we are all about supporting local
businesses and you can find dozens in
one place at Eastern Market the market
transforms itself from a mostly produce
and food market on Saturdays just
something completely different on
Sundays and we are joined now by two of
the vendors you will find there marcia
van heart is veldt and she's the owner
of touch Body Works and Jake Showalter
owner of 12th Street design
did I say van hardest fold okay yes you
did awesome
alright let's get into the Sunday market
and tell the folks at home what's on
offer well at the sunday market you find
a little bit of everything a lot of
people are really used to the idea of
Eastern Market being produce on
Saturdays
however the sunday market is everything
but produce you can find handmade local
Goods all kinds of wonderful wonderful
things all right you brought some of
those things today what do we have in
front of Jake over there so I have 100%
natural skincare it's all handmade
everything that you see here at some
point has gone through my hands I make
everything for your skin lotions soaps
scrubs facial masks body butters even
facial cleansers hair care you name it
all right and it's touch body works no
are we can somebody find you outside of
Sundays in the market well of course you
can always find me online on my website
and then you can also find me
I do pop ups almost everywhere currently
I'm running a pop up over at Twelve Oaks
Mall in Novi I'm at most of the major
events that happened in Michigan so Arts
Beats and eats in Arbor Art Fair things
like that house a bit business it is
really great
all right Jake what do we have over here
looks like some woodworking some
metalworking different things yeah so
12th root Street design where a
furniture manufacturer here in Michigan
mm-hm and we use the remnants or the
excess material to to create a different
type of product more decor serving trays
laser engraved barnwood we used locally
sourced barn wood from Michigan barn
wood and salvaged different salvaged
woods from
Harbor man out Lavonia one of the
designs come from I like this one look
these are ones that we just come up with
we do our own artwork and laser him into
the wood head ham loin rib this just
makes me hungry all the good parts makes
me think of bacon to wear is 12th Street
design most three design we're actually
located so Sundays you'll find these
products at Eastern Market the rest of
the week we're at Rust Belt market and
Ferndale with furniture and that's a
cool place to you know drink coasters
here absolutely we try to do a little
bit of everything
charcuterie boards and kinds of stuff
what is the inlay here this is an epoxy
that we create okay
so it's just the same colors the Detroit
River if you realize that trying to stay
away from it it's a that's the natural
color the natural unique color yes
anything else you two want to pass along
about the Eastern Market Market it's a
great place to come and get different
products something unique to Michigan we
have a lot of people that are travelers
that come in looking for something more
unique as a souvenir we have a lot of
t-shirt vendors just products that you
won't find in a store all right and dogs
welcome or now people walking their dogs
so you're allowed to walk your dogs do
not look they're not allowed within the
sheds so you can be on the property and
outside but when you decide to walk into
the shed only service dogs are allowed
only service dogs allowed in the show
it's okay sunday markets run from 10:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every sunday now
through September there's also the
traditional Market on Saturday as well
as Tuesday market plus a nighttime
market on the third Thursday of the
month now through September I hope
you've been taking notes that's a lot of
markets to keep track of thank you both
for being here today
great thank you