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Edelgard Waddell admires some of the wildlife photos done by photographer Bill Hinchliffe at the Feathers and Fur Photography booth during the craft show at Fishermen’s Village.

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Donna Abbate shows husband John which piece of handmade opal jewelry is on her Christmas wish list at the Opal Reef booth.

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Admiring some of the brass and metal art work at the BHV Galaxy booth is Punta Gorda resident Patti Sizemore.

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Handcrafted silver and gold wired jewelry caught the eye of Sam Chesworth at the Wired by T booth.

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Bernie Zayac from Nuts Galore! gives Punta Gorda resident a sample of his delicious cinnamon roasted almonds during the crafts show on Dec. 8th at Fishermen’s Village.

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Coming to Punta Gorda from Fort Myers to shop the crafts show is Gail Fogle.

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Patti Bookout van Tander demonstrates how to use her hand made KUDU KLIP on Cathy Nichols of Punta Gorda.

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Betty and Steve Mosketti, snowbirds from Grand Rapids, Mich., visit the Ellies Mermaids booth, where they admired the handmade ceramic mermaids made by owner Ellie Stephens.