I am so thankful to be able to put together our market and serve not only our local makers but our community of shoppers looking to buy small run and locally made. Your $3 admission allows me to take time away from my own art practice to organize First Pick Handmade and create a curated...Read More

Hi Friends, Janna here from First Pick Handmade. I’m so excited to tell you more about our new Holiday Market called Good Stuff taking place December 2+3 at Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street in Vancouver. I have wanted to do something like this for a while and this is *the year* we give it a...Read More

We’re so excited to welcome everybody back to Heritage Hall this December 11+12 for our *first ever* First Pick Handmade Holiday Market. We have a great line up of Designers and Artists to share with you, there’s a little something for everyone at the market, check it out: CLOTHING: Stylish and Sustainable, we’ve got you...Read More

  Hello Friends! We are so excited to be able to return to Heritage Hall this October 17Th for a very special One Day Only Market featuring some of our First Pick Friends and Family. This market will be smaller to allow for all Covid Safety Protocols to be adhered to, but *as always* the...Read More

It’s almost here everybody, tomorrow is *the day*, our Fall 2019 Market, and it couldn’t be here soon enough: the weather has turned to “Vancouver weather” and we’re ready to put summer clothes away in favour of richer textures and colours. We’re all about the Cozy this week, so for our final post, we’ve saved...Read More

Hello Thursday! It feels like we’re almost there, there’s only two more sleeps until our big show and we are feeling the giddy anxiousness that comes from knowing it’s going to be such a great weekend. Part of the thing with our show, what makes it so special, is how we all come together for...Read More

It’s Wednesday and it’s late, so all we can really think about after running show errands all day is a bath and some sleep… who else feels this way? We want Cozy, and we want it now! On days like today, Conscious Care really pops to mind, and we’re so glad to see Lyndsay this...Read More

It’s definitely starting to feel like fall, the house feels cool this morning and yesterday’s rain was a good reminder of what life can be like on the West Coast. We’re all about the Cozy this week and as we approach our market this weekend, we’re getting excited about toques and socks and XS Unified!...Read More

Hello Monday! It’s the final countdown to our Fall 2019 Market, so all week we’ll be featuring designers to help us Get Cozy this Fall! We’re starting it off with Maria Roth, whose jewelry we’ve been eyeing over the years at other markets, and we’re so glad to have her join us for this one....Read More

Sometimes we need someone to encourage us, sometimes we need someone to just say no and help us find us something even more “Us”… so we are very happy to have Personal Stylist Tamara Mainardi join us on Saturday September 14th at the Market. Tamara will be offering half hour consultations, but remember to book...Read More