The Cherokee Heights Arts Festival is a small, volunteer-run event with a personal feel. One block of Freyer Drive NE, between Etowah and Chicasaw, becomes an outdoor market today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Artists show woodworking, metalwork, pottery, paintings, photography, textiles and jewelry. Two music areas host local performances, and there is a children’s art activity.

Admission and on-street parking are free. For someone who makes physical products, this is also a chance to observe how handmade items are priced, finished and presented.

Action: browse the booths and photograph three packaging or presentation ideas worth adapting for your maker projects.