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Sugar Mound Arts & Crafts Festival – more than crafts to the community By JACKIE TAYLOR Linn County News jackielcn@ckt.net
hat has been gaining momentum over the years is no different this 48th year of the Sugar Mound Arts and Crafts Festival, and that success has led to overflow success in Mound City and Linn County. With over 20,000 people coming to Linn County over one weekend, a long Saturday and Sunday, money from their pockets doesn’t just stay at the fairgrounds. Mound City Casey’s manager Jennifer Wallace said, “It’s super busy.” To explain that she said her normal shifts have three to four people working them; over the Sugar Mound Arts and Crafts weekend, she has to bring on two extra employees. She said one stocks shelves, and the other one keeps the ice filled. “We sell about two to three times the normal amount on that one weekend,” said Wallace. “Lots of cheese-
burgers, subs, pizza and drinks – it all goes.” When asked if the Pleasanton Casey’s feels some of the additional business, Wallace said that due to their location just off U.S. Highway 69, they might get some of the trickle down business. She laughed that last year during the Sugar Mound she spent most of the day running to the banks getting change for big bills they were handed. “It’s kind of like fair week,” she said, “but in two days.” She commented that with the amount of food at the festival it was funny that her store sold so much food. “Maybe some people don’t want to stand in line. It’s the same during fair week.” When asked if they feel the additional crowd in town at Mound City Food Fair, secretary/cashier Yvonne Edmondson said, “We do. Business comes in from vendors buying product.” She said they are busiest after the parade and wishes the parade went farther toward Kansas Highway 7 so employees could watch.
Edmondson said that they sell drinks and food to people after they leave the parade, but don’t do much with the lunch crowd due to the food vendors at the fairgrounds. More businesses in town feel the addition of customers, but later in the year students garner the positive outcome of revenue received by the Sugar Mound committee by scholarships donated. Camryn Bollinger and Deidra Nelson each won a $1,000 scholarship this past year to further their educations in the fine arts field. Money coming in helps locals, and the majority of it stays local to continue the event. Beyond the fairgrounds and the major hubbub going on there, home businesses selling Scentsy, Avon and other products not handmade are able to set up at Jayhawk-Linn High School’s Jolly Market Boutique. Also capitalizing on the Sugar Mound Arts and Crafts weekend is an all-city garage sale in Mound City and a crafts fair set up at Cadmus to entice visitors heading to the fairgrounds.
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Cruzline Percussion will perform on Main Street In Mound City following the Sugar Mound Arts and Crafts parade on Oct. 12. Submitted
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ruzline Percussion will be performing on Mound City’s Main Street following the Sugar Mound Arts and Crafts parade on Saturday, Oct. 12. In the beginning of the festival the Linnettes would alternate between having a grand marshal one year and a performance the next. Keeping that in mind, this year the festival organizers have opted to bring in a
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Keeping baby snug, warm and cute! “My living room is currently covered in orange fluff,” she laughed as she Linn County News showed off her wares. barbara@linncountynews.net Mills also makes a bear in several colors, a wolf, a mouse, an elephant and a ammy Mills of La Cygne will lady bug. The diaper cover can be a butmake her Sugar Mound Arts ton over style or skirt. She also makes and Crafts debut this year selllittle bow ties for the young gentlemen. ing a variety of items geared She has a pattern for a three-piece toward infants and toddlers. mermaid outfit that comes with a “I first learned to crochet in middle school,” said Mills, “but I got frustrated headband, top and mermaid tail bottom. with it halfway through a scarf and quit.” Other items are on her to-learn list, such Two years as ponchos ago she deand a unicorn cided to pick design diaper up the art form set. again. “I have all “It was like boys,” Mills learning all noted, “but over again, I also have a but I found new niece, so some videos I plan to exon YouTube periment more that re-taught and expand me everything my line.” I’d learned and Mills plans then some,” to take orders she said with a for items she smile. may not have Mills is exin the right cited to bring size. her items to In addition This adorable mermaid outfit is one of many deSugar Mound to her diaper signs that Sammy Mills will have at Sugar Mound for the first sets Mills also time. makes crocheted blankets and dinosaur “It’s not only my first time as a vendor tails for older kids. here at Sugar Mound; it’s my first time “I originally made them for my sons as a vendor anywhere,” she said with a who wanted to dress up as dinosaurs,” smile. she explained, “and people just loved Mills now makes crocheted diaper sets them.” for babies in various animal designs. Mills sews the tails together using a Each set comes with a hat and a diaper variety of materials, and the design even cover. includes the spikes along the top of the One of the animal sets she makes is a tail. Each tail has a belt that connects cute, little frog set crocheted out of dark around the waist with Velcro, giving kids green yarn with a cute set of eyes on top an instant costume! of the hat. Another is a fox, which comes Mills is looking forward to her first complete with a fluffy little tail on the show at Sugar Mound and says she back of the bottom piece. hopes to make it a yearly tradition. by BARBARA PROFFITT
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Handcrafted home and holiday décor by BARBARA PROFFITT
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indi Bodine of Mound City will be offering a variety of home and holiday décor at the Sugar Mound Arts and Crafts Festival for the first time this
Cindi Bodine carries a line of home and holiday decor that includes decorated horseshoes, such as this one.
year. That said, Bodine is no newcomer to crafting. In the past she has sold her handcrafted jewelry at a store she owned and operated in Pleasanton, and currently has items for sale through Barn Antiques on 1150 Road, Pleasanton. That’s where one of the organizers for Sugar Mound came across some of her things and then convinced her that they would be a hit at the festival. Though she started with jewelry, Bodine
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now has decorated horseshoes, two different kinds of wreaths and more in her offerings. “I kept seeing these really cute wreaths online and finally decided that I had to try it,” she explained, “so I watched a YouTube video.” “It takes awhile to learn,” she added, with a smile. Bodine now does wreaths of all kinds. Her home décor wreaths, such as the custom order fishing and beach-themed wreaths that she made, are cute yet stylish, but she also makes wreaths geared toward specific holidays, including Easter and St. Patrick’s Day. “I also take on custom orders,” she said. “Some people will see a wreath I made and ask ‘Can you do something like this only with ... ?’” she said, “and they are just as fun
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to put together.” She also does rope wreaths utilizing pieces of old lariats and rope that have been discarded due to age. For other home décor items, Bodine takes beads, flowers and whatever else she can get her hands on, such as broken jewelry pieces, and uses those items to decorate old horseshoes. “I have horses, so when my farrier comes, he lets me dig through the old ones,” she said. Having horses is not her only passion. Bodine says her animals also include cattle and dogs and that she finds working with them to be therapeutic. Another item Bodine works with is old leather. “I make door hangers out of it, usually with old, rusty jingle bells, and other items,” she said. “I try to keep it all kind of rustic.” She also does crafted items with succulents – some real, some not – as part of her home décor line. “Everything I like is kind of old school,” she said with a smile. With an eye for crafting Bodine is always looking for new materials, which make her items unique, but she tries to keep her items reasonably priced so that her customers come back. Bodine said she is having a booth in a fair at Girard and will then be doing Sugar Mound. “In November we’re having one at Prescott City Hall, which is the old school, to help raise money for a lady whose husband recently passed,” she stated, noting that all vendor fees will be donated to this person. In the meantime, she is having fun, being creative and looking forward to Sugar Mound and her first year there.
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A small selection of wreaths made by Bodine for holidays, as well as everyday decor. wreaths geared toward a theme.
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Pleasonton Days October 5 & 6, 2019
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150 years and counting. Pleasanton is a community with a proud history and bright future. This year we celebrate our sesquicentennial and General Pleasonton Days is honored to be a part of that celebration. The event continues to grow with new activities added each year and crowd favorites returning. It is truly an event the entire community can be proud of. Thank you to all who have had a hand in making this year’s event a great one. Thank you to all who ventured out into the rain and took time to Drive 4UR School. Thank you to our vendors, sponsors and activity organizers for being so flexible with location changes. Thank you, committee members Erica Kern, Elaine Jaeger, Tel’Lea Cox, Brianna Laver and Vanetta Sabine, for the many hours of planning, phone calls and preparation for the event. Special note of thanks to Erica Kern and the city council and crew for their continued support through sponsorship of the petting zoo and pony rides and downtown and park preparations; Tel’Lea Cox for coordinating our vendors; to Tim Staton, Elisa Webb and Melanie Staton for coordinating the parade; to Dianna Smith, Vanetta Sabine and the Ministerial Alliance for organizing the community church service and luncheon; to Travis Laver for allowing us to use the school gymnasium and cafeteria; to Ola May Earnest for all she does throughout the year to record and protect our history and heritage; to Doug and Becky Grant and all the work they do to put on the annual Cookee’s Car Show; to Lynnae Sullins and the Food Fair crew for putting together and sponsoring the third annual “Chopped”; to Labette Bank for sponsoring the street dance with Silver Bullet Band; to Farm Bureau Financial Services for sponsoring the third annual baby contest; to Renee Clemens for taking the lead on the second annual “Cupcake Wars Junior” competition and to Aaron Feldkamp and Connie Villers for sponsoring the competition; to Cox Motor Co., Inc. for providing cars for the parade as well as sponsoring Drive 4UR School; to Craw-Kan Telephone Cooperative for sponsoring the Boyd’s Pedal Pull; to Kym Hargrove and the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center for sponsoring the inaugural Cornhole Tournament; to Olive’s Hope Pet Rescue for sponsoring the beer garden; and to Larry Hoover and 1st Place Trophies & Upholstery for the plaques and trophies.
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• Aaron Feldkamp & Connie Villers • Cookee’s Drive-In • Olive’s Hope
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COLONEL LEVEL SPONSORS: • Community Health Centers of Southeast Kansas • Fabcon Precast • Mound City Butcher Block • Carpenters Ol’ Iron
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LIEUTENANT LEVEL SPONSORS: • Service & Industrial Repair, Inc. • The Washing Well, LLC
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Mark your calendars for next year’s celebration! October 3 & 4.
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‘Gypsy crafter’ prepares show soaps, bath bombs
Smith also dubs herself a ‘domestic chemist’ BY TONY FURSE LINN COUNTY NEWS NEWSPAPERSRME@YAHOO.COM
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hen Kelly Smith first began showing at the Sugar Mound Arts and Crafts Festival, her specialties were fall and Christmas wood crafts and wreaths. Three years ago, she added bath bombs and a year ago homemade soaps. “The soaps did even better, so now this year we’re concentrating on them,” Smith, an Overland Park resident, said. “I’m a gypsy crafter. I love doing and trying everything. Next year I want to add scented candles
and wax melts. Soaps have been the funnest I’ve divulged in, except for painting pottery.” Though a hot process can be used for soap-making – “they’re more rustic-looking and have no swirls” – Smith has concentrated on the cold process. It begins with a lye solution and a saponification process that transforms the mixture to soap and rids the lye, she said. Common kitchen oils, olive and vegetable, can be added, but Smith prefers to mix oils such as shea or cocoa butters. “They’re skin-loving ingredients that make for better skin care because of their moisture,” said Smith, explaining that the solution is then
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In her hands, Kelly Smith displays vertical wooden pumpkins, an ongoing Sugar Mound Festival exhibit for her. To her left hang wooden ornaments.
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placed in a mold for 3-6 weeks to cure. Once cured, she cuts the soap into squares. Her oldest son Aedan, 13, cuts disk-shaped soaps with a mold he purchased himself. “He has his own corner to sell them,” said Smith, whose booth is located in the 4-H Building under the banner of “Black Mountain Soaps.” Their soaps are fall scented. She said soap making requires exact ingredients. Her bath bombs, though, are even more sensitive, particularly to humidity. “I used to call myself a ‘domestic engineer.’ Now I consider myself a ‘domestic chemist,’” Smith said. “Making bath bombs is tricky. The atmosphere has to be just right. They’re finicky. It doesn’t work if it’s too humid or too dry.” Admitting to a tendency to procrastinate, Smith said she didn’t Ready for their trip to Mound City are homemade bath bombs (at rear) and scented soaps. A soapwith last year’s intended batch curing mold sits between the two soap platters. of bath bombs that were done in August. mas oriented. “Then our air conditioning went out, “We’re kinda Christmas people. We’ve the house got really hot, and before we done more wooden Christmas things,” could get it fixed, they all went flat,” she she said. said. Her husband cuts the ornament disks Smith said her “fun and therapeutic” primarily from backyard Bradford pear bath bombs are a sodium bicarbonate branches because of their straightness and citric acid combination that “fizz and their conduciveness to a miter saw. and color the water” when put in the Smith follows up by painting and decobath. “Mostly for fun and relaxing,” she said, rating them. To this point, Mound City has been the bath bombs include ingredients that “make the skin feel soft and supple, with the only show where Smith has exhibited, this being her fifth. Her knowledge some aromatherapy and all scented. about the Sugar Mound Festival came They’re messy to make, but fun.” via a work associate who has exhibited Using a mold, the bath bombs require here for more than 20 years. about two hours per batch. “I started doing it for fun,” she said, Like at her first show here, Smith “but with my kids getting older, I maybe will display wooden fall and Christmas will branch out this year to more shows items, too, but will not bring wreaths and make it a more integral part of my this year. life.” One item is a vertical wooden pumpShe said she is known as the booth kin that husband Craig cuts from “with the kids.” Along with Aedan landscape timbers and Smith then puts full-time, son Brody, 9, and daughter together and paints. Morgan, 8, will spend parts of both days Wooden hanging ornaments that this weekend with her too. Smith will bring tend to be more Christ-
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eredith Ison and Diana Schasteen, both of Mound City, have a partnership that’s built on sisterhood, friendship and style. The two have been crafting together for several years, and they have definitely found their niche. Having been vendors at Sugar Mound before, the ladies were hunting for just the right thing that they could make and sell without a great deal of work involved in the selling part. What they found was an item that almost sells itself.
“Several years ago we were at Sugar Mound with a booth selling picture frames,” explained Ison, “when from behind us we could hear someone selling something like crazy, and I decided I had to see what it was.” What she found was a lady selling hats – and wanting out. The lady sold everything she had left at the end of the fair to the duo, who took them home to study them and see how they were made. After taking a few apart and tweaking the pattern some, they derived five different sizes that they say range from a small child to an adult. “Each of us has a sewing room, so we don’t have to drag it all out and then put it all up,” said Ison. “I can go upstairs and spend a couple of hours sewing and
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make a few hats and then come down and relax. “And I can watch TV and add the decorations,” added Schasteen. The hats are made from a soft fleece material and the sisters add a bit of coordinated “bling” to each one. “Our first year at War Eagle we sold like crazy,” said Ison, “and came home with nothing.” “Our best sellers in the adult size are the leopard prints,” added Schasteen. The ladies also put their hats to good use, giving them away to cancer patients going through chemo. “If we can tell they’re a cancer patient, or if we hear them talking about it and determine they are buying for a cancer patient, we give them away,” explained
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Ison, “and a lot of times, we’ll hear back on how they’re doing.” “We give away 15-20 hats at any one festival,” added Schasteen. The ladies have taken their hats to shows all over the region, such as Bella Vista, Ark., and in western Kansas, but their favorite is the Sugar Mound Arts and Crafts Festival. “When you travel for a show, you have added expenses of fuel and hotels,” explained Schasteen. “At Sugar Mound we are right here, so we can go home each night and relax.” One of the things the ladies love most
about their shows is catching up with other vendors they’ve gotten to know over the years and haven’t seen in awhile. Their work has even flowed over into their family. “Diana’s granddaughter made her own pattern and sewed it, then took reserve grand champion with it at fair,” added Ison. The ladies love making their hats as much as they love sharing them. Look for them and their lovely hats inside the 4H Building.
Shown is a small selection of the hats that Ison and Schasteen will have for sale at Sugar Mound.
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Friend persuades Olathe crafter to show here BY TONY FURSE LINN COUNTY NEWS NEWSPAPERSRME@YAHOO.COM
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hirley Collins will make her debut appearance at this weekend’s Sugar Mound Arts and Crafts Festival. Networking got her here. “I have a friend who’s had a table at Mound City, and when I’ve seen her, she says, ‘You need to be at Mound City,’” Collins, an Olathe resident, said. “The timing before has never been right,” she said. “My friend says, now that I’m in, I don’t ever want to give up my spot.” Two of her creations that will be on display at her double booth are directed toward infants and their new parents:
Shirley Collins, Olathe, displays both a boy’s and a girl’s activity bag, equipped with 20 crayons in frontal pouches and at least one activity book inside. TONY FURSE | LINN COUNTY NEWS
flannel receiving blankets and cotton nursing coverups, both 42 by 35 inches. The coverup, Collins said, features a loop that goes around the neck and a pocket for items such as tissue paper or a pacifier. In addition, she exhibits larger fleece tie blankets. For older children, she makes “little girls’” head bands and activity bags. Each themed activity bag has 20 frontal pockets to hold crayons, with either a larger activity book or three smaller ones stowed in the cotton/polyesterblend bag. Collins’ late husband had also suggested that she make activity bags for adults as well. “So I will have them too,” she said. Primarily for adults are aromatherapy
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bags and characterized by Collins as like a pillowcase cover, their outer cotton/ polyester blend with an inner plain-fabric lining allows for easy machine washing. “People sometimes like to use them for foot warmers. Then, when they need them up around Among the items to be displayed at Shirley Collins’ double booth will their head be blankets, infant nursing coverups, aromatherapy bags and oils, when young girls’ headbands, and boo boo bags that can be used either as they’re sick cold or hot packs. and they versity of Kansas coasters. don’t want to smell feet, they can be This weekend’s show will be her first washed,” she said. this year – “I have done two or three a Laundering them can also wash away year in the past.” leftover aromatherapy fragrances. ColShe is also scheduled to show at a lins said that, with each aromatherapy December festival at State Fair Combag she sells, she adds in a no-cost 10drop bottle of either Young Living-brand munity College at Sedalia, Mo. In the past, she has shown both at Louisburg lavender, peppermint or cedar wood and Lenexa Nazarene Church shows. essential oil. She sells larger bottles of “homemade” She hopes to attend more shows in the essential oils, a “concoction using carrier future. The past 10 months have been a life oil to mix with Young Living oil.” Among transition for Collins. She lost her husher mixtures are those labeled “relaxband unexpectedly last December. The ation” and “happy tummy,” as well as a couple had cleaned houses together to roll-on for insect bites. supplement their retirement incomes. With scraps from the leftover mateAfter his death, she went on “sabbatirial, she makes “boo boo” bags that can cal” for a time. When she returned to either be placed in a freezer as a potenhouse cleaning, she was by herself. tial cold pack or microwaved to be a hot “It has been difficult to clean this pack. year,” Collins said. “I hope to have a “For something like a bump on the head, they’re great for that,” said Collins, good show at Mound City. I’d much rather do this to supplement my Social noting that the cold packs come out dry, “not wet like if you’re using veggies,” but Security than to clean houses.” when microwaved produce a moist heat. Another use of the material is for Uni-
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“I had a woman at Mound City last year who wanted me to do one, but I was hesitant then. You don’t want to make a mistake on their uniform,” she said. “I would welcome her to come back and see me now.” Tomasich told of a Lawrence insurance agent who had her make military bears as Christmas gifts for his mother, aunt and sister, and how they shed -tears in remembrance when they opened them. In another case, she related of a military bear recipient saying that “it looks so authentic” and her client responding, “Well, it is Grandpa’s shirt.” Besides wool and military cloth, some of Tomasich’s teddy bears are made from vintage quilts, others from upholstery fabric. They all have one common characteristic, however – shoulder and A sampling of Jane Tomasich’s craft offerings include Halloween and Christmas bags, as well as her jointed bears’ two hip “joints.” heights of 7 and 15 inches with varied ‘fur’ of wool, quilt, or upholstery fabric. More than 30 years ago, Tomasich created jointThe bags have a Halloween, Christmas or novelty like bears, but my sister says, ‘Oh, aren’t they cute!’” ed bears to sell as a way to purchase a new Bernina, theme. That sister, Teresa Calovich, and husband Matt, also “the Cadillac of sewing machines,” she said, “and I’m This weekend’s show will be the third of six for Tofrom Shawnee, will drive the truck, help set up, and still sewing with it.” masich this year. Besides Shawnee, she showed earlier visit with craft-goers this weekend. During her 30-year hiatus from craft showing, she this year at the Bingham-Waggoner Antique and Craft Another prominent item by Tomasich – last year said she “never saw anyone else sell jointed bears like Fair at Independence, Mo. her booth was located in the swine pavilion – is bags. this.” And now, back in the business, she said she Still to go will be the Maple Leaf Festival Craft Fair Coming in four different heights, she said some are “can’t buy the big needles” used in creating the joints. Oct. 19-20 at Baldwin City and November shows at made from cotton, some from a canvas-like duck cloth, She has four from 30 years ago that she uses – and others with a machine applique, all with an inner lining Basehor and Lawrence. protects. of cotton. Surprisingly, Tomasich admits that “I don’t really
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Halloween costumes that should be popular this year Halloween is a chance to celebrate whimsy and fantasy and have fun. Halloween is not complete without dressing up in costumes and taking on an alternate persona. Many of the costumes people will covet this year involve the movie and television characters that have entertained the masses in the months leading up to October. With that in mind, these get-ups are poised to be plentiful as kids and adults begin their hunt for Halloween candy. • Fortnite: Gamers of all ages still cannot get enough of the multiplayer game that exploded on the scene in 2017. Fans are still going strong and may want to emulate their favorite characters from the battle. • Spiderman: Peter Parker’s European trip is put on hold when he agrees to help Nick Fury uncover some mysteries. The latest Spiderman was highly anticipated, so Halloween revelers likely can’t wait to spin their own webs and don the suit. • Stranger Things: The incredibly popular Netflix series ‘Stranger Things’ has sparked an entire subculture of fans. Now in its third season, viewers have immersed themselves in 1980s pop culture and the lives of the main
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ott and Cindy Woods of Pleasanton will be selling their product at the Sugar Mound Arts and Crafts Festival for the second year in a row now, and have taken it to other shows around the area, but it’s the product itself that is so unique. Invented by Scott’s uncle, Roger Kammeyer, there is a patent pending on the Original Bucket Stool. The stool is a boon for anglers, gardeners and anyone who needs just a little leverage when working on things low to the ground. “Both Uncle Roger and Scott’s mom, his sister, loved to fish,” said Cindy, discussing the design of the stool. So what exactly is a bucket stool? The space between the bottom of the seat and the top of the bucket allows the user to place his fish or garden produce in the bucket, or to retrieve and replace tools or cleaning materials at ease. The bucket stool began as a wood product designed by Kammeyer to sit atop a 5-gallon bucket and provide seating while he fished or worked in the garden or even on the car. “The first one my uncle designed was just flat on top, said Scott, “but he then realized that by tooling the outside edge of the seat, it could be used as a lid.” Eventually making them by hand from wood became too much work for the orders they were receiving. At that point, Scott’s uncle took the stool and had a mold made of it. From there the original plastic bucket stool was born and to this day is molded in Excelsior Springs, Mo. These stools are not sold in any store, but instead
Scott and Cindy Woods will be at Sugar Mound again this year with their Original Bucket Stools. A family-run business sells these items only through fairs.
are sold only by members of Kammeyer’s family at various shows, such as Sugar Mound, in the Midwest. Scott noted that some of his customers have bought them for use in their storm shelters as they are easy to store and from which to stand. The stool itself has a weight limit of 300 pounds, and is not meant to be stood on like a step stool, but rather is designed specifically to act as a seat for the user. “People think of so many different uses for them,” said Scott. Placing one on a 5-gallon bucket, Cindy showed that it will turn along the edge of the bucket and then offered a tip. “If you lightly grease the edge of the bucket with some cooking oil, the stool will glide around the edge of the bucket, allowing it to swivel much easier,” she said. The Woods couple tries to keep prices reasonable and do stock locally. Though Scott says at times the stools have been offered in different colors, the family has gone to a strictly black stock. “It’s just easier than trying to keep all the different colors in stock,” said Scott. For more information on the Original Bucket Stool you can visit their website at www.bucketstools.com. Look for them along the walkways in the outside booths.
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here are many different ways to decorate homes and businesses for the holidays. Tall evergreen trees are among the most visible symbols of the holiday season. However, wreaths hung on doors, windows or fences also are ubiquitous this time of year. Wreaths adorn homes primarily during the holidays of Easter and Christmas. Wreaths have also been worn around the head or neck in ceremonial events around the globe for centuries. It is believed the first wreaths date back to ancient Greece and Rome. Members of the GrecoRoman society were known to handmake ring-shaped items using fresh tree leaves, small fruits, flowers, and twigs. Oftentimes these headdresses symbolized a personÕs social status. Others suggest wreaths evolved to become a Christian symbol of immortality. Regardless of how wreaths are viewed, many people like to display wreaths for the holidays. Wreaths can be purchased premade, but making a wreath on your own can make the holidays even more fun. One of the easiest ways to make a wreath is to design it around a circular floral foam form. Gather supplies to make the wreath. For traditional wreaths, supplies will include sprigs of evergreen (real or artificial), ribbon, floral wire, bows, and artificial berries. Working around the foam form, arrange the boughs of evergreen, using the floral wire to wrap or pin into the foam itself. Keep the layers coming until you get the desired coverage. Embellish with a ribbon or place a bow. The blog A Piece of Rainbow says that creating a wreath jig is an easy way to make a wreath. Cut a dollarstore laundry basket bottom from the top ring to make a template, on which you can place wreath-making materi-
als so they keep their circular form. Use floral wire or natural jute string to tie the materials together. Experiment with fresh evergreen, twigs, holly branches, or whatever materials you choose. Thick card stock also can serve as the wreath template. Attach artificial flowers or leaves, spray snow, ornaments, or other items to the card stock ring with a firm adhesive. Many craft stores sell wreath forms made of natural vines that have been strung in a ring. These can be decorated in their entirety or left a little sparse to let the natural twine show through. Wreaths may seem like complicated creations. But a little imagination and the right materials is all it takes to create a homemade wreath. There are many different ways to decorate homes and businesses for the holidays. Tall evergreen trees are among the most visible symbols of the holiday season. However, wreaths hung on doors, windows or fences also are ubiquitous this time of year. Wreaths adorn homes primarily during the holidays of Easter and Christmas. Wreaths have also been worn around the head or neck in ceremonial events around the globe for centuries. It is believed the first wreaths date back to ancient Greece and Rome. Members of the GrecoRoman society were known to handmake ring-shaped items using fresh tree leaves, small fruits, flowers, and twigs. Oftentimes these headdresses symbolized a personÕs social status. Others suggest wreaths evolved to become a Christian symbol of immortality. Regardless of how wreaths are viewed, many people like to display wreaths for the holidays. Wreaths can be purchased premade, but making a wreath on your own can make the holidays even more fun.
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One of the easiest ways to make a wreath is to design it around a circular floral foam form. Gather supplies to make the wreath. For traditional wreaths, supplies will include sprigs of evergreen (real or artificial), ribbon, floral wire, bows, and artificial berries. Working around the foam form, arrange the boughs of evergreen, using the floral wire to wrap or pin into the foam itself. Keep the layers coming until you get the desired coverage. Embellish with a ribbon or place a bow. The blog A Piece of Rainbow says that creating a wreath jig is an easy way to make a wreath. Cut a dollarstore laundry basket bottom from the top ring to make a template, on which you can place wreath-making materials so they keep their circular
form. Use floral wire or natural jute string to tie the materials together. Experiment with fresh evergreen, twigs, holly branches, or whatever materials you choose. Thick card stock also can serve as the wreath template. Attach artificial flowers or leaves, spray snow, ornaments, or other items to the card stock ring with a firm adhesive. Many craft stores sell wreath forms made of natural vines that have been strung in a ring. These can be decorated in their entirety or left a little sparse to let the natural twine show through. Wreaths may seem like complicated creations. But a little imagination and the right materials is all it takes to create a homemade wreath.
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