"Last Chance" Arts and Crafts Fair

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Saturday, December 5th, 2009
10am - 4pm 10am - 4pm

This is it, your last opportunity to buy beautiful, handcrafted gifts and goodies for everyone on your Christmas list. This exciting craft fair will hit the Florence Filberg Centre with all the flourish and excitement that only a truly last minute shopping experience can provide.

The organizers have saved the best for last. This fair is packed with crafters and artists anxious to provide quality, handmade gifts and goodies for all those spontaneous shoppers looking for those special hard-to-find items.

This 5th annual fair is certain to have something for everyone. For that nature-lover on your list, be sure to check out the fine selection of Comox Valley scenery photography cards, calendars and artwork. Also expect to see a great variety of wooden birdhouses and feeders , wind chimes, as well as stone and metal garden creations. The show will feature a range of different beauty and bath products, soaps, lotions and organic essential oils, and bath minerals. And whether you are shopping for children or an avid toy collector, look forward to the fair’s selection of novelty toy art, including wooden toys, fabric dinosaurs, furry teddy bears and Santas trimmed with fur perfect for the mantel or on a collector’s shelf.

We all know that you can never go wrong with something practical, and so, the fair will feature a wide range of handcrafted apparel and home décor. Check out the fleece, felted, hand knitted and faux fur hats, scarves, purses, jackets and vests, baby items, , hand-knit clothing and sweaters and woven table runners. Also highlighted will be a beautiful selection of handcrafted jewellery, including exquisite polished opals and silver, wire-wrapped and sterling silver jewellery, intricate beaded jewellery, and angels pins abound

For those looking for that special touch for the home, there will be an eclectic selection of table runners and placemats, tea cosies, quilted items, and scroll-worked wooden napkin holders, embroidered aprons and tea towels, beeswax candles, silk floral arrangements, fresh evergreen wreaths, swags and centerpieces as well as an assortment of Christmas tree ornaments, wooden carvings and gifts for your cat and doggie friends.

With Christmas just around the corner, you are sure to get into the spirit while perusing the selection of assorted Christmas gifts. Celebrate the beginning of the holidays by shopping in a relaxed and inviting atmosphere. Enjoy the Christmas music, the aroma of holiday goodies, and feel free to take a break and indulge with refreshments from the Evergreen Seniors Lounge concession downstairs.

Doors upstairs to the Conference Room open at 10am and the Fair runs until 4pm both days. Admission includes a chance to win daily prizes. There will be an ATM machine on site in the upper lobby. The Florence Filberg Centre is wheelchair accessible and there is free parking.