Home businesses in holiday boutique

Central Coast home-based businesses and crafters will display and sell their wares from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Holiday Boutique & Craft Fair in the Santa Maria Elks Lodge dining room, 1309 Bradley Road.

The event will feature products from Avon, Bellino Jewelry, Scentsy, Cookie Lee Jewelry, Premier Designs Jewelry, Partylite Candles, Pampered Chef, Tupperware, Sequins & Beads by BJ, Tastefully Simple, Mary Kay, Pretty Girl Purses, Jessica's Crafts and Creative Memories.

Also scheduled to show are Lisa's Pillow Pets, Stampin' Up, Silpada Jewelry, Carol's Special Teas, Lompoc Valley Soap, Dove Chocolates, It's All About Me Boutique, My Love, Knits by Lois, Entertaining at Home, Nu Skin, Gold Canyon Candles and Molly's Ceramic Creations.

Other businesses include Fragrances, Suzi's Jams & Jellies, Aprons by Rose, Cate Pyle Wearable Art, Wristy Business, Shaklee, Young at Heart Productions, One Hip Bag, Vaughn Creations, Simply Chic Accessories, ACN, the Mind's Eye, Debbie's Creative Crafts, Close to My Heart, Swiss Just, Mexican Goodies, Sassy You and Carrie's Creations.

Consultants will be on hand to answer questions, an organizer said. The event will include games, prizes and food.

For more information, call Rebecca Barks at 925-0351 or 896-2674.

Prudential associates clean Cabrillo garden

Led by organizer Sonia Twells and broker/owner, Erny Pinckert, associates from the Lompoc office of Prudential California Realty cleaned the garden area across from the entrance to Cabrillo High School for the annual Prudential Global Volunteer Day on Oct. 3.

In addition to Pinckert and Twells, those who participated were Aide Salas, Jim Bowen, Erny Pinckert, Ramona Rogers, Dennis Trimble, Diane Trimble, Sonia Twells, Toni Ostini, Jeanne Macomber, Jana Wilcox, Bethany Terrones, Anneline Van Dyke, Owen Downing, Maria Slizys, Ariana Salas and Jocelyn Terrones.

Prudential California Realty operates more than 180 offices throughout California. For more information, call 735-3481 or visit www.prudentialcalrealty.com.

Real estate market topic for meeting

Real estate analyst Carole Rodoni will discuss the 2010 economy and real estate market, why real estate will be the surprise of 2010 and which markets are hot, which are not and why at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in the First American Title meeting room, 411 E. Betteravia Road, Santa Maria.

The program, sponsored by the Business Enriched Network, is free. Seating is limited, so those planning to attend are being advised to arrive early.

Rodoni was formerly president of Fox and Carskadon Real Estate, chief operating officer of Cornish and Carey Real Estate and president of Alain Pinel Realtors.

She is currently president of her own consulting company, Bamboo Consulting.

She has served on the board of regents of Santa Clara University, is a member of the board of directors of BayNet and CondoWorks and has been a guest columnist for the San Francisco Examiner.

Business Enriched Network is a group of local community business professionals whose mission is to provide a network of mutually supportive business partners.

For more information, visit www.BenIsHere.com or call Gene Perez at 448-7101.