Craft and Gift Market at Brandywine Wallace Elementary School

DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. - Oct. 27, 2013 - PRLog -- The Brandywine Wallace Elementary School in Downingtown PA, announces a Craft and Gift Market taking place on Saturday, November 23 from 9 am to 2 pm.  The event will feature over 45 local vendors with handmade gifts and crafts for sale as well as activities for kids and families. This is the fifth year the school has held the event.

Creative Kids Spaces—booths where kids can sell their own hand-made crafts and products—has been a popular attraction in past years and introduces kids to entrepreneurship, marketing, and customer service. Kids will be making and selling their own hair wraps, duct tape crafts, jewelry and more.

“We encourage the community to come out for this fun event,” says Kelly Buchmann, chair of the event. “We’ve selected a range of high-quality vendors to showcase their crafts this year, and the timing is perfect for finding one-of-a-kind treasures for holiday shopping.”

Vendors include: Dia Doce gourmet cupcakes – they won first place on the TV show Cupcake Wars

•          Delicate Designs by Amanda

•          One Stop Kid Shop

•          KB Portraits

•          Kids Kases

•          Jillybeans

•          Cherie’s Sweet Treats

•          Joe Scroller Wood Crafts

•          Only NatCheryl Body Cremes

•          Peach Bottom Burlap

•          Brookline Labrador Retriever Rescue

•          Day Spring Farm & Dairy

•          Alevia Accessories

Examples of items for sale include:

·         Hand crafted doll clothes and furniture

·         Handmade jewelry

·         Christmas tree ornaments

·         Aprons

·         Artisan made pottery

·         Glass works

·         Hand drawn cards and stationary

·         Stocking stuffers

·         Local baked goods

·         Pet toys

·         Snacks and drink

The event has grown each year, and will continue to feature a refreshments station selling a variety of food and drinks to shoppers.

Brandywine Wallace Elementary School is located north-west of Downingtown, Pennsylvania in East Brandywine Township at 435 Dilworth Lane, Downingtown, PA 19355. The event is free to the public. For more information go to the website http://bwhsa.org/market.

The Craft and Gift Market is sponsored by the Brandywine Wallace Home and School Association. Their mission is to create the kind of school community where teachers and administrators can do their best work—and so can their children. They provide support for teachers in and out of the classroom. They provide resources teachers need. They help create learning opportunities for children and they try to build the kind of supportive, caring atmosphere that makes school fun.