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Meet Nancy McCloskey from Fancy Nancy Knits...

My grandmother and mother taught me to knit. Making doll clothes, coasters, hats for my pet cat has transformed into my passion of combining textures and colors into what I call Fancy Nancy Knits. I am lucky to have a wonderful husband and two sons. A mostly male household does not allow me much sparkle or glitter. My knitting lets me bling something up. Each item I knit is adorned with a button, a pin, a flower, something fun. Life gets busy...but I try to find time to knit. I am still knitting with my grandmother’s and mother’s needles. What a joy that is! In the evening when I knit my fingers are busy so I cannot be munching on chips. So please help me put down the chips and keep knitting!

My grandmother showed me how to knit when I was in 2nd grade-and the craft has been a passion of mine ever since. I am excited to say this is my first Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show. I love to mix colors and textures and often find colors and patterns in nature like a bouquet of flowers from the garden.

I came from a crafty family. My family was always crafting. I do love to try new crafts out even today-but knitting has remained the one that I continuously go back to. I think it is in my family blood.

When describing my creative process I say it all starts with color. I usually pick colors that match my mood or desired mood. They might be calming blues or bright pinks. That is the great thing, my knitting is almost like a meditation. If I need to be calm -- knitting with some soft blue yarn will get me there.   

In five years, I would like to retire from my day job of being a Speech and Language Pathologist, move Up North in Michigan with my husband and be able to hike, garden and knit. I add a bit of bling to each of my items because we all need sparkle.  Often my mittens do not match because too much in life has to match -our gloves do not need to.  I hope that people look at my knit items on their hands, neck or heads and smile!

Meet Adrienne Ross of Joy's Miracle Hair & Body Products...

My name  is Adrienne Ross. I enjoy reading, writing poetry, and lyrics. I'm a compassionate Christian who loves people, animals and seafood. I've been making my prized, "Amazing Oil" about 41/2 years and this is my second time vending at Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show. I named my business, Joy's Miracle Hair & Body Products LLC, after my mother, Joyce Lee who passed away from breast cancer. To fight the ravaging effects of chemo therapy she used coconut oil to combat her hair loss and applied it to dry, itchy skin that had started to peel. 

After years of grieving my mother's death, I made up my mind that I would like to help others by making a product using pure coconut oil. I began by adding vitamins and Moroccan Oil. I started using it on my skin and I loved the results! 

What started out as a hobby soon turned into a small business when I began receiving astonishing testimonials and requests to purchase after giving out samples to family and friends.

After much research  I began perfecting my "Amazing Oil" by adding a proprietary blend of essential oils to accelerate healing. 

In 5 years, I hope to expand and make "Amazing Oil" available to the masses. 

My message behind my work is to indulge anyone who likes to use all natural products with great results.

Meet Jon Blake of Jonathon Blake Woodland Sculpture...

Jon Blake is  retired from 40 years of carpentry. As a lover of the outdoors and of folk art, he combines the two in fashioning whimsical woodland sculptures.

After building 93 little lending libraries, many being scale models of neighboring homes, he transitioned into woodland art. Starting with Christmas decor outside the windows of his own home, his craft spread through word of mouth.

After cutting random individual trees based on the character of the wood, they are arranged in various groups and "forests". I enjoy the thought of changing wood back into trees - It seems everyone has a tree that they remember from childhood.

This hobby keeps me busy but it also is very relaxing and fun to do. This will not be my first Avant-Garde Art and Craft Show, so I am excited to be coming back and showing people the new items I have made. 

2019 Columbus Winter Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show

Sunday, December 1st, 2019 - 10:00am-4:00pm

Makoy Center

5462 Center Street

Hilliard, Ohio 43026

For more information, contact Amanda Look, Event Coordinator at Amanda@ag-shows.com

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