Over the years, Emory added more festivals. He
now sells his handmade jewelry at seven to eight
festivals a year with sometimes 40 to 50,000 visitors
attending each event. He begins with “Peaches
to Beaches,” known as “Georgia’s Longest Yard
Sale,” the second weekend in March. For two days,
vendors sell their goods along a stretch of road
that runs over two-hundred miles through eleven
Georgia counties. “It’s one of the best.” Following
“Peaches to Beaches,” Emory goes to Uvalda’s
Farms Festival followed by the Metter Blooming
Festival on the Saturday before Easter. Back home,
he returns to the Vidalia Onion Festival on the
last weekend of April. Next on Emory’s calendar
is Swainsboro’s Pinetree Festival in early May and
When Arlene Powell of Arlene’s Jewelry asked Emory
about creating something special for customers, he
designed a series of pendants using the Vidalia onion for
inspiration.
120 Toombs County Magazine