Ready to do some holiday shopping? A number of local community groups host holiday bazaars starting this weekend and through the end of November.

Gift choices in Gardiner

The Gardiner Holiday Bazaar is set for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road.

The event showcases handmade wooden pens, driftwood gifts, leaf pottery, quilted items, nail files, wrapped bracelets, greeting cards and photos, fancy features, lazy Susans, scarves, hats, mittens, kitchen gadgets and more.

Masks are required; no food or drink will be served.

Guild sets annual bazaar

The Sequim Guild of Seattle Children’s Hospital is holding its 15th-annual Holiday Bazaar from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road.

There, you’ll find baked goods and treasures for the holiday season, homemade by Guild members. Additionally, there will be multiple local handcraft vendors, and Mrs. Claus’ Kitchen serving chili, hot dogs, “loaded” baked potatoes, pies, beverages and more.

All profits go to Seattle Children’s Hospital’s funds for uncompensated care and research. Last year, Children’s Hospital provided $2.08 million in uncompensated care to nearly 1,000 Clallam and Jefferson County children, guild members said.

DVLC event boosts nonprofits

The pandemic didn’t slow down dozens of crafters at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, who with the congregation’s bakers will have thousands of items on sale at the church’s almost-always annual Yuletide Bazaar. This year’s event is set for 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, at 925 N. Sequim Ave.

Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church crafters Mary Ann Dangman, left, and Dorothy Smallbeck try out a children’s game created by Dangman for the church’s Nov. 20 Yuletide Bazaar. Submitted photo

Crafters have worked at home and then together in masks since March 2020 to prepare items, and will fill the church sanctuary with such traditional favorites as knitwear, cross-body bags, jewelry, table and kitchen linens, tree ornaments, gift card holders, and aprons and bibs, both for children and adults.

Sweaters in Cougar and Husky colors and map-style playmats are examples of the expanded offerings for young children.

There are note cards featuring photography by local residents, miniature knitting needles and origami, and a vintage display including 1950s paper dolls and Roseville Pottery.

“Heavenly treats,” as the bakers call them, are for take-out only this year: krumkake, lefse, cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls, cookies, gingerbread, pies and fudge, all homemade. The bake sale tables will be replenished throughout the morning, to ensure that there’s a selection for late arrivals at the bazaar. (Note: there will be no sit-down food service.)

To ensure social distancing, bazaar capacity will be capped at 30 customers at any time. Admission will be by number, with numbers distributed to vehicles starting at 8:30 a.m. Bazaar visitors will be asked to wait in their vehicles until their numbers are called.

Proceeds from the 2019 bazaar and from a congregation-only sale in 2020 allowed the Yuletide Bazaar crew to distribute a total of about $20,000 in 2020 and early 2021 to Clallam and Jefferson County nonprofits, agencies and institutions including: Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers; First Step Family Support Centers; First Teacher/Parenting Matters; the Forks Abuse Program; Healthy Families of Clallam County; North Olympic Foster Parents Association; NORVHN Sarge’s Place; Olympic Community Action Programs (for the Warming Center); Olympic Peninsula Healthy Community Coalition; Peninsula Behavioral Health; Sequim Food Bank; Sequim Health & Housing Collaborative;, Sequim Police Department/911, and St. Vincent de Paul.

For more information about the Yuletide Bazaar, visit facebook.com/dungenessvalleyuletidebazaar.

Bazaar in the barn

Support local artists and find something unique and special at the Holladay Barn Christmas Market. Locals Rick and Mary Beth Holladay invite the community to the event from 9a .m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27, and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 28, at their historic Cline-Bigelow Barn, 712 Clark Road.

The Holladay Barn Christmas Market is set for Nov. 27-28 at the Holladay Barn at 712 Clark Road. Submitted photo

Enjoy hot drinks, tasty crepes and locally crafted works of art.

“This is an opportunity to experience a European-inspired Christmas Market,” event host Rick Holladay said.

“Our heart is to bring artists together and promote their work to others,” event coordinator Mary Beth Holladay said. “Our barn is an ideal space to become the backdrop for people’s creative work.”

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This year’s market features the following artists and vendors: Mary B. Truly, children’s author/illustrator; Jaiden Dokken, ceramicist/printmaker; D’Ann Gonzales, jewelry maker/textile artist; Laurie Essex, fiber/textile artist; Gregg Graff, beekeeper/encaustic painter; Fabulist Fables, multimedia storyteller; M M Pottery, hand-thrown pottery; Sisterland Farms, radical farmer/floral artist; Vegetafull, food blogger/vegan hot chocolatier; Foundwear, silversmith jeweler; Master Gardener Foundation, cards and calendars; Emily Morgan, vintage and hand-dyed textile artisan; Joyful Jewelry, handmade jewelry, and Slippery Slope Candles & Soap, handmade candles and soap products.

There will also be a quilt raffle by A Stitch in Time, crepes by J’aime Les Crepes and live holiday music by Matt & Mal.

Parking will be available. Vendors will wear masks and the barn will be open to the outdoors, promoting air-flow and offering plenty of social-distancing.

Find out more on The Holladay Barn instagram as well as the official Facebook Event. This event is sponsored in part by Critical Consulting.