- December 20, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Discovering and supporting new local businesses in Peoria, that’s what the Loftie Spaces in the Warehouse District is hoping to accomplish with it’s very first vendor fair.
Loftie’s Forbidden Forest vendor fair featured candles, clothing, house items, art and food on Sunday.
“I think a lot of us are used to what we know and you don’t know that something else is out there,” said Teague.
Kiersten Teague started her candle business, Hello Gorgeous by Iman in June. She relies on online sales and vendor shows like these. Teague said seeing the products in-person is a more personal experience.
“You want to kind of sell a story, its hard to sell that online a lot of people like to touch, use their sensory smell the candles” said Teague.
It’s the same story for 12-year-old Annabelle Parker who started selling her work in September.
“This is my business of making beads and on the sideline…
