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Support Local a Christmas List

This is a list of markets and events in Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, Rossland, Salmo, Nakusp, and everywhere inbetween!

November 13 & 14th – Kootenay Columbia Christmas – Castlegar Community Complex. Admission $3.00

13th 10-8pm & 14th 10-5pm

November 13,14,15th – Baker St Christmas Craft Fair – Rod n Gun Club

 801 Railway St. Admission $2.00

13th 10-6pm, 14th 10-5pm, 10-3pm

November 14th – Fall into Winter Market – Waneta Plaza 

10-5pm

November 15th – Artisan & Vintage Market 19+ – Nelson Legion 402 Victoria St 2-6pm 

November 20,21st  – Fruitvale Christmas Market – Fruitvale Memorial Centre 

20th 4-8pm, 21st 10-2pm

November 20, 21, 22nd – Nelson Prestige Holiday Event – 701 Lakeside Dr

Admissions $3 a day or $5 for the weekend

20th 10-7pm, 21st 10-6pm & 10-3pm

November 21, 22nd – USCC Brilliant Cultural Centre – 1867 Brilliant Rd

Admission $2.00

10-3pm

November 22nd – Christmas Craft Fair – Slocan Park Hall

10-3pm 

Admission $2.00

November 27th – Mountain Lake Seniors Community Winter Market – 908 11th St 10-3pm 

Admission by donation 

November 27th – Trafalgar Winter Market – Hall St Catwalk to enter gym 

1201 Josephine St 

4:30-8:30pm

November 27, 28, 29th – Linden Lanes Christmas Down the Lane 3850 Krestova Rd

Christmas Trees & Wreaths 

10-5pm

November 28th – Fall into Winter Market – Waneta Plaza 

10-5pm

November 28th – NCCS Winter Market – 570 Johnstone Rd

10-4pm 

Admission $2.00

November 28th – Blewett Elementary Winter Market – 2556 Blewett Rd

10-3pm 

Cash only 

November 28th – Nakusp Arena Auditorium 

10-4pm

Admission $2.00

November 29th – Sunday Flea Market – The Royal 330 Baker St

12-4pm

November 29th – Second Hand Santa Shop – Castlegar Legion 

10-4pm

November 29th – First Baptist Church Toy Exchange 2-4pm

November 29th – Winlaw Hall – Community Market 10-3pm

November 29th – Wreath Making Night – Uptown Sports Bar 

To register go to : wadestrees.ca/wreath-workshop

$75.00 per person 5:30-7:30pm

December 3rd – Wreath Making Night – Uptown Sports Bar 

To register go to : wadestrees.ca/wreath-workshop

$75.00 per person 6-8pm

December 4th – Rossland Winter Farmers Market

Rossland Miners Hall 

4-8pm

December 5th – Winlaw Hall Christmas Market – 5897 Hwy 6 

11-4pm

December 5th – Waldorf Winter Fair 

10-3pm

December 5th – Salmo Valley Christmas Market 

Salmo Youth Centre 

10-3pm

December 6th – Bevy of Angels – Crawford Bay Community Hall

16230 Wadds Rd 10-4pm

December 6th – Edgewood Christmas Market – 

Edgewood Community Hall (above the legion) 

11-3pm

December 6th – Mount Sentinel School Christmas Market Grad Fundraiser ~ not yet confirmed 

December 11,12,13th Trail Incredible Christmas Market – Waneta Plaza, Old Zellers Location

11th 4-8pm, 12th 11-4pm, 13th 11-4pm

December 13th – Harrop Hall 10-3pm

December 13th – Artisan & Vintage Market 19+ – Nelson Legion 402 Victoria St 2-6pm 

December 18,19th – Kootenay Artisan Fair Home Spun Event

Nelson Rod n Gun Club – 801 Railway St

18th 10-7pm , 19th 10-5pm

Admission $2.00

December 19th – Slocan Last Minute Market – Slocan Legion 502 Harold St

11-3pm

December 19, 20th – Out of the Ordinary Market – 639 Baker St 

(Space below Eagles Hall) 

11-6pm

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✨Limited Edition✨ Seasons Greetings Cards + bonus items 🐻🌌

Just arrived hot of the press ✨ limited edition ✨
Inspired by the Ursa Project Society. $2.00 of each and every card is donated to the Ursa Project Society. You can get yours here on my website or at these upcoming markets:

November 19 at The Royal 12-4,
December 2 at The Royal 12-4,
December 9th at the Mount Sentinel craft fair,
December 16th at the Slocan Legions Hall.

The first card is the Grizzly Bear Family looking out over Nelson and the second card is a Brown Bear Family watching the Milky Way.

These designs can also be found as a sticker and magnet! The Grizzly Bear Family design is an in colour medium sticker and the Milky Way Bears design as a small magnet.

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September Catch Up

Well it would appear I forgot to keep my website updated on all the activities I’ve been up to so this time I will do it by month!

September 2nd I was a vendor at a Winlaw Art Show! It was such a sunny and gorgeous day, I ended up selling 5/6 colouring books I brought with me, made some new friends and watched a grown adult deny his kid a push on the swing because he was admiring my mushroom canvas paintings that are left over from ArtWalk. See below images from the Winlaw Market.

September 2nd in the evening I participated in an Art Throwdown at The Royal (a bar on Baker Street in Nelson). There was two rounds, three artist are put up on stage with their backs to the audience but easel to the audience so they can watch the art live in real time, we are given and hour to create! Then there’s a raffle and the winners get to take a piece of art home with them! I had a secret weapon… I really hope it worked and whoever got my painting I hope it absolutely glows in its new home (: See below images from the Art Throwdown.

September 3rd, yes I know the next day. I had a stall at the Pride Market, it was supposed to be cold and rainy.. it rained but was terribly humid. I was extremely excited because I had designed some Pride stickers and I was so ready to show them to the world! (They can be found in the pride section of the store on my website) I made some connections with other vendors and saw lots of smiles! I also shared the table with my cousin tiger.tuesday , https://instagram.com/tiger.tuesday?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== who was selling cards and prints. See below images from the Pride Market.

September 16th, when Nelsons Farmers Market opened for vendors I applied and was just put onto a wait list but on September 16th it finally happened and I joined the Saturday Cottonwood Falls Farmers Market for the first time ever! It was a super sunny day, I met some interesting people and neglected to bring myself lunch but overall had a pretty great time! This was also around when people started recognizing me from other events like the Throwdown and Pride Market and even as far back as the Polka Dot Dragon Festival! See below images from the Cottonwood Market.

Sept 17, yep I know another back to back weekend! Once a month there is a Sunday Market hosted at The Royal ( a bar on Baker Street in Nelson). Magnificent Monsters (Instagram) and I shared a table at this one. It was super busy but I didn’t end up making too much sadly. Although recently I have changed the layout of my setup and I think it really helps with the engagement. See below images from the Sunday Market.

National Truth and Reconciliation Day 🧡, Sept 30, A very busy month was ended with the second Cottonwood Falls Farmers Market I attended. I got to be honest I do not remember to much from this one, I think my brain was tired. I do know I was in the paved little round about area by the live music, it was a tad rainy and a lady started crying at my booth, she was quite emotional over I believe the message behind the moose hide squares. See below images from the Cottonwood Falls Market.

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My Artwalk opening night experience!

The Artwalk location I have my artwork at is Booksmyth in Nelson BC. I shared the location with Kimberley Hyatt, https://instagram.com/hyattkimberley?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== .

My artwork is displayed amongst the books and on the sides of bookshelves. Along with some stickers and bookmarks I was selling as well

Opening night was super busy and I only ended up getting one photo (see below image, I am posing with a piece that sold). It was really exciting to explain my art process and inspirations but I definitely did not expect to see so many people come out! So a big Thank You to everyone that came out and supported Artwalk 2023! ❤️

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🎨 35th Annual Art Walk 🚶‍♀️

A fully in-person experience featuring local artists, performers, and venues in 2023. ArtWalk is an annual tradition that has united businesses, artists, and community members for over three decades. The event populates unique venues with quality, locally produced artwork which draws traffic to local businesses and increases the visibility of Nelson and area artists.

ArtWalk’s two opening nights (Saturday, June 24th and Saturday, August 5th) will showcase participating artists at their venues alongside a collection of street performances and other delights throughout Nelson’s downtown core from 6 – 9 pm. A new set of artists will have their work on display at each opening. After the openings, art will be available to view at the participating venues during their regular hours until Sunday, September 10th.

I am pleased to say that I will be part of this years ArtWalk! I will be at the June 24th opening at Booksmyth, so come on down and say hi. I will have 5 pieces from a series I have been doing using buildings in Nelson and 3 pieces from a previous gallery show.

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A little bit of catch up!

I have had a lot of cool experience’s lately but I haven’t been posting on here so this will be a semi organized info dump.

In February I was part of the Polka Dot Dragon Lantern Festival. My installation was a Fairy Ring made out of cloth, metal hangers, wood and paint. I added glow in the dark paint on the caps in hope it would glow in the dark… it kinda worked.

I was sanding the bases of the mushrooms
My Papa helped me by cutting out the bases
Lots and lots of red paint was used
Making the mushroom caps
My dad helping me make the mushrooms
Katya helping me
The end result!

On March 18th the Touchstones 2023 Members Show opened and I had the great opportunity of having my art in the show!

This piece is called 2 steps forward 3 steps back. Fun fact it has two different messages in Morse code on it.

On March 24th I noticed that Otterbook Store put my book in the display window! Butterflies and a happy dance is what that brought on!

At the end of March I dropped off some new colouring pages at Main Street Diner! Apparently a kid complained about getting the same design two times in a row… Obviously time for new colouring pages!

Bouquet of flowers
Ogopogo of Kootenay Lake
A Salmon
Halibut fish look so weird

All the while during March I was rushing to make some art pieces on canvas to apply to the Art Walk 2023!

🥳 SPOILERS🥳 I got into the Art Walk 2023 and I am beyond excited!! more updates to come…

This one gave me Journey To The centre Of The Earth and Tintin and the Shooting star vibes.
Overgrown Courthouse It was super easy to paint this one because I could accurately paint where the sunset was.
Overgrown Touchstones Museum. My sneaky detail I cut off where the Canadian flag would’ve been but I did keep the Red Dress in the window.

At the end of April Cowans Office Supplies purchased 10 books from me and now they are on display in the store!

I have started to design Mushroom Cards, they can be used as greeting, birthday, or just a hello card.

https://www.tinygiantscreations.com and my friend Magnificent Monsters ( on Instagram ) have made some awesome additions to my waterbottle ! please go check them out.

Pickle power for the win!
The cutest strawberry charm!

May 6th I attended the first market of the season at the NDYC. Magnificent Monsters ( on Instagram ) and I shared a table and I also had a few of my cousins cards and prints Tiger Tuesday ( on Instagram ).