Holiday pop-up

WARWICK — If you’ve barely made a dent in your holiday shopping, you’re about to turn last minute stress to local made success.
The Holiday Pop-Up Artisan and Vintage Shop provides an actual experience for last minute shoppers, brought to life by the interaction between customer and artisan.
The pop-up shop comes to Warwick on Saturday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Pennings Farm Market, 161 Route 94S, Warwick, and Sunday, Dec. 16, and Saturday and Sunday. Dec. 22 and 23, from noon to 6 p.m. at Pennings Farm Cidery, 4 Warwick Turnpike.
The pop-up market falls somewhere between traditional brick-and-mortar shopping and online shopping due to the intimate setting.
Shoppers can meet the artisans and learn first-hand about their art and their creative process, making the act of gift giving more of an experience.
When a gift comes directly from the hands of local makers at pop-up shops such as the Holiday Pop-Up Artisan and Vintage Shop, it transforms from just a tangible object. There is a story that accompanies the art that gift givers can share with the recipient that gives life to the item.
Activities and artA hands-on activity of creating individual custom snowflakes allows artistic hands to create take home art, or to become part of a collaborative public work of art when they hang their snowflake on the snowflake tree. Shoppers can expect an to procure unique gifts from an extensive selection of locally made items from more than a dozen local artisans to include:
• Jewelry
• Candles and oils
• Agrisculpture
• Functional art for the home
• Body care products
• Paintings
• Artisan Food
For more information:
• www.penningsfarmmarket.com; or
• www.penningsfarmcidery.com.