Art: Artvark.wow
Art: Artvark.wow
Art: Joseph Brooks
Art: Splendor and Stone
Art: Magpie Mouse Studios
Art: Laurie Cinotto
Art: Color Cornucopia
Art: Squirrel vs Coyote
Art: Pat Askren
Art: Honeyberry Studios
About 40 Artists
Handmade. Local.
Prints + watercolors. Letterpress. Stickers. Zines. Mugs. Bowls. Jewelry. Quilted bags. Embroidery. Crochet. Candles. Honey. Salts + spices. Terrariums. Cat toys. On-the-spot poetry. Live pet portraits. More! A treasure for everyone on your list, and a few for yourself.
Saturday Nov 21
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itscathywu
Cathy Wu
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Luminous Jewelry
Christina Spadafore
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Liberte Du Monde
Christy Reedy
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LeikerbeLoomin
Corbie Leiker
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Ultraviolet Poetry
Coy
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Darling Illustrations
Erin Darling
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Splendor and Stone
Gretchen McAllister
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Defiant Candle Co
Jamie Michele
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Evie and Alison
Jennifer Keniston
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Notta Pixie Press
Jenny Craig
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KTA Studio
Kathy Anderson
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Laurie Cinotto
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Lucy Nilan Studios
Lucy Nilan
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Pat Askren
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Rude Dude Ceramics
Rachel Bradley
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Artvark.wow
Rose Trent
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Pigmented Press
Sahily Anais Perez McMillan
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Thyme & Space Design
Sam Kaplan
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ScoutNCritters
Scout Dahms-May
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Color Cornucopia
Zhenya Rhoads
Sunday Nov 22
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Laurie Cinotto
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Clear Moon Designs
Clay DeVilbiss
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Perezpots
Daniel Perez
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Grandma Fly
Grace Duda
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Manderley Exotic Teas
Isabella Kwon
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Kimchi Craft Collective
Jacqueline Ines
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Springtide Press
Jessica Spring
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Knead & Paw
Kaleene Hernaez
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Little Green Design
Katie Dean
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Turn-of-the-Centuries
Kirsten Sparenborg
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The Wildwood
Miranda Hemlee
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Noir Bloom
Najah Todd
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Tiny Thunder
Phoebe Moore
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Kittenshoppping
Rowan Meinzer
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Magpie Mouse Studios
Sarah Marie Meranda
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Urban Squirrel
Summer Briggs
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Indigo Studios
Susan Pack
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SketchboardJoy
Talia Joy
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Yoshi Nakagawa
Merch
At our table at the fair. Every design comes as a tee or a sweatshirt.
Stickers
Sell here
Opens about 2 months before each fair.
Apply to sellHow it works
- Handmade only.
- Jen and Sweet Pea read and sort through all applications.
- Artists vend just one day usually. You can share a table.
- Small setup? Ask about a Micro Table.
- Everyone gets an email back. Check your spam.
This fair's poster
Nov 21 + 22, 2026
Art: Erika Rier
Posters from the past
Apr 2026Art: Ben Olsen
Feb 2026Art: Ben Olsen
Nov 2025Art: Erika Rier
Apr 2025, Indie Bookstore DayArt: Ben Olsen
Feb 2025Art: Erika Rier
Nov 2024, year 16Art: Ben Olsen
Feb 2024Art: Ben Olsen
Nov 2023, year 15Art: Erika Rier
Feb 2023, we're back!Art: Ben Olsen
Dec 2020, on Zoom
Feb 2020, last one before the pauseArt: Erika Rier
Nov 2019Art: Erika Rier
Aug 2019, kids only!Art: Ben Olsen
May 2019, Yay for MayArt: Erika Rier
Feb 2019, take twoArt: Erika Rier
…so we moved itArt: Erika Rier
Feb 2019, then it snowedArt: Erika Rier
Nov 2018, ten years!Art: Erika Rier
Feb 2013
Since Nov 15, 2008
It started as a benefit for a friend's cancer treatment.
Jen Adams + Sweet Pea Flaherty
The whole story
Tacoma is for Lovers started on November 15, 2008, as a benefit. A few friends filled King's Books with local artists for an afternoon, with a raffle, a bake sale and a silent auction, to help an uninsured friend pay for her cancer treatment. (She's doing well, and she's still our friend.) It went so well we kept doing it.
Eighteen years later it's three fairs a year: a Valentine's fair in February (it began as a Valentine/Anti-Valentine event, so all feelings welcome), a spring fair around Mother's Day and Independent Bookstore Day, and the holiday fair the weekend before Thanksgiving, which kicks off the holiday season for a lot of Tacoma.
Jen Adams organizes it with Sweet Pea of King's Books. It's grown from a handful of tables to twenty-plus artists a day, and more than 200 different vendors since 2018 alone.
