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PHOTO GALLERY : 19th Annual Siesta Key Craft Festival


  • By Yaryna Klimchak
  • | 5:00 a.m. February 10, 2013
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PHOTO GALLERY : 19th Annual Siesta Key Craft Festival
Barb Baldy and Nan Kahle are visiting from Ohio.
Barb Baldy and Nan Kahle are visiting from Ohio.
Patti VanTonder adjusts kudu clip in Jeanette Battles’s head.
Patti VanTonder adjusts kudu clip in Jeanette Battles’s head.
Pam McRee and Priscilla Elfrink make leather bound journals and books. They tear the paper by hand and sew the journals
Pam McRee and Priscilla Elfrink make leather bound journals and books. They tear the paper by hand and sew the journals
Michele Innocent sings French romantic classics.
Michele Innocent sings French romantic classics.
Kathy Bell and her husband Loren sell sea glass jewelry. They find the sea glass from all over the world on their travels.
Kathy Bell and her husband Loren sell sea glass jewelry. They find the sea glass from all over the world on their travels.
Judy Boyer makes pressed flower pictures and he husband woodwork for the 1860 Wood Company.
Judy Boyer makes pressed flower pictures and he husband woodwork for the 1860 Wood Company.
John Truffa makes cutting boards out of South American wood.
John Truffa makes cutting boards out of South American wood.
Jeff Laibson hs been painting for 40 years. When he paints one of his contemporary music related pieces he writes a song as well. He was once a jazz professor.
Jeff Laibson hs been painting for 40 years. When he paints one of his contemporary music related pieces he writes a song as well. He was once a jazz professor.
Jack and Sue Hahn have been in the marble selling business for 31 years.
Jack and Sue Hahn have been in the marble selling business for 31 years.
Gloria Feldmann checks out dresses from Beach Hut Sarongs.
Gloria Feldmann checks out dresses from Beach Hut Sarongs.
Fred Cooke and his three- year – old Maltese Cody
Fred Cooke and his three- year – old Maltese Cody
Dick Cooley uses more than 5,000 spark plugs a year for his metal scrap sculptures.
Dick Cooley uses more than 5,000 spark plugs a year for his metal scrap sculptures.
Cynthia Flynn from Massachusetts tries on a scarf shirt.
Cynthia Flynn from Massachusetts tries on a scarf shirt.
Yeonne Hollingworth makes jewelry with porcelain faces and jewels that range from 50 to 100 years old.
Yeonne Hollingworth makes jewelry with porcelain faces and jewels that range from 50 to 100 years old.

 

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