Spring into Green Market will offer wide variety of shopping options

By Sherry Lucas

Clinton’s Spring into Green Olde Towne Market greets the season with a budding bounty of spring-related crafts and items.

The market is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 11. Shoppers can expect about fifty vendors onsite, with artwork, jewelry, pottery, baked goods, crocheted items and more at Spring into Green, said Main Street Clinton Program Director Tara Lytal.

“Crocheting has continued to emerge as a popular craft,” Lytal noted.

Bath and body products, candles, cottage foods, fiber arts, fine arts, books and authors, and woodwork are additional draws to entice folks to embrace the warmer spring temperatures and the season’s breezy charm.

Clintonians are encouraged to come find items to freshen up their home, garden and decor, or to refresh themselves or their wardrobe.

Among the vendors, Stefanie Byrd’s The Byrd Nest Studio will be selling handmade quilted casserole totes and Bible bags, as well as reusable paperless towels and face wipes. As suits the season, all are made in a variety of fun and colorful patterns, Byrd said.

Reva Barnes, Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi member, will be showcasing handmade gemstone/copper jewelry, including rings, bracelets, ankle bracelets, necklaces and earrings.

Retired historian Grady Howell will be on hand, too, signing his nonfiction books, particularly his most recent title (and 27th book!), The Bride of Annandale: A Love Story of the Old South at the spring market. Howell has been reading and studying Mississippi history, especially the Civil War, since 1955, and researching, writing and self-publishing limited quantities of nonfiction Mississippi history books since 1981.

“I am looking forward to seeing old friends (and making new ones) there!” Howell said. “Y’all come!”

A key highlight of this market is the unique Caterpillar Parade, also in Olde Towne that morning, with townsfolk on foot or golf cart floats and kids on bikes or in strollers, starting at Lions Club Park at 10 a.m. So, come for the full day of fun. A few food vendors will join the variety of options — Greek, pizza, burgers and plates — at Olde Towne eateries.

Olde Towne merchants welcome the crowds, too.

“The shopkeepers in Olde Towne welcome market attendees and are eager to make new friends,” Main Street Clinton Assistant Jackie Massey said.