It was a weekend of arts, eats and beats at the Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival, where over 170 artisans displayed their wares Aug. 1 and 2.

The artists set up paintings, photographs, jewelry and other creations in stalls along Front, Coveland and Alexander streets.

Watercolorist Marty Rogers was awarded Best in Show for his piece “Blue Enamel,” while photographer Dan Karvasek won People’s Choice in the Coupeville Festival Juried Art Gallery.

Now in it’s 46th year, the festival drew in thousands from the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Coupeville resident Mendy McLean-Stone said her mother, Colleen, sold a painting in the inaugural festival. Colleen had recently returned to Coupeville from Portland, Ore., and was seeing the event for the first time in many years.

“My great-uncle bought it,” John Colby Stone said, of Colleen’s painting. “Years later, Mendy saw the piece and saw we were connected and we fell in love. So Coupeville is a place for romance.”

This year’s festival was marked by sunny skies and warm temperatures. Last year, gloomy weather dampened some of the festivities.

Taking advantage of the sun, many of the artisans from “Artists in Action” pulled their canvasses and wares outside of the booths, to make room for visitors.

The artists demonstrations included a blacksmith, basket-weaver, silk painter and a photographer.

New to “Artists in Action” were Coupeville brothers Nick and Damon Vracin with the stall, Nomad Leather. After graduating college, Nick said they met up in their respective garages each summer to create leather wares for festivals.

“We didn’t want to get a real job,” Damon said, tounge-in-cheek.

Along Alexander Street, an area was set up for food, music and kids’ activities.

The weekend saw steady crowds and the thousands generated from the event will be given back to community projects.

“There are new artists every year, and never the same thing,” Jeana Walker of Coupeville said. “It makes you want to come back.”