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 – July 2012
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 – Nov 2017
Cassie Dandridge Selleck
She was born and raised in Central Florida but now lives in Mayo, Florida
https://thepecanman.wordpress.com/
The Pecan Man – 2012
The Truth About Grace (Sequel to Pecan Man) – 2018
What Matters in Mayhew – 2016
The Mayhew Junction Historical Society – 2020
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
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)
Living 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
Snaggletooth Sam – July 2021
Halo – July 2021
Adventures With Anna Antics and Her Very Silly Family – Sept 2021 (Illustrator Contributor) Joan Holmes Radford Author
The Kitty From New York City – Series 1 and 2 – Jan 2022
The Kitty From New York City – Series 3 – Sept 2022
The Original Mr. Phelps “What Makes You Different Makes You Original” – Feb 2024
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
Delores Leggett Walker
Long time resident in Mayo, Florida.
Her Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/deloreslw
Amazon Author Profile: https://amzn.to/4w8lwVD
Legend of Promise – Aug 2013
Gathering Promises – Aug 2014
Promises Kept – Aug 2015
Daddy’s Supper Tales – 2017
Sailor (Destiny Diaries Book 1) – Aug 2016
Daughtry (Destiny Diaries Book 2) – Feb 2019
KerryLynn (Destiny Diaries Book 3) – Oct 2020
Zac (Destiny Diaries Book 4) – Nov 2021
Rockette (Destiny Diaries Book 5) – May 2023
Rick (Destiny Diaries Book 6) – Aug 2024
Tess (Destiny Diaries Book 7) – Sept 2025
Gwen Watkins (Children’s Christian Fiction)
Mayo, FL 32066
Amazon Author Profile Page: https://www.amazon.com/Gwen-Watkins/e/B079WQRQC5
Journey to Faith – Oct 2015
Jesse And Friends Book 2: Book 2 – June 2019
The house on wheels and the girl from across the street: A story of true friendship – Aug 2019
Scriptural Promises Daily Journal – Aug 2019
Jonnie Kidd Wittington
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
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 Family Series
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
Katy Kidd’s Family Adventure Series
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
Bible Study/Non-Fiction
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
Local History Books
Travis M. Mayo
Life and Times of William Henry Mayo: A True Florida Cracker – Feb 2015
Cosette Lewis Sessions – Born and Raised in Mayo now lives in Tallahassee
Lafayette County Settlers and their Descendants Volume 1 – Nov 2015
Lafayette County Settlers and their Descendants Volume 2 – Nov 2015
Lafayette County Settlers and their Descendants Volume 3 – Nov 2015
Lafayette County Settlers and their Descendants Volume 4 – Feb 2017
As We Remember Lafayette County High School 1943 – 2015
When I Was A Boy: Stories told by Loomis Sessions – 2015
Settlers of Lafayette County and Their Descendants: Swamps and Hammocks – Feb 2017
Lafayette County Settlers and Their Descendants, Volume V – Jan 2018
THE McCRAY FAMILY: Patriots of the Civil War, WWII, and Viet Nam – Sept 2023
Sam’s Story – Jan 2024
LAFAYETTE COUNTY SETTLERS: Volume One – Dec 2025
Pam’s Story – Dec 2025