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 2026 Schedule
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Lake St Louis Farmers Market
Located at the Meadows Shopping Center in Lake St Louis Every Saturday Morning from 8 to 12 From April thru October
Look For Us At The Market On the Following Saturdays:
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April 4, 11, 18
May 2, 9, 16 ,23, 30
June 13, 20, 27
   more to come ....
 
2026 Art & Craft Show Schedule  (Always adding shows check back periodocally)

March 13 thru 15 -- Callahan Promotion Spring Arts and Craft Show Iowa Fairgrounds - Des Moine, Iowa
March 21 & 22 -- Shower of Crafts at College of Dupage - Glen Ellen, Illinois
March 27 thru 29 -- Vintage Market Days - Lexington, Kentucky
April 11 & 12 -- Wamego Tulip Fest, Wamego - Kansas
May 7 thru 9 -- Pella Tulip Festival – Pella, Iowa
June 5 thru 7 -- Troy Strawberry Festival – Troy, Ohio
September 5 thru September 7 -- Frankfort Fall Fest - Frankfort, Illinois
September 12 & 13 -- Art in the Park at Pekin Marigold Festival – Pekin, Illinois
September 26 & 27 and October 3 & 4 -- Prairie Peddler Festival – Butler, Ohio
​October 10 & 11 -- Ohio Sauerkraut Festival - Waynesville, Ohio
October 15 thru 18 -- War Eagle Fair - Hindsville, Arkansas
October 23 thru 25 --  Christmas Made in the South – Concord, North Carolina
November 7 & 8 -- O'Fallon HS Band Boosters Craft Fair - O'Fallon, Illinois
November 14 & 15 -- Edwardsville HS Band Boosters Craft Fair - Edwardsville, Illinois
November 14 & 15 -- Union Middle School Craft Fair – Union, Missouri
November 21 & 22-- Crestwood Sunset Hills Rotary Arts & Craft Fair at Lindberg HS - St. Louis, Missouri
November 27 thru 29 -- Kay Weber Fall Arts & Craft Fair - Belleville, Illinois
December 5 & 6 -- Oakville HS Band Boosters Craft Fair – Oakville, Missouri

 ELK MEADOW DESIGNS
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​Creator & Handcrafter of Tapestree Family Trees      

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​​Founded in 2012, Elk Meadow Designs has been handcrafting unique products that Celebrate Family for over 10 years.

​Elke Griffin and George Mitschele teamed up to create a Company focused on designing and producing innovative products that make people happy.
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Inspired while shopping for ornaments for their Christmas tree, Elke and George set out to create an "Everyday Tree" designed to celebrate life throughout the year rather than for just a few short weeks over the Holidays. 

Together they created the Tapestree, a unique handcrafted copper display tree which was originally designed to hold ornaments, large hole beads, and charms that often hold sentimental value.

Over the course of development Elke discovered small photo frame charms that fit perfectly on the Tapestree and the Tapestree Family Tree was born. 

Soon after, we developed a proprietary software program that quickly and easily resizes any digital photo to fit the photo frames charms.  

The name Tapestree is inspired by, and is a play on the word, Tapestry - which is a large fabric display that often tells a story of a significant event.

What is more significate in life than family?  

While our flagship product, the Tapestree Family Tree, is the only product available online, you can see our other products when you visit us in person at an art and craft show near you.

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Return Policy

​We stand behind our products.

If your Tapestree is damaged during shipment please take pictures of the outer box and the tree and email them with your name and order number to elkmeadowdesigns@gmail.com and we will replace your Tapestree immediately at no cost to you.

If you are not satisfied with your purchase you can return it to us within 30 days using the shipping box you received it in. Once we receive your return in the same condition as when we shipped it we will refund your purchase price. 

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Contact Us -
If you have a question about our products or our resizing tool please e-mail us at support@thetapestree.com or
 call us at (520) 705-7100 between the hours of 8:30 and 4:30 Central Time.

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