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Odin Craft Mill’s fall show days are underway

 

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IN THE BEGINNING, there was the 1923 Feed Mill (including the warehouse). Clear out a few buildings, add the 1917 Montgomery Ward Home and then the 1927 Gordon Van Tine Barn. Put them all together and renovate – and then you have the Odin Craft Mill. (Photo courtesy of Odin Craft Mill)

 

THE ODIN CRAFT Mill has become one of the landmarks of downtown Odin.
THE ODIN CRAFT Mill has become one of the landmarks of downtown Odin.

 

The doors have been sprung open – and the eclectic variety of products “warehoused” in the “Mill” in Odin in preparation of the Odin Craft Mill’s fall shows – are finding new “homes.”

The shows are running for three extended weekends – this Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 8-11; Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 15-18 and Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 22-25. Fall Show hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday – 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday – 12 noon to 5 p.m.

There will be over 150 consignors from five states displaying yard art, jewelry and crafts – all in one place. Items will be spread throughout the authentic 1923 Odin Feed Mill, complete with the old grinding and mixing rooms (and the original equipment, including the over-head hoist and old warehouse – to the 1917 Montgomery Ward Home – to the 1927 Gordon Van Tine Barn with its original floors, wallpaper and woodwork. There is also a wide array of homemade ethnic taste treats, including lefse, krumkake, rosettes, etc.

Additionally, lunch is available  in the Feed Mill’s old warehouse.

The Odin Craft Mill was the brainchild of Nancy Olson of Butterfield. Olson manages the operation, and during show days, it is staffed by volunteers from the surrounding area.

Autumn, Halloween, Thanksgiving and the Holiday Seasons of Christmas and New Year’s are on the horizon – with lots of treasures available to do them up right.

For additional info, go to the Odin Craft Mill’s website at http://www.odincraftmill.com/ – or check out their Facebook page.

Following is a photo gallery of an opening day visit to the Odin Craft Mill:

 

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A VIEW OF the Odin Craft Mill as the consumer approaches the combined feed mill and warehouse, home and barn entity.

 

 

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DISPLAYS SPILL OVER to the deck of the feed mill and warehouse.

 

 

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ONE OF THE rooms dedicated to the seasonal decorations of autumn, Halloween and Thanksgiving.

 

 

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DECOR IS SQUEEZED into any and all available space.

 

 

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CLIMBING THE STEPS up to the haymow of the barn, the building – both downstairs and upstairs – where the focus is on winter and Christmas.

 

 

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UP IN THE haymow, the craft exhibits are interspersed with Odin memorabilia.

 

 

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GOING DOWN THE steps from the upstairs of the home continues the discovery of handcrafted decoration items.

 

 

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AND, OF COURSE, lunch – plus dessert – is available in the former warehouse of the feed mill.

 

 

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LIKE CLOCKWORK, “BEV” is there to serve the hungry.

 

 

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A BEVY OF red-shirted Odin Craft Mill check-out clerks take care of the purchases of the avid “treasure”-seekers.

 

 

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AMONG THOSE AT the check-out desk is Nancy Olson, whose brainstorming and hard work created the Odin Craft Mill.
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