Lavender Festival Vendors at the Farm

Entertainment at the Farm | Lavender Festival 2008!

If you are planning to join us for the festival this coming year, GET YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW! Sequim is a small town and fills up quickly. The festival is ALWAYS the third weekend in July...this coming year the dates are: July 18th, 19th and 20th, 2008. If you are planning a visit to Purple Haze as part of your Olympic Peninsula holiday, visit our links page to see some of our favorite places in our part of the Pacific Northwest.


Here is a list of the wonderful vendors that will be at our farm this year! Many are returning favorites from previous years, but we have also added a couple of new faces!

Aglow Mind and Body Rejuvenation-they will be in the orchard giving wonderful relaxing massages...mmmmm

Barbara Doolittle-Barbara makes wonderful beads and jewelry from paper. She has been a Purple Haze favorite for many festivals.

Bathing Rituals Katrina's booth is always a favorite, she has a sensuous line of sugar rubs and bath fizzlers and a bunch of other wonderful goodies you won't want to miss and she always has plenty of testers for you to try!

Bell Bottom Beverages- Now open all summer long at the farm, starting in July serving our own gourmet lavender ice cream and lemonade!

Blooming Brush-Come and paint your own pottery!

Bowerman Basin Ltd.-Marie & friends have beautiful copper work and other fun treasures.

Creative Collection of Sequim Fiber Artists:

Unique As You- Renne Brock-Richmond of Unique As You creates colorful one of a kind handcrafted art, apparel, and textiles with individual style that is as distinct as yourself. Renne’s mission is to enhance people’s presence with asking, “What Hue Are You?” Her designs are original from inception with hand dyed yarn, to hand woven fabric made into apparel, and silk scarves with the distinguishing process of digitally printing with hand painting. No two are alike. Renne embraces the empowerment of brilliant hues and individualism expressed in appearance. www.uniqueasyou.com
Fiber Treasures - Dixie McAndrews of Fiber Treasures draws inspiration from close fellowship with others and nature. She explores knitting, weaving, and felting techniques for transforming plant and animal fibers into decorative and useful textiles. Dixie feels that creating with the human hand helps to balance the mechanized and computerized world and allows her to create textiles that machines cannot produce. Her explorative nature often guides her beyond the traditional techniques and insures one-of-a-kind creations. In addition to quality construction, her creations are imbued with respect and joy that make them true Fiber Treasures to be used and loved forever.
Irresistible Beadworks-Mary Beth Blake of Irresistible Beadworks loves to share her passion for creating jewelery. Each piece of her jewlery is a one of a kind creation. She enjoys creating each piece using all different types of beads and stones. Mary Beth loves mixing all different colors and textures to try to create something totally unique.

Glynda Schaad-is a local author who has just released her new book "Women to Reckon With: Untamed women of the Olympic Peninsula's wilderness". Glynda will be on hand in the orchard signing her wonderful new book featuring the biographies of 12 Pacific Northwest women....

Jasmine Pearl Tea Merchants-The Jasmine Pearl Tea Merchants are tea blenders and importers based in Portland, Oregon. Chuck and Heather, owners of The Jasmine Pearl, have methodically tasted and studied more than a thousand different teas, in search of the most delicious and interesting examples available. They hold events and trainings throughout the Pacific Northwest promoting their exceptional quality loose-leaf teas and herbal infusions. We worked with Chuck and Heather to make the wonderful new teas for Purple Haze!

John Tiechart Watercolors-With a detailed sensitivity to the forms in nature and building, John brings new life to his varied work. His understanding of natural subjects comes from his career with the National Park Service and U.S. Coast Guard.

Life is good-Come support Children's Hospital, Life is good Kids Foundation & Sequim Guild by purchasing a "Lavender T-shirt" designed by Life is good company as a fundraiser for these organizations...these are a special edition!
Lavender Luvies - Gina Jordan was with us once again this year because we so enjoyed her handcrafted, lavender and herb-filled creations: aromatherapy sachets, eye pillows, warmers, dream pillows and custom products for weddings. She uses organic cotton and hemp fabrics - and wild-crafted herbs. She also makes those wonderful "Stress Balls" for us that have been so popular!

Lavender Skep - Ed and Winnona Giersch are Purple Haze's staunchest beekeepers and stitchers. They are the ones who supply us with the honey and hand sewn items we carry year 'round. They'll bring their selection of natural and flavor-infused honey and Nona's hand-sewn lavender creations to our Farm. Ed also be brought his observation hive and answered bee-keeping questions.

Linda Jarvey-Linda will be on hand to take your picture amongst the beautiful rows of lavender and then place it on a wooden jigsaw puzzle for you to enjoy for years to come-what a great gift!

LSL Northwest-Lucy Dufoe makes some wonderful handmade/handsewn items and she even had teddy bears that say Lavender Festival 2006 that you can take home as a souvenir of your special trip.

Luna Azul-brings us once again their beautiful custom and one-of-a-kind jewelry, they do a wonderful job of giving each piece a unique and individual look.

Metal & Mud-Home & Garden sculpture by Dana Hyde. Originally a ceramic artist, Danya Hyde was introduced to metal work by her father at his welding shop in Brinnon, WA. She draws on her extensive knowledge of birds as well as her love and affinity for other animals to create her art. (www.metalandmud.net.com)

Natural Accents – Jeff and Jodi Stroh offer a wide variety of decorative home accessories including ceramic tile trivet/cutting boards, message boards, lazy susans, and spoon rests in a vast array of designs to suit any home décor. Jodi has also created a line of hand painted, water tight, ceramic wall pockets in an assortment of floral designs, including lavender, the festival favorite!

Rustic Moose Designs - These marvelous cedar furniture makers from Elma joined us once again with their furniture that is made to fit a human body AND you can safely set a glass of tea on their chair arms.

Teatime Linens - Wonderful Vintage English Linens and Hand Painted Denim Clothing will return with all of their great finds...what a fun group of girls to have for vendors!

Westbrook Fusion-Holly will have wonderful fused glass items.

And, of course, OVEN SPOONFUL (former owner of THE BUSHWHACKER restaurant) will be returning with their fabulous Herb de Provence Chicken, organic greens featuring Purple Haze's own AWARD WINNING salad dressing, Tuscan bread and Eastern Washington corn on the cob. There also served cook-to-order Wild Salmon on the BBQ along with Polish Dogs, Smoke Salmon Salad, Cheese Plate, Brownies, Lemonade, Iced Tea, Gin & Tonic, Beer, Wine, Lavender Vodka Kamikazi (NEW) and the ever famous Lavender Margarita’s! The picnics and food will be on the new lower lawn to the left of the drying shed complete with live music from all of our great musicians! Great food,fabulous music and rows and rows of beautiful lavender.....it's the Purple Haze Experiance!

DEMONSTRATION TIMES:

Friday
10:00 a.m.What Hue are You?-Color and Meaning demonstration
11:00 a.m.Tea Ceremony with Jasmine Pearl Tea Merchants
12:00 p.m. Propigation and Planting Lavender with Victor Gonzalas
1:00 p.m.Oil Distillation Demo with NEW STILL
2:00 p.m. Brillant Scarf Painting Demonstration
3:00 p.m.Tea Ceremony with Jasmine Pearl Tea Merchants

Saturday
10:00 a.m.Hand Felting demonstration
11:00 a.m.Tea Ceremony with Jasmine Pearl Tea Merchants
12:00 p.m. Propigation and Planting Lavender with Victor Gonzalas
1:00 p.m.Oil Distillation demonstration with NEW STILL
2:00 p.m.Beading 101 with Mary Beth Blake of Irresistible Beadworks
3:00 p.m. Tea Ceremony with Jasmine Pearl Tea Merchants
4:00 p.m. Propigation and Planting Lavender with Victor Gonzalas

Sunday
10:00 a.m.Weaving demonstrion with Dixie McAndrews
11:30 a.m. Culinary Program presentation-Wild King Salmon Flambe
1:00 p.m.Oil Distillation demonstration with NEW STILL
2:00 p.m. Brilliant Silk Scarf Painting demonstration with Renne Brock- Richmond
4:00 p.m. Propigation and Planting Lavender with Victor Gonzalas