Meet the Vendor: Marcella Stewart ~ Mary Kay

Those of you who have been with us a while know that one of my favorite things is to introduce everyone to the vendors that will be sharing their wares with us at Craftacular on Saturday, November 5. Ladies and Gentleman I introduce you to Marcella Stewart!!!

I chose to honor teachers with my Mary Kay business this year back in May and actually conducted satin hands pampering sessions at several schools, including SWE.

 

My offering for the craft fare is already packed gift ideas for parents and teachers.  I will be featuring our satin hands pampering sets and opportunity for parents and teachers to schedule pampering appointments with me.   I will also offer a drawing for a basket.  I will be donating a percentage of my sales from this craft fare to the school via PTA in support of our teachers and educating our children, the future leaders.

 

My website is:  www.marykay.com/marcellastewart

Best contact is 336-681-2692 (mobile)  Landline is 919-563-9101

 

I have been building my Mary Kay business for over 12 years.  My life has been positively impacted by great teachers over the years, especially my earlier years.  That is why I enjoy reaching out to schools in the community.

 

I do have a Masters of Business Administration from Wake Forest University.  I value education and want to do what I can to help support our educators.

 

Marcella Stewart

Independent Senior Sales Director

Mary Kay Skin Care and Cosmetics

Remember, if YOU are interested in joining us as a vendor please follow this link to get the details: http://www.swepta.com/craft-fair.html

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Headed Back With Craftacular 4!!!!!

The powers that be have decided that Southwest Elementary School in good ol' Durham, NC will INDEED hold yet another Craftacular Craft and Vendor Fair. It will take place on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 from 9am to 2pm.
If you are interested in a table you can click here: Registration.  You can also click there to volunteer at the craft fair.
We want to make our 4th annual CRAFTACULAR the best yet. Tell your friends. Tell your neighbors. Tell people that you pass on the street.
As always booth rental goes directly to our school's PTA as do all the proceeds from the drawing that we hold each year at the craft fair.

You will find us at 2320 Cook Rd., Durham, NC near Fayetteville St.

Meet the Vendor: A Crafty Pear

I am excited to introduce yet another vendor that will be attending our 2nd SWE PTA's Craftacular Craft & Vendor Fair this Saturday, November 15 from 9 to 2 at 2320 Cook Rd. in Durham.
Ladies and Germs: A Crafty Pear!
"The ladies of A Crafty Pear love to craft! We have crafts and gifts for all ages. Teacher gifts; stocking stuffers; bows and bow ties; treasure boxes; felted handbags and soap; burlap utensil holders, table runners, wreaths and more is what you will find at A Crafty Pear."

Look at all that adorableness. I am going to be next to this booth. That doesn't bode well for my wallet!
Make sure you stop by their booth and say hi!

YUM!

It's almost here! Craftacular is just over 2 weeks away. How cool is that? What's really exciting is that we will have FOOD TRUCKS!!!! Everyone loves FOOD TRUCKS!!!! So who will you get to dine with at SWE PTA's CRAFTACULAR Craft & Vendor Fair on Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 9am to 2pm? Well, let me tell you.

Will & Pop's will be there. They serve burgers and grilled cheese and are extra yum!

Mac-Ur-Roni will also be on hand serving delicious specialty Mac and Cheese. Can't go wrong with that!

Little Dipper's Italian Ice will be there to help fulfill those sweet cravings. They always have some amazing flavors.

You can click each of the names to find out more about the FOOD TRUCKS!!!! And, yes, these FOOD TRUCKS!!!! deserve all caps and exclamation points. ;)

Please feel free to contact us at swecraftacular@yahoo.com for more info

We're Back!!!!

Here it is... The news you've been waiting for... We will be having our 2nd Annual Craftacular Craft & Vendor Fair on Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 9am to 2pm.
We learned a lot from last year's fair so we hope that this year will be even bigger and better. We are still planning on having food trucks, tons of vendors, entertainment and a raffle.
All the money we earn will once again go to Southwest Elementary School's PTA so that we can do some wonderful things for our school like help towards updating our schools technology.
We hope you will join us either as a vendor or a shopper at our event.
For more information on becoming a vendor please feel free to shoot us an email at swecraftacular@yahoo.com

Stay tuned for more information on getting a booth or participating as a food vendor or entertainment to come tomorrow...

Come One Come All!!!!!

Tomorrow is the day we've been waiting for. The Craftacular Craft & Vendor Fair will finally be taking place. Here is an over view for the day:

There will be even more due to the fact that we had folks knocking down our doors even after the deadline. Some of those people didn't sign up in time to be included in the program. We are still very grateful for their participation.
Hope to see you there.

It's The Final Count Down...

I can't believe that in just a few short days we will finally get to enjoy the SWE PTA's Craftacular Craft & Vendor Fair. THIS Saturday, November 23 we will get to see the labors of all our hard work. Don't get me wrong, there's still A LOT to get done but we will get there and it will be awesome!

The one thing we still need is YOU. We need people to come out and support the wonderful vendors and artists that we are STILL adding to the list. We need you to come and show some love to the food trucks who are graciously coming to spend the day with us. We need people to come and purchase raffle tickets and try to in some fantabulous prizes. We need you to come out and applaud for the entertainers... ESPECIALLY for me when I put on a Thanksgiving/Hanukkah story time. We need you to come out for the camaraderie.

Please join us this Saturday, November 23 from 9am to 2pm at Southwest Elementary School, 2320 Cook Rd., Durham for the

SWE PTA's 

First Ever

Craftacular

Craft & Vendor Fair

If you don't I will probably take it personally. No pressure though. ;) 

Soooooo.... Close

I can hardly believe that it is less than a week to our PTA's First Ever Craftacular Craft & Vendor Fair. Signs are going up. Flyers are being passed around. I'm hoping that word of mouth is spreading. This has the potential to be an AMAZING fund raiser for Southwest Elementary School. The money that we earn from the rental of tables, donations from the food trucks, raffle ticket sales and SWE merchandise will all be helpful to us in upgrading our school's technological services. When all is said and done we will let you know what EXACTLY we are doing with the proceeds.
I hope you will consider coming out for the day. We have 40+ vendors selling a little bit of everything from makeup to art items to chocolate! There is bound to be something for a number of folks on your gift lists.
There will also be FIVE food trucks. Yep, I said FIVE food trucks. The good people of Will & Pop's, Chirba Chirba, CJ's Street Food, Mac-Ur-Roni and Little Dipper's Italian Ice are coming out to help support our school. Come and feed your family for a good cause. It's easier than cooking.
Even the Southwest Branch of the Durham Public Library will be coming out to join us.  Make sure that you stop by their table to say hi! We will also be graced with some wonderful entertainment options. A list of performances will be posted tomorrow.
A complete list of vendors will be available on here later in the week as will a list of businesses that don't have tables but have graciously donated items for our bucket raffle. You could win big! Tickets are $1/each OR $20 for your age in tickets. We will start pulling names at 1:30.

Hope to see you there. If you come out, make sure you find me and say hi!

It's a Craftacular Countdown!

As you may have heard on Saturday, November 23, 2013 Southwest Elementary School's PTA will be holding our first ever Craftacular Craft & Vendor Fair. You will find the event at Southwest Elementary School which is located at 2030 Cook Road in Durham. That's not too far from 40 right off of Fayetteville. We will be there from 9am to 2pm for all your shopping fun.
You will find a wonderful assortment of items both handmade and from nationally known companies. You can find something for everyone on your shopping list.
I know that shopping can make you tired so we will have a variety of food truck options available to you. You will find scrumptious goodies from CJ's Street Food, Chirba Chirba, Will & Pops, Mac-Ur-Roni and Little Dippers Italian Ice. These are all local guys who are as excited to feed you as you will be to try out their offerings. Just click on their names and find out the deliciousness they have in store for you.
Each of our vendors will also be offering an item for our bucket raffle. Tickets will be a dollar each or six tickets for $5. You get to choose the prizes you want to win. There promises to be some amazing things offered.

If you are still interested in a booth please CLICK HERE for more information. Deadline for applications is November 1.

  

Please come join us and bring your friends!!!!

Time is Drawing Near...

... and I couldn't be more excited. We are still getting applications from artists and crafters as well as business owners. At this point we have more than 20 booths for your shopping pleasure. We also have FIVE food trucks. Will & Pops, Little Dippers Italian Ice, Mac-Ur-Roni, CJ's Street Food and Chirba Chirba will be gracing us with their presence. It should be a yummy, good time.

The Craftacular Craft & Vendor Fair will be held to raise money for Southwest Elementary School's PTA. The PTA will be putting the money to good use by using for the school's technology fund. Along with the booth fees and monies donated by the food trucks we will also be selling raffle tickets. Raffle items will include donations from the vendors as well as other local businesses and restaurants. As it's a bucket raffle you will be able to choose which items you want to win.

There are STILL booth spaces available. You can find the forms HERE. Keep in mind that you need to have your forms post marked by October 15 in order to take advantage of the reduced rates. As of the 16th booth spaces go up by $10.

I also ask that you tell your friends about this event. It should be a great opportunity for community members to get out and meet one another while supporting a very good cause.

Bucket Raffle

One of the things I'm excited about that will be happening at the SWE PTA's Craftacular Craft & Vendor Fair is the funtastic BUCKET RAFFLE. No, we aren't raffling off an actual bucket. At a bucket raffle you purchase your ticket(s) and place them in buckets in front of the prizes you would like to win. We will draw from each bucket.
The prizes should be a lot of fun. Each of our vendors, of whom we keep getting more of, will be donating an item valued at $15 or more for the raffle. I am also on the look out for any businesses that are willing to donate items for the raffle. One of the items donated were SIX individual FREE lunches from Cafe Carolina in Meadowmont Village. I am starting to scour the town over the next couple of weeks to see what I can come up with. If you know anyone who would like to donate to the cause just let us know.
You can reach me at canavalinsky@gmail.com.
Those who donate will be mentioned in our program for that days event. The hope is that we will have the program completed in time to go home with each of the kids at Southwest sometime during the week prior to the Craftacular Craft & Vendor Fair.
This is really shaping up to be a great, family friendly day. You will be able to do some holiday shopping with one of our growing number of vendors, enjoy a delicious lunch from a local food truck, enjoy local entertainment all while helping to support the deserving kids of our community.

We still have a few spots open for entertainers and vendors. Contact me if you are interested in either.

REMINDER: After October 15 booth space will go up by $10. Get your applications in now.