njb Basket of Jewels etsy.com/shop/njbbasketofjewels Norma Brooks of njb Basket of Jewels is a folk artist and versatile designer who creates jewelry, baskets and rugs. Norma started sewing when she was very young and made all of her clothes. She became an accomplished seamstress by the age of 12, where she created bridal dresses and altered clothing for friends, family and many of the locals where she lived. Her love for art and passion for creativity led her to design fine

Cara's Creations www.carascreationsdc.com Cara Jablon is a retired attorney who has been designing and making jewelry for twenty years, doing business as “Cara’s Creations” in Washington, D.C. Having had a long-standing interest in necklaces, Cara started making jewelry after bringing some necklaces in for restringing at a local shop and determining that the cost of repair was too high. She learned how to restring her own necklaces and took courses in a variety of different

Outta Our Minds Puppets www.outtaourminds.shop A creative imagination belongs to every child. If one is properly encouraged, these attributes can extend into adolescence and far beyond. Michelle Puhl Price took her imagination into adulthood and demonstrates a love of design and creativity through her unique puppet characters, each with a story to tell. As a child, she was drawn to the characters on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. Michelle tried many times to duplicate

​Costa Cosmetics www.facebook.com/CostaCosmetics Emoke Gaidosch is the cosmetic formulator, chemist, and designer of CostaCosmetics, offering chemical free, natural ingredients. All her soaps are hand-crafted and multifunctional. Costa Cosmetics was created to honor her father, who also was a chemist and helped her to fall in love with the world of science. It all began when she tried fine soap making and began collecting design ideas from the environment around her. Emoke ha

Pazmino Ceramics pazminoceramics@gmail.com Her mother was her inspiration. A potter who encouraged her daughter to take pottery classes as a child. Rayna Pazmino found a true love and decided to pursue pottery as a career. Her work reflects a constant exploration of her desire to keep growing as an artist. “Always improving upon my current ones is something that constantly keeps me busy”. Rayna is a Maryland native and a teacher in Hyattsville. She has shown her work at

The Festival is only three weeks away—do you what music you want to hear, crafts to peruse, and community tables to visit? The TPFF.org website can help you with that! Here are some handy pages: See the full schedule here: tpff.org/schedule. Or look in the Schedule menu to browse stage-by-stage. Want to read a little more about the musicians, maybe watch a video or two? tpff.org/musicians is the page for you. You might be more into the crafts than the music. No problem! Read

Sweep of Sand sweepofsand.com www.etsy.com/shop/SweepOfSand She loves creating and she loves design. Not wanting to give up her career as an IT program manager, Diane Jentilet was searching for an opportunity to live her passions. Exploring the Etsy shop, she found the perfect answer. Marketing online would satisfy both the entrepreneurial and very creative side of herself. Her home décor items reflect her passion for interior design. Diane works in calming neutrals with

Raw Paper Art Rawpaperart.com A native of Texas, Randall moved to Rockville in 2005 to attend graduate school, and never looked back. He was awed by an exhibit of ink and paint works by Micheline Klagsbrun, a local Washington, D.C. artist, and was equally enthralled by the carved books of Guy Laramee. At age 35, Randall Williams found his passion. He cuts paper and combines it with acrylic paints, ink, and glass, creating layered, expressive images. Fly Away, his first pi

Save the date for Sunday, Sept 8th, 10:30am to 6:30pm at Takoma Park Middle School for the 2019 Takoma Park Folk Festival! The Takoma Park Folk Festival is a fabulous free festival filled with magical musical moments, quality crafts, fun, food, and community in every corner. Since its inception in 1978, the Festival has been a community affair, organized by volunteers from the Takoma Park area and featuring the best local musicians and artists. Enjoy music and dance on six st

A special thank you to our partnership with Takoma Park Radio WOWD 94.3 FM! DJs on their Musical Traditions Encounters, Talk of Takoma, Walking on the Moon, Check In Time and Ballads in the Morning have invited TPFF artists to join them in-studio for interviews and live performances to help raise awareness of the artists and of course, for the festival itself (you know the one, on Sunday, Sept 8th!). Tune in on the radio dial or online at https://takomaradio.org/on-the-radio