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! 

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. 

Call to Artists

Wintry Market inspiration... don't you just love these colors! Via Alexandria Cook on Pinterest.

We are still looking for vendors for the 2011 Wintry Market.

You can download the application here. Please check out our vendor section for more details about the Wintry Market. The deadline for applicants is September 9th, for those applying via the website who did not get a previous invite the latest date you will be notified is September 12th if you were selected for a booth.  We will contact all vendors shortly to give you instructions for your booth payment.

If you haven't noticed already, we have started to list our vendors on the main page to the right, applicants please use this as a guide for your submitted logo.

Vendor profiles are coming soon... and our poster, designed by the super talented Jason Sievers will be unveiled at the end of August.