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PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Winter Festival


  • By Kelsey Grau
  • | 5:00 a.m. January 12, 2014
  • Longboat Key
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PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Winter Festival
Leslie Wilshire chats with Ann Segal about her products.
Leslie Wilshire chats with Ann Segal about her products.
Freeda and Harvey Wolf
Freeda and Harvey Wolf
Fran Pignato sells her jewelry at the Longboat Key Winter Festival.
Fran Pignato sells her jewelry at the Longboat Key Winter Festival.
Ceramic dishes, vintage sunglasses and jewelry are just a few items being sold by Dilettante Design at the Winter Festival.
Ceramic dishes, vintage sunglasses and jewelry are just a few items being sold by Dilettante Design at the Winter Festival.
Cindy Hayworth looks at puppets at a festival booth
Cindy Hayworth looks at puppets at a festival booth
Gertrude and Hanspeter Lochmeier
Gertrude and Hanspeter Lochmeier
Donna Herman helps customers at her unique earring booth, Up the Ear.
Donna Herman helps customers at her unique earring booth, Up the Ear.
Polly MacFadden looks through bracelets at Z~Ro Strings booth.
Polly MacFadden looks through bracelets at Z~Ro Strings booth.
Ann Segal laughs as her friend, Deborah Simon, looks at her recently purchased necklace in a mirror.
Ann Segal laughs as her friend, Deborah Simon, looks at her recently purchased necklace in a mirror.
Sal and Linda Rizzo stand at their booth, Linda’s Creative Side.
Sal and Linda Rizzo stand at their booth, Linda’s Creative Side.

 

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