Not only do we want to support our local businesses located in and around Lafayette County Florida we would also like to support our local artists. These can include musicians, writers, painters, and handcraft artists as well. Most of these artisans will not have a shop where you can go and purchase their work. If you are a local artist living and/or working within the Lafayette County Florida area please use our CONTACT US form and let us know about you, your work, and where you sell your items.
Drawing/Painting Artists
William Alfonso, Artist and DJ
Lives and Works in and around Lafayette County Florida
Email: big.w.art.entertainment@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bigWArtEntertainment/
Big “W” Art & Entertainment LLC (his business) is a full-service mobile DJ with Awesome sound and lights for all occasions, art design specializing in tattoo design, portraits, murals, window painting, and much more.
Juleah Austyne Art
Sells her work at the Fridays Lafayette County Farmers Market
Visit and Message her through her Facebook Pages
https://www.facebook.com/JuleahAustyneArt/
Handcraft Artists
Mary Anne and Keith McCray
ReVision
389 NE Blackberry Ln
Mayo, Florida 32066
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReVisionMayo/
Only wishes to be contacted through her Facebook page
Almost all of our items are handmade and are made from 95% recycled materials. We reclaim lumber from barns and old houses and recycle it into new creations. The lumber from these barns and houses are from Florida’s early lumber heydays, so most of it is over 100 years old. Primarily we make birdhouses and potting benches, but we have made gardening totes and pallet signs. Each item is unique because we build with the materials we have collected not purchased. We feel that we are doing a small part to preserve our rich heritage as native Floridians and to educate others about it as well.
See these and More Artists at the Weekly Farmers Market
Lafayette County Farmers Market
Join the Facebook Group for Updates
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/173399029957056/
A weekly market located in the Town Park featuring local farmer’s produce, jams, jellies, canned goods, baked goods and now handcrafted items as well
Fridays 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm (hours and days may change during the summer months)
Cheryl Folsom
Sadie Ruth’s Cookie
4243 SW CR 534
Mayo, Florida 32066
Phone: (386) 688-2656
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sadieruthscookiejar/
Homemade with love, fresh seasonal favorites just like granny made. Also specializing in decorated cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and pies. Her pictures alone can make you gain a few pounds let alone ordering and eating them. She prefers to be contacted via her Facebook page or phone only. She will attend the local Farmers Market as much as possible very week.
Erin Holmes Ducksworth
Shady Oaks Farm
278 SW Oakdale Road
Mayo, Florida 32066
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Shady-Oaks-Farm-2203902799835288/
Website: NONE
Hours: Monday to Sunday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
We are a small hobby farm selling fresh eggs and raw milk. We also sell home-baked bread and canned goods every week at the Lafayette County Farmers Market. She also sells items her children have created as well. Such as a multi-talented family.
Natalia Ballesteros
CNB Family Farms
353 SW Lincoln Rd
Mayo, FL 32066
Phone: (561) 260-4954
Email: cnbfamilyfarm@gmail.com
Website: https://www.cnbfamilyfarm.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cnbfamilyfarm/
Hours: Mon – Fri: 8am – 5pm
Saturday: 8am – 2pm
We are a small family farm located in Northern Florida. We raise Nubian goats, sheep, and chickens. Our lovely goats give us every day the fresh milk we use to make the most amazing and natural Artisan soap. We are blessed to enjoy every workday.
Judy Warren
Sews Quilts and Other Handmade Items
(Pending more information on these talented sewing artists)
Please visit her at the Lafayette Farmers Market, she may do special orders on some items but will not create clothes
Musicians
One of the musicians that was scheduled to play at this year’s Pioneer Day is local musician, Kameron Williams. He has his own Facebook page with information about his music and where you can hear his music, watch his videos on YouTube and get updates on his other social media pages. Check it out: https://www.facebook.com/kountry.kam/ I watched a couple of the videos and he is pretty good folks!
Big W Art Entertainment
William Alfonso, Artist
(386) 209-7798
Email: big.w.art.entertainment@gmail.com
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/bigWArtEntertainment/
Big “W” Art & Entertainment LLC is a full-service mobile DJ with Awesome sound and lights for all occasions, art design specializing in tattoo design, portraits, murals, window painting, and much more. Big “W” wants to meet your art and entertainment needs.
Writers
Wilburn P. Bell (Historical Non-Fiction)
128 NW Fairway Rd
Mayo, FL 32066
Email: wbellbooks@gmail.com
No Facebook, website, or online presence I could find.
Lafayette County and the anaconda: some records of the Union Naval Blockade of Lafayette County (Dixie County) during the Civil War
Edited by Wilburn P. Bell – 1990 [available only at the Lafayette County Florida Library]
Lafayette County WPA veteran’s grave registration, 1940-41, reprint, and indexes to Florida State Archives Confederate pension application records for Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee, and Taylor counties/transcribed by Wilburn P. Bell – 1990 [available only at the Lafayette County Florida library]
Sworn and Examined: Witnesses to Suwannee Valley Reconstruction Violence in Florida’s Third Judicial Circuit
Marilyn Bishop Shaw – (Historical Fiction)
Former Teacher in Lafayette Co- now resides in Newberry, Florida
Very Old Blog: http://marilynbishopshaw.blogspot.com/ (last post May 2007)
Person Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marilyn.shaw.94064
Solomon (Florida Historical Fiction for Youth)
Man ‘Most Grown (Solomon) (Volume 2)
In Another Time
Joy A. Burki-Watson (Poetry)
Mayo, Florida
Email: waydownuponjoy@gmail.com
Website: http://poetscollective.org/joy/
In-Between You and Me – May 2013
Imagination’s Ideation – June 2017
A Recollection of One Vision: When Everything Old Becomes New Again – Aug 2018
My Illustrated Emily Dickinson: Chapbook of Poetry – May 2020
The Red Hibiscus: Anthology – Volume 13 – Feb 2021
Kasey Lynn Carothers (YA-Suspense)
Mayo, Florida
She has 5 different personal Facebook pages but no public author page
No website that I could find to promote her books and writings
The Creepy House down Spooky Lane
Cassie Dandridge Selleck
She was born and raised in Central Florida but now lives in Mayo, Florida
https://thepecanman.wordpress.com/
What Matters in Mayhew (The Beanie Bradsher Series) (Volume 1)
Yvonne L. Dye (Children’s Christian Fiction)
Mayo, Florida
Email: claypotyld@icloud.com
Personal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yvonne.dye
No website or author page to support her book and writings
Compromise – July – 2016
Two Dirty Dogs – August 2019
Coffee Table Book of Inspirations: Journaling Through Time – Nov 2020
Cosette Lewis Sessions
Local historian and long time resident of Mayo, Florida.
Her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LafayetteCountyFLSettlers/
Lafayette County Settlers and their Descendants Volume 1
Lafayette County Settlers and their Descendants Volume 2
Lafayette County Settlers and their Descendants Volume 3
Lafayette County Settlers and their Descendants Volume 4
As We Remember Lafayette County High School 1943
When I Was A Boy: Stories told by Loomis Sessions
Lord Willin and the River Don’t Rise
Lou Matthews
(Christian Non-Fiction)
Mayo, Florida
No website or author Facebook page
Email: LillianUnderwood44@yahoo.com
“No Where to Go: But to the Lord” – April 2020
Tammy Mowrey (Artist/Children’s Author)
Lives in Branford, Florida (From Mayo, FL)
Amazon Author Profile: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08Q5W1JQH/about
Author Email: angelthm@outlook.com
Facebook Personal Profile: https://www.facebook.com/tammy.mowrey.3
The Original Mr. Phelps: What makes you different makes you Original! – Feb. 2024
Nancy Singletary (Historical Fiction/Non-Fiction)
No website or Facebook page that I could Find to support her books and writing
Singletary, Herrin: Arthur’s Book
[Arthur Singletary, Major USMC Retired and Mrs. Arthur Singletary – Nancy Lynn (Brown) Singletary]
It’S a Sin to Be Boring
Cynthia Shiver (Non-Fiction)
Mayo, Florida
Personal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthia.shiver1
No website or author Facebook page for her books and writings that I could locate
Celebrations In The Heart: Memories of a Little Southern Girl – 2015
Still Celebrating – September 2021
Lee Trawick (Mystery/Historical Fiction)
Born and raised Mayo, Florida currently lives in Macclenny, Florida
Email: ltwriter@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShatteredDays/
Retribution
Shattered Days
Delores Leggett Walker
Long time resident in Mayo, Florida.
Her Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/deloreslw
Legend of Promise 2013
Gathering Promises 2014
Promises Kept 2015
Sailor 2016
Daddy’s Supper Tales
Daughtry
Gwen Watkins (Children’s Christian Fiction)
P O BOX 933
Mayo, FL 32066
Personal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gwen.watkins.3726
Amazon Author Profile Page: https://www.amazon.com/Gwen-Watkins/e/B079WQRQC5
The Trip (Jesse and Friends)
Beyond the Stairs (Jesse and Friends): Book 2
Journey To Faith
The house on wheels and the girl from across the street: A story of true friendship
Scriptural Promises Daily Journal
Scriptural Promises Daily Journal
She was born in Tampa and now lives in Mayo, Florida. Jonnie teaches piano at Lighthouse Christian Center and Academy where her youngest son John is a pastor. She writes and teaches Bible studies for local churches, is a songwriter and comedienne-entertainer for women’s luncheons and meetings. Email: jonnienotes@gmail.com Kidd Family Series Katy Kidd’s Family Adventure Series Bible Study/Non-Fiction He graduated from Lafayette County High School, Mayo, Florida and currently resides in Austin, Texas. Devil’s Slew – Barrett Raines Mystery Pepperfish Keys: A Detective Barrett Raines Mystery Strawman’s Hammock – Barrette Raines Mystery From Mayo currently lives in Naples, Florida Nested Ecology: The Place of Humans in the Ecological Hierarchy Has a really long list of publications and co-authored professional textbooks and writings Life and Times of William Henry Mayo: A True Florida Cracker – Feb 2015
Website: http://jkwbooks.com/
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/JonnieKiddWhittingtonBooks/
Facebook Book Page: https://www.facebook.com/spitfiredoll/
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jonnienotes
Amazon Page: https://www.amazon.com/Jonnie-Whittington/e/B002F87OK4
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2wLAb7wPxAb60wu1xcmrag/featured
Kidd and Spitfire Doll January 2012
Kidd’s Daughter: Another Spitfire (Kidd Family Series) (Volume 2) (Kidd Family Series Book 2) July 2013
Kidds Daughter Becomes a Woman (Kidd Family Series Book 3) October 2014
Kidd’s Daughter: The Preacher’s Wife Book 4 – 2017
Heartbreak: My Son’s Battle with Drugs and Alchohol – Book 5 -Aug 2021
Life in the Good Old Days (Katy Kidd’s Family Adventures Book 1) – 2015
Life in the Good Old Days: Coloring Book (Katy Kidd’s Family Adventures) (Volume 1) July 2016
Old Fashioned Games and Toys (Katy Kidd’s Family Adventures) July 2016
Coloring Book Two: Katy Kidd’s Old Fashioned Games and Toys April 2016
The Long Scary Keyboard (Katy Kidd’s Family Adventures) (Volume 3) January 2017
Piano Zoo – Coloring Book 3 (Katy Kidd’s Family Adventures) January 2017
The Not So Scary Keyboard (Katy Kidd’s Family Adventure – Book 4) Feb 2019
Coloring Book 4 – Katy Kidds Family Adventures in Not So Scary Keyboard – Feb 2019
Building Your House – 2002
Protecting Your House From Pests – 2012
Late Bloomer: An encouraging word for book worms who want to be writers – 2017
Building Your House – The Galiliean’s Blueprint – 2018
Teacher’s Manual: For Building Your House – Nov 2018
Wives of the Bible – Aug 2019
Monologues for Wives of the Bible – 2019
Speak: America is a Christian Nation – July 2020
Amos Darryl Wimberley
His website: http://darrylwimberley.com/
Edward T. Wimberley (Terry) – (Non-Fiction) [Brother is Amos Wimberley]
Personal Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/etwimberley
Ecopragmatics
Local History Books
Travis M. Mayo