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Dreaming of a Green Christmas? A re y o u a N o r t h S h o r e a r t i s t / c r a f t s p e r s o n w i t h a c r e a t i v e idea f o r r e d u c i n g w a s t e d u r i n g t h e holiday season? If s o , t h e the N o r t h S h o r e R e c y c l i n g P r o g r a m ( N S R P ) invites y o u t o e n t e r 5th A n n u a l Green Christmas T h e Green Christmas Award competition. Award not only advocates waste reduc- t i o n d u r i n g t h e holiday s e a s o n , b u t p r o m o t e s f o r g i n g linkages b e t w e e n the a r t s and e n v i r o n m e n t a l e d u c a t i o n c o m m u n i t i e s . A l l a r t w o r k e n t e r e d s h o u l d d e m o n s t r a t e o n e o r all o f the 3Rs: R e d u c e , R e u s e , R e c y c l e - in a fun a n d festive m a n n e r . T o e n t e r , just fill o u t an e n t r y f o r m at t h e N o r t h S h o r e P r o g r a m office (148 9 a m a n d 4:30 East 2 n d S t r e e t , N o r t h V a n c o u v e r Recycling between p m , M o n d a y t o Friday) a n d d r o p off a s a m p l e o f 13th. y o u r w o r k . D e a d l i n e f o r e n t r i e s is M o n d a y , N o v e m b e r A l l e n t r i e s will be e x h i b i t e d at t h e D e l b r o o k C h r i s t m a s C r a f t Fair (see s i d e - b a r page 19). L o o k f o r the N o r t h S h o r e Recycling P r o g r a m ' s holiday r e u s e display w h e r e a " P e o p l e ' s C h o i c e " v o t e will b e h e l d t o d e t e r m i n e t h e w i n n e r o f this y e a r ' s Christmas 2001 Award. Green the T h e w i n n e r will b e a w a r d e d a t a b l e at D e l b r o o k C r a f t Fair. F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t a c t H e i d i S c h i m p l at 9 8 4 - 9 7 3 0 . g i n g e r b r e a d c r e a t i o n s . T h e r e will be b i r d h o u s e s , sleighs, C h r i s t m a s s c e n e s a n d , of c o u r s e , beautiful h o u s e s . W e s t w e l l c r e d i t s an annual ging e r b r e a d display at W o o d w a r d s Park Royal w i t h triggering h e r fascination for e d i b l e a r c h i t e c t u r e w h e n she w a s a child. S i n c e t h e n s h e has g o n e f r o m e x p e r i m e n t i n g o n pieces f o r h e r c h i l d r e n , t o taking c u s t o m o r d e r s f o r projects. A t times h e r passion gets away w i t h h e r and t h e n h e r family has t r o u b l e finding a place t o eat because all o f t h e flat surfaces a n d w h o l e r o o m s in the h o u s e are d e d i cated t o g i n g e r b r e a d . Vivian M c i n t o s h is b o t h an artisan and an organizer. K n o w n f o r h e r o w n w o o d e n f r e t t w o r k , M c i n t o s h has displayed and s o l d fine crafts by v a r i o u s artists in h e r h o m e f o r a n u m b e r of years. B u t h e r event. Find it H e r e , o u t g r e w that v e n u e last year and is being combined with Seymour A r t Gallery's p o p u l a r Cornucopia of Creative Gifts in D e e p C o v e . W i t n e s s the b i r t h of a n e w event: Find it Here @ Cornucopia. " W e ' r e planning a bigger s h o w , w i t h a m o r e d i v e r s e , c o n t e m p o r a r y feel than b e f o r e , " says M c i n t o s h . O n t h e N o r t h S h o r e t h e r e are plenty of C h r i s t m a s craft fairs and tables are highly c o v e t e d at t h e m a j o r events. C r a f t e r s r e c e i v e invitations t o apply for tables as early as January. A s many of the fairs are j u r i e d , t h e crafters m u s t s e n d in p h o t o s o r bring in e x a m p l e s of t h e i r w o r k t o s h o w . W a i t i n g lists at t h e bigger fairs are n o t u n c o m m o n . It was this d e m a n d f o r space that p r o m p t e d D e l b r o o k fair o r g a n i z e r D o n n a M a t h i e s o n t o e x t e n d the event (which a t t r a c t e d 5,000 visitors last year) t o t w o w e e k e n d s , f o r a total of f o u r days. She e x p e c t s t o see 10,000 visitors this year. M u c h of the success of the fair she credits t o h e r enthusiastic staff. " W e try t o d o it w i t h class. W e d e d i c a t e o u r s e l v e s t o making sure that t h e fair will be s o m e t h i n g p e o p l e will r e m e m b e r after they w a l k away," she says. C a r e f u l s e l e c t i o n of the e x h i b i t o r s is i m p o r t a n t . High quality and variety are the t o u c h s t o n e s of the (14th) C h r i s t m a s A r t s and C r a f t s Fair at S t T h o m a s Aquinas High School. A n effort is m a d e t o make sure t h e r e aren't t o o many of o n e kind of craft. T h i s year, s h o p p e r s can e x p e c t t o see h o m e m a d e jellies and jams, a w a r d w i n n i n g c h o c o l a t e s , teddies, p o t t e r y , Vivan Macintosh, a fretwork artisan, is also the organizer o f F i n d it h e r e C o r n u c o p i a at the Seymour Art Gallery. Gary Sttgter mixes different kinds of wood to craft these fine toy boxes. @