Holiday Forest Market

The Friends of Tryon Creek welcomed the public to the park's Nature Center for their annual holiday Forest Market on December 4th & 5th. At the event I admired the handiwork of local artisans and authors while my children made Christmas ornaments out of recycled items. The setting was very intimate so I was able to visit with many of the vendors and learn about their wares which featured everything from chocolate and candles to note cards, books and reclaimed-materials-turned-into-yard-sculptures.

Families enjoyed making decorations out of recycled items...

...while shoppers checked out (and sampled) yummy Oregon honey from The Bee Hive (I bought three jars!). 

Pamela Yocum's ceramic designs. These were absolutely stunning. (http://www.pamelayocum.com/Ceramics/Contact_Me.html)

Susan Burson's exquisite pine needle baskets (that's right! The woven portion of these gorgeous pieces are made by hand using pine needles).