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FIRST PHOTO: Wallette Pellegrino and granddaughter Kawaihua Pellegrino-Kaopuiki, 8, look over the selection of greeting cards presented by Matsumoto Studio at Wailuku's Friends & Faire during the Shop the Street event as part of Small Business Saturday in Wailuku.

SECOND PHOTO: Friends & Faire owner Jamie Anderson (right) helps customer Erna Medina pick out a decorative sign for her wall Saturday morning. Friends & Faire welcomed a variety of local artists to display their homemade wares as part of the Shop the Street event. "I feel it's important because we put so much of ourselves into our businesses," Anderson said. "It means so much."