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30th Christmas Bazaar sold out
CFUW Cranbrook Club members are pleased to announce that all space for their 30th annual Christmas Bazaar event has been sold out.
“I have started a wait list,” said Cathryn Henley, chair of the club’s prestigious bazaar for 2014, “because inevitably someone will have to cancel for one reason or another. We would rather be prepared to fill those spaces than see them empty at this huge event.”
All artisans are from the East Kootenay; from Creston to Invermere, and produce their own product.
“We are lucky to see new artisans every year,” said Henley. “There are nine new-to-us artisans and then there are some coming back from being absent at this Bazaar,” she added.
Due to Halloween falling on Friday this year, we have moved the Bazaar date to Saturday, November 8. As in the last 29 years, we are at the Cranbrook Golf Course on 2nd Street South and will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Our entrance fee is still only a toonie and there are 30 chances of winning one of the great door prizes donated by the participating artisans.
Another great feature of this bazaar is that all products are produced by hand. We have jewelers of all kinds: melted and poured glass, sea glass from ocean beaches, tumbled stone, semi-precious gem stones, sterling silver, funky remakes of new and used jewelry, hemp, beaded and woven and everything else one can imagine.
We have beautiful knitted wool and cotton items from baby clothes to adult sweaters, First Nations’ moccasins, head wear, gloves, scarves and blankets as well as one-of-a-kind sewing crafts of all kinds including purses, Christmas decorations and tea towels.
Pottery and Caldera Raku is always interesting, colourful and unique as are the Christmas wreaths and glass creations for sale.
Of course there is food! We have the return of Authentic Doukhabor Style Borscht and bread; and fresh Home Sweet Home Treats and Heavenly Chocolate. Majestic Mustards will be on display for you to sample and buy and Anna will have her “stuff” too. The gift packs are great presents for the hard-to-buy family or man.
There is more: There are gift baskets of all kinds, styles and sizes, filled, wrapped and ready to go; and for the crafters, a new artist is selling her Art Foamies she has created to make all kinds of art crafts easier and inspirational from scrapbooking and card-making to “Art”.
Speaking of art, we have that, too; with Jim Robertson’s delightful, bright creations and Janice Strong’s beautiful photography. Both are well-known artists in their own fields and do cards, calendars as well as framed work.
CFUW Cranbrook Club is bringing in fresh roasted, organic, bird- and tree-friendly Fair Trade coffee again this year. Cafe Femenino is from Peru, Guatemala and Mexico this year, and come in decaf and regular beans or ground one-pound bags. We also have gift packs again this year with three half-pound Christmas themed coffees.
There are gifts for everyone from anyone, as prices range from affordable for a child to buy for a parent or sibling, favourite aunt or uncle, to prices saved for that special event gift.
“We started the door prize draws early in 2013, and that worked well for those winners who were still at the bazaar, as well as for the volunteers,” claimed Henley. “This year, we will begin the door prize draws at noon. Shoppers do not have to be in attendance to get their prize.” We also have our annual gift basket to raffle off this year. Each year it contains about $200.00 worth of products donated by the club membership. That draw will be made at 4 pm and the winner will be notified immediately by phone.
Like all other bazaars, all proceeds from this 30th annual event will go back into the East Kootenay community in the many projects and programs the CFUW Cranbrook Club supports.
The Cranbrook Club has 12 members locally and is a member of CFUW National, a non-political, voluntary, self-funded, bilingual and non-governmental organization of women university graduates in 110 clubs across Canada that works to improve the status of women and girls, education, peace, justice and human rights. CFUW holds special consultative status at the United Nations (ECOSOC) and belongs to the Sectoral Committee of education of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. CFUW is the largest of 61 national affiliates of the International Federation of University Women (IFUW).
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