Creativity will on display when the Elizabethtown Public Library hosts its 14th annual Craft Fair with a Small Business Flair. The event will run from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 8, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9. It will be held at the library, 10 S. Market St., Elizabethtown.

"We have a wide variety of items and a nice variety of vendors," said Dorinda Nolan, craft show organizer. "About half of the vendors are repeats from previous years and half are new."

Crafters will be set up throughout the main floor of the library as well as the second floor. Vendors will include Crafts by Elly, featuring homemade fabric table runners, bowl warmers and more; Bonnie Wilbur Fine Art, showcasing hand-painted ornaments, jewelry, notebooks, bookmarks and magnets; and Lola Love Letter, featuring hand-lettered home goods.

"Patti Becker Butterfly Factory will be here, and she makes crafts from recycled aluminum cans," Nolan noted. "Her items are very detailed, intricate and really beautiful."

Members of Fiber Artists at the library will sell their creations, with all proceeds from the sale of items going directly to the library. "We also have someone making amigurumi, which are crocheted stuffed animals," Nolan remarked. "And we have Pink Gem Essence, which sells decorated cans and tumblers."

Vendors come from throughout the Elizabethtown area as well as nearby counties and as far away as New York state.

"We are having the Feisty Woman, who is from New York, and she sells books, candles, pens, pins and journals," Nolan stated. "She heard about the craft show and wanted to participate."

Dress a Girl Around the World will feature pottery, ornaments, kitchen towels, tote bags and more. All proceeds will help fund the creation of dresses made by local women to send to girls in need or girls who are at risk for human trafficking.

Nolan noted that the Friends of the Elizabethtown Public Library will hold their fall book sale in the lower level during the craft fair and that the craft show coincides with 2nd Friday in Elizabethtown, so there will be a lot going on in town.

Proceeds from the craft show support the general operating fund of the library.

Nolan, who retired from the library in June, has volunteered to continue organizing the craft fair because she enjoys seeing people come into the library and shop the unique products.

"It's a great opportunity to start your Christmas shopping early," she said. "The prices are reasonable. I also like that the craft fair makes people more aware of the library and what we offer. It gets people in the door."

For more information on the Craft Fair with a Small Business Flair, visit https://etownpubliclibrary.org.