Hi All-

I am sad to say it, but we will not be having a Handmade Faire : Halloween Edition this year. As many of you know this is a large scale show but it is not run by a large scale group - it's run by 2 people. At this point, I don't feel like I can give the Handmade Faire 100% of my time and focus, which is what is needed to put on a show like this. I work very hard getting great artists, advertising, organizing, promoting - and I care too much about the Handmade Faire to do it without giving it 100%, and I just don't feel like I can give it 100% at this point.

I need to focus on my personal life, my business, and myself at this point. Though the July show was a fantastic success, it was too close to the October date - no room to breathe between shows, and with a family and an art business of my own, I need time to breathe in between!

My sight for the future is that we will have a show in the spring or early summer of 2010, and a show in October as well.

I hope everyone understands that it's not a lack of dedication to this show, it's actually the opposite - I am too dedicated to this show to not make it the best I know it can be.

Hope everybody has a great fall and winter, and we will be contacting you in the spring/early summer for the next show. In the meantime - if you have not already applied to previous shows and you want to be alerted when applications for future shows open up - please fill out the "notify me " link.

Thanks - Take care everyone!

Abbie Galie