Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!

We are so thankful for everyone that came down to support our vendors this last weekend at Wintry Market! It was a fantastic time, filled with new and old friends, local art and of course amazing goodies from Big City Coffee and B29 Streatery.

If you weren't able to make it, truth be known, you missed a good time. But not to worry! There is still our friend's {procrastinator's} holiday market to attend and buy up local goods for everyone you love.

Visit Us!

The time has come! We are so looking forward to seeing you all there this Saturday and Sunday. 

If you need directions, or want to know where to park, check here.

Cheers!

Holiday Terrarium

Kirsten of Simply Grove has designed these lovely Terrarium centerpieces to be featured at Wintry Market.   If you are interested in purchasing one of these lovelies, please find a Volunteer or visit the Ticky-Tacky booth.

Can't wait to see you at the market!!

12 Days // Two Bird Studio

Wintry Market has had so much fun showcasing our favorite things about the Holiday season for the last 12 days. To round out the 12 Days of Wintry, we are pleased to announce that the sponsor of our photo booth, Two Bird Studio will be donating 100% of the profits from the photo booth back to Ballet Idaho, specifically the By Special Invitation program. Yes, 100% profits. How awesome is that?!

Wanna help out? Here's how:

The photo booth will be filled with winter themed props and for only $2 a photo, Two Bird Studio will capture a fun moment with you and whoever you bring to enjoy Wintry Market goodness. Need a Christmas card photo for this year? What about that family portrait you keep forgetting to schedule? Make a note to come down to Wintry Market not only to get a high quality portrait done by a professional photographer, but also help out an amazing cause with Ballet Idaho.

According the the Ballet Idaho website:

Our By Special Invitation program provides an opportunity for individuals represented by local organizations from a wide array of socio/economic/ethnic backgrounds to attend a full production of Ballet Idaho’s mainstage performances free of charge.

Sponsored blocks of tickets are distributed to partner social service organizations and individuals who would not otherwise have the means or the opportunity to attend a live performance. Approximately 2,800 children, veterans, refugees and their families will benefit from the program. By Special Invitation furthers a significant part of Ballet Idaho’s core mission; to bring diverse groups of people together for a common experience and communicate through fine music, choreography, performance, scenic design and costumes, a deeper understanding of the way in which classic ballet relates to the other arts and the values of Western culture.

Doesn't that look like fun? Come on down to Wintry Market to help out an amazing artistic outlet in our community, as well as get that Christmas card photo out of the way! We look forward to seeing you this weekend, November 5th and 6th at the Ballet Idaho Auditorium.

12 Days // Wintry Market Shopping Guide

As promised, here is a nifty little Wintry Market shopping guide to help you prepare for all your fun findings at Wintry Market. Now that you have checked out what all of our vendors have to offer, you can plan your haul for everyone on your Christmas list. How great will it be to have all your Christmas shopping done early, and from local artisans at that!

(click on shopping list to download in PDF format!)

Included is a list and map of our vendors, to make shopping Wintry Market even that easier. Although we are sure that you are going to want to check out each and every one of them! Also don't forget that B29 Streatery as well as Big City Coffee will be at the market to help keep you energized and your belly full. 

We are so excited to meet all of you! Come down this weekend, November 5th and 6th at the Ballet Idaho Auditorium!

Psst! Have you entered the Kathleen Probst Giveaway on Inspired Designer. Yes, it's free, and yes, her quilts are beautiful. What are you waiting for??

12 Days // Gift Guide: Indulge Yourself!

Can you believe it? Wintry Market is only 3 days away. We hope you are getting as excited as we are! Today for the 12 Days of Wintry we are bringing you a Gift guide for your favorite person to buy things for: Yourself! Although the Holiday season is a season of giving and love, we believe that it's important to indulge yourself a little to keep your sanity. Check out these indulge-worthy gifts to give yourself: 

This is our last gift guide for the season. We hope you have enjoyed just as much as we have, the examples of what our amazing vendors offer! Stay tuned Wintry Market fans, tomorrow we will feature a helpful shopping guide to help you plan your trip to Wintry Market! See you there!

12 Days // Our Favorite Holiday Tunes

Happy November! With the Wintry Market only a few days away, we thought what better way to get you into the Holiday shoppin' mood than with some of our favorite Christmas picks. And no, it's absolutely not to early to start listening to Christmas music, especially if it's great Christmas music from even better bands and gets you in that gift-givin' mood. Plus, we even compiled a playlist just for you! Now don't you  feel special?! You should!

Be sure to support our favorite local, independent music store The Record Exchange, and look for fun Christmas Albums featuring local artists from Moxie Java! 

Giveaway...Inspired Designer w/ Kathleen Probst

Happy Halloween!  We hope you're ready to visit Wintry Market this weekend to get started on your Holiday shopping!

The final Wintry Market giveaway is being hosted by Inspired Designer (aka. WM co-creator Kristin Montgomery).  The giveaway item is from Kathleen Probst, a vendor and creator of  the beautiful asbstract art quilt shown above.

Visit Inspired Designer to enter.

Thank you Kristin and Kathleen!!

12 Days // Gift Guide: Co-workers

For the 12 days leading up to the Wintry Market, we will be featuring some of our favorite things about the Holiday season, as well as shopping guides, like this one, to help you with your Wintry Market shopping! Enjoy and check back tomorrow for even more Wintry Market goodness!

What better way to thank your co-workers for putting up with you all year than to give them a fantastic gift from Wintry Market? We sure can't think of anything that would be better. Except for maybe giving them your vacation time, but we all know that would never happen.

12 Days // Creative Gift Wrapping

For the 12 days leading up to the Wintry Market, we will be featuring some of our favorite things about the Holiday season, such as music and things you can make yourself, such as the project today! Enjoy and check back tomorrow for even more Wintry Market goodness!

When giving a special gift to a special somebody, what's inside the box isn't the only important thing. A creative and fun gift wrap job can make a present more fun to give and receive. We love the following ideas to make your gifts this year stand out from the crowd. Plus, these ideas all reuse scrap material that might otherwise be thrown away! Cute, and eco-friendly? Ok by us!

Gift tags made from last years cards via Martha Stewart

1 //scarf wrap via {frolic!}   2//diy fabric bows via for the love...   3 //newsprint via allora handmade

The ideas above are only a few of examples of how you can do your part to save resources this Holiday season by re-using materials. This Holiday season we urge you to look past conventional ways of wrapping gifts and seek new, creative, and resourceful ways to wrap your presents this year. Not only will they be the best looking presents under that tree of yours, but we're sure your wallet will thank you as well! A win-win situation in our book. 

12 Days // Gift Guide: Little Ones

For the 12 days leading up to the Wintry Market, we will be featuring some of our favorite things about the Holiday season, as well as shopping guides, like this one, to help you with your Wintry Market shopping! Enjoy and check back tomorrow for even more Wintry Market goodness!

We are so impressed by the selection of goods that our vendors have to offer. Not only do they make amazing things for the more mature crowd, but most of them make pint-sized goods for the little ones! From little monster shoes and handmade leather belts to a pretty princess costume, and quality plush toys of all shapes and sizes, you will be able to find everything you need for all age groups! Check out a sample of what you will be able to find at Wintry Market:

Once again, keep in mind that this is only a sample of what our vendors offer, and goods at the Market may vary, but rest assured that our vendors will be fully stocked with their amazing handmade wares. Hope to see you there Nov. 5th and 6th!

12 Days // Recipe: Pumpkin Gingerbread Smoothie

For the 12 days leading up to the Wintry Market, we will be featuring some of our favorite things about the Holiday season, such as music and things you can make yourself, such as the project today! Enjoy and check back tomorrow for even more Wintry Market goodness!

Fall is the perfect time of year to indulge in everything pumpkin: pumpkin bread, pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin pie, carving scary faces into big bright orange pumpkins. The options are endless, and trust us, we take full advantage. However, as good as pumpkin tastes, it's not always the best for the waistline (read: PIE). Today we bring you a great tasting, and nutritious Pumpkin Gingerbread Smoothie from Angela Lidden from Oh She Glows to help you get your pumpkin fix without the undesired side effects, such as larger pants. You can thank us later.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup almond milk, plus a bit more if necessary
• 1/4 cup rolled oats
• 1 tbsp chia seeds
• 1/2 cup pureed pumpkin
• 1 tbsp blackstrap molasses
• 1 small frozen banana
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• pinch nutmeg
• Ice, if desired

1. Soak the oats, almond milk, and chia seeds for at least an hour or overnight. This helps them digest better and it also gives the smoothie a smoother texture.

2. Place all ingredients into blender and blend until smooth. Add ice if desired.
(recipe source)


Now that you know one of ours, what's one of your most favorite Holiday recipes?

Giveaway...I Just Might Explode w/ Ticky-Tacky

This week's giveaway involves the vintage goodies shown above from Ticky-Tacky (Co-Organizer Amy Pence Brown) and is featured on I Just Might Explode (Kara is also one of our vendors). Visit I Just Might Explode to enter.

Thank you Kara and Amy!!

The Yummy Details | B29 Streatery

So excited to announce that B29 Streatery will be serving their delicious comfort style food outside the Wintry Market both Saturday and Sunday (November 5th & 6th).   We are so excited to see what amazing creations they will come up with.

Image via Treasure Valley Treats and Tragedies.

12 Days // Gift Guide: Friends

For the 12 days leading up to the Wintry Market, we will be featuring some of our favorite things about the Holiday season, as well as shopping guides, like this one, to help you with your Wintry Market shopping! Enjoy and check back tomorrow for even more Wintry Market goodness!


What a cute DIY we featured yesterday! So easy, and so cute, how can you go wrong? Today we have another great Gift Guide, this time with items to give to your closest friends. What better way to say how you mean than give a gift from one (or many!) of our local vendors? We think a gift that is made with love is one of the most precious gifts you could give. How about an up-cycled vintage doorknob wine stopper, a ring made out of spoons and forks, a wonderful set of vintage pyrex or a beautifully knitted scarf? All sound good to us!

12 days// DIY Paper Christmas Tree Decoration

For the 12 days leading up to the Wintry Market, we will be featuring some of our favorite things about the Holiday season, such as music and things you can make yourself, such as the project today! Enjoy and check back tomorrow for even more Wintry Market goodness!

One of our most favorite things about the Holiday season here at Wintry Market, is making things to celebrate, of course! Today for the 12 Days of Wintry, we bring you an easy project to help you spruce up your Holiday decor without breaking the bank. 

For this project, you only need a few things: cardboard cones (found at your favorite craft store), 4-5 festive sheets of scrapbooking paper, double sided tape, and Modge Podge, a sponge brush, round shaped paper punch or scissors.

First thing you need to do is cut your paper! We used a round paper punch with a scalloped edge to cut our paper, but scissors work just as well! After you have cut out the circles, cut them in half, like you see above.

Next, tape half circles onto cardboard cone, staggering the pieces. After you have taped all the pieces, cover the entire cone in Modge Podge for extra protection. Now all you need to do is sit back and enjoy your new Holiday decor! Enjoy.

Come back tomorrow for even more 12 Days of Wintry celebratin' and be sure to visit us at the Ballet Idaho Auditorium on November 5th and 6th!

12 Days // Gift Guide: Mom and Sister

For the 12 days leading up to the Wintry Market, we will be featuring some of our favorite things about the Holiday season, as well as shopping guides, like this one, to help you with your Wintry Market shopping! Enjoy and check back tomorrow for even more Wintry Market goodness!

Welcome to the 1st day of Wintry! Today we bring you a shopping guide perfect for that special lady in your life. Our vendors have everything you would need to show her how much she means to you. From handmade jewelry to gorgeous hand painted pottery to amazing textile art, Wintry Market has you covered for every lady on your shopping list. She will also appreciate the fact that you thought to support local artisans that lovingly create every item they sell.

Keep in mind that this is just an example of what our vendors offer, the selection at the market may vary from what you see below, but rest assured they are ready to present to you the finest selection of  handmade, local goods you can find anywhere! We are looking forward to seeing you at the market!!

12 Days of Wintry

Starting tomorrow, we will feature our most favorite things about the Holiday season with the 12 Days of Wintry. We are so excited to share with you seasonal projects, guides to help you shop Wintry Market, as well as special items that will be available for purchase at the Market. Be sure to check back everyday for a new feature on our blog! It will be a lot of fun! 

We hope you will join us in getting ready for a very special time of year, by visiting us and our talented vendors at Wintry Market on November 5th and 6th at the Ballet Idaho auditorium.

Spotlight: Belle Fourche

Exciting times over here at Wintry Market! We have painted the town red with our amazing poster (thanks Jason Sievers!) so keep an eye out for it. We also have a giveaway going on over at Traveling Triplets, and trust us, it's definitely worth it. Monday, October 17th is the last day to enter, so go check it out!! In other news, we would like to introduce you to Belle Fourche:

No. Not the adorable dog. That amazing repurposed, up-cycled biking HAT, silly! We are so excited to have Belle Fourche sell their biking wares at Wintry Market. From the cutest cycling hats made out of mens work pants and shirts, among other reused fabrics, to bike tool rolls that makes everything you need within reach, Belle Fourche has you covered. Their hats have been tested and approved by bike kids across the country so get ready to toss it on, grab your messenger bag and hit the streets! Plus, Robin Williams owns a Belle Fourche hat, so if you want to be part of the club, you better snatch one up too!

The ingenuity and small details like buttons and pockets that pay homage to the former lives of the repurposed fabric are what we love most about Belle Fourche. Bike on over to Wintry Market at Ballet Idaho Auditorium on Nov. 5th and 6th to pick one up for youself, or your most loved ones! 

Giveaway...Traveling Triplets w/ Lonely Quail

Another fabulous Wintry Market giveaway from our vendor, Lonely Quail on Traveling Triplets today, a blog dedicated to triplet sisters who love to share their life experiences (one of the sisters is our vendor Meggie's Love)! 


This giveaway will end Monday October 17th. Please visit Traveling Triplets to enter, Good luck!

Thank you to Jessica and Sandra, and the Traveling Triplets!!

Coffee & Photo Booth at the Market

We are pleased to announce that Big City Coffee will be joining us to sell coffee and pastries at the Wintry Market! Yum, Yum!

The Market will also have a Winter themed photo booth by Two Bird Studio. So bring down the whole family for a fun holiday photo-op!

Meggie's Love Giveaway...last day to enter!

If you haven't already, head on over to Simply Grove and enter to win the fabulous watch in the picture, from Meggie's Love. The cutoff is today at MIDNIGHT. Be sure to spread the word, and good luck!