The Hartville Marketplace is a 3-acre shopping area that is open year-round. Vendors are located both inside and outside of a large building, and although the doors do not open until 9 a.m., they begin unloading and setting up much earlier than that.

Bill Kaiser of Orwell, Ohio is the owner of Bill’s World: Marbles and More. He sells marbles, coins, bullets and knives.

Toys are one of the many items offered for purchase at the Hartville Marketplace. Shawn of Akron has been setting up his shop, Toys & Accessories, at the market for the past couple of years, selling an influx of toys, jewelry and sunglasses.

People of all ages work in and help out at the Hartville Marketplace selling and doing a variety of things

The Pierogi Lady may be in the midst of expanding its location within the Hartville Marketplace, but its employees are still hard at work. Amanda Baker and Autumn Johnston work together to make the shop’s trademark items.

Amanda Baker, an employee at The Pierogi Lady, scoops the contents of the shop’s latest batch onto the dough before it is folded into its traditional pierogi shape.

Jeanne Stanford retired in 2012 and decided to take a negative aspect of society and turn it into a positive one. Stanford’s first husband died in 2004 of lung cancer, and her current husband’s previous wife died of brain cancer. Her close tie with the disease inspired her to open Jeanne’s Butterfly Kisses, a Hartville Marketplace shop that sells jewelry and accessories made of bullet shells and colored stones that represent specific types of cancers. Stanford donates 10 percent of every sale to Stewart’s Caring Place, a cancer wellness center in Akron.

Jeanne Stanford, the owner of the Hartville Marketplace shop Jeanne’s Butterfly Kisses, handcrafts every piece she sells in her store. She offers pre-made bracelets and necklaces but also sells bullet shell charms with stones to represent each type of cancer. Standford is able to buy bigger bullet shells but must shoot the smaller ones herself to retrieve the shell for her more intricate pieces. Each item sold has 10 percent of the proceeds donated to the Stewart’s Caring Place, a cancer wellness center in Akron.

Lee Eizenberg openend Pappardelle’s: The Fine Art of Pasta inside the Hartville Marketplace in February 2013. With just a few months of operation under his belt, Eizenberg aims to bring in customers with the draw of daily free samples and unique flavors of pasta in all kinds of sizes.

Lee Eizenberg named his Hartville MarketPlace shop after the largest noodle size, pappardelle. Pappardelle’s specilizes in various sizes of pasta in numerous flavors, which are all offered as vegan, gluten free and nutritional options. Eizenberg receives his handmade products from a distributor in Denver.

Jeremy Snyder, “Uncle Joe” and Randy Branch are all members of Wind & Fire, a motorcycle club listed as Northeastern Ohio Chapter #86. Like all of Wind & Fire members, all three men are either active or retired firefighters who choose to ride motorcycles to raise money for children that were injured in fire-related accidents. Branch (far right) said he has been involved with the club for four years and jokes that Uncle Joe (center) has been doing this since his motorcycle had wooden wheels.

Tom Metz of Newcomerstown, Ohio, sets up his work station in the center of the Hartville Marketplace food court. Metz sells handmade spoons and actively makes them in front of market shoppers.

Tom Metz, The Spoonmaker, widdles away at a piece of wood to turn it into a spoon in the food court area of the Hartville Marketplace. Metz specializes in 18th Century Woodcarving, a talent people of all ages can enjoy.

Howard Everhart and Susan Labish co-own SeeGifts, a self-proclaimed “one stop shop” in the Hartville Marketplace. SeeGifts specilizes in guns and armory as well as a Paws Boutique consisting of pet supplies and apparel.

Both Everhart and Labish are fans of the "Lord of the Rings" series. As a result, SeeGifts offer replicas of weapons used in the films and referenced in the books.

SeeGifts has all kinds of deals on things to protect yourself with such as knives, guns and other various artillery.

Henry the 8th reveals his life story to passersby in the Hartville Marketplace. He discusses having “no job, no wife and no kids” but has plenty to talk about when it comes to his dog and helping others.

Kadden, 7, tries to keep himself entertained at his family’s reserved vendor location at the Harville Marketplace Saturday, April 13, 2013.

Kadden, 7, moves on to his next item of entertainment at his family’s vendor shop in the parking lot of the Hartville Marketplace. Many items at the market are reasonable priced such as this five-dollar video camera.

Both vendors and consumers show up early to the Hartville Marketplace. By time lunchtime rolls around, many of the early birds have made their rounds and completed their purchases.