Southern Indiana Living . July / August 2021

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Cover Story Backroads Market Find something unique on the backroads of Southern Indiana 12 • July/Aug 2021 • Southern Indiana Living Story by Darian Decker Photos by Michelle Hockman
Abby Taylor knew that she was meant to open a shop and she trusted that it would happen. “I just felt like if God told me to do something, I’m going to do it and it’s going to happen because He told me that.” Backroads Market opened in early October 2020 in the middle of a pandemic. Taylor originally tried to open the shop in another town, but faced roadblock after roadblock. “We came to Corydon and saw that the building was for sale – it took us a lot longer than we had even planned on to get into the building. … I just didn’t let it get me down” Her persistence and resilience paid off – the shop opened on Oct. 3. Backroads Market is a place where twenty-five local vendors sell their goods. They have crocheters, glass mosaic artists, painters, photographers, those who repurpose furniture, wood burners, jewelry makers, floral artists and more. The vendors are also able to do personalization on a lot of the work, which Taylor said the customers love. Taylor herself is a painter and has been for 30-plus years, starting as early as 6 and going to craft shows with her mom as a young teen. The store idea came from her love of art, but also her love of all things artsy in general. “Growing up when I went with my parents to artsy towns, that was just so much fun to me to go into all the little shops,” Taylor said. “I almost envied the shop owners that that’s what they got to do for a job. It was the coolest thing ever.” Taylor said her mom has always been incredibly encouraging when it comes to her artwork and was one person who really believed in her, which helped her believe in herself. Taylor “piloted” the store, so to speak, in 2017. She and her cousin held an open-air festival along the river in Leavenworth, inviting different vendors to sell their goods. “That’s how we got the core start of our vendors,” Taylor said. “We had such a good response with the festival, so when I sent out the message and said we’re thinking about the storefront and 20-plus people said, ‘Heck yea,’ I thought, ‘OK, well maybe this is a thing.’” The name actually came from the festival as well. “We needed a different name that nobody else had used and I was like, ‘Well, you’ve got to go through some backroads to get Backroads Market is a place where twenty-five local vendors sell their goods. They have crocheters, glass mosaic artists, painters, photographers, those who repurpose furniture, wood burners, jewelry makers, floral artists and more. Southern Indiana Living • July/Aug 2021 • 13
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