Shop Deals & New Products During The PA Wilds Makers Market Online Holiday Shopping Event, November 4

Shop Deals & New Products During The PA Wilds Makers Market Online Holiday Shopping Event, November 4
October 17, 2023 19 view(s)
Shop Deals & New Products During The PA Wilds Makers Market Online Holiday Shopping Event, November 4

The holiday shopping season is right around the corner and we are kicking it off this year on Saturday, November 4 with the PA Wilds Makers Market. This online shopping event will take place on the PA Wilds Marketplace, ShopThePAWilds.com, and will feature sales, specials, and new products from PA Wilds artisans. You can support the region and get your shopping done early this year, while learning more about the small businesses throughout the PA Wilds.

Here’s how to shop:

  1. On November 4,  watch videos shared by the participating artists on this page to learn more about each of the businesses and the artisans.
  2. Check out which artists are offering new products and deals. Click the artists' pictures to be taken to their individual storefronts and see all their offerings.
  3. Use the black banner at the top of the page to keep coming back to this page so you can easily jump to other makers' storefronts.
  4. Once you're finished shopping, simply go to your cart to check out. All applicable discounts will be applied in the cart. Select your shipping options for each artist and proceed to check out.

From beauty and self-care items crafted from items grown in their gardens to jewelry and fine art, the Makers Market will feature products perfect for all the loved ones in your life. (And it's just in time for holiday shopping!)

Join us to find local artisans and unique products and to watch demonstrations, tours and interviews.

 

MEET PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES

Allegheny Nesting: Jill Forquer is a homesteader and entrepreneur who creates seasonal home decor, handmade goat milk soap, engraved charcuterie boards , dough bowl candles and wooden jewelry.

  • New seller on the marketplace
  • Offering buy-one-get-one-free on Goat Soap Bars

Artwork by Julie Mader: These hand-painted silk scarves directly transcribe Julie's time spent exploring the Pennsylvania Wilds, making each and every piece a unique one-of-a-kind just like the person who wears it. 

  • New watercolor kit added

Blackberry & Sage Market: All products are not only a form of art, but also serve a purpose for a sustainable lifestyle. Tara’s focus is on reusable, compostable, organic, and eco-friendly products for one’s self as well as for the home.

Conklin Studio Pottery: Hand-sculpted items for garden and home are hand built from mid-high fire stoneware and porcelain clays and range from garden items such as toadstools and astrological symbols to magnets and figurines!

Ellen Paquette Art: Ellen is a fine art painter specializing in animal portraits, primarily endangered species, and creating whimsical soft sculpture creatures inspired by the natural world, mythology and folklore.

  • New prints added for the event
  • $5 off all prints

Goot Essa: Amish-made, handcrafted, artisan cheese fresh from the farm in Howard, PA. Goot Essa, meaning "good food" or "good eating," creates small-batch cheeses, fudge, james, and honey for you to share with friends and family.

  • New seller on the marketplace

  • Offering 5% off all products

Horner's Pens: Handcrafted Pens make the perfect gift for that hard to buy for person on your shopping list. All pens come with a special gift box and an extra refill ink cartridge.

  • New seller on the marketplace

Jillia Ceramics: Ceramic pieces that reflect nature and life around us. Each piece is handmade and hand glazed. No molds, slip casting, extruders, or slab rollers are used in production, only a pottery wheel and two hands.

  • New products added for the event

Kevin Coolidge: Author of The Totally Ninja Racoons, Kevin created a series of PA Wilds based early chapter books, target audience first through fourth grade. Short chapters, humor, adventure, and one picture per chapter keep kids feeling a sense of engagement and accomplishment as they plow through these stories and ask for more!

  • Offering 20% off full set of 10 books

PA Wilds Mystery and Murder Books: Bestselling author James Baumgratz explores the cases of murdered and missing men, women, and children throughout the PA Wilds.

  • Offering Free USA Shipping

Patterson Farms: This fourth-generation maple farm in Tioga County offers syrup, snacks, dressings, gift baskets, and more. Their variety of products provide something for everyone this holiday season.

  • New gift baskets added for the event

  • Offering 10% off all products

Stephanie Distler Studios: A self-taught jewelry artist, Stephanie uses nature for inspiration. She designs and creates artisan jewelry with hand tools using silver, copper and brass in wire or sheet form.

  • New products added for the event
  • Free USA Shipping

Sue's Salves LLC: A modern day alchemist, Sue creates plant-based skin care products with medicinal herbs grown organically in her medicine garden, paying special attention to the celestial influences at both planting and harvesting time.

  • Offering 10% off all products

The Wild Botanica: A nature-lover, soapmaker, and an entrepreneur, Rebecca offers safe and natural bath products to the wild folks of the PA Wilds with the goal to give back to local and global communities and to impact conservation awareness one day.

  • Offering free Sisal Soap Saver Pouch with $50 orders OR free wooden soap dish with $100 orders

Village Eatinghouse: Village Eatinghouse creates dressings and marinades to equip and inspire customers to simply create delicious food. Creators Clay and Melanie want to take the uncertainty out of food preparation and inspire creativity in the kitchen!

  • New seller on the marketplace

  • Offering 4 bottles of dressing for $30 OR 12 bottles for $84

PA Wilds Conservation Shop: The inaugural PA Wilds Conservation Shop opened at Kinzua Bridge State Park in August 2016. After exploring the height and hikes surrounding the Kinzua Skywalk, meander through the visitor center to visit the Conservation Shop and enjoy educational displays about the location’s history. This gift-giving destination is perfect for all kinds of travelers, whether you live in the PA Wilds or are just visiting. The visitor center is open year-round with seasonal hours.

  • Offering 10% off all products

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ABOUT THE WILDS COOPERATIVE OF PA

The Wilds Cooperative of Pennsylvania is one of rural Pennsylvania’s largest networks of creative entrepreneurs, featuring over 300 businesses located in the Pennsylvania Wilds. The WCO is managed by the PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship. Check out the WCO at WildsCoPA.org/our-members. 

ABOUT THE PENNSYLVANIA WILDS

The Pennsylvania Wilds is a 13-county region that includes the counties of Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, Lycoming, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Warren, and northern Centre. For more information on the region, visit PAWilds.com.