ARLINGTON – In the old days, a wooden spoon meant you were in trouble.

But to artist Alyssa Pries of Arlington, a wooden spoon is her canvas.

She was one of dozens of vendors at the Arlington Street Fair last weekend.

Pries said her sister likes to cook with wooden spoons, and one day she took some, drew on them and burned the artwork into them.

She started that about two years ago, and sold them for the first time at the Viking Fest in Arlington last fall.

Pries, who owns SunFire Artistry, also does charcoal and oil paintings. And she just started making furniture by hand. As for the utensils, they used to take her about an hour each, but she’s got it down to about 10 minutes now.

She likes to travel so, “I see what I draw.”

Meanwhile, Penelope Peeters and Shilo Hamilton, also of Arlington, were selling their items in public for the first time.

“I never had time before, but now I’m spending less time at work,” Peeters said. They have been doing crafts together for years, but kept it for themselves.

They were most proud at this craft fair of their unique flower arrangements made with springs from a 1939 twin bed.

But they said their big sellers are Seahawks coasters and anything Christmas.

“We sold out of our Christmas stuff” early, Peeters said.

Shari Lundberg also was there for the first time, having recently moved to Arlington from Granite Falls.

She is self-taught at making custom wreaths. She said anything Seahawks and Christmas sell the best.

She sells wreaths online, but also at about six craft shows a year.

Lundberg started out crafting by scrap-booking and then making wreaths. Her newest venture is making signs.

“I got my machine about two weeks ago,” she said, adding it has different fonts and sizes of type.

Mary Larmay of Arlington was selling unique jewelry, called “Magnabilities.” She sells magnets that can be personalized with pictures.

The magnets are then attached to special jewelry. Then you can have a different look without having lots of jewelry.

“Who wants more jewelry?” she asked.

Larmay compared it to scrapbooking.

“You can wear your masterpieces,” she said, adding the products are inexpensive from $5 to $30.

Larmay, who sells online and at house parties, said even her son likes the product.

“Wear me today,” he tells her.

Rather than a craft, Amy Kass was selling what often comes in a carafe.

She works for One Hope, which offers wine, coffee and gifts. But what makes the company special is it donates a percentage of each item to a different cause.

Also, if you book a home party with her, 10 percent of what sells there goes to a charity of your choice.

Kass, who grew up in Arlington, said she is proud of the company she works for.

“I love to give back,” she said.

They also sell top-quality wines from different vineyards in Napa Valley, Calif.

“You can get together with friends, drink some wine, and feel good about giving back to the community,” Kass said.