Epona and Oak has invited The Handmaidens to set up outside the store this weekend to take part in the Artsplosure activities. We will there both Saturday and Sunday from 11am until 5pm right on Blake street in City Market- come visit!

Whew, what a day! Great big thanks go out to all of you who came to The Handmade Market, shopped from the great artists, crafters, and designers, and supported the Triangle Land Conservancy. We sure do love all of our vendors and volunteers who worked so hard to make the Market its very best. We had a fantastic time and hope you did, too!

If you have a story to share about your experience at The Handmade Market — a special find or a new favorite — we’d love to hear from you. If you took photos at the show, we’d love it if you’d add them to The Handmade Market group on Flickr.

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Love + craftiness,
The Handmaidens

It’s here! Join us in downtown Raleigh for The Handmade Market at Marbles Kids Museum. Doors open at 11am, and we’ll have 50 artists, crafters, and designers showing off their wonderful handcrafted wares until 5pm. Be one of the first 500 guests and you’ll receive a free tote bag courtesy of our friends at Ornamentea and Yelp.

Admission to The Handmade Market is free! In lieu of an entry fee, please consider making a donation to the Triangle Land Conservancy. Your donation will get you a raffle ticket good for a chance to win a gift basket full of good things from our generous Charity Sponsors.

So grab a friend & some coffee and come on down!

Hello friends,

Just wanted to give you a heads-up about a few street closures in downtown Raleigh resulting from the Festival of Hope. First and most importantly is East Hargett Street between Person and Bloodworth Streets. This is one block east of The Handmade Market at Marbles, so please plan your route to avoid that stretch of Hargett. South Bloodworth Street is also closed from Morson to Morgan Streets. These are the two blocks just north and south of Hargett Street.

Given these closures, it’s probably best to approach Marbles from Person Street (one-way northbound) or Blount Street (one-way southbound). For last minute info on street closures, check in with the Downtown Raleigh Alliance.

See you soon!

It’s always hard to describe exactly how much fun The Handmade Market is, so when Style Girl Jess James came to the market last November 2009, and created an amazing little video to capture the day and the offerings you can expect to find at The Handmade Market we loved it! She’s allowed us to share it with you, so enjoy!