News For and About Regional Shopowners and Craftspeople
emailed 12.16.02
For Retailers - 21 vendors signed up for the Adirondack North Country Rustic and Nature Theme Buyer Days. Visit Rustic and Nature Theme Buyer Days for their names, media types and links.
New regional niche wholesale show in Kingston, NY. Catskill Craft Market, March 19 and 20, 2003, TechCity, Kingston, NY. So far 23 vendors have signed up, another 5 that I know of - looking for at least 50. I'm coordinating this show for the Catskill Mountain Crafts Collective (CMCC). I will keep you posted. To get an application, email. Visit Catskill Craft Market to see who's already signed up.
For Vendors - New Buyer Day promotions. Purchasing 700 names and addresses from infousa.com of shops in VT, CT, and Mass. within 50 miles of Saratoga Springs. Also looking at 2000 names of giftshops in CT, NY, VT and MA from Giftware News subscribers. Giftware News is a national retailers magazine with the most subscribers, 30,000. I wish to thank Catskill Mountain Crafts Collective (CMCC) for sharing their list.
For exhibitors new to wholesale. The final session of the Workshop "How to Establish and Maintain Wholesale Accounts" for this season will be held on January 25, 10am-2pm, at the Adirondack Craft Center, Lake Placid. Your product is also reviewed. $30 fee. Register by calling Nadia, 518.891.1632.
New craftshow - Deadline 1/27/03 or until full. Craftproducers promoting lst time show at the Olympic Oval, Lake Placid, NY on Aug. 15 - 17, 2003. Fees $425 to 675. Contact Craftproducers, POB 538, Putney, VT 05346. 802.348.7196, fax 802.348.9344. e-mail: lvkm@together.net website: Craft Producers.
Merchant credit card service - One craftswoman from Malone has gone with Merchants Direct through her local bank. One time setup fee of $175 - swipe machine only - has to call in. $15/month fee with (I didn't ask)% charge for each transaction. On months with no business she can call ahead to cancel fee for month.
Could we do it here? In the Eastern Townships in Canada just north of Malone, the regional economic development agency promotes two 3 day grand tours, one in May and one in Sept., of 30 food and drink sites. Each site is twinned with another business - craft, art, food, drink. Now in their 3rd year, they generate 30,000 visitors per 3 day tour and have resulted in an average of 15% increase in gross income for each site participant.
New Shop/expansion. Hoss's Country Store has since this fall opened up a Christmas Store in another building in back of the Country Store. Hoss's Country Store
New owners. Asplin Tree Farms, Gabriels, NY. Welcome to Tom Bell, owner, and Barbara Bell, general manager. 518.891.5783.
New shop in Wilmington. The Corner Stone opened on November 29. The seven artisans and craftspeople are Meg Stone - silk screened notecards, Susan Cassevaugh - original oils and watercolors and prints, Rarilee Conway - Adirondack style accessories such as privacy screens, wall mirrors, etc., Marika Corvelli - country folk art, Janice Miller-Hoffman - stained glass, Jessica Winona Mulvey - porcupine quill jewelry and balsa, cedar and lavender products, Marjorie Swift - the creator of the original "Bug Bonnet." Others will be also featured; Jeri Wright, photographer, and Arto Monaco who designed and built the building in 1948.
A move and expansion. The Candy Man moved from Jay to Wilmington this past summer into a larger building (next to the Corner Stone). It is now possible to watch the famous candy being made, nearly from start to finish. Candy Man
Show move. The Adirondack Museum will host next year's 12th Adirondack Antique Show in Indian Lake's Bryon Park in September 2003. Adirondack Museum
In the News. Bug Bonnet creator Majorie Swift was featured in the summer's issue of Adirondack Life as the Handmade story. She said it brought her some great business. 518.946.7642
In the News. Carol Clarridge, Whiteface Mountain Gourmet Maple Syrup, was featured with photos in the Good Eating section of the Chicago Tribune on July 31. 518.946.7325
Storefront rental. Star Lake (halfway between Watertown and Lake Placid) on Rte. 3 across from Nice and Easy. 24 x 10 1930s cottage. $450/mth + utilities. Also 40x15 with French doors and wrap around porch with birch railings. $600/mth + utilities. email kanneo@lycos.com
In the News. Tom Phillips, rustic furniture maker from Barlett Carry, between Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake on Rte. 3, was awarded the Traditional Arts in Upstate New York's (TAUNY) North Country Heritage Award in September. He also demonstrated his craft on the Home and Garden Network segment filmed at the Great Camp Sagamore in Raquette Lake, where he and his wife, Judy, have held woodworking and basketweaving classes each summer for the last 10 years.
For food producers. Database of 3,000 gourmet and food shops from across the nation at Ablenet. Free. Can sort by state. Also has product development section. Ohio based economic development association.
For food producers. Thinking organic? Organic Trade Association, Katherine DiMatteo, 74 Fairview St., POB 547, Greenfield MA 01302. 413.774.7511, fax: 413.744.6432. email: info@ota.com, website: Organic Trade Association. OTA has an online organic export directory. They provide information, government liaison, market development and education about organic agriculture. They have a wide range of publications and promotional materials. Looks like a good place to keep up with current news.
For the one of a kind types. Updated website. New York Foundation for the Arts. Each week the homepage will feature three NYFA artists, and the site provides access to the best national arts news and information in the country. New York Foundation for the Arts
I look forward to receiving your news: publicity, awards, expansions, changes, and more.
Nadia Korths, regional craft programs coordinator.
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