The Chamber of Commerce is so excited to host another successful Florida Manatee Festival. We welcome you to our beautiful city and invite you to enjoy every aspect of the event. You will find wonderful vendors offering a wide variety of items as you make your way along the festival routes. As festival attendees, you will have opportunities for fascinating tours, have access to delicious food and be entertained by talented musicians. Thank you for being here and we hope you enjoy this wonderful event.
ATTENTION CRAFT VENDOR APPLICANTS FOR THE FLORIDA MANATEE FESTIVAL 2020
All work must be original and handmade in the United States.
Crafts are defined as works made by hand or with the use of simple tools, showing imagination and the mark of the crafts person's individuality. Items sold must have some type of skill or craft applied to the product and must contain at least 50% original work that defines it as unique.
All crafts displayed for sale must be substantively produced by the hands, using traditional non-computer assisted or mechanical means that remove the actual guidance of the crafter’s hands.
Tying a bow around a wholesale item, gluing a clasp, pin, artificial flowers or rhinestone to a wholesale item, or adding a patch or applique to an article of clothing, is not considered a handmade craft and is not allowed.
Mass produced food items are not considered a craft and shall not be sold by vendors in the craft portion of the festival.
No mold-made or repeated items with only slight variations permitted.
No work which has been made with commercial kits, purchased molds, patterns, plans or prefabricated pieces is allowed.
Some examples of what is not eligible appear below. This does not constitute a complete list.
Webster’s Dictionary defines handmade as an item made by hand or by a hand process.
Please respect the integrity of the event. Do not have anything for sale in your booth you did not create by hand.
All work must be original and handmade in the United States.
Crafts are defined as works made by hand or with the use of simple tools, showing imagination and the mark of the crafts person's individuality. Items sold must have some type of skill or craft applied to the product and must contain at least 50% original work that defines it as unique.
All crafts displayed for sale must be substantively produced by the hands, using traditional non-computer assisted or mechanical means that remove the actual guidance of the crafter’s hands.
Tying a bow around a wholesale item, gluing a clasp, pin, artificial flowers or rhinestone to a wholesale item, or adding a patch or applique to an article of clothing, is not considered a handmade craft and is not allowed.
Mass produced food items are not considered a craft and shall not be sold by vendors in the craft portion of the festival.
No mold-made or repeated items with only slight variations permitted.
No work which has been made with commercial kits, purchased molds, patterns, plans or prefabricated pieces is allowed.
Some examples of what is not eligible appear below. This does not constitute a complete list.
- Commercially manufactured art
- Work assembled (wholly or in part) from commercially available kits
- Two-dimensional art such as paintings, prints, or photographs
- Mixed media work that uses paint and canvas as its primary medium
- Screen-printed material
- Etchings or web or sheet-fed offset printed work
- Works that incorporates materials acquired from the killing of endangered species
- Elephant/mammoth ivory (this includes fossilized ivory)
- Dried or silk flower arrangements
- Books
- Apparel (this includes hats)
- Bonsai
- Food
- Embellished commercially-made objects (such as T-shirts, hats, sunglasses, note cards, etc.)
Webster’s Dictionary defines handmade as an item made by hand or by a hand process.
Please respect the integrity of the event. Do not have anything for sale in your booth you did not create by hand.
