Get into the Spirit with Ideas Yule Love

Crafts with festive charm, set to capture your holiday spirit, will be on display at the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design in Halifax until Jan. 17.

The display, titled Ideas Yule Love, is part of the centre's ongoing Production Crafts Display Program that allows the public to view the work of Nova Scotia producers without the pressure to buy. Information is available for people interested in purchasing the products. The program offers good samples of the range and quality of crafts available in this province.

Ideas Yule Love promotes a variety of handmade products such as holiday ornaments, picture holders, earrings, pins, sun catchers, lamps, whimsical recycled computer pieces, cook's planter, decorative shelves and mirrors, snowmen, Christmas trees and wreaths, woolen hand-knit garments and other items.

This display features work from craftspeople and businesses located throughout Nova Scotia, including Acadian Glass Art in Saulnierville, The Ark in Bridgewater, Amos Pewter and Sweetwood Crafts in Mahone Bay, The Herb Garden in Chester, WhatWasIt in Dartmouth, and Winkleworks in Halifax.

In addition, the Teddy Bear Artist Guild of Nova Scotia will be participating in this show. Various artists from across Nova Scotia will showcase their bears.

The Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design, located at 1683 Barrington St., is dedicated to developing and promoting the craft and design sectors of Nova Scotia.

Ideas Yule Love may be viewed Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the centre is by donation.