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Aprilsytsma is a 31 year old woman from Beverly Hills, Michigan, USA.

I design stylish & savvy handmade paper products and sell my art wares to stores across the US. My husband and I also own 2 gift galleries where we sell my items as well as many other whimsical goodies. My websites are: www.aipaper.com and www.catchingfireflies.com

Apr 17, 7:37am: my artfest adventure in a nut shell

Michelle and I arrived in beautiful Port Townsend late afternoon and took in some sights before our art adventure began.
Artfest took place in Fort Worden State Park. We were lucky enough to stay right on the grounds with other art-festers in 'dorm-like' rooms.
Being new to Artfest, I didn't come prepared with trades. I quickly found out that many art-festers make small goodies to trade with other artists and in the end you come home with loads of lovely goodies. The first dinner was a prime time for trading.

Even though I didn't have anything to trade, many of the artists insisted that I take one anyways. Generosity in all areas ruled supreme during Artfest.

These are some the goodies I collected from other artists.
I thought this bag of colorful yarn was a very sweet idea. It reads, "Help A Bird Build a Nest - As you take your walk through the woods, leave small yarns along the trail to help a bird build its nest with color and flair. When you return next year, look in the trees for your colors in the nests along the way. Or weave your yarns into your won art pieces, to create you own nest to take home with you."

Most of the trades include the art-fester's name and contact info. Some even have their own blogs or websites. Here are some of their links: treicdesigns.com [treicdesigns.com] , uncommonarts.blogspot.com [uncommonarts.blogspot.com] , heatherchevreau.blogspot.com [heatherchevreau.blogspot.com]

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