Featured Vendor - Little Chick Designs

Coasters, pendants, and thumbtacks OH MY! Little Chick Designs has some really fabulous gift items... that is if you're actually able to part with them instead of keeping them for yourself! Scrabble tile pendants are the perfect gift for all the girls on your Christmas list. I'm sure there'll be lots of dinner and holiday get togethers on your calendar this year. Let those hostesses know how much you appreciate them slaving over the stove and doing all those dishes by giving a set of Little Chick Design's coasters. And keep your own Christmas list tacked up where Santa can see it with a set of adorable thumbtacks.

Featured Vendor: Red Marionette

One of last year’s HHB favorites, Red Marionette, is not only setting up her wonderfully colorful shop again at this year’s bazaar, but has also been helping to organize & promote HHB. Kelli has been hard at work on the bazaar happenings, and with lots of additions to her adorable collection too. Wreaths, tree skirts, and stocking will make their debut at the Bazaar… I can’t wait to see these cuties in person!! You can’t miss Kelli’s multihued tent and you won’t be able to resist her bright eyed, colorful, characters either!

Featured Vendor: Red Marionette

We're really excited that Kelli of Red Marionette is joining us for the Handmade Holiday Bazaar! How can you even resist these bright eyed, colorful, characters?! A Red Marionette ornament would be the perfect gift topper and those big peepers peering from your Christmas tree are bound to spread some holiday cheer!

Featured Vendor: Me-Me's Things

Jennifer of Me-Me’s Things is a good friend of mine but I’m not biased! I know how much time and attention she puts into creating each of her adorable pillowcase dresses and Toddler Topz and you’ll be able to tell too when you see the quality of her work. Jennifer loves great fabrics and has an eye for picking prints and trims that come together in perfect harmony. Like the funky trees, holly leaf, and green rick rack on her Oh Christmas Tree dress. How perfect would this be for your little one to wear to all those holiday parties this season… well and next season too! The adjustable styling of pillowcase dresses and the Me-Me’s Things Toddler Topz make them great gifts for the little ones on your list since you don’t have to know exact sizes. Stop by the Me-Me’s Things booth at the Handmade Holiday Bazaar to outfit the kiddos in style!

Featured Vendor: Little Chick Designs

Coasters, pendants, and thumbtacks OH MY! Little Chick Designs has some really fabulous gift items... that is if you're actually able to part with them instead of keeping them for yourself!

I'm sure there'll be lots of dinner and holiday get togethers on your calendar this year. Let those hostesses know how much you appreciate them slaving over the stove and doing all those dishes by giving a set of Little Chick Design's coasters.

These scrabble tile pendants are the perfect unique, stylish, and inexpensive (but no one has to know that!) gift for all the girls on your list!

And keep your own Christmas list tacked up where Santa can see it with a set of these adorable thumbtacks.

Featured Vendor: Flying Zoo

I'm so excited about having the Flying Zoo at the Handmade Holiday Bazaar! I'm particularly fond of wood toys. There's something about the simple aesthetic appeal that owning a hand crafted wood toy can bring. All those flashing buzzing singing plastic toys just entertain/distract children... wood toys are engaging, they're really playing, using their imagination.

Monika started making these wonderful mobiles more than 15 years ago.

Come out to the Handmade Holiday Bazaar to pick out a meaningful toy for the little ones on your Christmas list. After all, do you think they're really going to be passing that Sponge Bob video game down to their own children some day?!

Featured Vendor - Bungle Bear Designs

My favorite thing about Bungle Bear Designs? The fabric of course!

Check out all these wonderful prints… you can’t find this stuff at those big box stores!

Andrea of Bungle Bear Designs not only has an eye for fabulous fabric, all that happy customer feedback and the volume of sales in the Bungle Bear Designs Etsy shop is evidence that her craftsmanship and customer service is top notch too!

Oh and did I mention how affordable her pieces are?! I can feel my Christmas shopping list getting shorter already… check… check… check…

Featured Vendor - Athena's Armoury

Next up on the list of talented vendors you’ll find at the Handmade Holiday Bazaar is Athena’s Armoury. I met Janine of Athena’s Armoury at an event we both did about a year ago and have been drooling over her chain maille pieces since (no silly, not literally!). One of the things I like most about chain maille is that there’s so much skill involved in creating a piece. Janine coils, cuts, and weaves each of her pieces by hand... and does an amazing job at it! Another reason chain maille pieces have made it into my jewelry box is that they’re really intricate in design, but still have a clean simple styling. I’ll definitely be picking up some finger armour of my own at the bazaar! Oh, and for all of you gamers who read this blog (okay so maybe you guys at least know a gamer :)) how can you even call yourself a level 50 Wizard… errr whatever… without an Athena’s Armoury dice bag?!

Not only does Athena’s Armoury have a spot in the bazaar, Janine is also going to be demonstrating how to coil and cut aluminum to make the rings used to create chain maille. She’ll be demonstrating basic weaving techniques too. Keep an eye on the blog for more info on the demos and make-n-takes scheduled throughout the day!