November 11,12,13 (Friday – Sunday) – Celebration of Craftswomen – Indoors
San Francisco
The Largest Women's Fine Crafts Show in the Country!
http://www.CelebrationOfCraftswomen.org
10am – 5pm – Booth 526
Admission is $9, $7 for the young and old(er!)
Featival Pavillion at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California
This was a great show! Thank you to all who made it happen.
November 26, 27 (Saturday – Sunday) – Treasure Island Flea – Outdoors
Treasure Island, San Francisco
"Where Treasures Are Found"
http://www.TreasureIslandFlea.com
Avenue of the Palms, Treasure Island, California
9am – 4pm – Booth 243 (in the middle-ish)
Admission is $3, but find a postcard for free admission for up to three people!
I hope this year 'round show will be a regular gig – the last weekend of each month. We will be in one of the World's Fair Buildings from January through April 2012. Come see us!
This is a new venue which sounds great. Check out this description from the post card:
"Come shop for local…Indie designers, Vintage and Retro fashions, Home Decor, Antiques & Collectibles, Handmade, One-of-a-Kind, Re-Purposed, & Re-Salvaged, Art, French Garden, Specialty Food, the Rare, the Unusual & so much more!"
Booth and the views from my location on Treasure Island. Incredible views!
November 30 (Wednesday) & December 1 (Thursday) – East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse – Indoors
Soap Gift Wrapping Demonstration
Oakland
12noon – 4 pm
Using wonderful, whimsical, one-of-a-kind, reused packaging materials from the East Bay Depot, I will be creatively packaging my soap in the store as a demonstration of how you too can wrap your gifts with treasures from the Depot.
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/417121/c1b3fd5965/1545000779/248af6dfcb/
My soaps will be available for purchase at the Depot store throughout the Holiday season.
The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse – http://www.creativereuse.org
These were old microfilm boxes with nice cardboard dividers that we turned into fancy soap boxes! It was a very fun 2 days hanging out at the Depot wrapping soap with beautiful ribbons and chatting with all sorts of people.
December 2, 3, 4 (Friday – Sunday)
The Artifactory Cooperative Holiday Fair – Indoors
Palo Alto
Fine Crafts – Local Artists – A sweet, intimate show with select artists
10am – 5pm – Free Admission (and free hot cider and holiday treats, too!)
Booth 20 (in the side room)
The Hoover House (aka The Girl Scout House), 1120 Hopkins Avenue, Palo Alto, California
no website but email us at TheArtifactory@aol.com for more information.
December 10 – 11 (Saturday – Sunday) – KPFA Crafts Fair – Indoors
San Francisco
220 Booths of Original Designs in All Media
http://www.KPFA.org/craftsfair
10am -6pm – Booth 56 (in the front of the hall, right side)
$10 admission, $8 for disabled, seniors (65+). Under 17 admission is free.
The Concourse Exhibition Hall, 635 – 8th Street (at Brannon Street), San Francisco, California
I forgot to take a picture of my beautiful booth this year at KPFA. It looked something like this KPFA booth from 2005. It was awesome seeing all my wonderful customers! Thank you! I had a blast! This is a GREAT show! So many beautiful things!
Extended and Corrected Dates over 2 weekends!
December 16, 17, 18 (Friday – Sunday) and December 22, 23, 24 (Thursday – Saturday)
Telegraph Avenue Holiday Fair – Outdoors – Rain or Shine – Bancroft Avenue to Dwight Way
Berkeley
11am – 6 pm – Free Admission for this Berkeley street fair, the last big craft fair of the season in the bay area
Telegraph Avenue, between Haste and Dwight Way (my old college stomping grounds! Onngh Yanngh!)
I'll be in the Fourth Block of the show between Haste and Dwight at the following booths:
Friday Dec. 16 – Booth 400-G
Saturday Dec. 17 – Booth 439
Sunday Dec. 18 – Booth 414
Thursday Dec. 22 – Booth 419+421
Friday Dec. 23 – Booth 461-B (a corner)
Saturday Dec. 24 – Booth 400-H
A basic booth but still recognizable as Artha Soaps (even if there were no sign!). Some of the KPFA Craft's show vendors are at this casual, hoppin', outdoor show. Clear skies are predicted all days of the show!
I'm going to premier some additional beautiful gift items for the last-minute shopper on the last 3 days of the show, December 22,23, & 24th. Come for a visit. Merry Christmas!