{"id":380779,"date":"2025-11-15T13:22:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T13:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/380779\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T13:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T13:22:18","slug":"san-diego-woodworkers-setting-up-annual-holiday-gift-sale-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/380779\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego woodworkers setting up annual holiday gift sale \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for the perfect charcuterie board to use at your holiday get-together or want handcrafted ornaments for the tree? The <a href=\"https:\/\/sdfwa.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association<\/a> has you covered with its upcoming holiday gift sale.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit organization\u2019s annual shopping event, which features pieces handmade by San Diego\u2019s growing community of woodworkers, will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 21 and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 22 at its member shop, 5360 Eastgate Mall, Suite E in the Miramar area, near I-805. There is ample free parking.<\/p>\n<p>With the slogan \u201cFrom our hands to your home,\u201d the sale will include a wide range of items available for purchase. Shoppers can find cheese boards, pepper mills, serving trays and lathe-turned bowls for dining needs; games and children\u2019s toys; floor and desk lamps; and seasonal decorations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Charcuterie boards are a popular item at the sale. (Tom York)\" width=\"4032\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SUT-L-WOODWORKERS-IMG-0246.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9524126\" \/>Charcuterie boards are a popular item at the sale. (Tom York)<\/p>\n<p>The SDFWA is one of the largest woodworking clubs in the country and has grown to more than 1,000 members. It is the same organization that presents the national, juried <a href=\"https:\/\/sdfwa.org\/about-design-in-wood\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Design in Wood<\/a> exhibition each summer at the San Diego County Fair, which showcases hundreds of entries from across the country.<\/p>\n<p>New members are welcome, and the association offers a variety of classes, including an \u201cintro to woodworking\u201d series. Shop members have access to table saws, jointers, planers, drum sanders, drill presses, router tables, lathes, CNC machines, laser machines, a 3D printer and more. In addition, there are groups devoted to special woodworking interests, open to all members: toys, fundamentals, luthiers, carvers, epoxy, digital tools, hand tools and so on.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mng-gallery-initialized mng-gallery-slider\">\n<li data-index=\"1\" class=\"mng-ge mng-gallery-active\" id=\"mng-ge-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The sale will include a wide selection of handmade wooden...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"  \/>\n<p>The sale will include a wide selection of handmade wooden toys. (Tom York)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"2\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Lathe-turned bowls will be for sale, showcasing members\u2019 artistry. (Tom...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SUT-L-WOODWORKERS-IMG-0250.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Lathe-turned bowls will be for sale, showcasing members\u2019 artistry. (Tom York)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"3\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tables will be filled with holiday decorations available for purchase....\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SUT-L-WOODWORKERS-IMG-0253.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Tables will be filled with holiday decorations available for purchase. (Tom York)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"4\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The Holiday Gift Sale will include many pieces of seasonal...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SUT-L-WOODWORKERS-IMG-0247.jpg\" \/>\n<p>The Holiday Gift Sale will include many pieces of seasonal decor, including Christmas tree ornaments and little village buildings. (Tom York)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"5\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Many kitchen items will be available at the Holiday Gift...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SUT-L-WOODWORKERS-IMG-0260.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Many kitchen items will be available at the Holiday Gift Sale, such as cheese boards and charcuterie boards, pepper mills, serving trays and more. (Tom York)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 5<\/p>\n<p>The sale will include a wide selection of handmade wooden toys. (Tom York)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the sale help fund the club\u2019s member shop in the Miramar area and go toward supporting skill-building classes for members. The member shop is expanding into adjacent warehouse space, giving participants more than 10,000 square feet of woodworking space.<\/p>\n<p>The SDFWA is an all-volunteer group, with member volunteers running all aspects of the shop, including teaching classes, maintaining machines, supervising shop operations and administration.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sdfwa.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sdfwa.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Looking for the perfect charcuterie board to use at your holiday get-together or want handcrafted ornaments for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":380780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,20240,1370,3549,7264,1072,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-380779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-home-and-garden","12":"tag-latest-headlines","13":"tag-san-diego","14":"tag-sandiego","15":"tag-things-to-do","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115553931817992662","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}