Arts and crafts fairs to open across Peninsula

Several arts and crafts fairs will be conducted this weekend across the Peninsula.

Marrowstone Island

• The Holiday Arts and Crafts Market on Marrowstone Island will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Nordland Garden Club on Garden Club Road in Nordland.

The market will feature a variety of local makers and artisans, offering handmade jewelry, woodcrafts, natural skincare products, original art, Marrowstone sweatshirts, embroidered hats, bags, blankets, micro-crochet crafts and cards.

Port Angeles

• The Holiday Makers Market will open at 11 a.m. today in the Esther Webster Gallery at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd. in Port Angeles.

The market will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays and until 8 p.m. Fridays until Dec. 15.

The market will feature art prints, home decor, jewelry, body care, kitchenware, cards and stickers from 34 Clallam and Jefferson county artists and artisans.

In addition to supporting local artists, the Makers Market is a source of financial support for the arts center.

• The Answer for Youth will conduct its Candy Cane Christmas Cabin silent and live auction from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

The annual fundraiser will be at Sprouting Hope Greenhouse, 826 E. First St., Port Angeles. Participants can bid on decorated trees during the Live Christmas Tree Auction or on Christmas baskets, wreaths, centerpieces, local jams, poinsettias and Christmas gifts in the silent auction.

Chimacum

• The Harvest Craft Fair will be open from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Finnriver Farm and Cidery, 124 Center Road in Chimacum.

The free fair, sponsored by the Salish Sea Makers Market, will host a lineup of artists and makers in the Hay Barn.

The fair will feature local botanicals, upcycled clothing, artwork, jewelry and knitted goods.

In addition to gift shopping, visitors will be able to enjoy warm drinks and live music.

For more information, email ssmakersmarket@gmail.com.

Sequim

• The Sequim Christmas Market will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Saturday.

The market will be at the Holladay Family Barn, 712 Clark Road, Sequim.

In addition to other vendors, the Clallam County Master Gardeners will offer an assortment of begonias, African violets, succulents, sedums and Christmas cacti as well as handmade greeting cards, decorated birdhouses and its 2025 Clallam County Master Gardener calendars.

Onsite parking available and entry is free.

Port Townsend

• The Port Townsend Arts Guild will host its 32nd Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Saturday.

The annual fair will be at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St. in Uptown Port Townsend.

The guild donates 5 percent of every sale from the fair to the Jefferson County Food Bank and, over the past 31 years, has raised almost $36,000 for the food bank.

The fair offers a variety of handcrafted work by local artists.

Upstairs features woven rugs and shawls, spun yarn, gold and silver jewelry with semi-precious stones, hand-built and wheel-thrown pottery, tooled leather belts and bags, wood-veneer lamps, wildlife watercolor paintings, mosaics and burnout velvet clothing and scarves by Renaissance Rags.

David Michael will play the Celtic harp and sell CDs and DVDs upstairs.

Downstairs, attendees will find repurposed furniture, wildlife artwork, block-printed clothing, paintings, hand blown glass vases, bowls, candles, music, soaps and lotions, ornaments, dolls, felted clothing, metal sculptures and bead work, pottery, hand-made truffles, wreaths, pearl jewelry, lamp-worked jewelry, wood cutting and charcuterie boards, prints from trees, felted capes, embroidered hats and scarves, spices and locally sourced apothecary items, goat milk soaps, 3-D collages and Native American drums.

For more information, email ptartsguild@yahoo.com or visit www.port townsendartsguild.org.

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