Holiday Shop-n-Stroll

This Saturday in Downtown Silver Spring is the Holiday-Shop-n-Stroll. Handmade Mart and FRESHFARM Markets are teaming up, meaning there will be approximately 50 artisans and crafters selling their handmade products plus local  produce from the farmers market vendors. For those inspired to get crafty at the event, Art Spring (the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center retail store) will be hosting an ornament-making workshop.

It’s a shoppers paradise for those looking to support local/handmade, plus a quick stop for all those Christmas shopper slackers who still need to begin their holiday shopping. You can find everything from silk-screened cards and posters, to jewelry, to handmade soaps and body products. Here are some of my favorites.

b-kao, hand-sewn clothing and accessories made from reconstructed vintage materials:

This Chickadee, really cute handmade home decor & more:

Pretty Little Fings, plush goodness:

FuzzyMug, pet inspired note cards, journals and cards (plus custom pet portraits!)

When: Saturday, December 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: Downtown Silver Spring, MD on Ellsworth Drive (between Georgia and Fenton Ave.)
More info: Vendor Q&A’s can be found on the official Handmade Mart blog and the vendor gallery is on the Pyramid Atlantic Web site.