Art Festivals

It is that time of year when we are snug inside by the fire.  And yet, for the artist, it is time to look at the upcoming summer calendar. Time to apply. Time to rebuild an inventory. 

Here is a list of festivals we hope to get into this year.

March: St. George Art Festival
May: Moab Art Festival
June: Ogden Art Festival,  Utah Art Festival and Logan Art Festival
July: Lake City 4th of July Festival and  Ogden Valley Farmer's Market
August: Bountiful Art Festival and Helper Art Festival
September: Avenues' Street Fair and 9th & 9th Street Fair

Wish us luck!!

What festivals do you like to attend and/or sell at?

A new favorite----

I have lived in Northern Utah for 10 years now-- 14 if you count college and I am always amazed at how few people know about Castle Coutry Utah!!

So today, I write of a favorite, newly on my favorite website page, but always my personal top favorite.  I grew up in Castle Dale, which is part of the Castle Valley which is included in Castle Country!!

www.CastleCounty.com

Oh!! Just thinking about home, brings to mind my many fantasies of returning to live there.  Castle County is comprised of Carbon and Emery County in southeast Utah--but not quite as southeast as the Moab/Arches area. Castle County is often overlooked as people drive through it all the time without stopping. Such a shame. 

If you want a simplier vacation with less crowds, then this is your spot. Like Arches?  Enjoy the sandstone cliffs? How about the Grand Canyon? We have our own version of those and many more---but without the crowds!  How small are the crowds? Well, last Easter (2010) I look some of my husband's family out to "the desert" as we call it and we passed two cars once we turned off Hwy 10 and ran into a family at our destination.  My husband got weary of me complaining for days how busy "the desert" was and next time we need to go out when it is less crowded!!

What is there to do?  mountains adventures, ghost towns, missle caves, swinging bridges, fishing, camping, 4x4, outdoor community pageants, desert sites, art festivals, rodeos, the BEST wave pool ever, pioneerhomes, museums, hundred year old outlaw history, an old pony express  stop and even thousands of year old indain artifacts.

What about the name? I have never heard of castles in Utah!  Well-- you are right. There are no humanly made castles.  As one drives south on Hwy 6 from Northern Utah, there used to be a mining town named Castle Gate at the mouth of the canyon. Castle Gate got its name from the mountain formation (see above & below) which looked like a gate to the a medevil castle.  Unfortunately the right side was blasted away when they widened and improved Hwy 6 many years ago.

Castle Gate is the gateway to the area and therefore, it came to be known as Castle Country.

Enjoy!!

Another Favorite

Today's favorite is a clearing house of events going on in my great state of Utah.  If there is a weekend where we want to find a festival to enjoy or to sale our jewelry at, we like to check out this site. One can search for events by event type, destination or  by key words.  There is also a nice calendar that one can see at a glance the happenings around the state.  And if you don't like the calendar format, you can see the events in a list.  It is all very user friendly -- perfect for Utahans and visitors alike.

 

We now live in Ogden, (which is about an hour north of Salt Lake) so there are always lots to do and see and visit and this site is perfect to help select what we will do.  The site also covers Park City, St. George and Moab--always popular tourist destinations and for good reason as there is a lifetime of sights, sounds, festivals and events to be apart of.

http://www.utah.com/database/events/

Happy Planning!

Spring and Summer Festivals

Oh! I can hardly stand it! We have applied to several boutiques, festivals and bazaars, but haven't heard back yet.  Will we be in Moab? Springville? Ogden? Kaysville? SLC? Somewhere in between? I do hope we hear back from the events this week!

PS We made it to the Hill Air Force Officers' Spouces Bazaar last week. It was a fun, fabulous day. AND we had no problems getting on base. Bing! Bang! Boom! We went in zippity quick.