An Artisan Affair is a handmade and vintage shopping festival and fundraiser for local cancer charities, held June 12–13 at Oaklands Historic House Museum. The event features a boutique market with food, book signings, how-to demonstrations and live music, and is presented by NoBull Vintage. An Artisan Affair 2015 will benefit the YMCA ABC (After Breast Cancer) Program and Wig Bank for a second year. Funds are raised through sponsorships and program book ads. Program books are handed out to each ticket-purchasing patron, and 100 percent of the proceeds from ads and sponsorships sold are donated to the partner charities.

NoBull Vintage is a local small business founded by people whose family has been devastated by cancer. Through the struggle of their own family, NoBull Vintage discovered a way to incorporate community, local businesses and artisans far and wide in their philanthropic journey.

An Artisan Affair started as a simple fundraising sale in 2010. The giving became so abundant by the community and talented local artisans that it took on a life of its own and in 2014 it became a market event named An Artisan Affair, according to event organizers. Vendors come from all over, selling high-end pieces of original art, local produce, honey, jams, and oils, salvaged architectural pieces of yesteryear, antiques, repurposed vintage furniture, handmade soaps and jewelry, all things knitted, crocheted, and sewn, trendy boho fashions, one-of-a-kind handmade lamps and lighting and more from craftsmen, carpenters, welders and seamstresses.

Organizers emphasize that An Artisan Affair is not a typical craft fair, flea market or yard sale; the event puts a high emphasis on the display, and quality, of goods available.

Oaklands Historic House Museum is located at 900 N. Maney Ave. An Artisan Affair hours are 9 a.m.–7 p.m. on Friday, June 12 and Saturday, June 13. For tickets or more information, visit anartisanaffair.org or facebook.com/anartisanaffair. To learn more about NoBull Vintage visit www.nobullt.com.