Market Day Iowa 2012

You Should Shop at Ephemera for Holiday Gifts

Yep, we’ve reached crunch time—there are officially four more shopping days until Christmas. If you’re starting to panic about what to get your little sister, why not turn to a good ol’ neighborhood shop? No delivery, friendly customer service, and cute, unique gifts.

Try Ephemera, the paper/art/craft beauty—they have “an assortment of handmade lovelies,” which we think means that you’ll love the delicate prints here. Stop by and say hi.

WHO Karen, Arin and little miss ephemera

WHERE 505 E. Locust St., Des Moines, IA 50309

WEB  ephemeradesign.com

WHEN

Tuesday to Friday: 10 - 5:30 pm
Saturday: 10 - 5:00 pm
Sunday: by appointment
Monday: by appointment

You Should Shop at Francy Pants for Holiday Gifts

You Should Shop at Finders Creepers for Holiday Gifts

This horror-themed gift shop is great for the a-little-bit-odd-but-still-awesome people in your life. Here you can find gifts for “Halloween lovers, monster movie maniacs, morbid art aficionados and everyone else who has an appreciation for the strange and unusual,” according to their site. The shop sells such goods as monster tees, spooky antiques, punk jewelry, and real skulls—yep, real skulls. And remember to check out the art space in the basement, fondly referred to as the “Ghoul Gallery,” for the latest exhibitions.

CONTACT Erin (erin@finderscreepers.com)

SHOP 515 18th Street, Des Moines IA, 50309

WEB finderscreepers.com

How to support Market Day vendors after Market Day (Part 3)

Finally — part three of three. Here are the remaining Market Day vendors, so look for gift ideas here. And stay tuned to the Market Day blog for more ideas on how you can support the local creative community this holiday season. 

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Darby Shannon, DarbyCakes

Kyle Newman

Jennifer Thompson, Two Rivers Soap Company, http://www.tworiverssoaps.etsy.com

Amy McCarty, ameileen

Calee HImes, chimesdesign, www.chimes.etsy.com

Sara Price, Whym, http://www.etsy.com/shop/whym

Bill Young, Shade Tree Pens

Alicia Held Morris, maude wren, www.etsy.com/shop/maudewren

Lesley Payne, Lesley Payne Photography, http://lesleypayne.etsy.com

Corey Morrison, Little Sweet Pea Candles, www.littlesweetpeacandles.com

Denise Link, Chantilly Lace DSM, chantillylacedsm.storenvy.com

Holly Leas, Farmageddon

How to support Market Day vendors after Market Day (Part 2)

More vendors to buy from! Continue your holiday shopping the indie way — get cool gifts from makers, not super chains. Part two: get on this.

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Kim Hutchison, Jbirdstitch

Christine Hilbert, Bean & the Sprout, www.beanandthesprout.etsy.com

Heather and Cale Roe, BeATomtic Beauty, Etsy.com/beatomicbeauty 

Stephanie Bracelin, S-Renee Designs, sreneedesigns.etsy.com

Jessica Miller, Hill Vintage, http://www.etsy.com/shop/hillvintage

Deanne George, Sorbet Jungle, www.sorbetjungle.com

Sarah Bierstedt, Purple Pincushion, www.purplepincushion.etsy.com

Jenny Witte, NiteOwl Designs, www.niteowldesigns1.etsy.com

Jessica McCauley, Big Button Archive

Meg Corcoran, Scribblenest, scribblenest.etsy.com

Veronica Koh Eischeid, VeronicaMade, www.veronicamade.etsy.com

Jenny Pollard and Natalie Seibold, Simply Archaic, 

Van Holmgren, Vanimal Farm, vanimalfarm.com

Dave Murrin-von Ebers, Honeybadger Shirts, http://honeybadgershirts.com

Sarah Wolfgang, Urban Posture, www.urban-posture.com

Dave Poyzer, http://www.theweddingformat.com

Brandi Powell, Sweet Harvey LLC, http://www.etsy.com/shop/sweetharvey

Dani Ausen, daniAWESOME, http://daniawesome.etsy.com

How to support Market Day vendors after Market Day (Part 1)

Even though we’re taking a hiatus for the winter, you can still support Market Day vendors this holiday season. Over the next few days, we’ll be rolling out a list of vendors with URLs to their online shops. Take a look, browse the inventory and find tons of gift options. Here’s the first batch. Happy shopping!

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Amanda Barr, No Tengo Miedo, notengomiedo.etsy.com

Jody & Jason Stoffer, PaJama Love, www.pajamalove.etsy.com

Rebecca Brandow, Willow Avenue Pottery, http://www.etsy.com/shop/rebeccajdbrandow

Danelle Williams, Florence Oliver, http://www.etsy.com/shop/florenceoliver

Jillian Withee, J. Frances Design, http://jfrancesdesign.etsy.com

Hilary Paulson, HK, etsy.com/shop/hkhilarykathryn

Stacy Harding, stacyinswan.etsy.com

Daphne Sayers, PaperCake Creations, www.papercakecreations.etsy.com

KimBerly Dobstaff-Sharrot, KimB Kreature http://www.etsy.com/shop/KimBKreatures

Jennifer Lawler, Jennifer Lawler Designers, www.jenlawlerdesigns.etsy.com

Mimi Solum, MimiBird, www.mimibird.etsy.com

Rob Tull, rtturnings

Lara Newsom, Handmade Pretties, handmadepretties.com

Joanna Winston, jwdesigns, http://www.etsy.com/shop/jwdesigns2

Dan Kemp, Dank Artistry, Http://www.Dankartistry.etsy.com

Erin Randolph, Stella James, www.stellajames.etsy.com

Jen Geigley, Hey! Jen Renee, http://heyjenrenee.com

Object of Desire

Regardless of your religious leanings, this indie Advent Calendar is a great way to count down to Christmas.

It’s apparently inspired by a Pottery Barn product, but have fun and tailor it to your style. Just add some seriously funky ornaments and ring in the holiday season.

And while we’re on the subject… have you thought about starting your holiday shopping with Market Day? Let us be the first stop on your shopping trip. THIS FRIDAY. We’ll be at the Kirkwood. Swing by. We’d love to see you. Here’s the FB event.

(Source: bowerpowerblog.com)