Spring Sampler

Photo credits: Barbara Boutot Designs/harelooms, jacket; Zip Pinning, zipper floral brooches by Elaine Milosz; Lightwing Designs, handcut overlay jewelry by Shawn Lester; and Sunflower Leather, purse by Kurt & Jan Jindela


A Sampling of our 2011 Spring Exhibitors!

Old Deerfield Spring Sampler Craft Fair at the Eastern States Exposition's
Young Building in West Springfield, MA

April 2 & 3, 2011
Saturday & Sunday, 10:00 to 5:00
$6 Adults; $1 children 6-12

Thanks to our new business sponsors for Spring:

Win $50 Shopping Certificates
Multiple Winners Each Day!

Redeem ESE Parking Ticket for FREE Summer Craft Fair Ticket ($6 Value)

Consider purchasing a book from one of our local authors as a wonderful Holiday gift alternative click See Authors

Enjoy discounted
Lunch or Dinner at the Storrowton Tavern!

Pick up your discount coupon at the show office

Wonderful enamled jewelry by Lightwing designs.

Cookies by
Lesley Hall's Sweetie Pie Cookie s
for the holidays.


"Day Bunny" above and "Rolling Hills Farm"by Wendy Detrick Worsham, Inc., Acrylics on Canvas

Looking for that one of a kind Easter outfit frou your grandchildren? Little Rascals clothing is not only adorable but are generously cut to wear into summer and beyond.

Exciting new designs by perennial favorite Kurt Jindela and Sunflower Leather.

At the 2011 Spring Sampler
Schedule of Events
Saturday, April 2 Sunday, April 3
 11:00 - 1:00 p.m.
WMAS Broadcast Live from the Show Floor
 Music by Dan Torres
 Music Dan Torres 1:00 Ukrainian Egg workshop Sheila & Anne return for their popular workshop

 1:00 Learn how to create your own “tussie mussies” or nosegays with Deerfield Gardener Tom Mershon. These petite bouquets harken back to Victorian Era and are making a wonderful comeback at Weddings and Special Occasions.

 

 2:00 Make a needle felted wool Easter chick with local artist Lorna McMaster.

Workshope limited to 20 people. Workshop attendees will go home with their own handmade chick. Join our mailing list on our home page for our eNewsletter (blue box)

 3:00 What is an English Tea? Becca DeBeauport owner of The Queen of Cups will present "An English Tea." The tea table will be set as DeBeauport shows what makes a tea truly English. Samples will follow the demonstration. All eyes are on the English Royalty this month. Learn from tea experts.

3:00 Jeff and Karen Woodward will demonstrate how to build a springy patio garden using succulents and hypertufa containers.

Rosquette Teapot

 

Purchase lovely shabby chic furniture perfect for a summer cottage, porch or girls room, from
Simply White Vintage

Debi Wetzel

Be sure to visit Ryan Clark to see his wonderful pearl and stone jewelry designs.

 

Lovely hammered recycled aluminum platters make a
great house gift filled with cookies for the holidays. Platter by American Forging.

The craft fair focuses on the gift giving needs of spring... Easter, Mother's Day, weddings, and graduations as well as gardening and outdoor living interests that bloom in the spring. The Spring Sampler builds upon the success of the award-winning Old Deerfield Christmas Sampler held each November at the same site in the Young Building at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, MA.

 

Choose from fun and funky to elegant and classic jewelry for all occasions...

A wonderful group of great quilts, wallhangings and table runners from a number of fiber artists...

A wonderful way to bring spring into your home...


Map to Eastern States Exposition

Call 413-774-7476 for more information.

To get to the Young Building:

From Eastern Mass via Mass Pike: west to Exit 4, south on Rt. 5 to Rt. 147, west 1 mile
From Albany Area via Mass Pike: east to Exit 4, south on Rt. 5 to Rt. 147, west 1 mile
From Connecticut via I-91: north to Exit 3 to Rt. 5 north to Rt. 147, west 1 mile... or north to Exit 3, follow Rt. 57 west to Rt. 195, north to Rt. 147 east
From Vermont, New Hampshire via I-91: south to Exit 13B, south on Rt. 5 to Rt. 147, west 1 mile

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