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The Marblehead Festival of Arts held its fourth annual Artisans' Holiday Marketplace in Abbot Hall, during Christmas Walk, on December 2 and 3.
From hand-painted furniture to vintage recycled jewelry, a full range of holiday gift items were be displayed and artisans were on hand to talk about their crafts. This unique format allowed visitors to learn about the creative process while purchasing a variety of handmade items for the home, wearable art, and other treasures.
Artists offered hand-stitched beaded jewelry, hand-carved decoys, life-like dolls, designer fabric handbags, garden stones, vintage accessories, hand-decorated silk scarves, nautical map accessories and other custom made items for the home.
Marketplace participants, who hailed from as nearby as Marblehead and as faraway as New Hampshire and Rhode Island, included:
Emily Angiola | Emily's Dream
Life-like baby dolls
Patricia Baker | Nantucket Lightship Baskets
Handwoven baskets
Jessica Bracket | Ship to Shore Gifts
Gifts with Marblehead nautical charts
Carol Butler | Heart to Hand Creations
Handpainted furniture art
Tracy Cassidy | Dare to Be Different
Vintage, recycled jewelry
Elaine Daly
Coastal watercolor and acrylic paintings
Nancy Engel | Sunny Window
French lavendar and French milled soaps
Jan Ferm | Reflections by the Sea
Sea themed ornaments and home décor
Deborah Frazier | Deb Frazier Silk Designs
Handpainted silk scarves, shawls, and pillows
Kristin Fudge | Doodlebug
Lavendar sachets, balsam ornaments, & more
Michael Gallagher | Nahant Island Trunks
Refurbished antique trunks
Anna Igo | Anna Igo Fine Art
Original primitive paintings in the JOJ Frost style
Linda Jenkins | Nahant Enterprises
Local inspired T-shirts
Kiki Taron Kinney | QuitsaKiki Designs
Stone set silver and lampwork bead jewelry
Michael McCarthy | Mattapoisett Birdworks
Handcarved water birds
Franny McKeever | Zipporah Beads
Hand-stitched, beaded jewelry
Helen Najarian | Helen Najarian, Potter
Handcrafted functional pottery
Brooke Pickering | Bancroft Studios
Hand poured, cement garden stones
Betty Ritt | Bags By Betty
Handmade bags, belts, headbands, & more
Linda Tanfani | Treasure Beach
Hand soldered sea glass jewelry
Steve Winterton | Marblehead Tileworks
Handmade ceramic tiles
Penny Wigglesworth | The Penny Bear Company
Penny Bear gifts of love
www.pennybear.org
John Wilder | Community of Friends
This year's goal is to provide 400 children (in Lynn, Salem and Marblehead) with a holiday stocking filled with essentials and gifts.
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| Dianna and Elaine Daly |
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| Patricia Baker, Nantucket Lightship Baskets |
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| Penny Wigglesworth, The Penny Bear Company |
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| Kristin Fudge, Doodlebug |
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| Linda Tanfani, Treasure Baech |
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| Tishey Noiseux and Joan Shafnacker, Marblehead Festival of Arts |
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| Devon Cassidy, Dare to be Different |
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| Community of Friends |
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| Peter Jackson and Robb Macomber, Marblehead Festival of Arts |
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| Kiki Taron Kinney, QuitsaKiki Designs |
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| Carol McLaughlin, Peter Jackson, Colin Toner,
Tishey Noiseux, and Dick McKinley, at the Festival hot cocoa booth |
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