The Margate Community Church held its annual Antiques, Arts and Crafts Show Saturday drawing large crowds looking for bargains. It was the 28th year for the show, which included vendors coming from near and far.
Dozens of vendors – about 85 in all – set up on the ground around the stately brick church that provides an elegant backdrop on the Parkway section of the city.
Nestled between vendors selling everything from the tiniest miniature figurines to tie-dyed garb, were some unique artisan offerings. One young lady who summers in Margate every year was showing her framed artworks depicting life in a shore town.
A woman from Cape May was selling dozens of hand-painted gourds that she grows on her farm. After hollowing them out, she paints beautiful scenery and turns them into birdhouses.
Yet another vendor traveled all the way from Delaware to show and sell her handmade wreaths. She said she was staying at an Atlantic City casino for the weekend and was impressed by the beautiful Parkway section of Margate.
Another artist, Andee Axe shooed away a bumble bee that had invaded her tent, which showed oversized paintings suitable for indoor or outdoor display. The bright colors she uses to paint flowers and beach scenes attracted more than the bees, though.
“I always have to shoo away the bees that come into my tent to try to pollinate my flowers,” she said.
Margate Community Church held its 28th annual Antiques, Arts & Crafts Show and Sale Saturday, July 10, 2024.It is likely that the bees that were trying to pollinate Axe’s flowering canvases came from around the corner where Gary Schempp was selling his hand-crafted honey. Busy Bees NJ is a Cape May Courthouse company often seen at area farmers market. Schempp is a beekeeper who also rescues bees from compromising locations and brings them to the queen, where they go out daily to secure nectar from the field of wildflowers that grow on his farm.
The show included lots of antique jewelry and other artifacts displayed indoors in the hall.
Proceeds from the event support the church’s mission and outreach programs.
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