C&P Coffee, 5612 California Ave. SW, features a one-day arts & crafts fair Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Photo top left, handmade creations offered by Helen Johnson. Bottom left, Charlie the dog. The sale of Johnson's and certain other items will help Charlie's vet bills. Pictured right, Alyssa Johnson holds a carnival mask handmade by a Dominican Republic artist. These decorate the walls of C&P. Their sales will help Caribbean causes.
C&P Coffee, 5612 California Ave. SW, holds its one-day Arts & Crafts Fair featuring unique, local and foreign arts and crafts for sale. Jewelry, toys, clothing, prints, paintings, furniture, and more will be on display.
The show runs 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The shop's walls feature (through August) Caribbean artwork that benefits the triple bottom line company, "A Splash of the Caribbean".
"We have masks made out of calabash cords, paper mache carnival masks, metal etched paintings on wood, and rag rugs made out of rice sacks from the Dominican Republic," said Alyssa Johnson, a Queen Anne resident who operates A Splash. The triple bottom line company comes from the "people, profit, planet" model and Johnson said she fundraises and donates to schools in the Dominican Republic.
Also featured at the Fair is photography by Sydni Smith, and whimsical handmade hats and other fabric art by Helen Johnson. This is Smith's second time fundraising for Charlie, her dog with the mounting vet bills.
