Handmade Holidays NOV 2016
Hello, Vendors, Artists, Crafters, Food Artisans, and Friends of the Market!
Handmade Holidays
Welcome Artists and Crafters. We’re delighted to host you for the 2016 Handmade Holidays event at the Collingswood Farmers’ Market.
Whether you’re a Market veteran or a Market rookie, these instructions will help insure a smooth arrival and setup during what can be a hectic hour. You’ll be moving into a Market that is already well established, joining dozens of vendors with their own customary locations, setup procedures, and traffic patterns. Do not assume that you can arrive when you like and drive into the Market to set up. Take it easy, stay aware, and remember you are a guest.
Study your location
- Further down this post you will find the site plans for all three November Saturdays.
- Study the plans for all the Saturdays you’ve scheduled.
- We’ve done our best to avoid bouncing you around.
- Check all three plans to be certain you’re in the “same place.”
- The first farm vendors arrive at 6am. You are welcome to arrive with them.
- Arrive no later than 7am. You need to be ready to sell at 8am.
- David will be on site wearing red sweatshirt and/or jacket and a Market cap.
- Find David or text him to let him know you’ve arrived.
- Text, don’t call, (856) 979-6653
If you’re on the “Speedline side” of the Market (spaces 50-89)
- STOP
- Stop at the west entrance to the Market.
- DO NOT proceed directly to your space and put up a tent.
- David will guide you to your space when the traffic permits.
- You will have at most 15 minutes to unload your gear and remove your vehicle from the Market.
If you’re on the North side of the Market (spaces 1-49)
- DO NOT drive into the Market at all.
- You’ll park briefly alongside the parking meters on the north side to unload.
Don’t command a valuable parking space that shoppers can turn over a dozen times.
- David will have Vendor Parking Passes for you
- Park in the Lumberyard Garage for free
- Saving spaces for shoppers means more of them will visit your tent and table.
Have the latest plan with you
- This blog is easy to bring on your smartphone.
- The site plan is subject to change.
- The latest version is always live at the blog.
- If you bring a printed copy of your plan, it might not be current.
- Don’t be late, but text ahead if you’re going to be late.
- (856) 979-6653.
- If you must call instead of texting, please remember, when I answer, I will be busy with someone who’s on time.
- Remain patient.
Drive the right direction
- Traffic is ONE WAY, west to east.
- The top of the site plan is the entrance.
- Spaces 50-89 wait for David to escort your car.
- Spaces 1-49 do not drive into the Market.
- Spaces 1-49 load from the “parking meter” side of the space
Look for the chalk
- Market space numbers are marked with chalk on the pavement.
- Market spaces are parking space dimensions, 10 feet wide by 16 feet deep.
- Under the Speedline, we follow the diagonal parking space lines.
- On the north side, we “square off” the diagonals.
- The Market provides space only.
- Bring your own tables and tents.
- November can be windy; tents require weights for safety.
- Plan your displays so that your products don’t fall or blow away.
Unload quickly
- The “drive” down the middle gets very congested.
- At most, you have 15 minutes to unload.
- Stay to the side to permit others to pass.
- Don’t even think about parking your vehicle in your space.
- Get a free Vendor Parking Pass from David.
- If you take a prime parking spot for four hours, customers can’t use it.
Be a good neighbor
- The Market is a wonderful community of vendors who cooperate.
Forecast SAT NOV 19.
Glorious for the middle of November. Chilly to be sure during setup, but sun forecast for the entire Market day. Breezes start very mild but pick up as the morning progresses. Those charming light-weight displays that look good indoors will blow over and break your heart around noon. Bring tent weights as always.
Site Plan for SAT NOV 19
Dog Tent SAT NOV 19
New Life Animal Rescue
The good people at New Life rescued an entire family of miniature pinschers (and their pit bull sister) and could use some help adopting them to permanent families. In addition, they’ve asked for help with the following specific donation items: cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, paper towels, and puppy toys (we recently rescued 2 very pregnant dogs and now have puppy palooza going on!!)
BID Vendors
Perennial favorites Villa Barone, Cheese Etc., Charlie’s Crepes, MECHA Chocolates, and Sara’s Produce will attend.
Buy 2 Give 1
This is our last chance this season to help Market Sponsor Lourdes Wellness and the Oaklyn Food Pantry with perishable donations that go directly to our food-vulnerable neighbors. Consider buying an extra one of whatever you’re buying and drop it at the Lourdes Sponsor tent at Space 18.
Music SAT NOV 19
DAVE KELLY MAKES STRINGED THINGS SING. Dave will “play out the season” for us this last Market Saturday of 2016. He recently added the lap steel guitar to the long list of stringed things he can make sing. Expect him to be wearing long pants. Sunny and 60s.
Small Bills and a Bathroom Key
Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day. For guest vendors who might not be aware, I also have a key to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!
Location
The Market is not a permanent structure with a street address. It’s a section of pavement between Haddon Avenue and the High-Speed PATCO train to Philadelphia known as the Speedline. It sets up Saturday mornings from the first of May until the Saturday before Thanksgiving, from 8am until noon, and by 2pm the only way to identify the location is by the sponsor banners flying from the utility poles.
Using Google Maps?
For mapping purposes, use 713 North Atlantic Avenue, Collingswood as an address. That’s actually the Collingswood Police Station, but it’s the closest named building.
LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS
The market is located in Collingswood’s flourishing downtown business district, situated only 10 minutes from Center City Philadelphia by car and by PATCO Hi-Speedline.
The Towers. Once you get close, the Market can be found easily by looking up—for 2 water towers. The Market occupies the parking lot near the base of the two blue water towers in the center of town.
Near Directions
- If you enter town on Haddon Avenue, turn right onto Collings Avenue at the traffic light in the middle of town, then left into the entrance to the Community Center just before you reach the Speedline.
- If you enter town on Collings Avenue, make a right turn into the entrance to the Community Center, just after coming under the Speedline.
- If you enter town on PATCO, exit the turnstiles and head left, which is west, in the direction of Philadelphia. Walk along the PATCO tracks for about a block and a half and you will see the Market.
From the Ben Franklin Bridge
You will take Admiral Wilson Blvd. (30/676) to 30/130 south (the PUB is a landmark at the ramp)
Go thru the light at the Cooper River Golf driving range, past cemetery, and keep an eye to your right for a Dunkin Donuts.
Make the right at the Dunkin Donuts corner onto Haddon Ave, BUT keep right to jughandle around UNDER 130 and up onto Haddon Ave into Collingswood. (There is a sign “Welcome to Collingswood”)
Drive through first light (Browning Rd. intersection). At second light (Collings Avenue), turn right. You’re practically there.
Turn right onto Collings Avenue and turn left into the Community Center (past the fire hall). Stay to the right and follow the traffic or park immediately.
Look up. You’ll see two blue water towers. The Market is in the same lot.
This should be about 7 minutes drive from Ben Franklin in Saturday morning traffic.
Parking
- PATCO Collingswood Station parking along Atlantic Ave. extends right up to the Irvin Avenue entrance of the Market and is ample and free.
- Free street parking along the Market section of Atlantic Avenue and neighboring streets.
- Free parking in lots just north of the Market both west and east of the Police station.
- Kiosk and meter parking along Haddon Avenue.
- Kiosk parking in the Lumberyard Garage on Collings Avenue across from the Community Center.
VENDOR PARKING PERMITS
It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.
Flexible Site Plan
Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.
THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653
Collingswood SAT OCT 29
SAT OCT 29
WEATHER. Dry but chilly. Warming to 60 by closing. Sunny or mostly sunny. Sounds delightful.
Site Plan for SAT OCT 29
The departure for the season of A T Buzby, Les Viereck, Sweet Freedom Bakery, and Hurley’s Landscaping has opened many spaces in the middle of the Market, so we’ve located our Guest Vendors along the Midway.
We’ve also invited several Artists/Crafters to kick off the Handmade Holidays season a little early.
HANDMADE HOLIDAYS PREVIEW
Because we can! The early departure of some farm vendors have made it possible for us to offer “preview” spaces to several local crafters and artists a week ahead of the official November Handmade Holidays.
Casey Lynch (Squirrel Tacos). Casey makes handcut paper works, silhouettes, scenes in frames, loose prints and greeting cards.
Stephanie Schultz (Mermaid Metal). Stephanie’s jewelry line is inspired by the sea. All her pieces are handmade with sterling silver and natural stones.
Michelle Rauh (Fox and Feline). Michelle makes organic, cruelty-free handmade cat toys and dog accessories like bandanas with vintage buttons and collar flowers.
Ashley Kirk (Carolina Artisan). Ashley makes hand-carved and hand-cast sterling and hand-stamped precious metals. She also fabricates on site with gemstones and pearls.
Meredith Greimel (Beaucycled) Meredith handcrafts jewelry from rare gemstones and vintage remnants. She also arranges succulent gardens in unique glasswares and vintage pieces.
THIS WEEK’S FOOD BLOG POSTS
Spaghetti Squash, Pumpkinized
SPAGHETTI SQUASH WITH SAUCE
Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle Chef). The sauce is a vegan combination of pumpkin, tomato, and vegetables. The “spaghetti” is from those beautiful spaghetti squashes we’re seeing at the Market right now.
http://www.thebicycle-chef.com/2008/01/spaghetti-squash-with-tomato-pumpkin.html
BLOGGER CREDENTIALS
In all, six Official Market Bloggers have been provided with credentials like these:
BE PROACTIVE WITH OUR BLOGGERS
Make time for our bloggers if you can, and consider offering them samples of products they can use in their recipes. They’ll always tell readers where they got their ingredients. If you need help moving a particular product, solicit an article/recipe that features it.
OCT 29 Guest Vendors
- FOOD INNOVATION: Homegrown Farms
- Origin Almond Milk
- Green Aisle Grocery
- Neil’s Sharpening Service
Handmade Holidays Preview
- Deppenwood Handmade Birdhouses
- Casey Lynch Squirrel Tacos (Paper art)
- Mermaid Metal Jewelry
- Fox and Feline Animal Art
- Ashley Kirk Carolina Artisan Jewelry
- Meredith Greimel Beaucycled
Live Music
WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO.
TWO GUYS MAKE SO MUCH MUSIC THEY’RE A TRIO
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT.
MONKO! (FIRST NAME KEVIN) PLUS MOST LIKELY OTHERS
Bag Reduction
Already this season, we have noticed a significant decline in the number of disposable, single-use plastic bags at the Market. We’re taking a variety of steps to help shoppers eliminate them where possible.
Send anyone who wants to participate to the FOFM (Friends of the Farmers’ Market) tent at the middle of the Market for
- a FREE Paper bag courtesy of Market sponsor Audubon Savings Bank, or
- a chance to make their own T-Shirt bag, or
- to purchase a snazzy Market reusable bag, or
- to BORROW a reusable bag from the FOFM Loaner Bag program.
BID Vendors
Perennial favorites DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone, Cheese Etc., and Sara’s Produce will be selling food.
Starting this season, David Hodges is your primary contact for all BID area questions, reservations, and requests. At the usual numbers and email addresses. See below.
Small Bills and a Bathroom Key
There will be no small bills this one week, SAT SEP 03.
For guest vendors who might not be aware, Joe Williams will be available with keys to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!
VENDOR PARKING PERMITS
It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.
Flexible Site Plan
Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.
THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653
Collingswood SAT OCT 22
SAT OCT 22
WEATHER. Dry but chilly. WIND ALERT. 24 MPH forecast for noon.
ABSOLUTELY A TENT WEIGHT DAY. Don’t even consider putting up tents without securing them. They’re too dangerous when they tumble.
Site Plan for SAT OCT 22
The departure for the season of A T Buzby, Les Viereck, and Sweet Freedom Bakery, and Hurley’s Landscaping (plus the temporary departures of Sikking Flowers, DiBartolo Bakery, and Sara’s Produce) has opened many spaces in the middle of the Market, so we’ve located our Guest Vendors along the Midway.
We’ve also invited several Artists/Crafters to kick off the Handmade Holidays season a little early.
FEATURED ARTIST
MEREDITH GREIMEL (Beaucycled)
Meredith Greimel (Beaucycled). Jewelry, Knits, Succulents. I handcraft jewelry from rare gemstones and vintage remnants. I also arrange succulent gardens in unique glasswares and vintage pieces.
http://facebook.com/beaucycled
THIS WEEK’S FOOD BLOG POSTS
PHOTOS AND LINKS TO COME
BLOGGER CREDENTIALS
In all, six Official Market Bloggers have been provided with credentials like these:
BE PROACTIVE WITH OUR BLOGGERS
Make time for our bloggers if you can, and consider offering them samples of products they can use in their recipes. They’ll always tell readers where they got their ingredients. If you need help moving a particular product, solicit an article/recipe that features it.
OCT 22 Guest Vendors
- Weckerly’s Ice Cream
- John & Kira’s Chocolates
- FOOD INNOVATION: Our Yards Farms
- Windy Farm Alpacas (Live Animals)
- Origin Almond Milk
- Barn and Stone House Soap
Handmade Holidays Preview
- Deppenwood Handmade Birdhouses
- Sylvia Starlight Toys
- Wendy Davis Wood Home Decor
Live Music
WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO.
DAVE KELLY MAKES STRINGED THINGS SING
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT.
SHE HATES ME (THEY DON’T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE)
Bag Reduction
Already this season, we have noticed a significant decline in the number of disposable, single-use plastic bags at the Market. We’re taking a variety of steps to help shoppers eliminate them where possible.
Send anyone who wants to participate to the FOFM (Friends of the Farmers’ Market) tent at the middle of the Market for
- a FREE Paper bag courtesy of Market sponsor Audubon Savings Bank, or
- a chance to make their own T-Shirt bag, or
- to purchase a snazzy Market reusable bag, or
- to BORROW a reusable bag from the FOFM Loaner Bag program.
BID Vendors
Perennial favorites DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone, Cheese Etc., and Sara’s Produce will be selling food.
Starting this season, David Hodges is your primary contact for all BID area questions, reservations, and requests. At the usual numbers and email addresses. See below.
Small Bills and a Bathroom Key
There will be no small bills this one week, SAT SEP 03.
For guest vendors who might not be aware, Joe Williams will be available with keys to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!
VENDOR PARKING PERMITS
It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.
Flexible Site Plan
Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.
THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653
Collingswood SAT OCT 15
SAT OCT 15
WEATHER. Dry. Completely dry. Sunny and chilly. Starts out cold (45 degrees), warming to just into the 60s by Market close.
Site Plan for SAT OCT 15
The departure for the season of A T Buzby, Les Viereck, and Sweet Freedom Bakery has opened seven spaces in the middle of the Market, so we’ve located our Guest Vendors along the Midway.
FEATURED ARTIST
ERIC WOLFF (Mud and Fire)
Eric Wolff (Mud and Fire). Handmade Pottery. Live your life with character and style. Start the day with a hot cup in your own unique and stylish mug, or breakfast from a one-of-a-kind bowl. Serve your family and guests from handmade pieces that no one else has. Even feed Fluffy or Fido from their own beautiful dinnerware. All functional pieces are safe for food and are good in the microwave, dishwasher, and oven. LINK HERE.
THIS WEEK’S FOOD BLOG POSTS
BLUE CRAB SAUTE
Patricia DiJulio (SouthJerseyGirlsGrub). Patricia uses crimini mushrooms from Davidson’s Exotic, plus scallions and parsley from Formisano Farms to adorn this simple crab saute preparation. LINK HERE.
FARMERS’ MARKET MAC’N’CHEESE
Donna Hutchinson (My Tasty Journey). Not JUST Mac’n’Cheese, Donna’s is enhanced with fresh corn, cherry tomatoes, and frying peppers . . . plus BACON! All of which she picked p at the Market. LINK HERE.
SPAGHETTI SQUASH AND PUMPKIN
Denine Gorniak (thebicycle-chef). Denine got her squash and tomatoes at Viereck Farms. The recipe also makes good use of your carrots, zucchini, and pumpkin. LINK HERE.
BLOGGER CREDENTIALS
In all, six Official Market Bloggers have been provided with credentials like these:
BE PROACTIVE WITH OUR BLOGGERS
Make time for our bloggers if you can, and consider offering them samples of products they can use in their recipes. They’ll always tell readers where they got their ingredients. If you need help moving a particular product, solicit an article/recipe that features it.
OCT 15 Guest Vendors
- Weckerly’s Ice Cream
- Green Aisle Grocery
- FOOD INNOVATION: Homegrown Farms
- Windy Farm Alpacas (Live Animals)
- Origin Almond Milk
- Cindy’s Homemade Soap
Live Music
WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO.
MARKET FAVORITE CARUSO AND HIS MESSY FRIENDS
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT.
TRIO NOVA DUO (BACK AS A TWO)
Bag Reduction
Already this season, we have noticed a significant decline in the number of disposable, single-use plastic bags at the Market. We’re taking a variety of steps to help shoppers eliminate them where possible.
Send anyone who wants to participate to the FOFM (Friends of the Farmers’ Market) tent at the middle of the Market for
- a FREE Paper bag courtesy of Market sponsor Audubon Savings Bank, or
- a chance to make their own T-Shirt bag, or
- to purchase a snazzy Market reusable bag, or
- to BORROW a reusable bag from the FOFM Loaner Bag program.
BID Vendors
Perennial favorites DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone, Cheese Etc., and Sara’s Produce will be selling food.
Starting this season, David Hodges is your primary contact for all BID area questions, reservations, and requests. At the usual numbers and email addresses. See below.
Small Bills and a Bathroom Key
There will be no small bills this one week, SAT SEP 03.
For guest vendors who might not be aware, Joe Williams will be available with keys to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!
VENDOR PARKING PERMITS
It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.
Flexible Site Plan
Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.
THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653
Collingswood SAT OCT 08
SAT OCT 08
WEATHER. We’ve dodged a lot of rainstorms this season. Apparently we’ll have to do so again this week. An increasing likelihood of rain is predicted for the Market hours, all the way to 70% by the closing cowbell. Temperatures in the 60s. Light breeze.
Site Plan for SAT OCT 08
The departure for the season of A T Buzby, Les Viereck, and Sweet Freedom Bakery has opened seven spaces in the middle of the Market, so we’ve located our Guest Vendors along the Midway.
FEATURED ARTIST
ART COHEN (Art’s Pots). Art sells a variety of handcrafted functional pottery including juicers, berry bowls, yarn bowls for knitters, casseroles, mugs, and bowls of every size.
BLOGGER CREDENTIALS
In all, six Official Market Bloggers have been provided with credentials like these:
BE PROACTIVE WITH OUR BLOGGERS
Make time for our bloggers if you can, and consider offering them samples of products they can use in their recipes. They’ll always tell readers where they got their ingredients. If you need help moving a particular product, solicit an article/recipe that features it.
OCT 01 Guest Vendors
- Weckerly’s Ice Cream
- PRESERVATION Handcrafted Foods
- FOOD INNOVATION: Our Yards Farms
- O Made Granola (Going Out Of Business Sale!)
- Origin Almond Milk
- Rutgers Master Gardeners
- Boy Scout Troop 179
Live Music
WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO.
MARKET FAVORITE JOHN ROSSI
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT.
SAM CARUSO (WITH OR WITHOUT SPECIAL GUESTS)
Bag Reduction
Already this season, we have noticed a significant decline in the number of disposable, single-use plastic bags at the Market. We’re taking a variety of steps to help shoppers eliminate them where possible.
Send anyone who wants to participate to the FOFM (Friends of the Farmers’ Market) tent at the middle of the Market for
- a FREE Paper bag courtesy of Market sponsor Audubon Savings Bank, or
- a chance to make their own T-Shirt bag, or
- to purchase a snazzy Market reusable bag, or
- to BORROW a reusable bag from the FOFM Loaner Bag program.
BID Vendors
Perennial favorites DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone, Cheese Etc., and Sara’s Produce will be selling food.
Starting this season, David Hodges is your primary contact for all BID area questions, reservations, and requests. At the usual numbers and email addresses. See below.
Small Bills and a Bathroom Key
There will be no small bills this one week, SAT SEP 03.
For guest vendors who might not be aware, Joe Williams will be available with keys to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!
VENDOR PARKING PERMITS
It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.
Flexible Site Plan
Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.
THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653
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