Wellesley Marketplace Craft Festival
Today, Jennifer shares a great local lead to get a jump on holiday shopping while supporting independent artists and crafters. Read on to learn more about next week's juried Wellesley Marketplace Craft Festival, as well as to learn how to win a pair of premier shopping tickets to the event (entry closes at noon, Friday, November 13):
From Jennifer:
“Every year my super fun and sassy friend Sami and I attend the Wellesley Marketplace Craft Festival organized by the Wellesley Hills Junior Women's Club. Timed perfectly for holiday gift shopping, it's held this year on Saturday, November 21 at the Wellesley Middle School from 10am – 4pm (with "premier shopping" from 9 – 10am). The 115 juried exhibitors are very cool and very crafty...most offer handmade items. Our purchases in the past have included gourmet chocolate sauce (which make GREAT holiday hostess gifts), scarves, beaded handbags, earrings, hand-painted flower pots, hand-sewn hats and toys for kids, and dried flower topiaries, just to name a few.
A few tips for shoppers: the event gets crowded, so arrive early, leave your coat in the car, and bring a reusable grocery bag to consolidate purchases. They also serve drinks and snacks if you need a shopping recharge.
Oh, and no strollers allowed. Which is all the more reason to make it a girl's day out!”
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED
Congrats to winner Sharon!
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Now, want to win a pair of premier shopping tickets to the Wellesley Marketplace Craft Festival? Simple email contests@bostonmamas.com (with ‘Wellesley Marketplace’ in the subject) by noon, Friday, November 13. The premier tickets provide for early shopper admission at 9am on the day of the event.
Comments
It seems so fitting that Wellesley should have a women's club and a craft fair because it's a really wealthy suburb (I went to Wellesley for college too. :-P).
Anyways, that aside, I am totally going to try to make it down there on 11/21.
Posted by: Melissa | November 11, 2009 6:14 PM | Reply to this comment
Love this shout out for Marketplace! Yep, I'll be there from 6 a.m. til late as I'm with the Women's Club that sponsors the Marketplace. Not only are the exhibitors amazingly awesome this year (well, they always are, but this year's put it at a whole new level), but all the money raised from admission and exhibitor fees is donated.Last year our club gave $230,000 (from three different fundraisers) away to local nonprofits and high schoolers in need of scholarships. Fun to shop for a good cause, right?
Posted by: Barbara | November 17, 2009 8:55 AM | Reply to this comment