Handmade jewelry is displayed for sale from the Designs By Diane booth on Nov. 4, during the annual Holiday Bazaar at the Village Commons on Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Marilynn Long, of Buffalo Grove, decorates a small tree at her booth on Nov. 4, during the annual Holiday Bazaar at the Village Commons on Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Handmade Christmas and holiday decorations are set out at a booth for sale on Nov. 4, during the annual Holiday Bazaar at the Village Commons on Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Beni Barriger, right, helps P.J. Folz, of North Riverside, pick out lipstick at the Pucker Up table on Nov. 4, during the annual Holiday Bazaar at the Village Commons on Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Handmade bracelets and jewelry are seen for sale at the Designs By Diane booth on Nov. 4, during the annual Holiday Bazaar at the Village Commons on Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Holiday decorations sit out on Nov. 4, during the annual Holiday Bazaar at the Village Commons on Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Regina Ferguson, of Aurora, helped the village of North Riverside usher in the holiday season by selling her one-of-a-kind pens from her company, R Functional Classics, during the recreation department’s Holiday Bazaar on Nov. 4 at the Village Commons. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Rachel Harris, an education leader with Discovery Toys, reads a children’s book to Adria Mercado, 4, of North Riverside, and Sydney Norman, 4, of Bellwood, on Nov. 4, during the annual Holiday Bazaar at the Village Commons on Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
