FINDLEY LAKE — The Annual Findley Lake Fall Craft Show, sponsored by the Alexander Findley Community Library, has become so popular that even media from Erie came for a segment with Library Manager Cala Glatz.

The Fall Craft Show Fundraiser was held on Saturday, Nov. 1 at the Findley Lake Fire Hall. Many of the vendors come back to the event year after year because they say the Findley Lake event is particularly special.

“I grew up in Findley Lake,” said Ashley Scarem, who with her mother, Kimberly Huntley, offers a wide variety of homemade items, especially focusing on Christmas. “I’ve been doing this craft show for 15 to 20 years now,” Ashley said. “We love helping the library.”

Rachel Peace, Robin Conklin, K.J. Conklin and Tasha Irwin, aka The Wyrd Sisters, have made this craft show a regular venue for years. “We do lots of fairs, ten or more a year, but we really love this one,” Peace said. “We love books, so we appreciate that it benefits the library.”

Jim and Sandy Schoenfeldt of Brocktondale have been coming to the Fall Craft Show for 27 years out of their 32 years as craft vendors. “It’s been a very good day,” said Jim. “This is always a very good show for a good cause. We hope it does well for the library.”

Rick Vaillancort of Mayville makes creations out of horseshoes. “The people are so friendly. I’ve always liked Findley Lake,” he said. “It’s nice because a lot of the people come back each year and I remember them.”

Joy Maisner, who crochets anything from scarves to bags to animals, said the show was wonderful. “I love the Fall Craft Show,” she said. “It’s been a good show to come back to for the last three years.”

The vendor raffle, which offers items donated by each vendor, as well as the 50-50 raffle, were well supported. However, the most exciting raffle, according to Glatz, is the Lottery Tree Raffle, which awards a tree with 13 NY Scratch-offs. This year’s winner was Jane Sheehan.

The 35 vendor tables were busy throughout the day, as was the kitchen. Glatz noted that this year’s event seemed to have an especially friendly atmosphere. “It was really nice. A lot of people just sat down to eat lunch here and talk. There was a lot of camaraderie and story telling,” she said.