Hometown Market

Hometown Market We LOVE central Alberta and know you do too! We're here to celebrate and build community pride for

We’re gettin’ warmed up & ready for another BUSY summer on the road! And with that we need to get our orders in! Would o...
01/21/2025

We’re gettin’ warmed up & ready for another BUSY summer on the road! And with that we need to get our orders in! Would our Gull Lakers PLEASE fill us in! ⬇️

Rainbow or Gull?! 💭 Which design would YOU reach for on a hoodie or t?

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***FUN FACT FRIDAY***Did you know there is an ice slide in Fort Saskatchewan that is 3 transit bus lengths long?!"Icey D...
01/17/2025

***FUN FACT FRIDAY***

Did you know there is an ice slide in Fort Saskatchewan that is 3 transit bus lengths long?!

"Icey Dicey," located at Legacy Park, is said to be 103'!

brought this winter slide to life, complete with lights so you can slide at night!

There's even an outdoor ice surface, so bring your skates too!

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***FUN FACT FRIDAY***Did you know construction is almost complete on the World's Largest Snow Maze?!No real surprise, it...
01/10/2025

***FUN FACT FRIDAY***

Did you know construction is almost complete on the World's Largest Snow Maze?!

No real surprise, it's located on the prairies, just south of Winnipeg!

A Maze in Corn in St. Adolphe, Manitoba was also last year's Guiness World Record holder, and they're ramping up this year's maze to ensure they maintain that record.

This year's maze is 53% larger and features a huge 20-foot-tall snow cathedral in the middle with 20,000 lbs of carved ice!

Maze goers will want to bundle up, it takes approximately 45 minutes to navigate, but they have firepits throughout the maze and snow sculptures to enhance your experience.

Would you be willing to get lost in walls of snow?!

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***FUN FACT FRIDAY***Let's talk New Year's resolutions!Did you know resolutions can be traced back to ancient Babylon?! ...
01/03/2025

***FUN FACT FRIDAY***

Let's talk New Year's resolutions!

Did you know resolutions can be traced back to ancient Babylon?!

During a 12 day festival honoring their God's, Babylonians pledged to repay debts and return borrowed items, an early form of self-improvement that set the stage for the resolution setting we know today.

Research shows the most common resolutions today involve improving health, like exercising more, eating better, or quitting smoking. Saving money and learning new skills are also high on the list.

Unfortunately, studies show that fewer than 10% of people successfully achieve their New Year's resolutions.

The advice is to set small, specific goals to increase your success rate. Consider turning to technology like a tracking app to help keep you accountable and your eye on the prize!

How do you feel about New Year's resolutions? Are you making them nay or yay?! Any you would like to share?!

📸 early 20th century New Year's resolution postcards -
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Digging into our sales this year we’ve seen a cozy trend! Which is incredibly ironic as we were JUST discussing what com...
01/03/2025

Digging into our sales this year we’ve seen a cozy trend!

Which is incredibly ironic as we were JUST discussing what community to add to blankets and candles in 2025!

We’d love to know what YOU would reach for! Fill us in!

Anyone else in year-end purge mode?! 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️It's awesome to be able to pause and reflect on the year. That simple act o...
12/30/2024

Anyone else in year-end purge mode?! 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

It's awesome to be able to pause and reflect on the year. That simple act of slowing down always seems to find a way to show you just how much you have changed and grown! Am I right?!

As with any new beginning, we, too, are ready for a fresh start, a fresh focus, and to come out bolder than ever in 2025!

Our website is currently receiving some much needed TLC. It's still up and running, but we're hard at work on some changes that we know you will appreciate too!

Stay tuned!

***FUN FACT FRIDAY***Have you heard of "wishfetti" in relation to Times Square on New Year's Eve?!The wishfetti traditio...
12/27/2024

***FUN FACT FRIDAY***

Have you heard of "wishfetti" in relation to Times Square on New Year's Eve?!

The wishfetti tradition started in 2015, when Times Square dropped thousands of wishes on the confetti that fluttered down on the crowd at midnight!

People were invited to write down their wishes for the new year and tack them to the Wish Wall in Times Square, which was then used as the confetti!

You can now even submit your wish on the Times Square website where they ask you to sumit anything from a personal goal to a dream for the future or to do something for the very first time. They'll write it down for you and add the wishes to the ton of confetti that floats down at midnight for all the world to see!

If you’re a social person, share it with Times Square using the hashtag .

What a cool way to be a part of the magic! What wish are you writing down for 2025?!

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From our wild family to yours, wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!📸
12/26/2024

From our wild family to yours, wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Taking a quick moment to reflect among all the energy and emotion this magical holiday holds.So much gratitude to return...
12/25/2024

Taking a quick moment to reflect among all the energy and emotion this magical holiday holds.

So much gratitude to return to all of you, so many market warm welcomes, so many encouraging and positive comments, so much support.

Thank YOU 🙏

- Stephanie and Kim

***FUN FACT FRIDAY***Did you know the version of Santa we recognize and have come known to love here in North America wa...
12/20/2024

***FUN FACT FRIDAY***

Did you know the version of Santa we recognize and have come known to love here in North America was largely shaped by The Coca-Cola Company in 1931?!

That year, the soda company started placing ads in popular magazines, with the advertising agency executive wanting to show a wholesome Santa who was both realistic and symbolic. Coco-Cola commissioned illustrator Haddon Sundblom to develop ad campaign images showing Santa himself, not a man dressed as Santa.

Using Clement Clark Moore's 1822 poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas" description of Santa as inspiration, Sundblom created a warm, friendly, pleasantly plump human Santa.

From 1931 to 1964, Coca-Cola ads showed Santa delivering toys and playing with them, pausing to read a letter and enjoy a Coke, visiting with children, and raiding fridges at a number of homes!

Those original Sundblom oil paintings were adapted for magazine ads, store displays, billboards, posters, calendars, and even plush dolls! Many remain popular collectibles and prized pieces of art.

Oh, the power of advertising!

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You have ☝️last chance to catch us at a holiday market!I know, I know, I'm in as much denial as you that the big day is ...
12/16/2024

You have ☝️last chance to catch us at a holiday market!

I know, I know, I'm in as much denial as you that the big day is NEXT week!

Here's where you can find us 👇:

📍Thursday 19th: Lacombe Farmers Market - Lacombe Memorial Centre, 2-6pm

But don't fret! There's still time to order online and pick-up your order locally at either Cilantro and Chive location, or have your goods shipped (guaranteed delivery if you order by end of day on the 18th)

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Our FINAL Christmas Market weekend?! 🤯We're at "A Westerner Christmas" Saturday - Stockmans Pavillion at Westerner Park ...
12/14/2024

Our FINAL Christmas Market weekend?! 🤯

We're at "A Westerner Christmas" Saturday - Stockmans Pavillion at Westerner Park 10-4

Sunday, you'll find us at Bluegrass Garden Centre Red Deer - 10-4.

Our FINAL market of 2024 will be Thursday (19th) at Lacombe Memorial Centre, 2-6pm.

We'll be offering local pickups at Cilantro and Chive right up to Christmas Eve morning. If you need shipping, try and order by the 18th to ensure delivery before Christmas!

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***FUN FACT FRIDAY***Let's talk Christmas trees!Are you team real tree or team artificial?!Christmas trees were first se...
12/13/2024

***FUN FACT FRIDAY***

Let's talk Christmas trees!

Are you team real tree or team artificial?!

Christmas trees were first seen in 16th Century Germany where, at Christmas time, people decorated fir trees with fruit and nuts and later on sweets, paper shapes, and candles.

Historians think the origins of this festive tradition may date back to the Romans and Ancient Egyptians, who used evergreen plants and garland as symbols of everlasting life!

At my house, we have an artificial tree, although growing up, I always had a real tree!

This is our tree filled with love - I would love to see yours!

SHOW US YOUR TREE!!!

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And drop us a vote for a real tree or artificial!

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Christmas Tree Tradition

If you can believe it, we only have 4️⃣ holiday markets left!Here's where you can find us this week 👇:📍Thursday: Lacombe...
12/10/2024

If you can believe it, we only have 4️⃣ holiday markets left!

Here's where you can find us this week 👇:

📍Thursday: Lacombe Farmers Market - Lacombe Memorial Centre, 2-6pm
📍Saturday: A Westerner Christmas, The Mom Market Red Deer - Stockman's Pavilion Westerner Park 10am-4pm
📍Sunday: Blue Grass Christmas Market - Blue Grass Garden Centre Red Deer 10am-4pm

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Tell us you're from a small town without telling us you're from a small town..."The Store" - where you find all the esse...
12/07/2024

Tell us you're from a small town without telling us you're from a small town...

"The Store" - where you find all the essentials and candy, of course!

Our market stop in New Sarepta today took me down memory lane. The village where I went to school had a store, the one (and only) real "stop." But I loved going there, and my kids now have an affection for that cozy one room shop that has a little bit of everything!

Who's been enjoying an advent calendar at home?! 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️***FUN FACT FRIDAY***Have you ever wondered how the tradition ...
12/06/2024

Who's been enjoying an advent calendar at home?! 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️

***FUN FACT FRIDAY***

Have you ever wondered how the tradition of opening a little door to reveal a Christmas shaped chocolate to count down the days to Christmas Eve started?!

The advent calendar tradition dates back to the mid-19th century when German Protestants made chalkmarks or lit candles to count the days leading up to Christmas.

Some state the tradition was originally started by the Swedish and Norwegians, and given the fact that many of them would be in darkness at this time of year, it is easy to understand why they would start the tradition.

The first known calendars in 1851 were handmade and wooden.

Gerhard Lang is behind adding small doors in the 1920's, and said to be the creator of the modern calendar, having mass-produced the cardboard calendars.

It wasn’t until the late 1950s that Advent Calendars included chocolate.

Now, though? You can get them with just about anything - Lego, makeup, Alcohol, beer, makeup, coffee, Hot Wheels, and SO much more!

What is in YOUR Advent Calendar this year?! 👇

✍️📸 -verlag, .co.uk,

WOW - sure, it feels like the holidays are coming up quick now!We have an in with Ol' Saint Nick himself, so guaranteed ...
12/02/2024

WOW - sure, it feels like the holidays are coming up quick now!

We have an in with Ol' Saint Nick himself, so guaranteed we can make some .ca and merch make it under the tree in a jiffy!

Here's where you can find us this week 👇:

📍Saturday: Old Station Honey & Mead Jingle and Mingle - 4999 Centre St, New Sarepta 11am-5pm
📍Sunday: Blue Grass Christmas Market - Blue Grass Garden Centre Red Deer 10am-4pm


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Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm

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'cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life. Bittersweet 💯 It took so long to put this all together. It seemed like mere moments to take it all apart. Onward and upward! #ClosingTime #Bittersweet #ThatsLife #TakeItApart #PutItBackTogether #Onward #Upward #HometownMarket #CEG3

'cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life. Bittersweet 💯 It took so long to put this all together. It seemed like mere moments to take it all apart. Onward and upward! #ClosingTime #Bittersweet #ThatsLife #TakeItApart #PutItBackTogether #Onward #Upward #HometownMarket #CEG3

📢 Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes! Ok, picture Ross in one of my favourite Friends episodes of all time when Ross and Rachel buy a new couch and need to get it in their apartment. We're making a Pivot! What it means.... We're closing the doors to our storefront in downtown Lacombe as of Saturday, September 21st. BUT we're embarking on several new chapters and opportunities for both HometownMarket.ca and No Coast. We'll continue with online sales, markets throughout central Alberta and be re-vamping our merch selection Cilantro and Chive - Lacombe and Cilantro and Chive - Red Deer. Are we sad to see the doors on our little storefront close - 100%. BUT are we excited to be able to connect with more of you on the road and spread our prairie and hometown love a little further - ABSOFREAKENLUTELY!!! So definitely NOT goodbye, just a PIVOT! And to take another cue from Ross on Friends "I'm fine." Buckle up, enjoy the ride, I would love for you to follow along on this BIG leap! ~Kim #ChChChanges #Pivot #StorefrontClosing #NotGoodBye #ImFine #BigLeap #BuckleUp #WildRide #CEG3 #HometownMarket

Life is a ✨dream✨ in Central Alberta. Whether you live at the lake or in the country, in a small town or a city - there is something to fall in love with. Celebrate YOUR favourite Central Alberta location with one of our classic camping mugs. #CEG3 #CentralAlberta #Camping #Mugs #EnamelMug #HometownMarket #DowntownLacombe #SylvanLake #Stettler #Rimbey #GullLake #Ponoka #Lacombe #PigeonLake #BuffaloLake #RedDeer

Lacombe truly is beautiful in every season, even spring! 🤣 The snow today is like a Hallmark movie, just we're nowhere close to Christmas! City of Lacombe Downtown Lacombe

Top o' the mornin' to ya! It's not easy being green, but we can help! We're here from 11-6, the best of luck would be to see you! ☘️ #stpatricksday #ceg3 #lacombealberta #downtownlacombe #explorelacombe #green #BestOfAlberta #NoCoast #HometownMarket

Alberta Beef undies, perfect for the prairie dudes in your life. Premium men's underwear designed in Edmonton! Super soft and comfortable, available in several meaty prints. #Underwear #Undies #Dudes #Men #SteakAndPotatoes #BeefCuts #Hockey #Bales #PrairieLovers #AlbertaBeef #Gifts #HometownMarket

Ruh-roh! New collectible candy tins have arrived! Which one are you reaching for?! #CandyTins #Nostalgic #Mario #RubicsCube #ScoobyDoo #TedLasso #CassetteTape #Mints #Sours #FUN #Gifts #CEG3

We're 'leap'n' all over Lacombe on this BONUS day! 👉 Leap'n for love ❤️ City of Lacombe heart 👉 Leap'n for a latte ☕️ 5024 General Store 👉 Leap'n for lunch 🍔 Cilantro and Chive - Lacombe 👉 Leap'n for a new lid 🧢 Hometown Market 👉 Leap'n for a trim of the locks 💇‍♀️ Copper Lane Hair Studio 👉 Leap'n for a lager 🍻 Blindman Brewing 👉 Leap'n for the world's largest fishing lure 🎣 Len Thompson & Northern King Lures 👉 Leap'n for some Levi's👖@elitebridalboutique There's plenty more to leap for in Lacombe! #LeapDay #LeapYear #Leap #LeaplingsItsYourBirthday #MightAsWellJump #Lacombe #CEG3 #LoveWhereYouLive

Coffee: because adulting is hard! We have a sweet selection of FUN mugs to suit all of the moods before (and after) your morning cup ☕️ Which mug are YOU reaching for?!Me - I need the 'Get Sh*t Done' motivator mug ALL day EVERY day!#AdultingIsHard #CoffeePlease #Cappuccino #CEG3 #CoffeeMugs #FUN #GetSh*tDone #GoodDayForGoodDay #Seriously #ChalantAF #Grammar #RayOfSunshine #OGSh*tShow #NotForEveryone #WildChild

There's a reason we're called HometownMarket! We celebrate home towns in Central Alberta, with a mission to help build community pride for the region and province we call home. Notice a community we need a mug for?! 👇 And another burning question of ours, enamel or ceramic mug or both?! 👇 #HometownMarket #CentralAlberta #CommunityPride #LoveWhereYouLive #Lacombe #RedDeer #GullLake #Ponoka #Rimbey #SylvanLake #Innisfail #Blackfalds #Stettler #RockyMountainHouse

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