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A little peek at the Saturday morning Winter Farmers’ Market

Jorge Murga

The Winter Farmers’ Market located at the Lincoln Square Mall is a great place to spend your Saturday morning and interact with the people of the C-U community. From freshly harvested produce, handmade jewelry, flowers, wool figures, and so much more, the market has plenty of things to offer for those interested.

Some of the vendors included when I visited were Mama Bear Cookies who offers pretty decorated cookies with allergy options, Hooked on Wool Primitives who makes incredibly detailed wool figurines and knick knacks, Dragon Ink Dice who make custom dice, ashtrays, coasters, and dragons made from resin, and Illinois Willows who have specially cut flowers and woody ornaments. This is only a handful of vendors from the dozens that are at the Lincoln Square Mall every Saturday morning from 8 a.m. to noon. Make sure to stop by and support the people of this great community!

In view is a closer look at the cookies displayed in a small tower. There are yellow cookies shaped like a lemon, pink cookies shaped like strawberries, red cookies shaped like a coffee cup, and pink cookies shaped like a donut. Next to the display are packed boxes of more cookies. Photo by Jorge Murga.

Photo by Jorge Murga.

 

 

A view of Mama Bear Cookies’ table at the CU Winter Farmers Market located in Lincoln Square Mall. The owner of Mama Bear Cookies, Stephanie Reinhart, stands by the table with an assortment of cookies in view. The cookies are shaped in lemons, flowers, hearts, and other shapes. On the left is an assortment of cookies under a sign that reads “Allergy Aware - gluten free/egg freeâ€. Photo by Jorge Murga.

Photo by Jorge Murga.
A view of Dragon Ink Dice’s vendor table at the CU Winter Farmers Market located in Lincoln Square Mall. On the table is an assortment of artisan dice, earrings, dishes and ashtrays of various styles and colors. The table itself is covered in black while the sign for Dragon Ink Dice is purple. The vendor is helping out an interested shopper as they look at one of the dice. Photo by Jorge Murga.

Photo by Jorge Murga.
A view from a different angle of the Dragon Ink Dice table. On the furthest left is an assortment of sizes of the crystal Bismuth. Next to it is an assortment of coasters, jewelry boxes, and ashtrays all made of resin. On the furthest right, we have a display that carries more jewelry boxes and curled up dragons made from resin as well. Photo by Jorge Murga.

Photo by Jorge Murga.
A view directly in front of the Dragon Ink Dice table. The vendor is helping out a shopper. There are an assortment of dice displayed on a shelf. Next to the shelf is a box full of more dice. The right side of the table is where the Bismuth, ashtrays, jewelry boxes, and other accessories are displayed. Photo by Jorge Murga.

Photo by Jorge Murga.
In view of the stand for Illinois Willows at the CU Winter Farmers Market located in Lincoln Square Mall. The table has a purple cloth over it and has an array of flowers, sage, and an assortment of CBD products. The representative of Illinois Willows, Kent Miles, stands behind the products. There is also a sign that reads “The Potting Shed Hemp Company†and it lists the prices for the different CBD products. Photo by Jorge Murga.

Photo by Jorge Murga.
In view is Joellyn Cobb of Hooked on Wool Primitives at her table at the CU Winter Farmers Market located in Lincoln Square Mall. The table is full of figures made from wool. There is a tree displaying small sheep followed by penguins, snowmen, bunnies, and other animals made from wool. Photo by Jorge Murga.

Photo by Jorge Murga.
A closer look at the handmade items of Joellyn Cobb. In view is a donkey, bunnies, sheep, snowmen, and penguins. Photo by Jorge Murga.

Photo by Jorge Murga.

Winter Farmers’ Market
201 Lincoln Square
Urbana
Sa 8 a.m. to noon

Top image by Jorge Murga.

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