SUMMER SHINDIG 2022
Market + Music at Mylan Park Pavilion
(500 Mylan Park Lane, Morgantown, WV 26501)
SATURDAY, August 27 from 3-9pm
Vendor Line-Up
Click on the pink business name to visit the vendor’s website, Etsy shop or social media page to learn more about them!
Appalachian Fiber Flow (Michelle Stover)
Appalachian Fiber Flow is a handmade, yarn-wrapped hula hoop business with a variety of colorful hoops in a variety of sizes for all ages. Music festivals, exercise, whatever your flow is, they've got the good vibrations!
These fun, classic toys double as exercise equipment. There’s no better, nostalgic way to move + groove to your favorite tunes. Pick out your favorite hand wrapped hoop, and find your flow!
Siren Pottery (Kyrstin Harrell)
At Siren Pottery, Kyrstin makes incredible handmade pottery, drinkware, decorative designs. She uses the coolest decals to add her special touch of magic and whimsy. Siren Pottery runs anywhere from $7 to $65.
The Hippie's Daughter (Elizabeth Elswick)
Hippie's Daughter is a little inappropriate but always humorous. Taking inspiration from nostalgic Appalachian expressions, growing up in the 90s, and all things hippie. Hippie's Daughter creates aesthetically pleasing, authentic art.
Hippie's Daughter offers lots of macramé goods and tons of original illustrated works offered as stickers, shirts, and more at many different price points ranging from $4-$400. Hippie's Daughter is for everyone from grandma to your husband, as long as they’re okay with the occasional cuss word.
East Wheeling Clayworks (Adam + Beth Bedway)
East Wheeling Clayworks (@eastwheelingclayworks) is a small ceramics productions studio located near the Ohio River in Wheeling, WV. They are a family owned business that currently employs eight amazing people who help make, sell and ship their products to people all around the world!
They focus mostly on creating well-designed functional pottery that’s durable enough for everyday use. East Wheeling Clayworks encourages their customers to use their pots everyday as part of their daily rituals of cooking, eating, or relaxing.
Shapelessflame (Natalie Kovacs)
Natalie from Shapelessflame is a cartoonist and illustrator from Appalachia (eastern Ohio). She draws critters–both real & imagined–but mostly a lot of raccoons. All hail trash! Natalie uses cartoons as a way to explore nature, pagan topics, and mental health with the intent of sparking curiosity and fun. Their work is playful and informative, but sarcastic and full of curse words, too.
Currently, she sells prints, high-quality vinyl stickers, and pins of her comics and designs with prices ranging from $4 - $35.
Reclaimed Threads (Kelly Dlugos)
Kelly creates a curated collection of thrifted and vintage finds. Repurposed handmade items including sweatshirts, shorts, jeans, bags.
Geared towards those who are open to repurposed items: Sweatshirts-$35 Shorts-$40 Bibs-$75 Totes (and hopefully fannypacks) $20-40
Witty Voyager (Stacey Angelo + Christina Galownia)
Witty Voyager is a family of 3rd generation crafting sisters, working together with humor and heart to create one-of-a-kind items for you and your loved ones.
Stacey and Christina help you celebrate what makes you, YOU by creating unique pieces that help you feel empowered to express yourself and unafraid to show up as you are.
Witty Voyager's unique jewelry and home decor is created by two sisters. Their mediums include wood, fabric, resin, and leather. Although each sister prefers a different medium every piece is a combination of their favorites. They hand-cut, dye, resin, stamp, and sew their designs making no two exactly alike...kind of like sisters!
For the curious and offbeat soul, Witty Voyager offers high-quality, handmade items to help you convey what makes you original. You can shop their handcrafted leather earrings, studs, necklaces, ornaments, and wall art at WittyVoyager.com, in select stores, and at the market on 8/27!
The Pretty Pickle (Megan Brown)
The Pretty Pickle is a small business created by Megan Brown—artist and owner.
All of her pieces are handcrafted in her home studio using real pressed flowers, wings, and other natural items are preserved and encased in resin. These pieces are made into jewelry, wall hangings, paperweights, crystals, and other decorative items.
Her artwork can be purchased online, at events and at various boutiques and shops throughout the state and around the country!
Items range in price from $10-$100, most being in the $25 range, and they make the perfect unique gift for those who love nature.
Bubbles, Bones & Biscuits (Melissa Boothe + Brooke)
Bubbles, Bones & Biscuits know your pets are family; theirs are too! That’s why they handcraft their dog and cat treats with all natural ingredients, zero preservatives, zero colorants, always fresh and always delicious for your babies!
Their treats are fully licensed and tested for quality and nutritional value! High in protein, low in fat for a nutritious snack! They strive to bring you the best, at an affordable price! They also make all natural, healthy skincare and eco-friendly toys for dogs and cats!
Bubbles, Bones and Biscuits offer handcrafted dog and cat treats, skin care and toys for pet owners ranging in price from $2.50 to $75. There’s something for everyone ‘s budget. They also customize and create unique gifts for adoption, gotcha days and birthdays!
Their treats exceed WVDA requirements and have a shelf life of up to four months. They label their packages with approved WVDA labels too! Their skincare products are natural, gentle and safe for all ages from puppy to senior!
Little Grave Creek Designs (Hillary Linzy)
Hillary is a self-taught jewelry designer and creator. Her unique and modern designs are handcrafted using tiny glass beads in an array of colors and patterns.
Using a needle and thread, she meticulously fashions bracelets, earrings and pendants that accommodate a variety of personal tastes and styles.
Her products are designed to be worn by all ages, styles, and fashions. They can be dressed up or worn with a simple white t-shirt. They are lightweight, and although her focus is earrings, her products range from studs, to bracelets, to fringe, to armor-like pendants.
Her products are both full of detail, yet simple in design. They can be high-shine or matte, and often have a mix of both. Products range in price from $15-$150.
Wild Sage Yoga & Wellness (Jessica Stidham)
Wild Sage Yoga & Wellness (WSYW) is the go-to expert when it comes to yoga + wellness that's simple, impactful, and flexible enough to fit your ever-changing schedule. WSYW provides yoga on demand via an online monthly membership platform called Wild Yogi Studio, local in-studio classes in downtown Fairmont, an online community of soulful women for accountability, and a crazy informative new blog to help you navigate your wellness through a holistic lens. WSYW specializes in providing practical yoga + wellness classes and tips specifically designed to fit into your busy lifestyle. Owner and founder, Jessica Stidham, is a certified yoga and meditation instructor who has been practicing since 2009 (and teaching since 2019); she's incredibly passionate about bringing yoga and wellness together in a way that makes sense for busy mommas.
Wild Yogi Studio Online Subscription: Welcome to your at-home yoga + wellness sanctuary filled with on-demand classes that are flexible enough to accommodate your busy schedule, and taught by instructors who meet you where you are. Wild Yogi Studio is accessible no matter where you are or how much time you have, and it always fits your schedule so you can practice self-care on the go. For only $39.99/month, you can practice anywhere, anytime; and the best part? You can join for less than the cost of your weekly yoga class.
Moonflower Hemp (Riley + Macie Queen)
Moonflower (@moonflowerhemp) is a female owned and operated, seed to sale hemp company. Offering a variety of wellness products— ranging everywhere from smokables to edibles.
They are dedicated to producing the best hemp products on the market, using the cleanest extraction methods and all natural farm practices.
Moonflower’s hemp products offer not only multiple dosage options and a variety of ways to use CBD and Delta-8. Their Delta-8 and CBD gummies are their best sellers, followed by cereal bars and then the smokable collection.
Moonflower is perfect for folks looking for natural remedies to alleviate their struggles, but they can also enjoy these products for the pure fun of it.
They will have a ton of brand new products (moon tea, moon pops, moon butter, and moon honey!) at this event so definitely stop by their booth to check out the wide array of goodies they have available.
Capital Letter (Jordan Craigo)
Capital Letter offers hand lettered goods in the capital city of West Virginia. These special products are suitable to celebrate life’s big events and for use in your everyday life. No matter the product, Capital Letter aims to produce items that are timeless yet suitable for any style.
Capital Letter products are perfect for those who love the mountain state or someone looking for a meaningful item that can be cherished for years to come. Products typically range from $8-$50 and include drinkware, apparel, prints, banners, ornaments, and more.
Pom Studios (Amrita Anand)
Rita has been creating for as long as she can remember. Rita launched her first business, AKA Rita Designs, in 2019 and has been selling laser cut earrings. In 2021, she decided to expand her business when she moved back to Morgantown from Maryland. Pom Studios sells laser cut and wood home decor, as well as custom decor and sentimental gifts. She has everything from signs, geometric / SOLANA wall art, garlands, door hangers, and more. She also sells cutting boards, coasters, and custom family recipe cutting boards.
Her products range from smaller seasonal items (ornaments, etc) priced anywhere from $10-$12, all the way up to large geometric pieces that can be priced in the hundreds. Most of her signs and door hangers cost between $35 - $50.
T & T Kernels (Tammy Morgan)
Tammy is bringing fresh, hot kettle corn to the market in her gorgeous popcorn trailer. When they purchased the trailer, the previous owners shared their recipe. If you made it to the Spring Market you know it was delicious kettle corn! We’re so excited they’re coming back with more freshly popped kernels for us at the Summer Shindig on 8/27.
Rita Anne Photography (Rita Newmeyer-Quintos)
Rita from Rita Anne Photography wants to take the best photograph that you have ever seen of yourself.
She is a portrait photographer in Morgantown, West Virginia who has been taking photographs for over 10 years. She fell in love with photographing portraits—especially women's portraiture. She loves helping women see how unbelievably beautiful they are.
Rita wants you to exist in photographs for you and for your loved ones. She’s inviting you to book a session so you can enjoy a day of pampering and feel like you are on the set of your very own magazine photoshoot!
Rita offers personalized portrait shoots that include an in person consultation where you will choose wardrobe and your style preferences prior to the photoshoot. There is an option of professional hair & make-up. She will guide you in perfect posing during your photoshoot.
After your photoshoot, you’re invited back for an in person viewing session to view your images and select the ones you love. Her Booking Fee of $215 is used as a credit towards any package you purchase. In case of cancelation, booking fee is kept and/or applied to re-scheduled session.
She offers Personal Branding Packages starting at $275, Matted Prints starting at $150, and Folio Box Collections starting at $900.
310 Soap Co. (Stephanie Warino)
Stephanie from 310 Soap Co creates skincare + soap for men, women and kids. Her products are best described as paleo skin care that plays double duty as beneficial aromatherapy. Their line includes omega-acid-balanced body + facial oils and healing, whole-skin, vitamin-packed, beneficial tallow-based soap.
The bulk of her materials is a locally sourced tallow that is hand-rendered the old Appalachian way. It’s not easy - the chemistry of her soap is unique. It makes a moisturizing, hard, long lasting bar of soap that is incomparable to any other material.
She loves working with and supporting other small businesses, and creating all-natural formulations based on the inherent benefits in natural materials.
Her body and facial oils are real balanced, specifically designed skin solutions that are made locally in small batches.
Shana Cakes (Shana Frazee)
Shana from Shana Cakes (@sha_nah_na_na) creates homemade French Macarons and Macaron Merchandise. Her French Macarons are $2.25/Each or you can get 12 for $25!
These gluten free, beautiful treats sell fast, so stop by and grab some before they sell out!
Hill & Holler Herbal Co. (Caroline Nicholas)
Hill & Holler Herbal Company is an herbal goods shop specializing in teas, salves, and body care. Almost three-quarters of their ingredients have either been grown in their garden with sustainable farming practices focused on soil conservation and regeneration or foraged responsibly from the land surrounding their home in rural Braxton County.
Every ingredient they buy is organic with transparent, responsible labor practices, and most are sourced from within the country to limit the emissions from international shipping. Their packaging is certified home-compostable, from the petroleum-free bioplastic bags to the vegan adhesive and labels made from sugarcane byproducts.
Hill & Holler offers many different kinds of botanical goods: loose-leaf herbal tea blends, salves/balms for a variety of different topical concerns, herbal lip balms, and an expanding array of bath and body care products.
They also offer six different salves and a line of Intention Lip Balms (Abundance, Attraction, Delight, and Tranquility.) Every balm + salve available is made with beeswax from a local apiary and organic, fair trade shea and mango butter. They slow-infuse the oil over six months with only homegrown or foraged botanicals to make sure all the medicinal properties stay intact by forgoing any heat or using herbs that have been processed elsewhere.
Marie x3 (Danielle Barnett)
Marie x3 is a one woman run business. She loves children, plants and home decor, and it shows in her business. She mostly makes amigurumi stuffed animals and plant related items like plant sweaters, crochet plants (you can’t kill even if you’ve got a black thumb) and wall hangings.
As her daughter has gotten older she has dabbled in clothing items like crop tops and swim suit covers. Her love has and always will be amigurumi. Danielle loves watching each stuffed animal come to life.
Kids of all ages love her crochet amigurumi stuffed animals. Home decor item like plant sweaters and doilies are great for everyone. Items range in price from $10-$50. Large stuffed animals and swim suit covers are available for custom orders. There will also be a selection of smaller items for $5 each.
Reflection in a Pool (Jesse Thornton)
My name is Jesse Thornton, native of Point Pleasant and current resident of Huntington, West Virginia. In 2014 when I was inspired to pick up a camera as a simple excuse to get out of my comfort zone, travel more and document my journeys. I quickly became obsessive about the art of photography and addicted to chasing down the adventures that were born from that obsession. I’ve learned there's nothing more gratifying to me than finding that rarely glimpsed scenic vista painted with warm, late evening light; or a lonely, forgotten night sky untouched by artificial lights. Nothing makes me more inspired and motivated than capturing my home state of West Virginia. Here, we have some of the richest and most diverse scenery in the country, furnishing different looks throughout the four seasons of the year. Influenced by the genre of fantasy and science, my aim is to capture the surreal nature of these landscapes in hopes of encouraging others to discover the beauty of West Virginia.
My target demo is anyone who appreciates the beauty of West Virginia and would like to take a little piece of the state home with them. Whether it's a post-card sized matted photographic print featuring a West Virginia scenic at $10 or a $280 ready to hang elegant fine art piece on metal, I offer various printed products that hit price points anyone can afford from $3 to $400+.
The WV Company (Bernadette Dombrowski)
The West Virginia Company (@thewvconoany) was founded on the belief that West Virginians deserve products and goods made in West Virginia inspired by West Virginia.
Your love of home is why they are here, and they create each design with care + love to celebrate the people, land and culture that radiates from this beautiful state.
The West Virginia Company offers t-shirts, sweatshirts, swimsuits, stickers, wall hangings, and more ranging in price from $3 - $50.
Wildcravt (Diana Black)
My business exists to nurture and share ideas and images that are meaningful to me. I make art that speaks about the experience of being Appalachian, about being human in this time of hurt and sorrow, about the magic that whispers from woods and wild places. I work primarily in graphite, ink, and watercolor, with the occasional foray into block printing and screen printing. I've only recently (November 2021) begun to sell work online and at in-person events, but I've enjoyed bringing my work to public spaces and fostering a sense of community around the themes and images I love.
I offer mostly art prints and stickers, but I do occasionally have small originals, patches, totes, and banners available as well. My items range in price from $6 for stickers, to $200 or more for small originals. I also bring “misprint” boxes to events, containing items priced substantially below retail (e.g. a $20 print may be discounted to $5 in this box). I welcome any customers who relate to the work I make, but I find that my audience mostly consists of women ages 18-50, specifically those with an interest in the natural world and/or occult elements. If you’d like more detailed information on my pricing, you can check out my Etsy (etsy.com/shop/wildcravt) or email me (wildcravt@gmail.com) for a wholesale catalog!
Moonlit Featherings (Erica Mathis)
Erica has been making jewelry for 8 years, and she’s been silversmithing for over 1 year. Her vision behind making jewelry is to create high quality pieces that last a life time. She works with sterling silver and different types of turquoise.
She makes a range of different jewelry pieces but her favorite to design are rings ranging in price of $55-$75. She also enjoys making matching sets of rings and bracelet cuffs that range in the $55-$75 price as well.
Matt Smith Makes (Matt Smith)
Matt from MattSmithMakes is an artist and illustrator from Beckley, WV. He makes affordable art to bring a bit of joy and lightness to a space. Matt hopes his work will improve people's day a little at a time.
He’s interested in capturing the strange, beautiful magic of West Virginia - some that already exists, and some he invents.
His products range in subject matter from whimsical forest scenes and Appalachian critters to spooky, magical characters perfect for people of all ages who love nature, storytelling, Appalachia, and enjoy a bit of weird magic in their day-to-day.
He makes professionally finished, archival acrylic works and high-resolution prints of original and digital works using an archival, museum quality printer. He also sell some stickers and other small art objects from trusted printers who produce extremely high-quality work.
The inks, papers, envelopes, sleeves, and backing boards are all 100% acid-free and archival so people can enjoy the works for years to come. He sells prints, greeting cards, acrylic and gouache paintings, and stickers starting at $2 up to $225 for originals.
SunMoon Apparel (Kait Glaspell + Darryan Ward) + Roundabout Records (Christopher Lacaria)
SunMoon Apparel offers funky styles, recycled clothing, and art thrifted from all over America and art created by local artists with prices ranging from $5 to $35.
Roundabout Records has a great selection of new and used vinyls with prices ranging from $1 up to $500 for ultra rare albums. They also carry cleaning and care supplies to take good care of your classic vinyl records.
Moonbeam Thrift (Miranda Tharp)
Miranda at Moonbeam Thrift offers thrifted + vintage home goods and clothing items ranging in price from $6 to $50.
Reiner Hill Flowers (Sharee Reiner)
Sharee runs a small scale urban flower farm in Morgantown, where she provides affordable bouquets of flowers fresh from their slice of WV. She offers a wide variety of blooms available as bouquets ranging from $20 to 50. Sharee also has a CSA program that includes 4 weeks of blooms delivered to your doorstep for $80.
Curbside Concoctions (Kaylee Barboza)
Curbside Concoctions LLC is a mobile food business serving only the best. Flipping sweet and savory crêpes, slinging coffee beverages, and making a custom menu for you is what Kaylee loves to do. Whether it's a family event, local gathering, relaxing kick back, or a whole wedding…they've got you covered. Smiles are on the house everyday!
Midnight Solstice Scents (Sean Clark + Heather Stone-Clark)
Midnight Solstice Scents is a wife and husband team who started out making wax melts and candles at the end of 2020 as a new hobby. Then, halfway through 2021 they decided to turn their hobby into a side business.
They have done several in-person events and currently have their items in two retail locations, Pockets of Time in Kingwood, WV and Bent River Trading Company in Capon Bridge, WV. They’re both excited to be on this journey together sharing their favorite scents with locals and managing their Etsy shop to spread their scents throughout the country.
Midnight Solstice specializes in snap bar wax melts that look like yummy candy bars, but smell fantastic. Their candle line is made with a creamy soy coconut blend, and share most of the same scents as their wax melts without the dyes for a clean burn. Their most popular scent at their events last year was Saturday Cartoons that smells just like your favorite cereal from childhood!
Wax Melts are $4 each or 2 for $7, the 4oz Candles are $6 each or 3 for $15 and 8oz Candles are $9 each or 3 for $25. Their products are great for anyone who loves yummy scents and doesn't mind burning candles and melting wax melts in their home. Their packaging and labels lean a little more modern farmhouse with a modern twist and a pinch of color with their melts.
Daun's Designs (Devanie Carpenter)
Devanie started Daun’s Designs as an outlet for her daily life as first responder. It started as a way for her to unwind from the daily stress and evolved into a major passion. She’s been wire wrapping, designing, and painting for over 3 years now. Daun’s Designs offers wire wrapped crystal jewelry, crystals (raw and polished), paintings, and stickers and keychains of her own designs for every budget.
Monster of Glam Jewelry (Brianna Taft)
Monster of Glam jewelry offers artisan made earrings that take old items and give them a new life. Fun fashion at a great price. She makes earrings and necklace with found objects, old wallpaper, calendars, charms, etc. Monster of Glam was started to give new life to stuff that would otherwise be throw in a cabinet away from the beauty of the outside world.
Acute Peach (Lizzy Hannah)
Acute Peach Art became Lizzy’s full time job at the beginning of the pandemic, and has been the best decision she’s ever made. Art has always been her safe space, and sharing her work with others who relate makes it all worth it. Lizzy would describe their style as multifaceted as they’re constantly changing mediums and styles. She’s not a serious person, so finding freedom in making funny frogs alongside semi-realistic oil paintings has been a great experience.
She sells original prints, stickers, jewelry, and take pet portrait commissions. I am new to the Morgantown art scene, and hope to get more involved now that events are being held. Their art is great for pet lovers, Halloween enthusiasts, and the LGBTQIA+ community. Her products ranges in price from $4 to $25 for prints + stickers, and oil painting and marker commissions start at $75 and up to $300.
Tess’ Tye Dye (Tess Berkshire)
Tess’ Tye Dye is hand tied and dyed magical pieces of anything that Tess can get her hands on. Tess uses the blending of colors to project joy into the world. Every piece is unique and created with love.
Tye dyed pieces that are all unique. Bold bright colors appeal to all ages, especially those who still see magic in the world. Prices start at $20. Tye dye is for everyone!
Doug LaRocca ART (Doug LaRocca)
Doug is an illustrator, designer and screen printer living in Morgantown, WV. He used to design party supply packaging for a living before joining the scary yet fulfilling ranks of full time freelance artist! Now he spend his days drawing robots, dinosaurs and whatever else he fancies.
Doug has been a part of many geeky art shows in many geeky places such as Gallery 1988 (LA), Bottleneck Gallery (NYC) and Spoke Art Gallery (SF). He creates pop culture themed postcards and screen prints of his art designs available in a variety of sizes and prices.
Green Thumb Botanicals (Tiffany Fess)
Green Thumb Botanicals is a small farm operation producing vegetables, cut flowers, pumpkins, and cbd/cbdv/cbg hemp. They offer freshly harvested seasonal produce, local fruit, cut flower bouquets, and potted succulents ranging in price from $2-6 for produce and fruit and $10-20 for flowers and succulents.