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Independent retailers and not-for-profit organizations are shifting into high gear for the holiday season, but these good-hearted local people don’t have much money for advertising this year. So if you see something that you think might interest a friend or acquaintance, please spread the word.
Belmar Library Holiday Whale of a Gently Used Book Sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, Nov. 20, and Saturday, Nov. 21, Belmar Library, 555 S. Allison Parkway, 303-275-2216.
This annual sale offers more than 2,000 "best of the best" gently used books for sale, including cookbooks, art, history, fiction, classics, children’s, crafts and hobbies, holiday books, gardening, travel, audiobooks, videos and CDs. While you’re there, visit the Friends Gift and Book Shop, offering glasswork, jewelry, puzzles, bookmarks and more from local and international sources. Proceeds from all JeffCo Library Foundation sales benefit literacy programs for children and teens.
Brass Bed of Denver Tabletop Sale, through Dec. 15, 3113 E. Third Ave., 303-322-1712, www.brassbedofdenver.com.
Prices on tabletop merchandise – including tablecloths, table runners, place mats, plate chargers and napkin rings – are reduced by 20 percent through Dec. 15.
Castle Clay and Denver Potters Show, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 19, and Friday, Nov. 20; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, Jefferson Unitarian Church 14350 W. 32nd Ave., Golden, 303-377-5535, www.denverpotters.com.
More than 30 artisans display and sell functional and sculptural ceramics, jewelry, glass, wood and other fine crafts.
Desert Gems Holiday Jewelry Makers’ Sale, through Sunday, Nov. 22, 457 Wadsworth Blvd., 303-426-4411, www.desertgemsinc.com.
Pearls, emeralds, smoky quartz, tourmaline and other gemstone beads are half price, just in time to give jewelry makers a break on supplies for holiday gifts. The store also offers clasps, thread, gold and sterling silver ear wires and other findings, as well as classes. You’ll find sale prices on many other gifts and craft items – including selected angel carvings, plates, gemstone lamps and carvings, onyx vases, Chinese cork landscape dioramas, giant obsidian spheres, gemstone spheres, stone eggs, amethyst lamps, salt lamps and candleholders.
Kazoo & Co. Toys Coupon Sale, through Monday, Nov. 23, 2930 E. Second Ave., 303-322-0973, www.kazootoys.com.
Print out the coupon on the Kazoo & Co. toy store Web site, www.kazootoys.com, to receive $10 off any purchase of $50 or more or $25 off any purchase of $100 or more when you go to the store. This applies to in-stock items only and is not valid with any other coupons, offers or discounts.
Gumballs Kids’ Consignment Winter Clothing Clearance, 5787 S. Gallup St., Littleton, 303-795-6557.
All winter clothing – including fancy holiday outfits – is reduced by 25 percent. It’s possible to outfit a child from stocking cap to boots – or from tam to patent leather shoes -- for $30 or less.
Jewelry Shopping Party and Bake Sale to Benefit Local Stray Cats, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, Whittier Neighborhood Association Building, 2900 Downing St.
Funds raised at this event for the Rocky Mountain Alley Cat Alliance, 303-202-3516, www.rmaca.org, will assist in the spaying or neutering of approximately 3,000 feral and stray cats annually, preventing the birth of up to 45,000 homeless kittens each year. To donate jewelry or baked goods to the event, or to volunteer, contact Kelsey Hopson, Kelsey@rmaca.org.
Silks of Cambodia Trunk Sale, 3 to 7 p.m. Fridays and 3 to 9 p.m. Saturdays through Dec. 19, at the home of Robert and Catherine Bayne, 70 West Cedar Ave., 303-744-8810.
Buy a pashmina and help save the world. Everything but the price is extravagent at the Silks of Cambodia Trunk Sale, which offers beautiful scarves, bags, purses and pashminas hand-woven of the finest hand-grown, natural silk by Cambodian women using weaving and dying techniques passed down since the 7th century. All the pieces in this sale were purchased in Cambodian villages at fair-trade prices from the women who made them and hand carried to Denver. The proceeds help these artisans survive in a country that has endured decades of war and genocide.
When I reported this sale last year, I received the following e-mail:
“Hey Janet - I love getting your newsletter. I went to the house at 70 W. Cedar to look at the silk scarves, bags etc. from Cambodia. LOVELY people, great products for a good cause. I did buy some presents, heard someone play harp and had a bite of a simply wonderful almond torte. Nice experience that I would not have know about except for your newsletter. Thanks for the info!!”
Winterfest, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, Colorado Free University, 7653 E. First Place, in Lowry, 303-399-0093.
This arts and crafts fair offers jewelry, pottery, fine art, photography and other works by Colorado Free University instructors and other local artisans.
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Spread the word about the great deals you’ve found at locally owned retailers by sending an e-mail to Janet@bestcoloradodeals.com, and go to the BestColoradoDeals.com Web site to subscribe to the Best Colorado Deals newsletter. And don’t forget to catch her featured deals each Friday on Channel 9’s 4 p.m. news!
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