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2014 Guide to Crafty/Indie/Vintage Holiday Shopping Events in Pittsburgh
Saturday 11/22 – Pittsburgh Vintage Mixer
- Time: 9am-3pm
- Location:Teamsters Local 249, 4701 Butler Street in Lawrenceville
- Details: Vintage Vendor Fair
- Admission: $5 at the Door
- Facebook Event | Follow @PghVintageMixer
Friday 11/28 & Saturday 11/29 – I Made It Holiday Market @ Heinz 57 Center
- Time: Friday 2pm-8pm, Saturday 11am-5pm
- Location: Heinz 57 Center, 623 Smithfield Street
- Details: 80+ Artisans, Food Truck, Free Parking
- Link | Facebook Event | Follow: @IMadeItMarket
Thursday 12/4 – 21+ Party at TechShop
- Time: 7pm-10pm
- Location: TechShop Pittsburgh, 192 Bakery Square Blvd.
- Details: TechShop hosts a holiday party with demos, workshops and a holiday market featuring local vendors
- Tickets are $15 (Free for TechShop members)
Friday 12/5 & Saturday 12/6 – PULSE Alternative Holiday Gift Market

I did a lot of holiday shopping at this event last year. PULSE – Pittsburgh Urban Leadership Service Experience is a great organization that has been bringing college graduates to Pittsburgh and inspiring change in several neighborhoods. This market features handmade items by the PULSE fellows and supporters.

If you go on Friday, take some time to visit the other businesses that will be open for First Fridays on Penn Ave.
- Time: Friday 7-10pm, Saturday 9am-Noon
- Location: PULSE offices 5151 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15224
- Facebook Event | Follow @PulsePittsburgh
Saturday 12/6 – Handmade Arcarde
- Time: 11am-7pm
- Location: David Lawrence Convention Center
- 11th annual event featuring over 150 crafters/artisans from Pittsburgh and around the country
- Website | Facebook Event | Follow @Handmade Arcade
Sunday 12/7 – Holiday Book Sale from Pittsburgh’s Indie Booksellers
- Time: 12-5pm
- Location: Stephen Foster Community Center, 286 Main Street
- Vendors: Copacetic Comics, The Big Idea Bookstore, Inc, East End Book Exchange, Amazing Books, Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Autumn House Pres, Braddock Avenue Books, Six Gallery Press, Lilliput Review, Small Press Pittsburgh
- Facebook Event | Follow @BookstoreMemoir
Saturday 12/13 – Last Minute Gifts by Close Creations at Tazza D’Oro
- Time: 8am-7pm
- Location: Tassa D’Oro Coffee Shop, 1125 N. Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
- Follow @tazzadoro
Saturday 12/13 – I Made It Holiday Market at Boyd Community Center
- Time: 10am-3pm
- Location: Boyd Community Center, 1220 Powers Run Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238
- Details: TechShop hosts a holiday party with demos, workshops and a holiday market featuring local vendors
- Link | Follow @IMadeITMarket
Saturday 12/13 – Holiday Festivus at the Pittsburgh Public Market

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Thursday 12/18 – MANta Claus Last-Minute Shopping in Lawrenceville
- Time: 5-9pm
- Location: Businesses along Butler Street in Lawrenceville
- Details: A last-minute holiday shopping extravaganza for men (and let’s face it, anyone) who waits until the last minute to buy gifts for the holidays. Plus enjoy free beer, snacks, and special discounts!
- Facebook Event | #Mantaclaus
November 19, 2014

Yule Need a Santa Suit for This Saturday – SantaCon, Handmade Arcade & More

Good morning Pittsburgh! While the weather outside might be frightful – 5 days of rain is headed our way – there is plenty of holiday fun to keep you busy this weekend! Here are all the details with lots of links to more information for the events we shared on WDVE radio this morning. You can listen to our weekend picks Friday mornings t 6:45 am.

Have an event you think we should know about? Please submit it to our events calendar here.

Unblurred on Penn Avenue The first Friday of every month – all of the businesses on Penn Ave in the Friendship/Garfield area stay open late for a gallery crawl. Holiday open house at the Pittsburgh Glass Center Commonplace Voluto Coffee Shop will be serving up pie Holiday Shopping at Tee Rex – stop by for t-shirts, there will be tacos and snacks for sale and beer from East End Brewing for drinking
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation on the Big Screen Friday & Saturday 10pm @ The Oaks Theater	National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis Saturday, December 8, 2012 Registration starts at 7am, Run/Walk starts at 10am Holiday dress is strongly encouraged	2009 Richmond Jingle Bell Run/Walk (Photo credit: rogercarr)
Pittsburgh SantaCon 2012 8th Annual Pittbsburgh Santa Bar Crawl the fun starts at 2pm sharp in Market Square Santa is forgoing the sleigh and has chartered a boat for 2012 Follow @DamnSanta on Twitter for updates Facebook Event Link	Santacon 2012
Handmade Arcade Biggest, baddest and crafiest sale in Pittsburgh Saturday, December 8, 2012 @ David Lawrence Convention Center 11am-7pm Over 150 artists from Pittsburgh and all over the country – you can check out a map of the vendors here. Crafty activitites for kids of all ages Live music and DJ’s all day long	Handmade Arcade (Pittsburgh) (Photo credit: Leigh (Rhymes with Twee))
Roller Derby: The Penn Bruisers take on the Mon Monsters Sunday, December 9th, 2012, Romp N Roll in Glenshaw: 1661 E. Sutter Rd, Glenshaw, PA 15116. Doors 5:00, derby action 6:00. $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Kids 10 and under get in FREE!! The Steel City Derby Demons are recruiting new skaters – find out more here.	Battle of the Burgh
Winter Flower Show @ Phipps Phipps is decorated for the holiday season – the best of the outdoors – all inside a cozy, dry location. Sunday, December 9 – Brunch in Bloom – special monthly brunch at Phipps	Phipps Winter Flower Show (Photo credit: jennandjon)

December 6, 2012

Super Pgh Weekend = Prom, Crafts, Clothing Swaps and More
Prom Redux – Friday, November 11, 2011

relieve your prom days – but this time you are allowed to drink – benefits the Pittsburgh Literacy Council

Prom Redux – A benefit for Pgh Literacy Council

Take that old Prom dress out for another spin, bust out your powder blue tuxedo and head down to Cattivo in Lawrenceville this eve.

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Only 3 DAYS (!!) left to get your discounted Prom Redux tickets! showclix.com/event/75832

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November 7, 2011 10:24:02 AM EST

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The final piece for the Pittsburgh Prom Redux has been acquired.

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November 10, 2011 6:53:10 PM EST

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Handmade Arcade – Saturday, November 12

Get a head start on your holiday shopping

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November 10, 2011 2:50:01 PM EST

What is Handmade Arcade? Check out this great video of the 2009 event

Handmade Arcade, December 2009

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November 10, 2011 2:49:41 PM EST

Pick up one of these great t-shirts designed by Nick Caruso

Handmade Arcade Tees! Fresh of the Presses!

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November 10, 2011 2:50:01 PM EST

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Press for @HandmadeArcade! Artisans showcase custom crafts at Handmade Arcade – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: bit.ly/s3BUGt via @AddThis

Tugboat Printshop

November 11, 2011 10:55:31 AM EST

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I’ll be volunteering at the Etsy & Steel Town Etsy table at Handmade Arcade tomorrow until noon! Local handmade… fb.me/DlDHfMRG

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November 11, 2011 1:28:47 PM EST

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Handmade Arcade: where true love begins.

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November 11, 2011 11:57:39 AM EST

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handmade arcade! wp.me/p2Sb0-1an

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November 11, 2011 11:38:57 AM EST

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Redd Up, Thread Up Clothing Swap – Saturday, November 12 & Sunday, November 13

trade in your old clothes for some new to you ones and support the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank

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Don’t forget to stop by this weekend 🙂 reddupthreadup.com

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November 11, 2011 1:55:44 PM EST

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RT @Jenana37: Guys. Come to Redd Up Thread Up. And bring me your clothes. Kthx. reddupthreadup.com/

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November 9, 2011 12:48:57 PM EST

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RT @ThePGHA: Do you #Pittsburgh people know about this? reddupthreadup.com/

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November 8, 2011 9:30:43 PM EST

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Benefit for Braddock – Thursday, Friday & Saturday

All of these concerts appear to be sold out but we are including this in the list as well because its another example of a great event for a good cause

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November 10, 2011 2:42:59 PM EST

Benefit Braddock: Andrew Bird, Built to Spill, Hold Steady on JamBase

“Benefit Braddock” will take place this November 10-12 in the first Carnegie public library located in Braddock, PA. All ticket sales fro…

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News in Brief: Benefit Braddock Series, Saul Williams, Jennifer O’Connor | News | Pitchfork

By Carrie Battan, November 9, 2011 4:16 p.m. CT — Levi’s hosts Benefit Braddock, a concert series to help rejuvenate the town of Braddoc…

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Levi’s Benefit Braddock Concert Series – Levi’s is throwing a concert series this weekend to help benefit… tmblr.co/Z6NXbyBo7ioK

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November 11, 2011 2:56:16 PM EST

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Who’s watchin? @Stickam first night of @Levis Benefit Braddock concert series continues w/ Andrew Bird live onstage now levi.com/benefitb

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November 10, 2011 9:50:08 PM EST

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RT @PopCityPgh Levi’s is hosting the Benefit Braddock Concert Series this weekend. more info fb.me/1fuaQjt0J

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November 11, 2011 10:29:37 AM EST

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The Carnegie Library in Braddock is a) an amazing building with this beautiful music hall and b) the first carnegie library in the US.

Carnegie Library of Braddock – from the balcony before Benefit Braddock / Andrew Bird. Excited! http://pic.twitter.com/fA2yKRtx

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November 10, 2011 6:39:02 PM EST

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November 11, 2011
From Earth Day to Easter Eggs – A Weekend of Spring Festivals
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It is shaping up to be a super spring weekend in Pittsburgh. We know that Friday is a hockey night in this town – but here are some things to keep you busy until game #3. You can listen to IheartPGH chat live with Jim and Randy on WDVE 102.5 FM most Friday mornings at 6:45 am.

The Tech Fair
- CMU now calls this Spring Carnival – but I have always refered to this as the tech fair
- April 14-16 @ Carnegie Mellon University
- Amazing carnival games, student buggy races and live music
- Check out the live webcams of the event here – http://webcam.springcarnival.org/
Pittsburgh Comicon
- calling all comic book lovers – this is the convention for you
- Friday-Sunday @ the Monroeville Convention Center
Handmade Arcade
- The biggest baddest craft show in town has a new location at the Convention Center downtown
- Saturday, April 16 11am-7pm
- Handmade Arcade attracts vendors from all over the country
photo from Pgh Parks
- Activities and workshops for the whole family
- Saturday, April 16, 2011 11:30-4pm @ Frick Park environmental center on Beechwood Blvd
- Also – check out the Panther Hollow Clean Up – hundreds of volunteers will meet at Schenley Plaza on Saturday to tackle panther hollow. Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy.
45th Annual Pysanky and Traditional Food Bazaar
- St. Peter & St. Paul Ukranian Othrodox Church in Carnegie
- Over 1,000 Pysanky (Ukraininan Easter Eggs) for sale!
- Traditional foods – YES that includes pyrohi!
- Sunday, April 17, 2011 11am-4pm
Steelcity Showdown – criterium bicycle race through the city of Pittsburgh
- Sunday, April 27, 2011 8am-2pm
- Cyclists compete on a closed .8 mile loop from downtown to PNC park
- For non-cyclists – there is a tailgate!
April 15, 2011
I Made It and Handmade Arcade Gifts Ideas

Image by madflowr via Flickr

A few weeks ago I had the great fortune to meet some of the folks who work at ModCloth, an online retailer of fabulous fashions that is based here in Pittsburgh. One of the cool tools I learned about is Polyvore – which is a website that lets you “clip” your favorite items and group them into sets to share on your blog, Facebook and Twitter. I have been having some fun creating sets of items for Spreadshirt so I thought I would do the same for IheartPGH too. (I have even set up an IheartPGH group on Polyvore here).

My first Polyvore set for IheartPGH is a round up of some items from vendors who were at the I Made It Market or Handmade Arcade. (I wanted to add even more but for some reason – you can’t clip images from Etsy to Polyvore 🙁 ).

Here are just a few of the goodies that were available – click on each item to learn more about it and visit the website of the vendor. Most of the vendors are from Pittsburgh too!

Did you buy any handmade gifts? Who were your favorite vendors? Please share more links to Etsy shops in the comments.

Handmade Holidays by iheartpgh on Polyvore.com

Items in this set:
Whale Tote from SquidFire
Flaxseed Body Warming Bags by E-A-POO’s
Family Necklace
prix-prix:: necktie wallets, necktie necklaces, recycled notebooks,…
xmittens- blue fleece fingerless gloves black 3d thread details- size…, $20

December 14, 2009