Holiday sales set this weekend on Peninsula

Seeking ideas for unique gifts to buy at the last minute?

Bazaars across the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend offer up a few.

PORT TOWNSEND

Art fair

PORT TOWNSEND — The 13th annual Procrastinators’ Art Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

The fair will be at the Cotton Building, 607 Water St.

Handcrafted gift items from 13 local artists will be for sale as well as Gathering Place calendars and bowls from the Community Bowl project to benefit the Port Townsend Food Bank.

MARROWSTONE ISLAND

Studio sale

MARROWSTONE ISLAND — Marrowstone Pottery will host a studio sale and tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

The annual Pottery on the Island Holiday Sales Event will be at the studio at 292 Merry Road, Nordland.

Admission is free.

The store’s stove top and oven pottery will be on sale along with stoneware pottery, porcelain pottery and tile murals.

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK

Park sale

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Olympic National Park’s nonprofit partner, Discover Your Northwest, will hold its annual holiday sale through Dec. 24.

Items will be on sale at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center bookstore at 3002 Mount Angeles Road in Port Angeles, which is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily and at the Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center, 18113 Upper Hoh Road, which is open during winter operational hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Along with books for children and adults, Discover Your Northwest sells maps, DVDs, stuffed animals, puppets, puzzles, games and T-shirts.

It also offers a variety of postcards, note cards and posters created by local artists, including local photographer Ross Hamilton of Sequim.

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