• Faces of the Market
    John Waldera and his dog “Topsy” put on their best faces for the Maker’s Market craft fair Saturday in Atlanta. Actually, John seems a little more pleased to pose than Topsy does.The two are recent arrivals to Texarkana from Arizona.
  • Faces of the Market
    Solomon Parker,5,is fascinated by the toys produced by the new technological device of 3-D printing. He also likes dinosaur pictures which he is wearing on his clothing.
  • Faces of the Market
    The hats almost tell everything.They are fashionable. But Courtlyn Jackson left, and Chancellor Dorsey from Texarkana are at Maker’s Market in Atlanta Saturday to offer their baked goods from their company “Kitchen on Fire.”
  • Faces of the Market
    Who’s keeping who warm? Seven-year-old Carson Surratt of Linden says he’s keeping Jackie Hurt warm. She agrees a little but in reality says,“It’s a tie.”

Faces of the Market

Faces were happy for Saturday’s Maker’s Market in Atlanta with its 9 a.m. start and five hours of open time until closing at 2 p.m.

The event is a once-a-quarter local market meaning the goods to be shown will have come from makers within a 50-mile radius of Atlanta.

Thus, vendors, farmers, makers, and bakers with items handmade, homemade and homegrown are featured. Upwards of 80 vendors met the public for this market with everyone enjoying walking and talking to one another.

At this market, one takes one’s time to look at the many items not to be seen in the big, box stores.

One of the main reasons for dropping by the Maker’s Market is the opportunity to greet friends and neighbors and discover what they are doing with their hobby. Often times it is amazing, pleasing and worth a smile. Here are four smilers the photographer noticed on this day.