09/22/2025
Made + Found Midwest Market 2025- YEAR FIVE- Life hands you a pen (or a typewriter)- don't let anyone else write your chapters 📖 ✨ Be bold, be messy, be you!
YOU ARE THE AUTHOR OF YOUR OWN STORY
As we've finally had a moment to catch our breath, get through all the tear down and put away, and just take in what everything was this past weekend- the word that we keep coming back to is grateful! In every aspect of this last week, we have SO much gratitude!
To our vendors, thank you so much for taking a chance on us- some of you year after year! We are always blown away by your creativity, craftsmanship and just how excited you are about what you create! All of you are just so special and we are so happy to lock arms with you on this magical weekend! You really are like family to us! We love you dearly!
Thank you to Suann for being our trusted spiritual advisor! The amount of times she reached out to us in the weeks leading up to the market with guidance, warm words and her promoting of Made + Found- just phenomenal! She is the calm to our storm!
Thank you to Alex, Amber and Neil for being incredible musicians and providing fantastic music at the market! The simplest detail of having live musicians makes all the difference!
To our shoppers- thank you for coming and supporting all of these business; you're helping them to continue to push and grow. You're supporting their dreams and their families! You showed up and showed out! Some of you traveling from 10+ hours away! Even further for a few! We had so many vendors tell us this has been one of their best shows ever and lots telling us they surpassed previous MFMM years by a landslide. We love getting to visit with as many of you as we can! We love that you bring your friends, share our Facebook posts, and just support everything and anything that is Made + Found. From the ends of the earth-THANK YOU!!
To our market sponsors, thank you for believing in us and our business! Your support means an unbelievable amount to us! We could never thank you enough!!!!
And to the real MVP’s, our Made + Found staff. We could not have done it without you! Truly! The appreciation we have for you is immeasurable!
To Isaak Carranza & Laura Johnson Photography thank you for being the visual gurus of Made + Found! There is so much we miss with how busy we are and we are so grateful in what you captured for us to be able to go back and remember this beautiful weekend! THANK YOU TRULY!
A huge shout out to Jaclynn Clausen, Kurt Paulsen, Anna Duncan, Larry Ketelsen and Mark Cloud. You were the glue that kept this last week together. So many hours, so much heavy lifting, just all the encouragement! We could never thank you enough… ever!!! Just the backbone of everything behind the scenes.
To our spouses and children, thank you for supporting us in this big dream, for picking up the pieces when we’ve been away and for helping us keep every day life on track. We love you so very much!!
Thank you to the Anthon Events Center for being a perfect host for our indoor vendors! A terrific location!
A huge thank you to Jeff Collins & Mike Umbach in getting everything tidied up at the park and outside of the Anthon Events Center before the big weekend! The place looked fantastic!!!!!!!
And to Anthon, thank you for allowing us to hold this beautiful event here for the past 5 years. We are so grateful to be in this little town with Made + Found!
Now, bring on chapter 6!!!!!
Happiness,
Katie, Kayla & Amy
Beautiful photos by Laura Johnson Photography-- Many MANY more to come!
