Heritage Museum hosts holiday bazaar Nov. 3-4

The Heritage Museum will host its annual Holiday Bazaar from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4.

The well-known event gives you an early start on Thanksgiving and Christmas shopping for handcrafted items and homemade edibles. You can shop amid the festive ambience to select those perfect gifts from a wide array of choices. 

There will be candies, baked goods, quilts and wall-hangings, bags, needlecrafts, woodcrafts, metal art, jewelry, soaps, knives, hot cocoa bombs, Christmas and home decor, leather crafts, resin and glass art and so much more. 

In addition to the handcrafted items, the Museum’s table will be filled with merchandise and gift certificates that have been generously donated for this fundraiser by local businesses and friends of the Museum.

Along with 100% of the money earned at this table goes directly to the Museum. The goal is to cover the yearly insurance premium and help with the winter utilities. Please note that the Museum no longer accepts credit cards.

Purchases made from the Museum table, Gift Shop and Tower Gallery can be paid by cash or check. Individual Bazaar vendors may be able to accept credit cards for purchase, but that will vary from vendor to vendor.

There will be a silent auction. It opens at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3 and ends at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4. Auction items include three locally made quilts, one made by the late Connie Malyevac and two made by a friend of the Museum. 

Speaking of quilts, the Kootenai Valley Quilt Guild will be showing fall and Christmas themed quilts in the Tower Gallery. Some may be offered for sale.

For every purchase you make at the bazaar, you’ll receive a ticket. Add your name and phone number and drop it in the basket for your chance to win a special Customer Appreciation prize!

In the cookhouse located at the end of the parking lot, we’ll be serving chili and homemade potato soup on Friday night. Save room for a slice of pie! Our busy bakers will have a variety of flavors to choose from.

Come straight from work and have dinner before or after you shop. On Saturday, Tiffany’s Catering will be in the cookhouse serving her delicious Beef Stew, Loaded Nachos and other tasty goodies.

While at the Bazaar, you will have the opportunity to buy tickets for the Holiday Raffle. Edward Jones has generously donated our first prize of $500 cash. Second prize is a gift certificate for Brunch for Two at The Venture, donated by the Venture Inn and Restaurant. Third prize is a basketful of goods donated by the Holiday Bazaar vendors. 

Tickets are $1 each, 6 for $5 or a book of 12 for $10. The drawing will take place at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16 during the Winter Expo at the Museum. You need not be present to win.