Holiday Craft Fair December 4, 2010

Fill your wallets and bring your checkbooks for some great holiday shopping at the 7th annual Holiday Craft Fair, December 4th and 5th at Roseville City Hall. Spread out over two levels, more than fifty local crafters and artists will be selling their all-handmade wares. Items include soaps and balms; natural stone, fused glass, beaded and other fine jewelry; photography; pottery; knitted items; gifts for pets; decorative garden stones; paintings; and much more. New this year is a special “Green Gifts” room, filled with crafters who make things of a “green” nature, such as by recycling materials, or items that help you live a more green life.

In the “Food and More” room on the lower level, on Saturday only, the Central Park Elementary PTA is having a huge bake sale, with proceeds helping fund classroom visits to the Harriet Alexander Nature Center (HANC). And on Sunday only, the North Suburban St. Paul Kiwanis will be there with a little “cafe” operation, selling continental breakfast items, with light lunch food choices later in the day. Both days, a free, nature-related make-and-take craft for all ages will be offered by volunteers from HANC. This will be a Zero Waste Event.

Sale hours are 10:00 am - 4:00 pm on Saturday, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm on Sunday. There’s no admission charge and plenty of convenient parking. City Hall is located at 2660 Civic Center Drive, at the corner of Lexington Avenue and County Road C (across from the OVAL/Roseville Skating Center).

The Holiday Craft Fair is put on by volunteers from the Harriet Alexander Nature Center (HANC); crafter fees support environmental education programs. For more information about the event, including an interactive map, a list of participating crafters, a slideshow of some of their work, and much more, go to www.HolidayCraftFair.com. For more information about the nature center, please call (651) 765-HANC (4262).