Display only, vendor not in attendance.
Pan American Wildlife and Scenic Photography, Niskayuna. Photos - notecards, matted prints, framed prints in variety of sizes. New to show.
Bald Mountain Rustics, Keene Valley. Rustic twig furniture for the home and garden; arbors, chairs, benches, tables, cabinets, baskets and more. New to show.
Chocolate by Design, Hoosick Falls. Speciality foods - packaged chocolates. New to show.
A Natural Alternative, Lansdale, PA. Soaps - preservative free soaps and toiletries. Cold processed and hand milled. New to show.
Wine Bottle Nightlights, Auburn. Glass - wine bottles with miniature lights inside and artwork outside. 315.253.9542. New to show.
Pioneer Rustics, Gloversville. Wood - white pine, lacquer finished. Canopy and log beds, custom end and coffee tables, log upholstered living room sets. New to show. email
Boulder Cove Originals, Forestport. Clay - windchimes strung with snowshoes, paddles, antique items; napkin rings, bun warmers and more. New to show. 315.834.6110.
Woodsmith Rustic Furniture, Coventry, RI. Wood - Adirondack twig furnishings; shelves, tables, mirrors, etc. New to show
Garnet Stone Company, Ballston Spa. Stone - garnet stone from Adirondacks - tableware; coasters, cheese boards, cutting boards, table tops. First trade show Garnet Stone is promoting their new tableware product lines. New to show.
Nature's Abstracts, Constable. Photos - digitally altered notecards of abstracts of tree branches. New to show. email
Artworks4me, Brushton. Photos - Vintage photos from glass plates depicting camping, canoeing, hunting and other activities of the Adirondacks from the early 19th century. New to show.
Mapleland Farms, Salem. Pure maple products. Long time vendor who missed last two years is now back.
Sterling Forest Designs, Auburn. Elegant handcrafted modular wooden displays. For those of you who are looking for new display shelving, this vendor did very well at this show last year. Second year.
Asplin Tree Farms, Saranac Lake. New fabrics for their balsam pillows and expanding into custom embroidery and silkscreening. Long time vendor.
Amazon Gems, Paramus, NJ. Clay - Amazon motifs on planters and vases. Wood - boxes. New to show. email
Adirondack Speciality Foods, Keeseville. Foods - introducing honey, apple butter honey cream, michigan sauce and more. Second year. email
Sapling Rustic Furniture, St. Regis Falls. Wood - rustic frames, furniture mirrors. Second year. 518.856.0241
Harris Metal Design, Rochester. Metal - wall silhouettes, coatracks, bookends, shelf brackets, light switch covers, bathroom accessories. Hand drawn designs, plasma-cut steel, hammered copper baked on powder coat finish. New to show.
Sun Feather Natural Soaps, Potsdam. Wide variety of soaps, and complementary lines. National distribution. Sixth year vendor.
Country Junction, Maryland. Country home decor; introducing scented soy candles in old fashioned enamelware. Has attended two years over a three year period.
Garden Thyme Herb Shop, Turin. Herbs - teas, blends, pet lines and more. Fifth year.
Orchard Park Recordings, Ovid. Acoustic music - Adirondack and other, new CDs introduced at show. 8th year. Does well at show.
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Fawn Ridge Pottery, Chestertown. Pottery - Well established and popular vendor - Tenth year.
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Seri-Graphics, Glens Falls. Illustrations on T-shirts. Third year. email
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Robert Stump Studios, Poughquag. Prints and lamps. Fifth year exhibitor. Does well at show.
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Kurt Vitch Wildlife Artist, Schenectady. Wood - wildlife carvings. World championship, award winning fish carvings. Third year.
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Ferris Studios, Boonville. Custom Designs - From a Single Chair, to Your Entire House. "When most companies say 'custom', they mean 'custom fit with a couple of choices of face design'. When we say 'custom' we mean there are 'no limits'!" New to show.
Marsh Hollow Basketworks, Waterbury, VT. Baskets - first time back in 5 or so years - did very well the two years attended. email
frittelli & LOCKWOOD, Glens Falls. Handwoven, limited edition and one-of-a-kind jackets, shirts, vests, and skirts in luxury fabrications including silk, rayon chenille, and alpaca. First time back for this vendor in maybe 15 years.
Vendors continue to be added. These have registered as of 3.23.05.
Photos of 2004 Exhibitor Booths.
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