Local vendors anchor Sammamish farmers market

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Heidi Bohan is on a mission to keep the Sammamish Farmers Market as local as possible. Bohan, the market’s manager, said about a third of its vendors - and about 90 percent of the crafts people - have strong ties to Sammamish.

“We’re not accepting crafts vendors unless there’s a local link,” said Bohan.

The market boasts three Sammamish vendors in the food and produce category, and another four crafts and artisan vendors, according to a list released by Sammamish Chamber of Commerce President Dawn Sanders.

For some, the market has provided an opportunity to attempt a new business venture; for others, the market allows vendors to sell their hand-made cloths, bowls and teapots without traveling 10-20 miles from home. Either way, the Farmers Market is connecting local artists and businesses with their neighbors in a new way. Here are some of the market’s local stars.

Cynthia Houot, Angel Heart Designs

Fifteen-year Sammamish resident Cynthia Houot, like many business owners in town, works from home. Aside from a kiln and her low- and high-fire clay, Houot said her typical equipment spans no farther than her two bare hands and a playful mind.