Craft Fairs Are Always Around
By Candice Sabrina -
A crafter's dream comes true. Another craft fair to spend the day shopping with girlfriends, buying new craft items for the home or just coming up with new ideas on items you can make yourself. Where do you find a craft fair to attend? The answer is just about everywhere.

Craft shows are held throughout the year at many different locations and are hosting by many organizations and vary in size and quality of merchandise.

There are very large shows that cater to the more upscale shopper such as the Sugarloaf Craft Festivals where shoppers can find the unique handcrafted artwork of literally thousands of American Artists. They tout that they are "designer craft shows and fine art fairs with a difference."

They have expanded from the Mid-Atlantic to the Mid-West and now to New England. Sugarloaf art fairs and craft festivals are among the nation's best and largest shows of their kind. There is a variety of work by talented craft designers and fine artists that include blown glass and sculpture to fine art and designer clothing. Almost anything you can think about you can find in the way of handcrafted creations can be found here.

Thinking about something a bit smaller and with less journeyed crafters? Consider watching your local area newspapers for announcement of local events. There are always a slew of craft fairs around usually beginning in late September through mid-December. These fairs focus on fall decorations and the Christmas holidays. You can purchase any type of decoration, flower arrangement, painting, food products, and jewelry, etc. at these shows-all made by local persons.

Every fall, local churches, schools and volunteer fire departments coordinate and host these special opportunities. Depending upon who hosts them determines where the proceeds go. Many churches have their members donate homemade items, baked goods and their time to work their events-all

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