7th Annual Red Geranium Artisan Market – A Market With a Mission

The First Presbyterian Church of Noblesville is hosting their seventh annual Red Geranium Artisan Market on August 20 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Noblesville at 1207 Conner St., Noblesville.  The market features a variety of local, tri-state and international artisans, food, live music in a festive open-air environment.

Visitors will find 50 different artisan vendor booths located both inside and outside the historical church.  The Red Geranium committee juries all the artisans and only selects unique, one-of-a- kind, and handmade items to provide a variety of shopping that includes fine art, antiques, furniture, boutique clothing, children’s clothing and accessories, photography, jewelry, wood, fiber, mosaic and glass craft, pottery, garden art, re-purposed and up-cycled unique creations and more! 

This year the market has 35 returning vendors, including a few long-time artisan favorites like Anderson Ironwork & Woodcraft Design, Studio 510 Women’s Boutique, DLC Designs, Gem.Geek and the unique pressed flower art of Always in Bloom. Along with the 50 artisan booths the seventh annual Red Geranium will have live, local talent at the music stage throughout the day to entertain you and several food options to snack on while you shop. The market is a family and pet-friendly event with no admission fees and plenty of free parking available at the City Hall parking lot on 10th St.

The Red Geranium Artisan Market is different than most craft shows because and is branded as “A Market with a Mission”. Each of the artisans rent booth space for the day from First Presbyterian Church of Noblesville to help the church’s mission team raise money for local, state, national, and international mission projects they sponsor.

New this year will be a special international artisan booth which will showcase handcrafted items like pysanky eggs made by Ukrainian artist Marina Shepeluk of Zhytomyr, Ukraine and “Africa Bags – The Bags of Hope” made in Malawi, Africa. The sale of these items will go directly back to the artisans who made them. Several of the artisan vendors donate all their sales to local charitable organizations. Be sure to look for the heart shaped signs indicating these special people who serve others through sales of their artwork.

Finally, FPC partners with FeedingTeam.org and will be collecting donations of non-perishable food items for our food pantry located in their parking lot.  As you can see, the Red Geranium Artisan Market is a very special event. The members of FPC are proud to serve others and hope to provide all our visitors with an extraordinary day of art, music, food and fun for the whole family in a relaxed and friendly environment.

For more information, please visit their website at https://redgeraniummarket.wordpress.com, Facebook /RedGeraniumArtisanMarket, Church website https://www.fpc-noblesville.org, Instagram/redgeraniumartisan/, or contact the church secretary at secretary@fpc-noblesville.org and their event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/626061355348272

Musician Schedule:

• 9:30-10:45 a.m. Julia Keller-Welter – viola
• 10:45-12 p.m. Emily Ann & Kelly Thompson – Celtic fiddle & vocalist
• 12-1:30 p.m. Cass Noelle – guitar, ukulele, and vocalist
• 1:30-3 p.m.  Molly Jones & students – harp

Food:

• Stacco House by Mammamia – house-made Italian Gelato
• Samano’s Taco Truck
• World Famous PW Bake Sale – baked goodies made with love from the women of FPC