last-minute handmade holiday shopping in cincinnati
Do you have all your shopping done? No need to panic! These local stores have handmade gifts and extended holiday hours!
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Dec 20
december art, craft and design events in cincinnati
Still have a few people to buy presents for this season? Check out our list of things to do in Cincinnati for December.
thanks for an amazing show!
Wow, y’all. Yesterday was our fifth birthday and 11th craft show, and it was incredible to celebrate it with crafty friends new and old. If you were one of the many people who shopped with us yesterday, please take our shopper survey to let us know what you thought so we can keep the show as awesome as possible!
We hate to be hyperbolic like “best show ever!” but seriously — yesterday was our BEST SHOW EVER. Our wildest dreams came true: More than 5,000 shoppers game out to shop with our 90 vendors, a full thousand more than last year’s attendance. This is what the place looked like during the busiest part of the day:
Even this guy showed up:
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Cincinnati Magazine stylist Tamia Stinson picked three vendors at the start of the show to win awards for Best Display, Best Products and Best Newbie.
And the winners are:
Best Display: Marisol Spoon of Asheville, NC
Best Products: Oceanne of Cleveland, OH
Best Newbie: Pure Angora Knits of Cincinnati, OH
The sweet felt ribbons are creations from Abby Langdon. And the shoppers who attended the show voted for their favorite vendor to win the People’s Choice award. The big winner was Off the Beaten Path of Dayton, OH!
Big thanks go out to our sponsors, our trusty volunteers, our resident DJ Ben Davis, the incredible staff of Music Hall and all of you shoppers, of course. But especially all of the vendors who traveled from near and far to be with us.
Our spring show will be April 25 at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center. Vendor applications and all the details will be posted in January. For now we’re taking December off to relax and recover with our friends and families. See you in 2015! :)
LOVE YA
chris + grace
today is the day!
The big Crafty Supermarket holiday craft show is finally here! We’ve nearly 90 handmade vendors setting up, plus a live DJ, a cash bar, food trucks outside and more food inside and hands-on craft activities. We’ll see you downtown at Music Hall — bring all your friends, and wear your shopping shoes! If you’re new to the show, check out our shopper FAQ, which includes directions to our venue, parking info and other important details.
Essential Info
What: Crafty Supermarket’s Holiday Show
When: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014
Where: Music Hall Ballroom at 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202
Cost: Free to the public!
our super-awesome vendors are getting super-awesome awards!
We’re working with Cincinnati Magazine to award four outstanding vendors for awesomeness at our big indie craft show on Saturday, Nov. 29. (They highlighted five great vendors to look for already!) Tamia Stinson, a stylist and blogger for Cincinnati Magazine, will be evaluating our holiday show vendors to select winners for these categories:
- Best Display: Who’s got the most awesome booth?
- Best Products: Who’s got the most remarkable products for sale at the show?
- Best Newbie: Which of the 30 new vendors at our show is the raddest?
- and then the audience will vote for the People’s Choice!
You’ll be able to identify the winners by the amazing prize ribbons created by Abby Langdon! You can cast your vote for People’s Choice by filling out a ballot at the Cincinnati Magazine booth before 4 p.m. on Saturday. We’ll announce the People’s Choice winner before the end of the show, and you just might see all the winners on CincinnatiMagazine.com very soon.
Remember to RSVP for Crafty Supermarket on Facebook and invite all your friends, and we’ll see you on Saturday!
craft demos, ahoy!
At our big holiday show — this Saturday!! — we’ve got some hands-on craft activities for makers young and old, and you can see some of our crafters do demos on TV this week!
- Kiki Magazine: The people of this fab mag for tween girls will be offering free hands-on 10-minute sewing machine lessons to kids and adults from 1 to 4 p.m. to raise awareness for their upcoming Sew Much More crowdfunding campaign for a sewing club for underserved girls in the Cincinnati area. Sign up to reserve your session at the Kiki booth on the day of the show!
- Craftologies: Have you ever wondered where all the monsters go after Halloween? The ladies of Craftologies, a crafty party center in Withamsville, will show you how to make a free felt monster wallet!
And! Tune in to FOX19 this week to see three of our vendors doing what they do live on the morning show! Here’s the lineup:
- 9:45 a.m. Monday, Nov. 24: Melissa Bracken of The Happy Groundhog Studio
- 8:10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25: Liz Stutzman of Vintageliz
- 9:05 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26: Katelin Reeser of Rock Salt Vintage
shopping local for the holidays
We're well into November, so you're probably thinking about holiday gifts and where to buy them. Read on to learn about the local business promotions going on in Cincinnati this month:
great eats at our big show
Buying handmade can really give you an appetite! Lucky for you, we’ve got a bunch of great food vendors who will be at our craft show on Nov. 29 at the Music Hall Ballroom.
In addition to the food trucks outside and food vendors inside, we’ll have a cash bar so you can grab a soda or a mimosa while you shop!
Inside food vendors:
- Baking You Happy: Cupcakes baked like a boss.
- Dojo Gelato: Doesn’t matter if it’s cold outside: Every season is gelato season.
- La Terza Coffee: Our man Chuck brews a great cup of coffee.
- Plus two food-as-craft vendors who will be selling packaged goodies for you to give (or eat, we won’t judge): sweet little desserts by Brown Bear Bakery and fine chocolate gifts by Chocolats Latour
Outside food vendors:
- C’est Cheese: Just what you need on a cold winter’s day: gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches and hot soup!
- Fireside Pizza Wagon and Melt Eclectic Cafe: The brick oven pizza should not be missed.
- Red Sesame Korean BBQ: These sweet, sour and spicy dishes will give your tastebuds a kick in the mouth!
- Waffo: Waffles, waffles, waffles! Sweet, savory — everything is good.
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