Plant Sale & Craft Fair
Join us for this annual FREE community event at the San Mateo Garden Center! Located at the corner of Alameda de las Pulgas and Parkside Way (near Beresford Park and 28th Avenue in San Mateo).
At-Home Art Residency
From January 5th to January 18th, 2026, we will be starting off the new year with a much-needed reset. The At-home Art Residency will empower you to move past that artist block or unmotivated energy that has been lingering. We are here to learn to let go of expectations of what art and creativity should look like, and reconnect with our inner child through play rather than perfection.
Whether you choose to create from home, rent out a cabin in the woods, or travel abroad, artists of all levels and disciplines are welcome to join this community that will keep us accountable as a group to gain momentum on our art practice as we take risks, research, explore, and discover.
I will be doing daily check-ins via the Substack chat box, where I will be sharing helpful tips, motivational blurbs, and my own progress. As a subscriber, you will be able to join the chat on the app, where you too can share your work in progress and support other artists. We will stay motivated and disciplined together during the two weeks of devotion. Even if you only have one or two hours to work per day, let’s make it happen! If you will be joining, RSVP using the Google Form below so that I can get a headcount of participants.
If you haven’t already, I suggest reading my previous article below to learn the structure of how residencies work in preparation for January.
2025 Burlingame Winter Market
The City of Burlingame is excited for the return of the Winter Market! Join us for two full days of shopping, supporting small businesses selling hand made goods.
Summer Ceramics Sale
Clayroom San Mateo will be hosting a summer member sale at the Bay Meadows courtyard next to the studio selling a variety of handmade ceramics by a lineup of studio members. Studio Mestiza will have a variety of work ranging from sardine trinket plates to barro rojo incense chimeneas. You won’t want to miss this!
Plant Sale & Craft Fair 2025
Join us for this FREE community event at the San Mateo Garden Center! Located at the corner of Alameda de las Pulgas and Parkside Way (near Beresford Park and 28th Avenue in San Mateo).
Plant Sales, Garden Clubs, Vendor Booths, Live Music *
Ceramics Holiday Sale
The City of Burlingame is excited for the return of the Winter Market! Join us for two full days of shopping, supporting small businesses selling handmade goods.
SJ Made Holiday Fair
The SJMADE Holiday Fair–the largest winter holiday craft fair in the South Bay Area– returns in 2024 on Nov. 29 (Black Friday) and Nov. 30 (Small Business Saturday). Featuring over 355+ amazing makers, artists, designers, curators, workshop guides, food producers and creative small businesses. As always, free admission for attendees.
Online Holiday Shop Drop
Get ready for our holiday shop drop on Tuesday, November 12th at noon! We will be offering FREE SHIPPING for orders over $60 starting from Tuesday, November 12th to Sunday, November 17th.
Pop Up at Niko Niko Parklette
Join us at the cutest parklette on Union St, San Francisco right outside Niko Niko Gifts sharing and supporting AAPI businesses <3
The Handcrafted Experience
Join us for The Handcrafted Experience, an immersive workshop, artisan marketplace and community celebration.
Hosted by @fouroneninesf, @riverasboulevard, and @floracreativesf, this event will showcase local owned business alongside a Hispanic heritage cake decorating workshop with florals by @casavfloral
Come learn cake building, piping techniques, and decorating so that you can create Pinterest worthy cakes for future celebrations to come.
Enjoy mocktails by @drinkparch on the @fouroneninesf rooftop, along with bites from @dosraicez, stop by @artilleryag interactive mindful clay booth, peruse through the all the amazing vendor booths at the market, get creative at the @riverasboulevardcake workshop ft @hijita_co chocolate , and complete the day blissfully with a tea tasting with @shopteappo
Plus all workshop attendees will receive a @gaeastar_ keepsake and a goodie bag filled with fun goodies from @drinkparch @sietefoods and @hijita_co and access to our event raffle!
All inclusive tickets drop on 9/9 at noon via Riverasboulevard.com
Can’t make it to the full event, but would like to stop by the market? Come on by!
We will open the doors to the market at 1:00pm. Make sure to rsvp via Eventbrite, so that you can qualify for some fun goodies (offer open to the first 100 rsvps).
See you there!
Summer Ceramics Sale
Clayroom San Mateo will be hosting a summer member sale at the Bay Meadows courtyard next to the studio selling a variety of handmade ceramics by a lineup of studio members. Studio Mestiza will be debuting an assortment of functional ceramics with a classic speckled white glaze. You won’t want to miss this!
Pop-up at SJ Made Summer Fair
San José Made will be doing its 2nd Annual SJMADE Summer Fair on July 6-7, 2024 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. This is going to be a large-scale, super fun, potentially super funny indoor summertime festival featuring 300+ makers, artists, designers and creative small businesses within seven (7) themed sections:
Very Handmade: Featuring handmade goods (where most if not all of the object's primary components were forged by the maker's hands) and DIY handcrafting workshops.
Way Too Cute: Featuring goods designed with one thing in mind: to be the cutest of all time.
Sparkle Emoji Aesthetic: Featuring goods meant to make people feel beautiful and positive vibes about themselves and/or about each other.
Weird & Wonderful: Featuring goods designed with uniqueness and unexpectedness but altogether wonderfulness in mind.
For All The Faves: Featuring goods inspired by and celebrating our absolute pop culture faves from movies, TV, anime, video games and music.
Totally Tiny: Featuring goods designed to celebrate the meticulous magic and boundless beauty of small crafted objects.
Cat Lover Craft Market (near Mini Cat Town's Kitten Lounge): Featuring goods inspired by and celebrating cats. This vendor section of the next will be near Mini Cat's Kitten Lounge as well as additional cat themed activities to create a maximum cat loving experience.
This event is free admission to attend. Free on-site parking is available (please read the parking info on our event page BEFORE attending the event). All ages welcome. Featuring activations by Mini Cat Town, Y2K Glam Shotz Photo Booth and DIY workshops & activities to be announced.
Plant Sale & Craft Fair
Join us for this FREE community event at the San Mateo Garden Center! Located at the corner of Alameda de las Pulgas and Parkside Way (near Beresford Park and 28th Avenue in San Mateo).
Plant Sales, Garden Clubs, Vendor Booths, Live Music *
Pop-Up @ Little Green A Plant Bar
Support small this holiday season with a line of small businesses, live music, and complimentary mulled wine!
Patchwork Show
Patchwork Show Redwood City is in the heart of Silicon Valley and we partnered with the city for a full day of music and activities for the whole family! This location features over 100 vendors in a central downtown location surrounded by restaurants, a museum, and shops.
Event and parking maps as well as a list of craft activities and special experiences will be posted a few weeks before the show.
San Jose Made Holiday Fair
The SJMADE Holiday Fair is the largest annual holiday craft fair in the south Bay Area popping up for Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. It will feature a vendor lineup of 435+ makers, artists, and creators all together in a fun, festive, and friendly #shopsmall experience. Join us! :)
Maker's Market
Come on out to beautiful, Santana Row and shop small from your local community!
Listen to live music, shop local makers, and grab a drink or bite to eat at one of the amazing restaurants of Santana Row!
An Outdoor, Open-Air Marketplace
Handcrafted + Eco-friendly
Enjoy Live music from Ian Acredolo 11a-1:30p https://www.ianacredolo.com/ Mike Annuzi, 2-5p https://www.mikeannuzzi.com/!
Get great food + drinks at Santana Row eateries!
Bring your kids + fur babies!
Ludwig's Makers Market
Come out and enjoy your Sunday Funday enjoying good weather, an amazing brunch menu 🍽️ & small business shopping! Brunch & drink specials all day!
Vendors that will be attending the event are local makers that include Artists, Handmade Crafters, Plant Based Skincare, Candles & More.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ludwigs-makers-market-tickets-709793119327?aff=oddtdtcreator
Maker's Market Brunch
Enjoy a bistro-inspired Sunday brunch and support local makers from 11am-2pm outside of Wild Onion Bistro & Bar in Hotel Citrine!
Eventbrite RSVP
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/makers-market-brunch-tickets-691085735037
Maker's Market Brunch
Enjoy a bistro-inspired Sunday brunch and support local makers from 11am-2pm outside of Wild Onion Bistro & Bar in Hotel Citrine!
Event Brite RSVP:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/makers-market-brunch-tickets-691085735037
Taking a Break!
We are taking a break!! Orders placed after June 26th won’t be shipped until July 24th. We will continue being busy bees when we return :)
SJ Made Fest
Featuring over 300 of your favorite creative small businesses. However, our special spin for this specific event is that it will feature six themed areas all within the event:
Kitty Carnival: Featuring cat themed carnival games designed by SJMADE in collaboration with some of our favorite artists, a kitten lounge by Mini Cat Town, and cat themed vendors!
Noodle Fest: Featuring food trucks and food stalls offering a diversity of interesting and, most importantly, tasty noodle dishes! Expect lots of your favorite noodles dishes plus some new unique ones too!
K-Pop Plaza: Featuring live K-Pop dance performances, K-Pop themed vendors, K-Pop themed photo opportunities and more!
Maker Marketplace: Featuring some of your favorite makers selling their work, live making demonstrations and DIY maker workshops!
Artist Avenue: Featuring some of your favorite independent artists selling their work.
Sweets Street: Featuring food trucks and food stalls offering delicious sweets, ranging from boba to pies to cupcakes to cookies to ice cream!
