Sunny and warm for the L.L.Bean Freeport Community Market

...and I'll be there.

It feels like it has been weeks (two, actually) since I was last at Market so am grateful for a sunny Friday forecast. What could be a more prefect setup for a market day than:

1.  Sunny and warm
2.  Beginning of the holiday weekend
3. A perfect location on the L.L.Bean campus

Zoe, in her Anne Bonny's Booty role, will be joining me and bringing along her stunning jewelry.

Be there or be square.

L.L.Bean + Farmer's Market + Aprons!

It's looking like clear skies and sun, sun, sun for tomorrow's opening day of the Freeport Community Market on the L.L.Bean campus. Rain was predicted earlier in the week for Friday but I had faith in the changeability of Maine's weather and lo and behold - beautiful Maine weather for us after all.

With Friday heralding the official beginning of the Memorial Day weekend and the "beginning" of summer, the town will be chock full of visitors. And what is the ultimate destination for all those Maine visitors? Why L.L.Bean, of course. And who will be waiting for them when walk by on their way to retail Mecca? Why, the Freeport Community Market members in all their glory, selling an amazing variety of goodies from instant food gratification to plants for your garden and an incredible variety of gift ideas.

We will be in attendance every Friday afternoon from 3-7. It will be rain or shine for many market members but unfortunately, not for my aprons and me. Catch me on a dry day but don't look for me in the rain.

See you there!

L.L.Bean is knocking on our door

 If you look to the left from this scene you will find our market!

During the spring/summer/fall market seasons, Freeport is one of the Cumberland Farmer's Market setup locations. In the past we could be found in the parking lot of the town office on Friday afternoons. This year marks a significant change in our Freeport experience because we have been invited by L.L.Bean to set up on their campus as the Freeport Community Market.

Freeport has always been a good market for my aprons and we could always count on a modest number of tourists stopping by our market to see what's going on beneath all the brightly colored tents. This spring we will now be within the actual realm of that legendary store and within spitting distance of the thousands of visitors who come to the mecca that is L.L.Bean.

Excited? Yes, I'm excited. Unlike the farmers who sell consumables to their regular customers each week, fresh faces are necessary when selling non-food items. And to be in the middle of all those fresh faces each week throughout the "tourist" season - well, you can't get any better than that.

My aprons and my daughter's jewelry (check out her wares on etsy) will be ready to go on the official opening day on Friday, May 28th, from 3:00 through 7PM.

See you there!