December 6, 2026 10 am to 4 pm
Dos Pueblos High School

Seasonal Sales has partnered with the Chris Potter Art Foundation to showcase all interested scholarship applicants at the December 6 event. 

The market brings together local artists, makers, young entrepreneurs, families, and shoppers for a day of community engagement and small business support. Partnering with the Chris Potter Art Foundation is the logical next step in bringing awareness to our cause. 

Through direct financial support, mentorship, and a community that makes the work feel possible, the Foundation intends to remove barriers that keep talented Santa Barbara County artists and painters from making their next piece. 

Scholarship applicants will also be offered a discounted booth rate of $10/youth and $30/adults. We encourage all emerging artists to apply!

Our Story

Seasonal Sales: An Art Market Built by Girl Scouts for Their Community

For more than six years, Girl Scout Troop 55524 has been a place where girls learn to lead, serve their community, try new things, and discover what they are capable of accomplishing together.

Over these six years, more than 30 girls have been part of the troop. Today, its 15 active girls range from 8 to 12 years old, and they are already thinking beyond simply earning badges. They have identified a need, designed a project, and are turning their idea into something big.

Troop 55524 is a creative group of girls. They draw, paint, 3D print, make jewelry, sculpt, bake, craft, and design. They create real art. They also have big goals for their troop, including travel, community service, and enrichment opportunities outside the classroom. But during their six years together, they have found relatively few fundraising opportunities that allow girls to create something of their own. It’s a common theme for young entrepreneurs - finding community spaces to showcase their business and hope that it makes a difference - and, unfortunately, a common challenge. 

So the girls came up with a different idea: an art market curated by young people, for an entire community of creative entrepreneurs; that is, artists of all ages.  

The market gives youth and adult makers a place to share and sell their work. The troop intentionally set the vendor booth fees low ($25/youth and $55/adults) - their goal is not to make money from the artists themselves. The booth fees help the troop build the project and make it sustainable, and provide the girls the immediate funds they’ve budgeted for their upcoming travel and service projects. Beyond that, vendors keep the profits from their own work and learn valuable entrepreneurial skills to make their small businesses sustainable too. It’s not just a fundraiser, it’s an opportunity for other local artists of all ages to become thriving business owners.

For the girls, curating a market means taking on real leadership responsibilities. They are learning how to work as a team, communicate with the public, plan an event, solve problems, set goals and make decisions together. They are seeing firsthand that leadership is not about having all the answers; it’s about bringing different strengths together and working toward a shared goal.

The girls are already putting that same spirit of learning, service and hands-on experience into other areas of their troop programming. Animal care has emerged as a shared interest across every age group in the troop, so each cohort is working toward age-appropriate goals in animal husbandry, care, and service work. Troop 55524’s Brownies (grades 2-3) are building their skills through service with BUNS Bunny Shelter in Santa Barbara. The Juniors (grades 4-5) are taking their interest in animals further through horse husbandry and riding lessons with Little Big Riding School in Santa Ynez. And the Cadettes (grades 6-8) are working with Gaia Farm in Gaviota, gaining hands-on experience with a variety of animals and agriculture. These experiences give the girls opportunities to learn not just about animals, but about responsibility, consistency, compassion and the commitment required to care for other living beings.

For our oldest girls, those experiences are also part of a bigger vision for their future. The Cadette cohort - the girls at the center of the Seasonal Sales leadership team - has chosen Hawaii as its preferred travel destination for 2027. They want to hike, snorkel, explore somewhere new and, importantly, find a way to give back to the community while they are there. Their goal is not simply to take a trip; it is to turn travel into another opportunity for learning, service and connection.

Seasonal Sales is currently a Take Action project. With its success, it has the potential to grow into a Silver Award project. The girls are not organizing one market. They are working to create a blueprint for supporting local entrepreneurs - one that could be repeated, shared and made accessible to other artist communities. They are learning how to identify a need, develop a sustainable solution, and create something that can continue to have an impact. The girls' ages make this especially meaningful. At 11 and 12 years old, they are still very much kids - but they are also developing the skills and confidence that will shape who they become as adults.

The hope is that the skills these girls are building now will follow them into every part of their lives. They will grow into women who know how to take an idea and make it happen; women who can work hard, collaborate with others, serve their communities and recognize opportunities where others might see obstacles. The art market is one small example of that larger goal.

It started with a simple observation: Troop 55524 wanted more opportunities to use their creativity and talents to help fund the experiences and service work that matter to them. Instead of waiting for someone else to create that opportunity, they decided to build one themselves. Now, they are inviting the community to be part of their Take Action project.

It's a fundraiser, yes. But more than anything, Seasonal Sales is an opportunity for success - for the girls, for the artists who participate, and for the community they are building together. It promotes something everyone should feel confident knowing: you don't always have to wait for an opportunity - sometimes you just need to create one.

Check out some of our December vendors!

Winston Proper

Side by Side Studio

The Slime Creamery

Sewing the Dream

Gaia Farm

Endless Creations

Chris Potter Art

Girl Scout Troops 55524, 55525, 55515

Food & Live Entertainment!

Nate Latta Music

Juan Dolor Music

Raffle Prizes

Basket #1 December Market Goodies: a curated basket of art from every Seasonal Sales vendor!

Basket#2 The Santa Barbara Special: Convivo Restaurant gift card, Live Oak Cafe gift card, UGG apparel, Chris Potter Art 2026-27 Calendar, SB Adventure Company gift card, Local Harvest Delivery gift card, and wine..lots and lots of wine!

Basket #3 Love the Skin You're In: details TBD  

& Silent Auction!

Leah Valentine Photography

Chris Potter Art

We are looking for youth and adult vendors that sell these handmade items and more:

Sewing Products

Pottery

Jewelry

Paintings

Handmade Stuffies

Woodworking

Photography

Florists 

Glass Art

Holiday Crafts

Questions? Email us at seasonalsales55524@gmail.com