Wednesday, October 18, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
HARVEST FAIRE: Patrons,
vendors have been
coming for decades
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on the Songbird Stage pro-
vided by The Anvil Blasters
on Saturday enhanced every-
one’s shopping experience.
Bill Keale played on Sunday.
There were samples for
your taste buds from organic
pumpkin spiced tea to home-
made salsa. There were
samples of unique scented
lotions that softened your skin
and handcrafted soaps that
smelled like everything you
love about fall.
There were also samples
for your pooch, and loads
of dogs and their pet parents
browsed through The Doggie
Bakery from Bend booth.
There were all-natural cook-
ies, cakes, chews, chicken
breast and beef liver jerky
made especially for your furry
friend.
New vendor from Crooked
River Ranch, Valerie Smith,
an artist who paints unique
horses in acrylic and colored
pencil — hence her business
name Crazyhorse Art — has
been painting on and off for
over 30 years.
“I worked for the State
of California for 24 years
and retired in 2007, and then
really began painting,” Smith
told The Nugget. “I’m mostly
self-taught, but was an art
major at UCLA after high
school. My mission is to bring
out the inner beauty of wild
horses through my paintings,
even an unkempt mustang
with sagebrush hanging from
his mane.”
Nora Schneider from
Mabton, Washington show-
cased Country Wreath, dried
floral arrangements.
“I buy all my dried flow-
ers from Eastern Washington
from the grower,” Schneider
said. “I do all the design work
and my husband Lonnie does
the window framing. Then I
add the dried flowers inside
the framed glass window.”
Lamps made out of
Blackheart Rum bottles and
real bullet earrings enticed
folks into Sherrie Rininger’s
Chic by Squeak booth.
“The name for my busi-
ness got its start over a bot-
tle of wine with a friend,”
Rininger said. “And Squeak
is my nickname. At first I
started out with just jewelry
and branched out.”
Serving Sisters Since 1994
Stone Vases & Functional
Pottery by Dee and Barbara
Adams from Pacific City is
one vendor that folks can
always count on seeing every
year at the Harvest Faire.
“We’ve been at the Harvest
Faire for 37 years,” said Dee
Adams.
First-time vendor at the
Harvest Faire, Kay Smart,
brought her incredibly unique
doll-making business, Antique
Annie’s, where folk art and
whimsy meet, to Sisters from
Aumsville.
“I start with a bolt of mus-
lin fabric and go from there.”
Smart explained. “My inspi-
ration started when I started
making Raggedy Anne dolls
and I called them raggedy
with a twist, because they are
a bit more updated.
“I do shows all the time
and I am a full-time doll art-
ist. I have been making dolls
for about 18 years, and they
change and develop as time
goes on.”
Tom and Jeannie Riley
from Auburn, Washington
brought Riley’s Spice of Life,
their business that travels with
them around the country.
“We’re both retired and
wanted to travel,” Tom Riley
said. “But we found out we
needed to make money on the
side to pay for the fuel for our
motor home!”
The Rileys now do 60
shows a year, selling their
homemade salsa and all-natu-
ral chili spices.
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with salsa. And then I took
some master cooking classes
and learned a lot about spices
and cooking with them. We
take our business pretty seri-
ous, but have fun traveling,
too.”
Event coordinator for
the Sisters Area Chamber of
Commerce, Jeri Buckmann
was also shopping locally at
the faire while keeping an eye
on things.
“It was an incredible week-
end. Blue skies, sunshine,
great music and thousands
of people were at the Faire,”
Buckmann said. “I walked
through town and talked to a
lady from Texas who travels
to Sisters every year just for
the Harvest Faire!
“It was great to see people
in Sisters,” Buckmann said.
“That was the goal.”
I walked through
town and talked to a lady
from Texas who travels
to Sisters every year just
for the Harvest Faire!
— Jeri Buckmann
“Since my wife was in
the food and beverage busi-
ness before we retired we put
together a plan and started
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