Flint Handmade is hosting the 10th Annual Spring Craft Market on Saturday, April 29 from 9am to 3pm at the Flint Masonic Temple, Downtown. The market will feature over 40 local crafters and artisans offering large variety of unique, modern handmade items such as: original illustrations, vintage-inspired jewelry, knitted and crocheted goods, hand-poured candles, natural bath and beauty products, plush toys and much more.

Flint native Marcus Eubanks, Head Carver and Owner of Forbiddenfruit had never done any fruit carving in his life until the day his mother-in-law, a local caterer, was in desperate need of help with a wedding she was catering. She asked Marcus – a pipe-fitter/welder by day – to help carve some fruit for the fruit table display. “I didn’t even know what a fruit table was,” he laughs. But in his mind, he began to see a pattern, so he started carving a watermelon and a cantaloupe. Before long, he had made a beautiful table full of intricately designed fruits. “My mother-in-law was floored by it,” he says. “The wedding guests went crazy.”