Crafts & colors: Nature plays a hand in drawing fair crowds

Saturday, October 17, 2009

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Bentonville Kiwanis volunteer Waltina Hanna towed trailers full of shoppers back and forth from the parking lot to the Bella Vista Arts and Crafts Festival on Friday.

Bentonville Kiwanis volunteer Waltina Hanna towed trailers full of shoppers back and forth from the parking lot to the Bella Vista Arts and Crafts Festival on Friday.
Photo by David Frank Dempsey

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Watercolors, oils, wooden horses, dolls, jewelry and bright pink tutus lined the tents of the Bella Vista Arts and Crafts Show, and the one thing that was better than seeing all of the crafts the show had to offer was the drive to get there.

“The scenery getting here is just so amazing. All of the colors are at their peak, and it is beautiful,” said Brenda Ruttle of Lavaca. Ruttle’s friend, Shari Rupp of Van Buren, could not help but agree.

“I love everything,” Rupp said, “the kettle corn, the colors, the art, the crafts. I love everything.”

Linda Callison of Joplin, Mo., and Bev Lake of Neosho, Mo., found themselvesat the Bella Vista Arts and Crafts Fair ...


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