Fall in Love with Mercado536

You’re invited to our Valentine’s Day Event on Saturday, Feb 7!
Fall in Love with Mercado 536 is a love-centered community experience, a chance to connect with one another in a creative space @thegarciacenterforthearts 💘
✨ Tickets give you access to ALL Mercado 536 member–led activities:
👋 Speed friending
💌 Love letter writing workshop
💝 Valentine card making
🎨 Paint & Sip
🔮 Personalized tarot readings
🌿 DIY natural perfume
🦋 Cyanotype Printing with
🖊️Couples Drawings
💟Fabric Patches & Sticker Stamping
🔮Love & Self Love Readings
🙌Crafting for Kids

🍓🍫 Plus! Food vendors on site, including Valentine’s Day sweets
🛍 Shop for meaningful, handmade, and custom Valentine’s gifts from Mercado 536! Our store is home to 32+ artists/makers!
We’ll get you Valentine’s-ready just in time for the following weekend 💘
🎟 Tickets for activities available on EventBrite Jan 17. Children under 18 are free but must have adult supervision.
📅 Feb 7 | 12–4 PM
📍 @Mercado.536 | @thegarciacenterforthearts | 536 W 11th St, San Bernardino

Activities Schedule: Come for some time or stay the whole time!

12-1PM DIY Natural Perfume Oil

12-4PM Couples Drawings

12-1:30PM Paint & Sip Activity

1:15-1:45PM Speed-Friending

1-2PM Valentine Card Making

1-3PM Fabric Patches & Sticker Stamping

2-3PM Letter Writing Workshop

2-4PM Cyanotype Activity

2-4PM Love & Self Love Tarot Readings

2:30-3:30PM DIY Natural Perfume Oil

2:30-3:30 PM Crafting for Kids

2:30-4PM Paint & Sip Activity

Activities Descriptions:

DIY Natural Perfume Oil with Stellar Herbs & Body Care. Make your own all-natural perfume oil in a few easy steps. Customize your own scent using some of the most romantic essential oils like rose, sandalwood, vanilla & more. All ages welcome.

Couples Drawings with Cristina del Carmen Art. Bring a loved one and learn the drawing exercise: blind contour! Leave with a portrait without taking your eyes off each other!

Paint & Sip Activity with Seny's Press On Nails & Dementia Rose Designs. Sip on a signature Mercado love day mocktail and paint a mini love day canvas 🎀

Speed Friending: Join in and meet new friends, including some Mercado 536 members. This quick 25 minute activity will get everyone socializing in only 2- 3 minute rounds.

Valentine Card Making with Brenda. Design a cute whimsical valentine card for someone special.

Fabric Patches & Sticker Stamping with Art by Hannah. Patches & Sticker Stamping: You’ll get to pick from several small valentine’s inspired lino/block designs and stamp them onto fabric for a patch or a sticker!

Love Letter Writing with Ana Karen Loves Paper. Get tips and prompts for writing platonic love letters to your loved ones. Paper, envelopes, writing utensils, plus washi and rubber stamps will be provided so you can decorate your letters to the occasion.

Cyanotype Prints with Buzzin Flowers. Make your own Sun🌞 Print with pressed flowers grown in San Bernardino! For all ages.

Love & Self Love Tarot Readings with Soul Seekn Adventures. Valentine’s Day can bring a mix of emotions and questions. This intuitive reading can help you self- reflect on your connections, and the choices available. It’s a thoughtful space to look at love-related questions with clarity and compassion. Whether you’re in a relationship looking for answers about your current situation or single and curious about new love, healing from past heartbreaks or simply seeking self love, a tarot reading offers a thoughtful perspective on your romantic life.

Crafting for Kids with Palmer Co 365. This activity is for kids by kids! Hosted by sisters ages 9-12, our youngest Mercado 536 members.

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