Gift & Specialty Items

Beautiful Life Atelier, Atkins, IA

My brand is all about beauty; finding it, uncovering it, utilizing it, and relishing in it. I hand-make beautiful and unique fine perfumes and home fragrances in the form of candles, wax melts, room + linen sprays, and more.

Offering: Perfume sprays, perfume roller oils, candles, wax melts, car fresheners, diffuser oils, fire starters, room + linen sprays, dryer balls, reed diffusers, carpet freshener

Price Range: $6 – $50

Years vended: 3

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, PayPal, Venmo

Weekends Vending: Both

Good Moon Pottery, Windsor Heights, IA

Unique pottery to make your everyday rituals special!

Offering: Ceramics including: ornaments, mugs, dishes, wall hangings, tumblers, vases, platters, match holders, candle holders, etc.

Price Range: $10 – $200

Years vended: 4

Payment Methods Accepted: Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, PayPal, Venmo

Weekends Vending: 2nd weekend only

DamonLayne Woodworking, Earlham, IA

DamonLayne Woodworking creates fun and unique wood carvings, ornaments, game boards, and cutting boards.

Offering: Hand-carved Santa ornaments, Christmas ornaments, Cutting boards, Charcuterie boards, Cheese slicers, wooden game boards such as cribbage, marbles, and mancala.

Price Range: $5 – $300

Years vended: 8

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Google Pay, Venmo

Weekends Vending: Both

Rusty Stars Alpacas, Winterset, IA

Rusty Stars Alpaca farm offers a variety of popular alpaca products. Alpaca clothing is known for its softness, warmth and durability as well as a sustainable natural product.

Offering: Stocking hats, headbands, gloves, mittens, socks, scarves, dryer balls, yarn, fur toys, blankets, ornaments, shoe insoles, hand woven mats

Price Range: $5 – $200

Years vended: 2

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo

Weekends Vending: Both

The Kringle Man, Elk Horn, IA

Danish baking with lite and flaky pockets of goodness is what you’ll find here. Kringle is enjoyed with family and friends when your having that warm and fuzzy feeling, HYGGE.

Offering: Danish Kringle, Danish Letters, Cream Horns, Krispies, Eclairs, Pastries, Wienerbrod, Stroopwafle, Packages of Aebleskiver

Price Range: $4 – $17

Years vended: 7

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo

Weekends Vending: Both

Schanz Furniture, South Amana, IA

Schanz Furniture is a family owned business that has been making handmade furniture and Gift items for over 60 years. We are located in South Amana, Iowa.

Offering: Wooden handmade Christmas trees & ornaments. Children”s Musical Marble games. One-of-a-kind charcuterie boards, cheese slicers & wine bottle caddies. Handmade cutting boards and recipe boxes. Wooden rolling pins, wooden spoons & wooden serving utensils.

Price Range: $15 -$250

Years vended: 6

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card

Weekends Vending: Both

Pam Hyde Pottery, Des Moines, IA

Functional, affordable, porcelain-based stoneware pottery for everyday use. Mugs, bowls, spoon rests, etc. are created in my home studio in DSM. Glazes are developed in house to assure the perfect fit and bright colors. All pieces are dishwasher/microwave/oven safe.

Offering: Tree luminaries, ornaments, magnets, mugs, oil bottles, spoon rests, bowls of all types and sizes, bacon makers, salt pigs, liquid soap dispensers, sponge holders, vases, yarn bowls and other useful pottery creations.

Price Range: $10 – $120

Years vended: 5

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo

Weekends Vending: 1st weekend only

Under The Bark Syrup Co, Lonsdale, MN

We are a maple syrup company that specializes in infused flavors of maple syrup.

Offering: 14 flavors of maple syrup (13 infused flavors) and Maple Sugar. This vendor offers items that are Gluten Free (Preference), Dairy Free, Lactose Free, Vegetarian, Vegan, Tree nut Free, Peanut Free.

Price Range: $15 – $38

Years vended: 3

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo

Weekends Vending: Both

Nymph In The Woods, Boone, IA

Sara creates one-of-a-kind jewelry from fused glass and wire wrapping. Find the wearable art that shows off your style! It’s the perfect gift for yourself or a loved one!

Offering: Wearable art made from fused glass and wire wrapping – necklaces, earrings, rings. bracelets and headpieces.

Price Range: $15 – $500+

Years vended: 7

Payment Methods Accepted: Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card

Weekends Vending: Both

Indianola Glass Creations, Indianola, IA

Step into our world of glass which includes hand crafted stained and fused glass Jewelry and home decore and a large selection of our christmas ornaments. Hand painted greeting cards with a fused glass keychain. Hand crafted clay gnomes form our in-house clay studio.

Offering: Stained and Fused Glass jewelry, panels, suncatchers, home decor, yard decor and Christmas ornaments. Hand painted cards with glass key chains. Handmade and painted or glazed Clay Gnomes.

Price Range: $10 – $500

Years vended: 9

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Google Pay, PayPal

Weekends Vending: Both

Dragonflies and Cards, St Paul, MN

We are Sean and Trang Nguyen Cusick, founders of Dragonflies and Cards since 2016, specializing in Kirigami, Quilling, and bamboo art. Our mission is to craft unique, timeless, and meaningful pieces that people cherish forever. Every artwork is designed, cut, and assembled by hand, often featuring our hidden initials (STC) and dragonfly logo for an element of discovery. Through workshops, custom designs, and community engagement, we share, teach, and keep this art alive. All our paper arts have a Copyright Certificate

Offering: Quilling artwork with a holiday gift theme

Price Range: $18 – $80

Years vended: 1

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Venmo

Weekends Vending: Both

L&L European Delight, Chariton, IA

Ukrainian style food, Ukrainian/European gifts, candies, sausages

Offering: Cabbage rolls, pelmeni, pierogies, cheburekie, gift items, Matroshka‘s and Ukrainian/European gift, kolbasa’s, poppyseed rolls. This vendor offers items that are Gluten Free (Preference), Dairy Free, Vegetarian

Price Range: $1 – $60

Years vended: 9

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Google Pay

Weekends Vending: Both

Rosemaled Creations by Maren, Gretna, IA

Handmade ceramics that are also intricately hand-painted or hand-carved in the folk-art style of Norwegian Telemark Rosemaling. Every piece is individually unique and has been handcrafted using food safe glazes, making them all fully functional pieces of art.

Offering: Mugs, cups, bowls, vases, platters, trays, plates, serving dishes, utensil holders, sponge holders, spoon rests, figurines, luminaries, magnets, and ornaments

Price Range: $15 – $400

Years vended: 2

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Google Pay

Weekends Vending: Second weekend only

Danish Windmill, Elk Horn, IA

A nonprofit museum featuring an authentic windmill relocated from Denmark to Elk Horn, Iowa. Our gift shop offers a wide variety of Danish imports and Scandinavian goods. We’re the one-stop-shop for a cozy, Nordic holiday season.

Offering: Christmas ornaments and decorations, plush gnomes, prepackaged Scandinavian candy including chocolate and licorice, glogg concentrate, bakeware and mixes, books, toys and card games, puzzles, trivets, Danish boots and slippers, wool sweaters, mugs and drinkware, socks, hats, scarfs, gloves and mittens, ceramic figurines and collectible items, candles and candleholders.

Price Range: $0.50 – $350

Years vended: 7

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Google Pay, Venmo

Weekends Vending: Both

Lost Planet Forge, Des Moines, IA

Fine handcrafted knives, forged by hand and featuring native materials and woods.

Offering: Handmade knives

Price Range: $100 – $800

Years vended: 4

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, PayPal, Venmo

Weekends Vending: Both

DSM Foundry, Des Moines, IA

Native Iowans with laser cutters recreating classic schwibbogen, lichterbogen, and ornaments. Classic style, New techniques!

Offering: German schwibbogen, lichterbogen, ornaments, 3D printed toys/ornaments, Passport travel maps, holiday earrings

Price Range: $5 – $200

Years vended: 9

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Google Pay

Weekends Vending: Both

Basic Stitch, Windsor Heights, IA

Basic Stitch is a local handmade business specializing in a wide variety of classic and trendy beanies that are all hand knit by the owner, Alyssa.

Offering: hats, ear warmers, scarves, bags/purses and crocheted amigurumi stuffies

Price Range: $20 – $80

Years vended: 2

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, PayPal, Venmo

Weekends Vending: Both

Twisted Sunset Sisters Fiber Mill, Perry, IA

A local, women-owned business specializing in handcrafted yarn and fiber-focused gifts made from locally sourced materials. Visit our space to see live weaving demonstrations, learn about natural fibers, and support small-scale farmers!

Offering: Hand-dyed and naturally-colored yarn spun at Twisted Sunset Sisters Fiber Mill, handmade 100% alpaca dryer balls, felted soap bars, handwoven rugs and towels, handmade ornaments, hand cranked socks, and wool pellets for gardening (made at our mill). Crafting kits like drop-spindle kits, roving bags for hand spinners, and DIY felted soap kits.

Price Range: $5 – $100

Years vended: 3

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Google Pay

Weekends Vending: Both

Quilted Gardens Nursery, Indianola, IA

Local Nursery and Christmas Tree Farm specializing in unique ornaments and decor, fresh cut greens, fresh made wreaths, Christmas trees and other items for the Holiday season.

Offering: Fresh made Wreaths and Greens Bundles, Christmas Trees, Fair Trade Peruvian Gourd Ornaments, Glass European style Bird and additional ornaments, Iowa made Leather Door Bells and Straps, Scandinavian Wheat ornaments, Ice Globe making kits, Quilted Christmas Stockings and Napkins, Seasonal Holiday Specs, Seasonal bulbs and plants.

Price Range: $10 – $75

Years vended: 9

Payment Methods Accepted: Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card

Weekends Vending: Both

Greg Macdonald Studios, Council Bluffs, IA

Hand carved Santas & Holiday Folk Art

Offering: Hand Carved Santas, Holiday Folk Art and Hand Carved Toys

Price Range: $20 – $500

Years vended: 1

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, PayPal, Venmo

Weekends Vending: Second weekend only

Pickle Creek Herbs, Fairfield, IA

At Pickle Creek, we use the herbs we grow on our sustainable Iowa farm to handcraft artisanal olive oils and vinegars, soaps, salves, and balms using our own original recipes.

Offering: Herb-infused olive oils and vinegars (including Apple Strudel Balsamic created especially for CDM), soaps, salves, and balms that we handcraft ourselves using original recipes and the herbs and other produce we grow in our garden. Plus a new German-inspired olive oil created especially for this market.

Price Range: $3.75 – $32

Years vended: 10

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo

Weekends Vending: Both

Sugarplums Cakes and Confections, Altoona, IA

Sugarplums specializes in made from scratch German gingerbreads and specialty cookies. We also offer a selection of handmade Christmas ornaments imported from Germany.

Offering: Lebkuchen, Pfeffernuss, Spritz, Springerle, Stollen, Christmas cookies, cupcakes, sentiment hearts, Imported German Christmas ornaments

Price Range: $3 – $50

Years vended: 9

Payment Methods Accepted: Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Venmo

Weekends Vending: Both

Fritz Toffee Company, Ames, IA

Handcrafted for generations, smooth & Buttery, melt-in-your-mouth Yumminess!

Offering: Toffee

Gluten Free (Preference)

Price Range: $7 – $65

Years vended: 6

Payment Methods Accepted: Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card

Weekends Vending: Both

More Polish Pottery, LLC, Big Rock, IL

More Polish Pottery is the leading importer of Boleslaweic, Poland in the Midwest. We have been in business for over 14 years and work directly with the artists and factories in Poland to bring functional, artistic pottery made for every day use. Boleslawiec Polish Pottery is know for mugs and bakeware as it does not stick, stain or discover. Discover how meals can taste better using high quality, handmade Polish stoneware.

Offering: Authentic Boleslawiec Polish pottery made by Ceramika Artystyczna, Manufaktura, Vena, Andy, Kalich, Galia and Lady Blue Polish Pottery factories. Polish woodcarvings, Polish glass ornaments and Polish flags and bags. 

Price Range: $15 – $50

Years vended: 9

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card

Weekends Vending: Both

TENTATIVE: Wild Cherry Spoon Co, Moline, IL

Artisan handcarved kitchenwares, home goods, nativity sets, and decor made from fallen hardwoods.

Offering: Wooden Utensils, Wooden Cutting & Serving Boards, Wooden Barware (Muddlers, shotcups, tumblers, wine stoppers, bottle openers, beer flights,) wooden decor (Joyeux/Noel/Peace Wooden Cookie Slabs,) Wooden Nativity Sets & Pieces, Wooden Ornaments (Snowmen,) Wooden Table (Dining & Coffee.)

Price Range: $3 – $120

Years vended: 8

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo

Weekends Vending: Both

TENTATIVE: Chocolaterie Stam, Des Moines, IA

From traditional bonbons to amazing Haute Chocolate, we proudly offer the highest quality of delights, treating every patron and employee as an extension of our family. Welcome to Chocolaterie Stam!

Offering: Hot Chocolate, Fresh Made Stroopwafels, Assorted Stam bonbons, Pre-packaged Dutch Waffle Cookies, Assorted Holiday Figurines.

Price Range: $4 – $40

Gluten Free (Preference)

Years vended: 9

Payment Methods Accepted: Apple Pay, Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card

Weekends Vending: Both