Your guide to arts and crafts
October
Our Saviour Evangelical Free Church Crafts and More: Saturday: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 300 S. Schoenbeck Road, Wheeling. Handcrafted gifts, bake sale, refreshments, cafe, raffles. Admission is $1, includes raffle ticket. (847) 459-4440.
Alexian Brothers Medical Center Auxiliary Craft Show: Sunday: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Monday: 8 a.m.-3 p.m., hospital Conference Center, 800 Biesterfield Road, Elk Grove Village. Parking and admission free. (847) 437-5000, ext. 4753.
Elk Grove Village Jaycees Home and Hearth Vendor Fair: Sunday: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pavilion, 1000 Wellington Ave., Elk Grove Village. Home party vendors and local small businesses share holiday ideas. Includes raffle, door prizes. Benefits Kenneth Young Foundation. www.egvjaycees.org.
Unity Northwest Church Art Fair: Sunday: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 259 E. Central Road, Des Plaines. Wide range of handcrafted items, light lunch available.
November
Des Plaines Garden Club's annual "Holiday Happenings": Thursday: 11 a.m., Manzo's Banquets, 1517 S. Elmhurst Road, Des Plaines. Crafts, bakery, raffles, floral demonstration and family-style lunch at noon. $28, reservations required. Call (847) 824-4949.
Almost Home Foundation's "Almost Home for the Holidays" vendor fair: Nov. 2: 5-9 p.m.; Nov. 3 and 4: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 609 Wellington Ave., Elk Grove Village. Featuring over 15 vendors. Benefits homeless animals. Kelly (630) 251-2255.
Arden Courts of Elk Grove Village 10th annual Gift and Craft Fair: Nov. 3: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 1940 Nerge Road, Elk Grove Village. Crafts, gifts, raffle, bake sale, food sales. Benefits Alzheimer's Association. Free admission. (847) 534-8815.
Chevy Chase Country Club Festival of Arts & Crafts show: Nov. 3: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 1000 N. Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling. Featuring 125 indoor booths of quality handcrafted items. Admission is $2; free for children under age 12. Free parking. (847) 301-8543. www.stepbystepcraftshows.com.
First United Methodist Church Holly-Day Fair: Nov. 3: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 1903 E. Euclid Ave., Arlington Heights. Handcrafted items, bake sale, hot lunch, Christmas Again room. Handicapped accessible. Admission is $2; seniors $1. Amy: (847) 392-0903.
Friendship Park Conservatory Craft Fair: Nov. 3: 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 395 Algonquin Road, Des Plaines. Featuring 25 exhibitors in a variety of media, atrium and gardens open. Free admission. (847) 298-3500.
Heifer International Quilt Auction and Craft Fair: Nov. 3: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Glenview Community Church, 1000 Elm St., Glenview. Auction begins at 10 a.m., items available include quilts, hangings, baby items. Also featured arts and crafts in variety of media, silent auction. $3 for bidding program. Tom: (847) 724-2259 or Beryl: (847) 724-1694.
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church Fair Trade Holiday Market: Nov. 3: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 1234 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. Crafts, food, bake sale. Fair Trade goods include woven and beaded articles and assorted giftware from around the world, and coffee, tea hot chocolate and chocolates. Sheryl: (847) 364-4834.
Orphans of the Storm Holiday Bazaar: Nov. 3 and 4: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., on the shelter grounds, 2200 Riverwoods Road, Riverwoods. Collection of holiday items for people and pets. Jackie at (847) 602-8508.
St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church Shawl Ministry "Tea and Treasures" sale: Nov. 3: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 36W957 Highland Ave., Elgin. Hand-knitted children's items and other handmade gifts, bake sale. (847) 695-7695.
Elk Grove High School Parent Foundation's 25th annual Holiday Sampler Arts & Crafts Show: Nov. 4: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., in the school's cafeteria, gymnasium and field house, 500 W. Elk Grove Blvd., Elk Grove Village. Featuring 175 crafters in a wide variety of media, home-baked goods, food concessions. Admission is $2 at the door. Benefits post prom activities, scholarship awards and student activities. Leonor: (847) 806-0585 after 5 p.m.
PHD Resale Boutique Christmas Open House: Nov. 4: 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 140 W. Northwest Highway, Palatine. Holiday music, refreshments, holiday crafts and decorations. Benefits PHD, a counseling center for pregnancy help and education. (847) 991-1770.
Sisterhood of Temple Chai Holiday Bazaar: Nov. 4: 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Checker Road, west of Arlington Heights Road, Long Grove. Featuring 80 vendors in a variety of media, lunch, entertainment and a special section for young bazaar shoppers to buy or make gifts. (847) 537-1771 or sisterhood@templechai.org.
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