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Shop Handmade at Bakery Square Dec. 2 & 3

Wow – we have been getting lots of visits from people checking out our posts on Small Businesses we love and Pittsburgh Cyber Monday Deals. Be sure to take another look at the Cyber Monday Deals post – many of those shops are offering savings all week and all month long.

You have another opportunity to pick up some gifts this Friday and Saturday. The folks who put together I Made It Market have partnered with Bakery Square to bring you a huge market this weekend.

Over 80 vendors will be at Bakery Square on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon – lots of great gifts – all handmade.

Holiday Market @ Bakery Square
December 2nd, 5 – 10 pm & December 3rd, 11 am – 6 pm
80+ LOCAL artists (meet them here)
RSVP on Facebook

Here is a sampling of items we selected from some of the vendors who will be at the I Made It Market this weekend:

Owl & Leaves Cotton Sca… tinymammothkni… $36.00	Black Friday Cyber Mon… NinaRamone $78.00	Christmas Soap, Gingerb… Greenbubblegor… $4.00	i love you Pittsburgh P… corks $1.00
Red Handmade Ceramic Mu… openstudiohm $25.00	Antique Post Office Doo… woodnyoulikeit $59.95	Graphic Stencil Reclaim… cenzodesign $8.00	Pittsburgh Steelers Ski… GilliansGoodie… $25.00
A Brick Wall – Zipper P… CinamonSquirre… $12.00	Custom Folded Book Art … RecycledReads $40.00	Custom Gemstone Wrapped… VehementRomant… $25.00	Pittsburgh Stoffbuch vonmirfuerdich $25.00
Hammered Sterling Cuff … dianewrightdes… $225.00	party dress celebration… NeighborhoodBl… $4.00	Easy as cake earrings thebirdsofafea… $16.00	Deep Fuchsia Fabric sho… textilegifts $54.00

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Pick Up Some Valentine’s Day Gifts Made with Love at I Made It Markets

You might be sitting at your desk right now – racking your brain for the perfect gift for that special someone. With Valentine’s Day just 5 short days away – time is running out for a quick ship gift from Amazon. Luckily you have 3 great ways to pick up a hand made gift or make one this weekend.

I MADE IT! ORIGINAL Date: February 11 Time: 11:30 am – 3:30 pmLocation: William Pitt Union, University of Pittsburgh – brought to you by I Made It Market and The Original Magazine
I MADE IT! MINE Date: February 12Time: 12 – 5 pm Location: Glass Lofts {5491 Penn Avenue, Friendship} – brought to you by Justin and Stephen Cummings and Friendship Development Associates
Make and Take Workshop at Pittsburgh Glass Center: On Friday, February 11, the Pittsburgh Glass Center, located directly across the street from the Glass Lofts, will offer 20-minute walk-in workshops for $25. Participants can make a flower, heart pendant or fused valentine. Stop by on Saturday, February 12, from 12 – 4 pm during I Made It! Market to watch classes and explore the Center’s newest exhibition “TENacity.” Visit www.pittsburghglasscenter.org for more information.

(via PCC : I Made It! Original & I Made It! Mine 2/11 & 2/12)

Here is a selection of items that you might find at the IMadeIt Market this weekend – I selected these from the Etsy shops of the vendors – more vendors who do not have a shop on Etsy will also be there. Check the “Artists” tab on IMadeItMarket.com to see which artists will be at each market.

Our IMadeIt Mine Valentine’s Day Picks from Etsy.com

Valentine’s Day Egg – Ha… teener1416 $18.00	Valentine’s Day Card – O… AllThingsEclec… $5.25	Succulents on Cranberry Scar… garbella $20.00
scarlet secret heart, enamel… huffalo $25.00	i heart u ladybug pouch jillhruska $10.00	PS: I love you Oceanne $32.00
black and hot pink wool felt… vonmirfuerdich $35.00	SALE Valentines wrapped edit… greenbubblegor… $5.00	Sidney pendant jewelrynat $74.00
Bird Wristlet Made from Wool… lazypeas $15.00	Valentine’s Day Red Hear… textilegifts $22.00	Red Linen – Branch Note Card… LeelaLou $6.50

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The Worst Valentine’s Day Gifts Ever (blogher.com)
Chic and Clever Valentine Card Ideas (homedesign.marthastewart.com)
Valentine’s day gadget gifts for romantic travelers (gadling.com)

More Holiday Shopping Opportunities This Weekend

Christmas is just 22 short days away! But fortunatly for you there are lots of fun places to shop this weekend – pick up some great gifts and support Pittsburgh Businesses.

Last Unblurred of 2010 – Stroll along Penn avenue for the monthly Unblurred – held the first Friday of every month – businesses and galleries stay open late for fun times.

The Cotton Factory is hosting another Tee-Rex Event from 6-10pm, they will have t-shirts for sale, local crafts and local beer for drinking (Click here for Facebook event).
Pittsburgh Glass Center kicks off their Holiday Glass sale this eve – the glass sale will be open Saturday and Sunday as well.
C Space Collective has their annual holiday show this evening as well – lots of local artists will be selling gifts
Need a gift for a coffee lover? Stop into Voluto Coffee – they are serious about coffee and can help you select the perfect beans. The also have some other gift items available for the holidays. (Note they close at 6pm on Friday)

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South Side Works Exposed 2010 – Music and Arts Festival

Another popular event from 2009 is back again for an even bigger event in 2010. This weekend the South Side Works shopping area will become a street festival with music, artist market (organized by the good folks at Imadeit Market) and kids area. 3 days of fun in the streets of the south side.

SHOW HOURS:

July 16, 5 – 10 pm
July 17, 2 – 10 pm
July 18, 12 – 5 pm

south-side-works-exposed-2010 Exposed Artist Market – over 70 different artists will be selling their hand made wares this weekend at the Southside works. Here are a few of our favorites. Check out the entire list of vendors here on the IMadeIt Market Blog.

Birds of a Feather – love their I heart PGH pins
Cosy Knits – beautiful recycled and hand dyed yarns
E-A-Poos – check out these snazzy un-paper towels
Kiddy Kapes – because every kid needs a super hero cape! They even have Steelers capes too.
Talking Paint – pretty painted canvas accessories
Minx Shop – always happy to find handmade clothes. Check out this pretty leaf top.

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Chili and Crafts at Southside Works + Pop Up Markets

The folks at the ImadeIt Market may have had their valentine’s day show at the Union Project canceled due to the snowmageddon that took over Pittsburgh back in February but they are back with an awesome way to chase away the winter chills – Chili Contest!

Here is the deal – Joseph Beth Books has moved out of their space on Carson Street – to a smaller space across the street -so on Saturday, April 10 – the I Made It market will take over the old Joseph Beth Space and turn it into a Chili spectacular and handmade market.

I Made It! Market, Pittsburgh’s nomadic indie crafts marketplace, joins with the SouthSide Works for a Spring Arts & Chili Festival on April 10 from 2 – 8 pm.

More than 50 regional crafters will join together to create a pop-up marketplace inside the former Joseph Beth Bookseller space, on the corner of 27th and Carson Streets, which will also include a Kids Korner. Outside will be live entertainment and a chili festival complete with a celebrity judged chili competition.

Chili with the Works on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=349630274842

Popping into Vacant Spaces

These pop-up markets are litterally popping up all over the place and it is a great way to reuse vacant spaces and bring communities together at the same time – who knows maybe bringing new faces to vacant spaces will inspire some new tenants too.

Pop Up Pittsburgh was an event organized last year to highlight things happening in uptown, this year they will be popping up in another neighborhood – the Pittsburgh event was inspired by an event in Cleveland – another great idea shared through GLUE – Great Lakes Urban Exchange.
In January, Chris Brogan, one of my favorite writers on social media, linked to a post about Gap pop up shops
Here is another post and there are many others about pop up galleries in vacant spaces
Art Dimensions Pittsburgh (Art Dimensions Pittsburgh on Facebook) – is an artist space that has taken over the old PNC Bank building on the corner of Penn and Highland in East Liberty. The idea was brought to Pittsburgh by Dan Friedson who was involved with Art Dimensions in St. Louis.

What other pop up shops do you know about? Is there a space in Pittsburgh that is ripe for a pop up event?

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