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Ampersand Creative Co. The minds behind The Good Trade Makers Market, RI VegFest, Little City Thrifty Vintage Market, and Bloom Flower & Home. Ampersand Creative Co.

is best known for their curated large scale community events, including The Good Trade Makers Market, Little City Thrifty Vintage Market, Bloom Flower and Home Market, and RI VegFest. Ampersand's series of events generate an estimated $2.5M in revenue for participating small businesses annually. In addition to these events, Ampersand is also a creative and communications team who thrives off of br

inging people together and supporting small businesses through design, PR, and grassroots marketing. From web and graphic design, to video and photography, to marketing and brand consulting, Ampersand Creative Co. strives to help brands look their Sunday best.

We couldn't be more excited to start introducing you to all of the vendors that will make up our inaugural Vermont VegFe...
20/06/2025

We couldn't be more excited to start introducing you to all of the vendors that will make up our inaugural Vermont VegFest! We have a ton of vegan and vegan-friendly businesses from all over coming to Hula in Burlington on September 20th. Follow as we introduce you to new vendors every day!

Haven't gotten your tickets yet? Pick them up at vermontvegfest.com.
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VENDORS: While the event is filling up, we're still accepting applications on a rolling basis. You can learn more about vending with us at vermontvegfest.com.

After a short delay (see our last post!), we’ll be contacting all applicants of The Good Trade Makers Market by the end ...
16/06/2025

After a short delay (see our last post!), we’ll be contacting all applicants of The Good Trade Makers Market by the end of the day Wednesday, June 18th.

Curating The Good Trade is, without a doubt, the hardest thing we do each year, and the quality of this year’s applicants made it even tougher. We received over 1,200 applications for just 180 spots across both cities, which means we’re able to accept less than 10% of the inspiring businesses who applied.

While we’re beyond excited to welcome so many amazing makers to this year’s events, it's also difficult knowing that we’ll be disappointing so many perfectly worthy businesses.

For us, the curation process is all about creating balance:
🖤 Welcoming new faces alongside TGT veterans. This year, we’re especially excited to introduce lots of new-to-us businesses, including many trying a new city for the first time.

🖤 Ensuring a wide range of price points, styles, and trades. For example, we could have filled each event twice over with the number of jewelry artists who applied. To avoid oversaturation, we limit the number of vendors per category and aim for variety in style and price so that every shopper can find something special.

🖤 Supporting both local and traveling vendors. We launched The Good Trade to help makers grow by connecting with new audiences. That’s why we aim for a 50/50 split between in-state and out-of-state businesses, to foster community, promote discovery, and make space for growth across state lines.

With this many incredible businesses, there truly are no perfect answers. We spend weeks trying to make the best decisions we can, knowing full well that we may disappoint close friends, longtime veterans, and new businesses we’re genuinely excited about but couldn’t fit in.

Wednesday will be a bittersweet day.

To everyone joining us this year: we can’t wait to work with you! And to those we weren’t able to include: please know how much we loved learning about you. We’re rooting for you, and our decision is in no way a reflection of your worth or talent, it’s simply a matter of space.

We appreciate your understanding and support, and we hope to see you all soon.
- 🖤 The Good Trade

A NOTE TO OUR APPLICANTS 🖤 First and foremost, thank you to every single person who applied to . We’re blown away by the...
12/06/2025

A NOTE TO OUR APPLICANTS 🖤 First and foremost, thank you to every single person who applied to . We’re blown away by the creativity, passion, and care that shines through in your work.

We know we originally promised to share application decisions by June 3, and as many of you have noticed, we're... running a bit behind. We’re a small husband-and-wife team, and one of us recently experienced a medical emergency that led to a prolonged and unexpected hospital stay. We’re okay and on the mend, but it’s set us back longer than we anticipated.

That said, it’s incredibly important to us to give each application the thoughtful consideration it deserves. With more than 1,000 applicants for just 180 spots, we’re working hard to curate a vendor lineup that is diverse in style, price point, and category, featuring both familiar faces and new-to-us talent from across the country. We don’t want to rush the process, because we know how much heart and hustle you all put into everything that you do.

We're now in the final stages of our process and expect to notify all applicants by early next week. Hang tight and you'll hear from us real soon, we promise!

Thanks so much for your patience, your understanding, and your continued support. It truly means the world to us.

— The Ampersand Team

PS - Remember to add [email protected] to your contact list so we don't end up in your spam!

We're getting the flock back together! Little City Thrifty, our big vintage bonanza is returning to WaterFire Arts Cente...
28/05/2025

We're getting the flock back together! Little City Thrifty, our big vintage bonanza is returning to WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, RI on October 4th & 5th, 2025. You can catch us and over 90 booths of pre-Y2k housewares, records, home decor, art, jewelry, size-inclusive clothing (across many eras!), and more, at all price points, brought to you by friendly vintage dealers from Rhode Island and seven other states.⁠
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As always, with entry, you'll receive a complimentary drink ticket to redeem for your choice of beverage (a small 5 oz beer or cocktail, a non-alcoholic seltzer, or a hot coffee), OR a $2 discount on any full sized beverage at the Inside Voices bar. And, if you get hungry while you're digging for treasures, we'll have two pop-up restaurants on site, along with some locally made sweet treats.
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Tickets are available at littlecitythrifty.com for the 11 am Early Buying Hour (which includes a limited edition LCT tote bag printed by Hungry Ghost Press) and the 12 pm entry on both Saturday and Sunday - get them while they last!

🦩 ATTENTION VINTAGE VENDORS 🦩 Vendor applications close TOMORROW, 5/15, for the next Little City Thrifty Vintage Market ...
14/05/2025

🦩 ATTENTION VINTAGE VENDORS 🦩
Vendor applications close TOMORROW, 5/15, for the next Little City Thrifty Vintage Market on October 4th & 5th at WaterFire Arts Center in Providence!

If you’re kind, have a great vintage collection, and care about your community, we’d love for you to apply to join our flock.

While vintage clothing is always welcome, we’re especially on the lookout for dealers of preloved:
🦩 Home decor
🦩 Art
🦩 Vinyl records
🦩 Furniture
🦩 Books
🦩 Jewelry

Not a vintage vendor, but have a favorite that you'd like to see at LCT? Tag them below and give them a nudge to apply at littlecitythrifty.com/apply

🖤 VENDOR APPS CLOSE May 23rd 🖤 Alright makers, applications to vend at The Good Trade Makers Market in both Providence,R...
13/05/2025

🖤 VENDOR APPS CLOSE May 23rd 🖤

Alright makers, applications to vend at The Good Trade Makers Market in both Providence,RI and Burlington, VT close on May 23rd. Every year we receive a bunch of sad DMs and emails from amazing makers who are bummed they missed the deadline, so consider this your last call to throw your business into the hat.

The Good Trade is all about the power of community over competition. We’re looking for independent makers, manufacturers, and artists from all over the US who care just as much about their community as they do for their craft. So, if you’re a good human who makes good things, then we want you to apply for The Good Trade.⁠

Have a favorite maker that you'd love to see at The Good Trade? Tag them below to give them a nudge to apply at goodtrademakersmarket.com/apply.

All tickets to Little City Thrifty are now SOLD OUT! From the bottom of our, and all of our vendors' little city hearts,...
02/03/2025

All tickets to Little City Thrifty are now SOLD OUT! From the bottom of our, and all of our vendors' little city hearts, thank you. Your support of all of our small businesses continues to amaze and inspire us. ❤️🦩

Stay tuned for more info on our October 2025 event!

Yesterday was a barrel of fun at Little City Thrifty and we're ready to go again today! We're sold out until 3pm and the...
02/03/2025

Yesterday was a barrel of fun at Little City Thrifty and we're ready to go again today! We're sold out until 3pm and there are only a handful of tickets left available online. We can't promise that tickets will be available at the door (keep following along for updates) so if you're hoping to join us, grab your tickets in advance at littlecitythrifty.com!

Big thanks to Hey Rhody for the love and support. Check out the full article here: heyrhody.com/stories/rhody-weekend-must-dos-february-27-march-2,105690

Big thanks to WPRI 12 for the love! You can read the full article at the link below. We cannot wait to shop, party, eat,...
01/03/2025

Big thanks to WPRI 12 for the love! You can read the full article at the link below. We cannot wait to shop, party, eat, and drink with all of you vintage lovers this weekend at Little City Thrifty. Today's (Saturday) tickets are sold out and will not be available at the door, but there are still some tickets remaining for Sunday's 3pm Entry. Keep following along for more event and ticket updates throughout the day!!

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/vintage-market-coming-to-providence-this-weekend/

We've got another free book swap coming to New Harvest Coffee & Spirits on Wednesday, February 19th from 5pm to 8pm! Aft...
14/02/2025

We've got another free book swap coming to New Harvest Coffee & Spirits on Wednesday, February 19th from 5pm to 8pm!

After a full house for the book swap back in November, Ampersand and New Harvest are back at it again. All you need to do is come by, bring any books that you’d like to swap, and take home as many that catch your eye. This event is completely free to attend, open to all, and New Harvest will even give you $1 off any coffee, cocktail, or mocktail if you bring a book to swap.

See you Wednesday!

RI Monthly says The Good Trade is one of the best things to do this month. Who are we to disagree?! Check out the articl...
02/11/2024

RI Monthly says The Good Trade is one of the best things to do this month. Who are we to disagree?! Check out the article here: rimonthly.com/november-events

We sincerely can't wait to see you all on November 23rd and 24th at WaterFire Arts Center for The Good Trade's 4th Annual Makers Market. Having a ton of the most talented and kind small businesses from Rhode Island and 11 other states come together for an entire weekend really makes for a special holiday market. We hope you'll come be a part of it with us!

As a reminder, tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door (if they don’t sell out!). As always, with entry you’ll receive a complimentary drink ticket to redeem for your choice of a small 5oz cocktail from The Industrious Spirit Co. and Inside Voices, beer from Proclamation Ale, a small hot coffee from New Harvest Coffee, or a non-alcoholic beverage from Topo Chico. Want a full sized cocktail, mocktail, beer, or hard seltzer? You can redeem your drink ticket for $2 off any full sized item from the Inside Voices bar.⁠ Tickets are available at goodtrademakersmarket.com.

We can't believe that it's already been a week since LCT! We've broken down, cleaned up, hugged our team, taken a couple...
12/10/2024

We can't believe that it's already been a week since LCT! We've broken down, cleaned up, hugged our team, taken a couple of days off, and watched the flamingos fly south for the winter. The high from this event truly seems to last forever. There never seems to be strangers at LCT, just friends, and that's because of the overflowing kindness, support, and sheer personality that everyone brings through the doors throughout the weekend.

As we wrap up three full years of LCT, we're left floored by you. You amaze us every single time and we're forever thankful that you're a part of our little community and that you've let us be a part of yours.

Love,
LCT

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