Keeping it local this weekend….

If you’re shopping around this weekend, here are deals & things you might want to put on your list:

• Be Chic Boutique – from 8am to 1pm on Friday it’s their 50% off sale! Sale excludes consignment jewelry and applies to regularly priced items only.

• The Whale Museum has a 30% off sale…online! Click here to check out what they have – the sale runs till Monday the 30th.

• Cotton Cotton Cotton has a sale on Friday, November 26th from 10am-4pm. Gail says, “Get your mystery discount of 10% – 50% off your total purchase on regularly priced items (some consignment items not included).”

• The Holiday Marketplace at the elementary school is on Friday (10-5) and Saturday (10-4).

• Ace Hardware: Black Friday is almost here! Check out the Door Busters and the amazing deals in their ad. You can also follow us on Twitter, @AceHardware, to get updates on all the great deals!

• This is new event which sounds like fun:

Holiday Harbor Art Walk • Saturday, November 27th
The newest addition to the Thanksgiving holiday events in Friday Harbor is the Holiday Harbor Art Walk on Saturday, November 27th. This is a great opportunity to walk the town of Friday Harbor, shopping for holiday gifts while enjoying the hospitality of these participating galleries. This event runs from 4pm and continues to 7pm, except where noted.

Arctic Raven, 130 First Street, 360.378.3433, featuring “Gifts from the Salish Sea”, the Annual Holiday Show featuring artwork by First Nation members including glass, prints, bentwood boxes. Andy & Wilbur Peterson, Skokomish, will be on hand for a hot cider reception: New work by Susan Point, Shaun Peterson and introducing jewelry by Tamara Rain Bull & clay sculptor David Groat.

Gallery San Juan, 232 “A” Street. 360.378.1376, will be featuring “Small Treasures, Simple Pleasures”, new small paintings by gallery artists including Matt Dollahite, BJ Dollahite, All Currier and James Moore. Matt and BJ will also be showing their most current works in progress.

Island Studios, 270 Spring Street, 360.378.6550 is celebrating the diversity of 200 local artists with music, books, paintings, pottery, photography, glass art, jewelry, sculpture, textiles and organic soaps, lotions and oils, just to name a few. Darlene Nixon will be demonstrating how she makes her hand-sculpted glass jewelry from 2pm – 4pm

Waterworks Gallery, 315 Argyle Street, 360.378.3060 featuring the “25th Annual Holiday Fete” with the artwork of Jaime Ellsworth, paintings; Tom Small, stone sculpture; and Robin & John Gumaelius, ceramic & metal sculptures; displaying artisan jewelry in exotic beads, silver, glass and gold by Tana Acton, Lexi Bec, Dianne Coe, Kathleen Faulkner, James Minson & Tina Finneran.

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