The Inaugural C Street Arts Festival

At 7:30 in the morning on Saturday, June 9, Marilyn and I set up our booth at the Inaugural C Street Arts Festival and prepared for a long, hot day of selling our wares. It was my first Arts Festival behind the booth, so I was really excited to be there and experience "the other side," as it were.

For the previous several weeks, we had been working hard to produce a hearty sampling of what we do, retail-wise, from the higher end upcycled dresses to the more portable scarves and notecards.  As it turned out, we had the best seats in the house. Situated in the grass, next door to the Maryland Writers' Association and between the performing arts tent and the crepes truck, we got to listen to great performances and readings of new works, and smell (and eat) amazing crepes all day.  I mean, who can complain about that?  Not us, that's for sure. 

Everyone who came seemed to have really positive feedback about what we were doing, and quite a few people had some fun suggestions for an even better event next year.  We sold some of our favorite scarves and generated quite a bit of interest for our sewing classes.

 The result (via Instagram) of some of our most recent upcycling adventures. 

These dresses just got put up on Etsy, so check them out!

 Marilyn and another volunteer from LADC getting ready for the Fair to open

 The event photographer thought this was great because he captured my

 "true" self... I really hope that's not the case. (Credit: Lew Lorton Photography)

It was REALLY hot. (Credit: Lew Lorton Photography)

All the vendors were really happy with the people who came out, and everyone sold well. All in all it was a very successful first run, and we are excited for it to be even bigger and better next year.

C Street Arts Festival Submission Deadline for Artists Extended!

The submission deadline for artists has been extended to March 16 for the C Street Arts Festival! If you're interested in submitting (and we know you are!) please sign up here!

The Arts Festival will be an outdoor market for artists to display and sell their wares along C Street on Saturday, June 9 from 10a-5p. There is detailed information regarding fees and provisions on the sign up page. We signed up this week for a booth and we are so excited to help with this cause!!!

For those of you who don't know, Marilyn is a founding member of the Laurel Arts District Exploratory Committee, or LADEC. A large portion of Main Street in historic Laurel has been designated as an arts district, and LADEC was formed as a means for the business owners and artists already here to help guide the formation and atmosphere of said arts district. We have had a few meetings and are really excited for all the potential Main Street, using C Street as ground zero, have to offer. We're thinking performance spaces, galleries, coffee shops, indoor and outdoor venues, everything an arts district can and should be. We can't wait to get this off the ground and there will be many more posts in the future regarding this project, so stay tuned!

A few weeks ago, Venus Theatre hosted an event called "See, Get, Give," (see a write up of us in the Baltimore Sun!) in which people gathered to literally cover the walls with ideas and inspiration for the future of Main Street.

Marilyn and Caroline discussing plans in front of one of the signs

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