Meet a vendor: David and Mary Noble

At left, Mary Noble with a Zinc Alloy safe made from a retired post office box door. Noble said the box is likely from the WWII era, because brass, the preferred medium of post office door makers, was hard to find then.

Scroll Saw Art filled the back corner of the Lottie and Auther Temple Civic Center this weekend as the center was a buzz with vendors hawking their wares. Other treats were handmade bird feeders, quiltd, jewelery flip-flops, tacos, purses, tote-bags and countless others.

Mary Noble, a Tamale Festival vendor from San Augustine, showcasds her husband's unique money safes Saturday. The safes are handmade from wood and retired post office box doors.

At right, Julian Martinez, of Kilgore, works at a combination. The Noble's break the codes and include it with the safe.