The Renegade Craft Fair this past weekend was equal parts intimidating and inspiring. So much talent, all in one place! The fact that all those screen-printed tees, hundspun yarn, diecut greeting cards, etc., etc. were made with the creative energy of all those crafters bowled me over. I came away inspired to work on my own projects…and came away with some creative loot too! Too bad I won’t be able to post all of them, because some are gifts for friends who read this blog. Can’t give too much away!

One of the funniest things at the fair (aside from these fun fake beards and these oddly awesome felt cuts of meat) was this Postcard Making booth. Someone actually sat in it with a mic and would make bleep-blooping computer sounds whenever people walked by (And say, in a robotic voice: “Bleepblooop. I am a postcard machine. Possibly from the future!”). You’d insert your payment in it, spin the dial for a theme for your card, and it would pop out one for you. I was kinda scared to try it myself, LOL.

For other Tweetpix from the fair itself, my Twitter feed’s right HERE.

Otherwise, here are some of our crafty finds over the weekend.

A clever screen-printed tee for the very patient graphic-designing crafter-in-crime who came to the fair with me and thankfully navigated me around those stalls. I was so overwhelmed I didn’t know right from left. (E: Uhm, we’ve been down this aisle like twice now. J: Huh? No! Wait, really?!?)

Seller: Campfire Goods, site HERE.

Awesome, unique stickers. You never find any about crafty boys, you know!

Seller: Pop + Shorty, site HERE.

And the best finds of them all: charm packs from Superbuzzy! Superbuzzy is a great online source for Japanese fabric. I’m on their site weekly, longing for the cash to burn on some of their whimsical fabric. Luckily for me, they had affordable packs of 30 different 5-inch fabric squares at the fair. Perfect for the kind of baby quilt I just learned to make.

I got the “kitchen” set (cupcakes, mushrooms, fruit, etc.)…

…and the “novelty” set (woodland creatures, silhouettes, dogs, etc.)…

Sigh. I love them so. I kept taking them out and looking at them when I got home. Haha.

Superbuzzy’s awesome site, HERE.

Hope your week’s going well. More curly posts to come!