The spring Spruce Bog Craft Sale occurred this past Saturday at the High Country Inn. A friend attended and was a tad disappointed at the selection of booths. Only about 20-30 booths were there and the crafts were sky-high priced. Is it just me or did you think craft meant not premium goods, but a certain homespun quality, nice but not super expensive? Yeah, that's what she thought. An Ontarian, she is used to a wide variety of quality craft sales, and not used to suffering sticker shock at the whimsical stained glass, or bottles of jam, or handmade salt scrubs.
Don't get me wrong, crafters need to make some bucks too. But $13-14 for fireweed syrup? $10 for salt scrub? $7.50 for a medium-sized jar of cranberry jelly? Might as well stop by the ATM before you go, because a couple of bucks just aren't going to cut it.
I did attend the Christmas Spruce Bog at the Canada Games Centre and had a great time. There were tons of booths (easily 50+) and lots of variety. I bought some very reasonably-priced soaps ($4 each, beer and spearmint) and was very tempted but the baked goods prices scared me away...c'mon $9.00 for dulce de leche syrup? an $8.00 apple crumble? yeesh.
I bake myself, while maybe not that well, but I know what the ingredients cost. Let's be a little more realistic.
Now if it was buffalo beef jerky...well...
I think I could dig a ltitle deeper for some change. You can't make that stuff at home!
In conclusion: Yukon Made=expensive.
Buffalo jerky=worth it.
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