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How the Pine Barren Makers Fest began!

We started building the "Pallet House" in March of 2020.  When Covid hit and craft festivals were at a halt, we realized we had a lot of stock items that we did not have room for, so we came up with the idea to create the "Pallet House" in order to store our items and custom orders. The "Pallet House" was a glorified shed with 10ft high ceilings, a front and back porch, mosaic entry doors and hundred year old rafters that were salvaged from local buildings.  All of this was created pallet wood and other free timber. It was an absolute blast constructing it and the entire family took part. We documented the entire process of the build online so our followers and friends would feel like they were a part of the build. Thankfully, many of our family, friends, and clients were able to come visit the "Pallet House" before its demise. The "Pallet House" unfortunately burnt down on June 24th, 2021 due to an electrical fire.  Immediately following the fire, the community rallied together to help us rebuild, however, the township did not. Not being able to rebuild, we put our focus and efforts into bringing the community together in the form of the festival that thousands attend today! And thus the "Pine Barren Makers Festival" was born!