the beginning of holiday shopping

last week was the grand opening of the made in the 216 holiday shoppe.  if you are local, this shop will be running for the month of november (last day is november 29), open 12-7 p.m. monday-saturday and 12-4 on sundays.















of course, we couldn't pass this up and made our way down to the gordon square arts district to check out the grand opening.

as always, the shoppe had some wonderful handmade items from local artists.  i found the perfect little gift of some almost edible looking soap truffles.
















and there were some adorable little kiddie items (a little out of our price range) that we couldn't resist putting on emma and gibson.

aside from the shoppe, the area was finally done with construction and the street received an excellent face-lift!  the curvy benches were irresistable to climb and jump off by big and small children alike.