Artisans' Holiday Marketplace
Saturday, December 7, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday, December 8, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Abbot Hall, 188 Washington Street
It's the Most Wonderful Marketplace of the Year!
Give your loved ones the bespoke gifts they've always wanted while creating timeless memories. Our annual Artisans' Holiday Marketplace offers the finest in original, handmade art, woodworking, painting, photography, jewelry, crafts, and much more. Plus, this is your opportunity to vote for the 2025 festival logo!
This year, the marketplace will feature fun, festive attractions sure to put you in the holiday spirit, including:
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Door prizes
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Holiday-themed music
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Craft brews & signature cocktails by Bubble Bar Boston
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Sweet holiday treats
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Kids' crafts & cookies by the Girl Scouts
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Photo ops with the Giant Nutcracker
No matter if this is your first time visiting the marketplace or if it's part of your cherished holiday traditions, we hope you join us as we kick off the season in style!
About the Artisans' Holiday Marketplace
The artisans marketplace hosts some of the finest local artists as well as artists from all over New England. Items vary and often include beautiful, original, handmade jewelry; hand painted furniture; paintings; photographs; and more. Artists will be showing and selling their crafts. Festival attendees will get to meet the artists, learn how they create their masterpieces, and have the opportunity to take home one or more of these fabulous items.
All of the artisans go through a juried acceptance procedure in order to display their items.
Beautifully crafted wood creations that incorporate different types of materials to created one-of-a-kind gifts.
Susan Dodge is an artist, painter and the Director of ArcWorks Community Art Center, where she has curates exhibits at the ArcWorks Gallery and Breaking Grounds Café on Main Street, in downtown Peabody, MA. “My work as an artist has been a lifelong journey. My obsession with the ocean and the swimmers who venture within continues. The Line between, the Land and Sea, the coast, and what lies beneath the ocean and the rivers possess and inspire me. "
Patti DiCarlo Baker - Fiber/Weaving Old Town Nantucket Lightship Baskets @pattidbaker Patti’s intricate designs keeps the traditional style of Nantucket basket weaving alive! Each hand woven object has been carefully designed and created by the artist. Patti has woven functional pieces such as clutch purses, lampshades and baskets, to more decorative items like vases, ornaments, wine coolers and lidded containers.
Ellen is a local glass blower who creates beautiful hand made functional and decorative glass pieces.
Neil Handler - Clay/Ceramics Neil’s beautiful and functional stoneware pottery made on a wheel in Beverly, MA.
Yarnably
We are a mother/daughter team with a collaborative collection of colorful paintings and textiles. The paintings (by mother, Linda Macdonald) are created using acrylic paint, acrylic ink, paper collage, and metallic foils. We offer mostly originals, and some giclee prints, of various sizes. The textiles (created by daughter, Sally Marcy) are made using sustainable fabrics from around the world. We offer accessories and clothing for women and children, including: scarves, hair ties, headbands
Granite Firefly. We feature handcrafted pillar candles created from a clean burning and sustainably sourced wax. Hand-poured tea lights, wax melts, and our signature granite candle coasters, too!
I've always had an interest and respect for the history and tradition of nautical flags. Combining my nautical passion and years of professional experience in the textile and garment production industry this business concept hatched, producing nautical designs of the highest quality and bringing them to market. My business is custom design pillows, specializing in a nautical theme of yacht club burgees and nautical code flags.
Shirley creates magical homes for fairies! Her hand built creations are made out of found materials that are a delight to the young and the young at heart!
Susan j Schrader Art - Clay/Ceramics For the last 7 years, I have enjoyed hand painting ceramics – all sorts of shapes and sizes. I call them my “shaped canvases”. This new way of painting began when I was asked to paint plates & vases for a few fundraisers...when I saw the fired pieces...I was hooked! the finished products became another way of translating my art into Functional Art!
Jane is a local artist who makes unique spoon rings, bracelets and pendants from unique and/ or rare sterling silver spoons as well as new beaded jewelry.
Wednesdays in Marblehead Eyal Oren has been capturing stunning landscape images of Marblehead since 2008 and is the photographer behind Wednesdays in Marblehead. He will be diplaying some favorite images as large prints that are framed, on metal and/or canvas. He will also have his new Marblehead Notecards as well as 8x10 and matted 11x14 prints available to browse and purchase.
Marblehead Burgee: Our story begins at The Beach Club Bar in Seaside, Oregon, with an offer to add a burgee from Marblehead to their collection. Returning to town, we quickly learned there wasn’t an official Marblehead burgee and decided to fill that void. Made in the USA, our design incorporates Marblehead’s iconic lighthouse and geographical coordinates.
Susan Delaney - Photograph Fresh Grown Graphics and Photography Instagram: @_freshgrowngraphics With over 10 years of photography experience and a creative eye, my photography captures the natural beauty of New England. Many of my wildlife images have been created with a unique, simplified background to highlight the subject and I am often asked if they are paintings.
Rose Cottage, European Artisan Crafts, Swedish style realistic flower sculptures, Scandinavian Tomtens (Gnomes) and Birds, Florentine Christmas Trees
Maura O’Connor - Painting Maura O'Connor Illustration Original watercolor illustrations by Maura OConnor featuring New England and Marblehead scenes, available on a variety of paper goods, prints, notepads, cards, ceramics and more.
Hand poured soy wax candles made in Marblehead, MA Marblehead Candle Company
Sea Salt & Silver sustainable fine jewelry is created using recycled silver and gold, authentic sea glass and beach stones, and ethically sourced gemstones. Each piece is handcrafted in her studio in Gray, Maine and all sea glass and beach stones are personally collected by the artist.
Dot's Pots Dot's Pots ceramic wares include wheel thrown and hand built items created in my home studio in Salem, MA. My decorative wares include ceramic lanterns and luminaries featuring motifs inspired by local architecture and the seaside community where I live.
Elizabeth is a Marblehead artist, whose original watercolor and oils paintings depict sweet animals, coastal scenes, local spots, and florals. Sometimes called “nursery art”, her unique paintings also come in a range of giclee prints.