Triangle Holiday Arts & Crafts Calendar (Week 4)

Wintry weather has arrived in the Triangle, to get you in the mood for holiday shopping! We have a wide variety of opportunities for you to shop outside of the big box this weekend, in Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Pittsboro & Chapel Hill. Hope to see you out & about!

Friday, December 4
First Friday
Where: Downtown Raleigh
When: 6:00 pm - until...
(see website for more information on specific locations & times)
Sellers to look for: Beautiful Details Jewelry at The Carter Building from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm; and MegRNC at Designbox from 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
(*Brand Fandango VIII continues at Designbox through Dec. 23.)

Friday & Saturday, December 4 & 5
Holiday Shoppe
Where: Cary Academy, 1500 Harrison Avenue, Cary
When: Friday - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, 6:30 pm - 9 pm
Saturday - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Seller to look for: GildedLilyGlass

Saturday, December 5
Holiday Craft Show
Where: St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church & School, Apex
When: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Seller to look for: The Brooks Boutique, Vintage Scraps

Holiday Shoppe Craft & Art Show
Where: St. Thomas More School, Chapel Hill
When: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Sellers to look for: OldBroomStreet , LindaSearcyJewelry

Holiday Open House
Where: When Pigz Fly, 11125 Six Fork Road, Raleigh
When: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sellers to look for: Karen's Soaps, Orange Cat Art

Saturday & Sunday, December 5 & 6
Brier Creek Holiday Bazaar (benefit for Second Chance Pet Adoption)
Where: Brier Creek Commons, Raleigh
When: Saturday - 9:00 am - 6:00 pm; Sunday - 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sellers to look for: ShoreDebris, Just Beautiful Designs Sunday only: LindaSearcyJewelry, OldBroomStreet

Holly Days
Where: Sanderson High School, Raleigh
When: Saturday - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm; Sunday - 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Seller to look for: AlloverArt

The Fearrington Holiday Market
Where: Fearrington Village, Pittsboro
When: Noon - 4:00 pm (both days)
Seller to look for: MegRNC

Sunday, December 6
Boylan Heights Art Walk
Where: Historic Bolyan Heights Neighborhood, Downtown Raleigh
When: Noon - 5:00 pm
Sellers to look for: Orange Cat Art, Gilded Lily Glass, Liv'nGood Jewelry, Good Girls Studio


We hope you'll visit our NC Triangle Etsy Team members and say hello!


(Members, if you have an event coming up next weekend, send it to Orange Cat Art by Wednesday night to get onto next Friday's calendar!)

Congrats goodgirlsstudio!

Congrats to NCTriangle member goodgirlsstudio on being featured in Etsy's Quit Your Day Job Series!

P.S. In case you missed it, here is Johanna's feature on our bog from last month.

Local Featured Seller: Good Girls Studio

Who are you?
Johanna Ely of Good Girls Studio and the destash/vintage shop: Some Girls Horde

Where are you located?
North Raleigh

What do you create?
Revamped vintage jewelry

What is your favorite place to visit in the "triangle"?
The Cupcake Shoppe , for obvious reasons ! : ) {their Plain Jane cupcake is the yummiest!}

What is your most cherished handmade item?
A quilt my late grandmother made for me for High School graduation followed with a close second of a Mothers' Day card made by my son!

Why did you choose your medium?
I love to give new life to old forgotten treasures. To take what I can from the past & add to it or change it to make it even more beautiful.

What inspires you?
nature...God, the greatest & original Creator!

Why did you choose your shop name?
I am the middle child, the peace maker, sandwiched in between an older stinky brother & younger wilder sister...I am, by order of my birth, the good girl ! Always have been, always will be ; ) & as for Girls (Good Girls Studio) being plural, well, I must have been feeling a little bipolar (Me, Myself & I ) the day I named my company!

What do you do when you are not creating?
When I'm not busy creating you can find me at the park with my son, teaching Sunday School to a playful bunch of pre-k 3yr olds or reading a good book (while munching on cupcakes!).

--Read more about Johanna and her work on her blog!


--If you're a NCTriangle team member and would love to also be featured on the blog, please visit the forum to learn how.

Giveaways!

Two NCTriangle members are having giveaways this week!

Look for goodgirlsstudio on GreenEarthJourney to enter to win these...

SmuTopia is hosting her own giveaway on her blog for this...

If you're a member of the NCTriangle Etsy team would like your giveaway promoted on the team blog, contact me.

Local Valentine Gift Ideas

Flew the Coop...Bird and Heart Locket Necklace, by goodgirlsstudio $38.00

Be Mine - Valentine Cards, by ETC Cards $10.00

Keys to my Heart Earrings - Envy, by lilesj $15.00

Attention team members: Suggest more NCTriangle Valentine gifts in the forums.

Team Treasury

RiskyBeads is definitely catching people's attention with this treasury....

Team Treasury: I'va got SAND in my PANTIES...

Riskybeads created this fun treasury with summer time on her mind...