WEED Public Relations

10/27/2024

Check out Jewelwood of Vermont!

06/10/2024

Barrettes by Jewelwood of Vermont.

https://www.facebook.com/jewelwoodofvermont?ref=bookmarks

03/11/2024

01/01/2024

Block Printing workshop to start January 27

A three-day Block Printing workshop for ages 12 and up will take place over three Saturdays: January 27, February 3rd, and February 10 from 1-4 pm at the MAC Center For the Arts in Newport. Lynn Rublee is the instructor. The cost for the three-day workshop, including materials, is $60 and advanced registration with the gallery is required.

“Block printing is a relief printing technique using a carved material to transfer ink onto paper,” said Rublee. “At the workshop, you will learn how to create a design, transfer it onto a block, carve it with carving tools and then print it making multiple copies. This is a fun and easy printing method.”

The MAC Center For the Arts, a 501C-3 non-profit organization, is located at 158 Main Street in Newport. For more information and to register for the workshops, please call 802.334.1966, or visit the web - http://www.maccenterforthearts.com.

11/18/2023

Richford Renaissance Gift Shop Celebrates fourth anniversary

Cutting boards by Richford High School students

The Renaissance Gift Shop, located at 24 River Street in the Jane’s Block in downtown Richford, is celebrating its fourth year in business. The shop, which opened on November 9, 2019, features a wide variety of local artwork including crafts and specialty foods including paintings; cards; jewelry; knitted hats and mittens; candles; antiques; fiber quilts, bags, bibs, stuffed animals, pot holders and aprons; wooden cutting boards; plus donuts, candy, fudge, pickles, beets, jams, and maple syrup. The shop is open Tuesday, and Wednesday from 12 pm to 4 pm, Thursday & Friday 10 am to 4pm and Saturday 10 am to 4 pm.

“The shop was started by Richford Renaissance, a non-profit, to give local artists and craft people a place to display and sell their goods,” said John Libby, volunteer manager. “The storefront was vacant and we were looking for a way to fill it and give some help to the community. Richford Renaissance partners with Housing Vermont by offering four affordable housing units upstairs and we also manage the two commercial spaces in the building, the gift shop and a hair salon is next door.”

The Renaissance Gift Shop is run by volunteers like Libby and Candy Fortier, donut maker. They also have a person sponsored by Vt Associates who they pay as a trainee.

For more information, call 802-210-5188 or visit their page.
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02/18/2023

Looks good!

02/17/2023

Check out Jewelwood of Vermont’s work at MACARTS in Newport, VT. https://maccenterforthearts.com/cindy-weed/

08/23/2021

Franklin County’s Missisquoi River Trio featuring sheldon’s Pat Murphy and Cindy and Jim W**d of Enosburg will be playing for Burger Night at The Hive Cafe at Allenholm Farms, 111 South Street, South Hero on Saturday, August 28 from 5 pm until 8 pm. The band plays traditional and original bluegrass music with three part harmonies and creative guitar solos.

For more info or to order: 802-391-6134.

03/11/2021

How do you like my new pic with model?

02/16/2021

HARVEST HOUSE - A unique grocery store has just opened in Enosburg Falls. The business, located at 218 Main Street next to Enosburg House of Pizza, offers a variety of local and 100% imported products. The business is women-owned by Franssy Garcia, 22, of Enosburg and Yenedier (Marle) Garcia, 27, of Franklin while their mother, Carmen Garcia Dodd, of Franklin, is store manager.

“We opened in March last year,” Carmen Dodd, chuckled, “then we had to close because of the pandemic. We were non-essential, so it’s been hard. Last August, we were finally able to reopen.”

The owners said that they worked for years to save enough money to start their small business. They learned self-sufficiency and hard work from grandparents who built a successful transportation business in Honduras.

“We were raised that way: to work for your own dreams and don’t ever stop,” Carmen Dodd said. “This is something we can do together and we see the necessity of it here. We are Hispanic and there’s not much Hispanic food over here.”

“We want to be our own bosses,” Frannsy Garcia interjected.

The shelves in the small store are filled with mostly Mexican and Spanish foodstuffs like rice, beans, tortillas, chips, snacks, and sweets; frozen foods; plus fresh vegetables such as potatoes, bananas, fruit and onions. A small amount of clothing and high quality shoes were also for sale in the small annex at the back of the building. The Garcias plan to carry Indian, Nepalese, Chinese, Colombian, Dominican, Puerto Rican, and Japanese products, some colorful Honduran clothing, and local consignments.

“We want to offer a variety of foods from different countries,” said Carmen Dodd.
“A little bit of everything,” Franssy Garcia, added.

The family vision is to replicate the type of small general store that is common in Honduras: a place where people stop by to visit and have coffee. To achieve that goal, they plan to create some comfortable outdoor seating.

“We want people to try the food,” Carmen Dodd added. “We want to bring people together so that they can learn about different cultures. And we want to build community.”

Carmen’s husband, John Dodd, plays an important role in the business. Every week he loads his large enclosed trailed and hauls groceries directly to farmers all across the county. The sales from these deliveries have been the backbone of the business.

“We want to help them reach their goals,” Carmen Dodd concluded, “and to become independent.”

Harvest House can also transfer money and pay bills for customers locally and around the world. They are opened Monday-Saturday 9-7 p.m.

For more information, please call (802) 933-3550, [email protected] or visit their bilingual website http://theharvesthomeenosburgfallvt.com, or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/The-Harvest-House-LLC-577180006292977/.
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