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🗝️ 4 generation household in an 1898 PNW Victorian🏠
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🛍️Craft & Vendor Show 10/9/27 Buckley WA When that is not happening, this page is all about simple food, movies/books, tips, restaurants we've been to, life in a four generation household in an 1898 Victorian, and other random things. I am a volunteer in our Buckley, WA community running events such as our town's Merry & Bright decor contest over at www.facebook.com/MerryAndBrightBuckley and by being a Board Member for our local Chamber of Commerce. My family shares our love for Halloween/Christmas at www.facebook.com/VintageSmallTownCharmer that up until Covid, was our shared house Airbnb.
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My name is Alisa, and I started The Hungry Housewives in 2004 when a few moms were looking for friendship, and LOVED to eat. Well versed in volunteering as PTA moms, we decided to give back to the community. We started "Crop Out Cancer" events which consisted of raising funds for cancer research by hosting all day scrapbooking events, then we did Fashion Shows, Buncos, charity fun runs, and I even ran our town's Relay For Life event! As our kids got older, a few of us decided to sell at the Funky Junk Show with the Junk Salvation Sisters (now Rebel Junk Markets in Idaho). We upcycled furniture and handpicked unique decor that we sold for a little bit of "fun" money, while still featuring a charity or volunteering for fundraisers. In 2012, we decided to sell our items at our very own local craft fair. As our kids got older, us moms didn't see each other as often, and eventually it was just my family running the Craft & Vendor Show. We've hosted every year, with the exception of during covid. It's fun seeing some of the "original housewives" pop in to shop, or even have their own booth at the event! At these Craft and Vendor Shows, we feature a charity and donate the proceeds from our Raffle Door Prize. This is a HUGE table of items, and the winner takes ALL! Tickets are $5 each and additional donations are welcome, too. Our aim is to always do $1k+
In the past, we have donated to these causes:
* 2012: Tourette Syndrome Research - in honor of one of the Housewives whose son had the condition
* 2013: Helping Dylan Takedown Cancer - local school friend fighting Leukemia
* 2014: Mobile Mom & Me Clinic - promoting wellness by providing access to high/quality basic and preventative medical care at no charge to the under and non insured citizens
* 2015: Buckley Fire Fighters - during an exceptionally tough fire season which stretched the budgets, we helped our local station by donating bike helmets for them to give out to kids.
* 2016: Dylan Parkinson- local finder of lost animals who rehomes pets and relocates ferals
* 2017: The Soup Ladies - organization who feeds first responders
* 2018: Merry & Main - helping make the town of Buckley merry for everybody coming through town (As of 2023, I now run this event through Merry & Bright).
* 2019: Jordan Binion Project - education and assistance about mental health for young adults
* 2023: Buckley Food Bank- assisting our community by meeting basic needs.
* 2024: Friends of the Buckley Library- a group whose vision is to strengthen literacy and build an equitable, knowledgeable, engaged, and empowered community by serving our libraries. Another reason our annual show is AMAZING is our vendors donate fun items to hand out goodie bags for our FIRST 40 shoppers (18+, one per family). We also give out a 4+ page shopping brochure featuring our 115+ vendors, with some of them having special "ads". After you've had all those vendors "sign off" on your brochure, take it to the front table, and you'll get a FREE RAFFLE TICKET! For our shows, it's not JUST about sales that day, but having success years down the road for these small businesses. We share tips/techniques, offer advice, help create social media pages, and encourage them to have ways to make the shopper’s experience easier, and so that they can find them for future shopping. One of my FAVORITE things is when we have a brand-new vendor, who goes on to sell items in shops, create art for companies, or open their own store, as was featured in Enumclaw's Courier Herald paper feature about us. KEEP your brochure from the event, so you can find your favorite creators all year long! Late summer we'll start sharing about our event, with the show being held mid-October. We have authors, artists, tumblers, clothing, jewelry, handmade baskets, natural skin care products, kid items, and more, plus local businesses who can help you ditch the bra, or learn how to organize your home. See our interview with Kiro News at https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/around-sound-hungry-housewives/HYCKDUS7GNHULIDZSYYL5VL7ZY
There's something for everyone at our shows, so come alone, or grab all your friends, because you deserve a day for yourself!
