Alabama Craft Fairs and Festivals... And a few other fun things for the Fam!

2010 ALABAMA CRAFT FAIRS AND FESTIVALS

Feel free to comment and let everyone know more about any of the following events or contact me if you have an event not listed that you would like for me to add.

January

February

March

March 5th- March 7th Cottontails Village Arts and Crafts Show Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center www.christmasvillagefestival.com

March 19th- March 21st NEACA Spring Craft Show Von Braun Civic Center Huntsville AL www.neaca.org

April

April 17th- April 18th Bloomin Festival Arts and Crafts Fair St. Bernards Prep School Grounds Cullman, AL www.bloominfestival.com

April 17th- April 18th Art on the Lake Guntersville AL www.artonthelake-guntersville.com

April 23rd- April 25th Magic City Art Connection Linn Park Birmingham, AL www.magiccityart.com

April 30th-May1st Whistlestop Festival Historic Huntsville Depot Huntsville, AL www.TheWhistleStopFestival.com

May

May 2nd- May 4th- SpringFest Springville, AL www.homesteadhollow.com

May 7th- May8th Dog Daze Festival Trussville, AL www.trussvillechamber.com

May 14th- Cullman Strawberry Fest. Officially opens the farmers market season. Refer to the website for more info. www.cullmancity.org/festhallemarketplatz.htm

May 15th-May 16th Birmingham Art Fair at the Summit The Summit- Birmingham, AL www.artfestival.com

May 18th- Oct 30th Cullman's Festhalle Market Platz welcomes the sale of handmade items during Market Days. Please refer to the website for more info. www.cullmancity.org/festhallemarketplatz.htm

June

June 11th- June 12th Gadsden Riverfest Gadsden, AL www.gadsdenriverfest.com

July

July 1st Starts Albertville Alabamas 150th birthday Celebration 3 days long!! About time for this as Albertville has missed their 4th of July celebration!

July 2nd-July 3rd Guntersville Fourth of July Celebration

August

September

September 15th- September 17th Trail of Tears Native American Festival Florence, Alabama

Sep 17th- Sep 19th NEACA Fall Craft Show Von Braun Civic Center www.neaca.org

October

Oct. 16th-Oct. 17th- Alabama Gourd Show Cullman, AL

November

Nov. 5th- Nov. 7th- Mobile, Alabama Pecan Festival Booth Fee ranges from $50-$125 Depending on needs.

Nov. 13th- Nov. 14th- Gardendale, Alabama Christmas Arts and Crafts Festival. Booth Fee $22.50- $45

Nov. 25th-Nov.26th Poarch Creek Indians 40th Annual Thanksgiving Pow Wow Atmore AL.

December

Dec 3rd- Dec 5th- NEACA Christmas Craft Show Von Braun Civic Center Huntsville AL www.neaca.org

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On the Hunt...

Ok, so I am the Mommy to 2 very precious boys that I love dearly but I have no idea how to make them both happy at the same time. Usually, things are fine in our happy little home but then last week, the unthinkable happened....

We came home one day from the grocery store and my boys, we will call them Dictator Chris (he is constantly trying to overthrow my power but has yet to succeed!) and Tyrant Xander(He joined the dictatorship when I refused him Chocolate Milk after he had 3 cups in a row one day) picked up the TV remote, pushed power and nothing happened... Power light came on but no picture and no sound. So, of course nothing like this has happened to me before and I was confused. I checked everything and made sure it was plugged in, and tried a couple of diffrent outlets not realizing how crazy that was because the power light came on so it obviously had power. So, there we were, all standing around staring at the TV. I dont know what they were thinking but I knew this was bad news!

And then, I remembered the warranty! What a lifesaver! Problem solved, no worries! So I get the warranty out and call it in for service and guess what? They say they will mail me out a prepaid mailing label so I can pack it up, mail it to the service center and wait 60-90 days for a repair or replacement?!?!?!

So, to the point of this post. I had to really figure out something to keep my boys happy and busy. SO I checked around online and I found this really neat website.

http://www.geocaching.com/

I dont know all of the specifics yet but here is the shortened Wikipedia definition to give you an idea...

Geocaching is a project organized by Groundspeak. Participants use GPS to hide and seek containers anywhere in the world. Basically high tech Hide and seek.

So I was sold on it and our first Geocaching expedition will be this weekend as long as weather permits and I hope it does. Im even a little excited and my boys are counting the days down!

I hope you try this out and enjoy it!