http://www.marketsofnewyork.com All About the City's Best Artisan, Farmer, Food, and Flea Markets Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:03:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2011/12/two-great-holiday-pop-ups-at-chelsea-market/ http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2011/12/two-great-holiday-pop-ups-at-chelsea-market/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:55:46 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=7518
Two great hopliday pop up markets opened this week in Chelsea Market in Manhattan. Jingle at the Chelsea Market: A Holiday Pop Up Store is the creation of designer Jill Schwartz.  Back for its 5th year at the market and featuring over 20 companies, Jingle boasts a wonderful boutique esthetic that reminds a bit of the [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2011/12/two-great-holiday-pop-ups-at-chelsea-market/feed/ 0 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2011/11/2011-new-york-holiday-markets-guide/ http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2011/11/2011-new-york-holiday-markets-guide/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:01:42 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=7026
NEWSFLASH!  Now you’re really down to the wire!  Buy all your last minute gifts in the Markets of New York City!  You’ll be glad you did! Check out Markets of New York City on NY1: Navigating the Holiday Markets!  (List of the designers and markets mentioned.) I am very excited to publish the 2011 New York Holiday [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2011/11/2011-new-york-holiday-markets-guide/feed/ 2 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2011/11/youre-invited-brooklyn-craft-central-holiday-market/ http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2011/11/youre-invited-brooklyn-craft-central-holiday-market/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:06:48 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=6921
We're kicking out another SHOW and it is better than ever! Jurying a record amount of applicants to make way for 65 of them to participate, we got the absolute best talent concentrated into this one weekend. Taking place on Saturday and Sunday, December 17 and 18th, this Market falls on the LAST SHOPPING WEEKEND BEFORE CHRISTMAS, helping shoppers who procrastinate (all of us!) find handmade values - and making it easy to keep out of the big box stores - when the clock is ticking down....]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2011/11/youre-invited-brooklyn-craft-central-holiday-market/feed/ 0 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2011/10/weekend-market-picks-october-29-30-2011-lovely-day-designs/ http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2011/10/weekend-market-picks-october-29-30-2011-lovely-day-designs/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:04:43 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=6798
Louise Lasson is the artisan behind Lovely Day Designs.  I saw first her work at the Brooklyn Flea Gifted Market in 2009, and she keeps on adding more creative designs and products to her line. She is known for her extremely wide array of switch plate covers!  Everything from Buddhas and Mermaids, to Flowers, Cats, Pinup [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2011/10/weekend-market-picks-october-29-30-2011-lovely-day-designs/feed/ 0 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2011/10/the-mesmerizing-reliquary-ring-by-stern-design-works/ http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2011/10/the-mesmerizing-reliquary-ring-by-stern-design-works/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:02:49 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=6747
Rebecca and Cameron Stern of Stern Design Works create wonderful jewelry designs, often inspired by nature. Their snow necklaces are made from casting molten silver in actual snow and coming up with unexpected, complex features on the cooled silver. Their "Flora" collection features oak and gingko leaf pendants.]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2011/10/the-mesmerizing-reliquary-ring-by-stern-design-works/feed/ 0 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/11/everybody-loves-a-cookie-interview-with-jennis-cookies/ http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/11/everybody-loves-a-cookie-interview-with-jennis-cookies/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:55:06 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=3692
Markets of New York City is a proud sponsor of Brooklyn Craft Central’s Holiday Market, and we will be featuring some of the artisans who will be at the market to give you an idea of the delights in store for us on December 18 – 19, 2010.  We’re starting with this interview with cookie [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/11/everybody-loves-a-cookie-interview-with-jennis-cookies/feed/ 0 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2009/12/there%e2%80%99s-a-giant-pink-squid-under-the-christmas-tree/ http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2009/12/there%e2%80%99s-a-giant-pink-squid-under-the-christmas-tree/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:22:42 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=209
What happens when artisans sell their creations at the markets or pack them up and ship them to all corners of the world for the holidays?  They never get to see where their handiwork ends up or who opened the packages on Christmas morning.  After talking to artisans at the holiday markets recently about [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2009/12/there%e2%80%99s-a-giant-pink-squid-under-the-christmas-tree/feed/ 4 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2009/12/brooklyn-lyceum-holiday-craft-market-%e2%80%93-a-procrastinator%e2%80%99s-paradise/ http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2009/12/brooklyn-lyceum-holiday-craft-market-%e2%80%93-a-procrastinator%e2%80%99s-paradise/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:14:11 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=194
Yes, I left some of my shopping until this weekend.  But I totally scored at The Brooklyn Lyceum Holiday Craft Market.  In addition to cupcakes, chocolate, and sandwiches that kept me going, the handmade merchandise was impressive.  The Lyceum is an excellent space for a market, and I heard a lot of people saying [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2009/12/brooklyn-lyceum-holiday-craft-market-%e2%80%93-a-procrastinator%e2%80%99s-paradise/feed/ 3 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2009/12/two-downtown-holiday-markets/ http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2009/12/two-downtown-holiday-markets/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:36:35 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=79
]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2009/12/two-downtown-holiday-markets/feed/ 0 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2009/12/new-amsterdam-market-presents-wintermarket/ http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2009/12/new-amsterdam-market-presents-wintermarket/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:37:44 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=94
This Sunday is the final New Amsterdam Market for the year.  It looks like it is going to be as amazing as the other three were. For the uninitiated, The New Amsterdam Market is held under the FDR elevated highway in the South Street Seaport. The market features food purveyors who source their products and ingredients [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2009/12/new-amsterdam-market-presents-wintermarket/feed/ 0