Bridal show Browse 60 professional wedding vendors and win door prizes at the BeYOUtiful Bridal Show, Tuesday, June 16, 4-8 p.m. at The Pipe Shop in the Shipyards, 115 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver. Free entry. beyoutifulbridal.ca
On Display The Gift Box at CityScape Community Art Space is displaying the work of five new artists and artisans: Doris MacDougall (original art blocks and greeting cards); Dragonscales (handmade art journals); Riding the Pine (Canadiana handcrafted homewear); Grazyna Wolski (art block prints) and Zaleska (handmade gemstone jewelry). nvartscouncil.ca
Call For Crafters The North Vancouver Community Arts Council is seeking artisans and crafters for the Canada Day Craft Fair on July 1 at Waterfront Park in North Vancouver. Deadline for submissions is June 10. Visit nvartscouncil.ca for guidelines.
Scarves for water The Obakki Foundation, founded by West Vancouver's Treana Peake, has launched a new limited-edition $29 scarf, Orchid, in order to build a well in the village of Ronga, South Sudan. Under the foundation's Scarves for Water initiative, for every 500 scarves sold a well is built in a village in South Sudan. Visit obakkifoundation.org for more information.
Hollywood swag North Vancouver resident Madeleine Liceaga, owner of For the Love of Baths body products, attended a gift giving lounge in Los Angeles May 28 to commemorate the Heller Awards. Liceaga's inspirational candles were gifted to personalities such as Betty White, Max Adler, R.J. Mitte from Breaking Bad, Wendie Malick and others.
THRIFTY CHIC The Thrift Shop at Mount Seymour United Church (1200 Parkgate Ave.) is open Thursdays, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Half price sale on selected goods every week.mtseymourunited.com
Lions Gate Quilters Guild meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew's and St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, 2641 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. 604-926-7098 or lionsgatequiltersguild.com
North Shore Needle Arts Guild Needlework/embroidery, both traditional and modern, is enjoyed by a friendly group every second Thursday of the month at St.Martin's Anglican Church Hall, 195 E. Windsor Rd. North Vancouver. 604-990-9122
