MATTAPOISETT — Curious shoppers could browse a variety of products that are usually on sale only at their vendors’ homes at Shipyard Park on July 14. 

Some merchants served as local representatives for larger companies. But others had products that they had made or sold products as part of a smaller business. 

Walking to Shipyard Park from Town Wharf, shoppers would first run into MattapoiSIPS, a lemonade and cookie stand run by two young entrepreneurs, Hannah and Lily. The two offered lemonade in single use or fancier decorated plastic cups. They had also made sugar cookes to sell with the classic summer beverage. 

Inside the tent, Kate Oleson, who grew up in Mattapoisett and returns to summer in the town, was offering the jewelry and customized buckets and other plastic containers that she sells as part of Whale Knots. 

Oleson started by designing earrings for herself and for others who asked for them for a company she called Katie’s Creations. However, she ended up expanding her selection for Whale Knots. “Earrings were fun,” Oleson said, “but I felt stuck in jewelry.”  

After making Easter baskets for her nieces and nephews, Oleson posted them on Faceabook, where she got more than a hundred requests for similar projects. She now sells customized buckets, water bottles, tupperware, decals, cozies, and wine glasses. 

Diana Boucher also has multiple creative interests and found a way to combine them with various businesses. She started out by as a disc jockey when she was young, and decided she wanted to try making things with crystals. Later she started using essential oils, and combined her passions by making wearable diffusers for the oils. 

Melanie Ungvarsky used to run her business out of New Bedford but recently moved to Mattapoisett. She makes belt buckles, earrings and pendants out of glass, and also offered cloth headbands. Her business name, Stone that Flows, comes from the fact that she layers metal in glass and then heats the glass to the point that it melts, letting the resulting reactions color the products she makes. 

Marion’s Beverly Geary started Studio 1 Jewelry a year and a half ago. Her daughter-in-law showed her how to make beaded creations. Geary said she has always been crafty, and the new activity quickly became her outlet. 

When she had too many pieces to be able to keep herself, Geary started her studio. Despite monetizing her passion slightly, “it’s still my favorite thing to do,” she said.