Throughout the winter months, Millcreek Common hosts an array of artisans, curators and small business owners in their Winter Bazaar. It is billed as “a vibrant, curated flea market where creativity, sustainability and community come together.” 

The Winter Bazaar started on the first Sunday of January and continues every Sunday until March 22. It is located inside the public market. 

Elsa Stewart was one of the artists presenting handmade wares to attendees. 

“I love seeing people who are excited about art and jewelry,” Stewart said. “I just think it's fun. There's a lot of like-minded people here that I love.”

Pape Sal holds up one of his favorite repurposed garments. (McKinna Baird/City Journals)

Stewart started selling her pieces at the Summer Bazaar and liked it enough to come back. She started with watercolors and expanded into jewelry two years ago. Stewart’s art features vibrant flowers and animals. Her jewelry involves silver hardware, pearls and charms as well as precisely beaded flower earrings. 

The Bazaar is proving to be a great environment for other artisans too, like Pape Sal. Sal takes blankets, quilts and other such materials from second-hand stores and transforms them into one of a kind bags and loungewear. 

“Everything is handmade,” he said. “I get everything from the DI, thrift stores… and make them what they are right now.”

Sal taught himself sewing as a hobby and built up such a supply that he decided it was time to take his work to market. 

Not everyone at the market is selling handmade wares like Stewart and Sal. The Bazaar features businesses that curate a selection of vintage and antique pieces for resale. One such business is Wasatch Vintage Treasures, created by Teresa Schafeitel. 

Schafeitel has been selling mostly online until branching out into the Bazaar. To prepare for the market, she spends time curating a selection for sale.

Crowds gather at a vintage clothing booth. (McKinna Baird/City Journals)

“The people that run [the Bazaar] are amazing and super supportive and encourage us to come back,” said Schafeitel on what makes the Winter Bazaar a favorite of hers. 

Some booths even sell things beyond the tangible. 

“I do energy healing, intuitive readings, hypnosis and meditation,” said Danielle Knight, founder of The Magic Moon and Me Guidance. She is also certified as a birth doula, offering holistic guidance for mothers. 

Knight credits markets like this for most of her business’s exposure. 

“I love this [market] because they draw such a consistent crowd, and their audience does seem to be very aligned with what I do,” she said. 

Knight offers energy readings with tarot decks for interested customers at the market. She said people often return to her as repeat customers or refer her to others. 

“All people typically walk away [from readings] with some information that they were waiting to hear or wanting to hear about something they're going through,” Knight said. 

The Winter Bazaar is open Sundays through March 22, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Millcreek Common, 1354 E. Chambers Ave.