By Patricia Mahaffey
Enquirer contributor

Woodwork by Joe Durant of Mount Healthy will be available at the Blue Ash Women's Club's 15th annual show. (Michael Snyder photo)

Can you say "Scherenschnitte?" It's one of many crafts that will be on sale at the Blue Ash Women's Club's 15th annual show Saturday.

The show, which runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., highlights area crafters while raising scholarship funds for schools. More than 50 crafters will be at Blue Ash Recreation Center, displaying and selling handmade items including jewelry, candles, Christmas decorations, flower arrangements, woodwork, personalized children's books, cornhole sets and, yes, Scherenschnitte (pronounced Sharon-sh-net-ah) creations.

Scherenschnitte literally means "scissors-cutting" and refers to a popular paper folk art brought to Pennsylvania from Germany in the 1800s. Patty Ramsey of Bainbridge will bring her intricately cut note cards, frameable art and Christmas decorations to the show.

"You can always find something unique, especially for the person who's hard to buy for," said show organizer Bev Mussari. "And it's still early enough to special order something for Christmas, and many crafters will do that."

One such crafter is Joe Durant of Mount Healthy, who makes original design wood items, selling them at prices he says people often tell him are "too low."

"I'd rather sell things cheap than pack them back up and haul them home," says Durant, who is retired and works around 25 hours a week in his workshop.

Durant's original creations include a sturdy, lightweight cornhole game that folds into 6 inches of storage space, including an attached basket for holding beanbags and the removable legs. His shot glass display holder is so popular he sometimes sells out before he's finished setting up. Other big sellers include a tabletop basketball game, snowmen, reindeer, Uncle Sam, doll furniture and small cabinets made to order.

Other crafters include Harland and Della Eichhorn of Goshen, who offer sturdy wooden children's furniture and toys.

"We started doing this almost 30 years ago, " said Della Eichhorn. "We had kids, and the plastic stuff was breaking, so we made our own. We still have what we made all those years ago. People started asking us to make things for them, and one thing led to another."

Santa will be on hand from 11 to 1 with candy and photo opportunities.

For information, call 891-4043.