CHRIS LOWREY
QUYON March 30, 2019
The basement at the Quyon United Church featured as many vendors as the venue could hold for the first annual Quyon United Craft and Vendor Sale.
The event was organized by the Quyon UCW and featured 10 vendors displaying a wide variety of goods from hand-crafted wooden knick knacks to delicious baked goods.
This was the first time the UCW has organized an event like this, but organizer Elizabeth Young was hopeful it will be the start of a yearly tradition.
“It’s our first year,” she said. “And with the weather the way it’s been, we’re very happy.”
Young and her fellow organizers used every inch of floor space to accommodate as many vendors as they did.
“It’s small and intimate,” Young said with a smile.
Each vendor paid to rent a table for the show and the proceeds are going to buy new chairs for events.
The current chairs – while reliably serving the churches needs for years – weigh enough that setting them up and taking them down for upwards of sixty people can be a daunting task.
“We could use about 30 more,” Young said.
While the soggy weather wasn’t ideal outside, Young said the vendors were all happy with the turnout.
Christine Chevrier-Lavigne is originally from Quyon, but now lives in Aylmer. She was on hand selling hand-carved wooden art pieces. Her husband does the carving but she and her daughter do the painting.
Kim Boucher brought her roving boutique to the event since is presented a great opportunity to sell to her fellow Quyon residents. Not only that, but Boucher said the event’s timing positioned it as one of the first spring craft shows in the area.
Overall, Young said that despite less than ideal conditions outside, the event was a success inside.
“Other than the weather man not helping, it’s been good.”
