ARLINGTON — Jeff McCloud has been building birdhouses out of recycled wood for 20 years, but it’s only been in the past year or so that he’s sold them as “Wooden Whatnots of Whitehorse Mountain.”

“My wife and my friends told me that what I was creating was beautiful and unique,” McCloud said as he peddled his wares at the Arlington Street Fair July 8-10 on Olympic Avenue.

McCloud salvages the wood for his birdhouses from old fences and barns.

“If it’s falling apart, I offer to tear it apart, as long as they let me keep the wood,” McCloud said. “If they’re looking to throw the old wood away, I offer to take care of it instead.”

McCloud has an affinity for cedar, and enjoys ornamenting it with vintage knickknacks or hardware, although he’s gotten good results from experimenting with a more natural style as well.

“One birdhouse is ‘The Key to Your Heart,’ because it was decorated with keys and locks, while another was a redneck birdhouse, complete with an outhouse,” McCloud said. “It’s nice to express my creativity, but when I see that my work is enjoyed by others, that’s what makes it really fulfilling.”

This year marked the first Street Fair for Open Crumb Bakery of Arlington, formerly of Kansas.

Micah Kientz explained that his family moved here after Boeing closed the plant in Wichita where his father worked. From there, Micah’s brother, Matthew Kientz, set up shop locally.

“Our sourdough baguettes have been moving pretty good, and so have our cinnamon rolls,” Kientz said. “The artisan bread is probably my favorite of what my brother bakes.”

Chris Betchley, who was shopping at the Farmers Market that weekend, couldn’t make up her mind, and grabbed an assortment of baked goods from the Kientzes’ stand, enough that she could barely close her purse.

Arlington’s Hannah King-Jahnke was nursing her baby while she tended to her sales stand, and she touted the infant as one of her reasons for starting Sacred Sasquatch Organic Body Care.

“A lot of soaps have fillers and detergent, that aren’t good for your skin,” King-Jahnke said. “I want it to be safe for my baby. That’s why I use all-natural, organic ingredients.

“If Sasquatch used soap, which I know he doesn’t, this is the soap he would use. It’s biodegradable, it’s vegan, it doesn’t leave behind any residue, and I forage for the herbs that go into it myself.”

King-Jahnke even grows the lavender for her aromatherapy soap bars in her her back yard. Before it was a business, Sacred Sasquatch began as a hobby in her home, after she saw handmade soaps online. She’s since branched out into toothpastes.

“The problem with store-bought toothpastes is that they’re loaded with sodium and glycerine, that don’t allow the enamel to restore itself,” King-Jahnke said.

“Mine is just a mix of baking soda, coconut oil, peppermint oil and Stevia for taste. It’s a gentle antibacterial exfoliant that balances the pH levels of your mouth and whitens your teeth. I’ve even been told you can use it on burns to prevent blisters.”