{"id":23534,"date":"2016-11-25T19:54:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T03:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=23534"},"modified":"2016-11-25T19:54:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T03:54:49","slug":"great-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/great-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Gifts in a Cookie Cutter World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/lbwf6x.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a cookie-cutter world where many holiday gifts are\u00a0&#8220;made in China&#8221; there are\u00a0a\u00a0wealth of &#8220;made in California&#8221; holiday shopping festivals\u00a0such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/laguna-beach-sawdust-winter.html\">Sawdust Winter Fantasy<\/a>\u00a0in Laguna Beach.\u00a0\u00a0Guests shop outdoors among scented eucalyptus trees in Laguna canyon, wandering along\u00a0the sawdust-covered grounds\u00a0while listening to holiday music and\u00a0browsing artist kiosks &#8212; some with trees growing out of them!<\/p>\n<h2>Tips<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If you see it and like it, ask the artist if there are more of the same item. Otherwise, you may return later and it&#8217;s gone.<\/li>\n<li>Get business cards and contact information for things you like. Don&#8217;t count on event management to help you track down the artisan who sold you a bracelet, for instance.<\/li>\n<li>If you like to barter, don&#8217;t do it in front of a crowd of people.<\/li>\n<li>Shop California produce &#8212; olive oil, wine, artisanal cheeses, nuts, fruits and craft beers can be purchased online and shipped.<\/li>\n<li>Investigate\u00a0months ahead for vending opportunities. \u00a0Sawdust Festival and similar events have a lengthy selection process.<\/li>\n<li>Bay Area event\u00a0companies\u00a0include: pacificfinearts.com | sresproductions.com |\u00a0miramarevents.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a cookie-cutter world where many holiday gifts are\u00a0&#8220;made in China&#8221; there are\u00a0a\u00a0wealth of &#8220;made in California&#8221; holiday shopping festivals\u00a0such as\u00a0Sawdust Winter Fantasy\u00a0in Laguna Beach.\u00a0\u00a0Guests shop outdoors among scented eucalyptus trees in Laguna canyon, wandering along\u00a0the sawdust-covered grounds\u00a0while listening to holiday music and\u00a0browsing artist kiosks &#8212; some with trees growing out of them! Tips If [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23534"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}