Pittsburgh, PA

I Made It! is having their next craft show just in time for the holiday season. This Saturday from 2-8pm at the Homestead Owls Club, you can check out some of the best locally made crafts around. There are going to be approximately 50 vendors selling unique holidays gifts, including jewelry, clothing, household items, accessories and more!

For more information visit their Myspace page here. Or for more information on becoming a vendor yourself or to be put on their mailing list, email them at imadeitpgh@gmail.com

The Owl’s Club is located at 108 W. 8th Avenue in Homestead.

The Creative Treehouse’s Benefit for Big Brothers, Big Sisters Event

Just in case you can’t read the print:

On Saturday, December 8th, the members of the Creative TreeHouse in Bellevue will put their talents to good use and hold a benefit for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh. Professional holiday portraits will be taken at the Creative Treehouse, located at 517 Lincoln Ave (2nd Floor) Bellevue, PA 15202 from 10:00AM to 8:00PM for those who bring a toy donation for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Suggested donations are toys for boys and girls up to age thirteen and around the price range of $10. Family portraits are available for a donation of two gifts, one for a boy and one for a girl. Single portraits will be available for a donation of one gift. A holiday backdrop designed by Creative TreeHouse members will be available as will a normal studio backdrop for single and family portraits. The whole family is invited to spend time at the Creative TreeHouse while portraits are being taken. Portraits will be available to download online with a special code provided to each guest at the event.

Six different photographers will be shooting the portraits all day and if you’d like to see a sneak preview of some holiday photos, visit the Treehouse’s website here. This is a great event for a great cause and I encourage all of you to stop out on Saturday before or after the I Made It! event. I guarantee it will be way more fun than shopping at the mall all day.

Sticking with the holiday theme of this post, I’d like to say that books are a great gift idea, although it’s not easy to pick the right one. So I’d like to suggest for the global warming denier in your life, why don’t you check out Prof. Holly Fretwell’s book The Sky’s Not Falling: Why It’s Ok to Chill about Global Warming. The Fiction Scribe blog has interviewed the writer and you can check out what she has to say here.

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