How many farmers does it take to have a Farmer's Market?

Well, at the little Italian Farmer's Market in Wilmington, Delaware - just one.

It was a beautiful morning; almost chilly sitting under our tree at the Italian Farmer's Market in Wilmington yesterday. This has been a cool and comfortable summer; low humidity, not much heat (at least so far).


There was lots of foot traffic at The Market yesterday. Some came walking their dogs; some couples were holding hands, out for a walk around the neighborhood; some came for their weekly produce purchase from the Amish Farmer, some came to visit the vendors to see what's new, or to purchase what they WISH they had purchased last week (and hoping it's still there).


The "tink tink tink" of Michael's chasing hammer on the bench block brought people to our table to see what we were up to. (NOT a bad thing!)

We got an order of silver last week, so as we sat in the shade of an old, graceful tree, we tag-teamed some silver clasps and findings (pictures coming later). I formed the pieces (with some occasional help from Michael) and Michael hardened them on the bench block.

It's amazing that such a little sound could carry through the Farmer's Market, but apparently it did!


We are finding that Little Italy is a wonderful neighborhood with a beautiful mix of people from every ethnicity, race and ecomonic group, represented every week. Regulars visitors, like Grace Marie, stop by to chat. Others wave and smile a friendly "hello" as they walk past to get their produce.

We look forward to seeing our vendor friends - to check on where they've been the previous week - to compare notes on sales and ideas - to check up on families and pets. This has quickly become another family for us.

What a glorious way to spend a Saturday morning!

Life is good!!

Sun, Silver and Socializing on Saturday

Our third Saturday at the Italian Farmer's Market and we did okay. We have a beautiful spot under a tree where we can sit and make jewelry and talk to the people going by. Oh... and sell jewelry, too. Riiiiiiiight! I almost forgot about that. (We even have a couple of custom orders for next week.)

One of the things I love about the Market is that so many of the people walking around are "regulars" and we see them week after week. It's a fun, relazed atmosphere. I don't think we'll get rich there, but it's a great way to spend a morning - AND sell a few things, too!

We were missing some vendors this week, but Michael took a couple of pictures while we were there. He's not happy with them, though, and promises to take some better ones next week.

The first two pictures are of some of the things on the table.

This one is the Market from our perspective under the tree. (complete with missing vendors)

This is a great neighborhood - wonderful, interesting people! We're SO glad we did this!

Little Italy Farmer's Market

Today was our first day at the Farmer's Market in Little Italy (in Wilmington, Delaware). We weren't quite sure what to expect or if people shopping at a Farmer's Market would be interested in jewelry at all. BUT... we were pleasantly surprised.

We had a good day - sold some nice pieces - and even got an invitation to a art/craft show in September. Getting the invitation was kind of an affirming moment. Why, you say? Well! Let me tell you!

We had two tables set up and the lady from the craft show (which we didn't know at the time. She didn't have on a "craft show lady" sign) started at at the beginning of the tables.

"Pretty jewelry" she said, smiling. "I'm running a craft show at Carousel Farms in September and I'd ask you to come, but I already have 9 people selling jewelry."

We chatted as she continued down the tables. She picked up several pieces along the way and commented favorably on each one. By the time she got to the end of the tables, we had an invitation. :)

"I just LOVE your stuff", she said. "You have to come to Carousel Farms."

Pretty cool, eh? We were definitely excited!

In addition to selling some jewelry and getting an invitation to a craft show, we met some really nice people - both vendors and customers.

And a nice dog - a huge golden retriever named Luke, who is apparently almost a mascot and who spent most of the day lieing on my foot. Luke is a "toucher". He's happiest when he's touching you in some way.

We were situated between a man (Bill) who sharpens anything that can be sharpened, and on the other side, a representative from a local bakery. Luke (the dog - but don't call him a dog - it hurts his feelings) belongs to Bill.

Luke was tethered to Bill's truck, but he was able to roam quite a distance and he seemed to have adopted us for the day. It was a little awkward for people looking at jewelry to have this huge hulk of a dog in front of the table - or I should say the front end of a huge hulk of a dog. Luke spent most of the day lieing on his side, half of him under the table lieing on my foot, the other half stretched out in front of the table, watching the people. Anyone stopping at our tables just stepped over him, though, as if that was how they always looked at jewelry.

We had a couple of scares when other people with dogs passed by and Luke decided to go and be the official greeter. Twice, I thought he was going to take the table with him, but Bill came to the rescue both times.

All in all, we had a great day! I can hardly wait to go back next week! If you're anywhere near Wilmington, Delaware - come see us!