Got Craft? Spring 2012

Hey Vancouver, Got Craft? is coming up soon! Sunday May 6, to be exact. Can you believe this is already the 11th edition of this awesome show?

Got Craft?
Sunday, May 6th, 2012 - 10 am to 5 pm
Royal Canadian Legion - 2205 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
$3.00, kids under 12 free
For more info, visit GotCraft.com

As usual, there will be ton of talented crafty vendors and swag bags for early birds. New this year is a cute look book that Lotus Events has put together to give you a taste of what to expect.

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StudioShop: Open Studio Sale at the Mergatroid

I'm looking forward to the the open studio sale at the Mergatroid this weekend!

StudioShop
Saturday June 26th and Sunday June 27th
11 to 6pm 5pm

Mergatroid Building, 975 Vernon Drive, Vancouver

Featuring work by a collective of artists in the Mergatroid Building who include, Su Foster, Eikam, Laura McKibbon (Cul de Sac Design), HeyDay Design, Dahlhaus, Braden Hammond, Bronsino, and on Sunday only, Karin Jones.

UPDATE: A couple of revisions to the above info, thanks to Dahlhaus: "Our time for the studio shop will be from 11-5 (instead of 6). And unfortunately Braden Hammond won't be able to open his studio doors this weekend as he was planning on. The rest of us will be there so if you are in Vancouver, please do come by for a glass of wine and some nibblies while you shop in our studios."

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Got Craft and Get Lucky

It's Springtime in Vancouver... the cherry blossoms are blooming and craft is in the air!

The Spring edition of Got Craft? is coming up on Sunday, May 2nd, and I bet it's gonna be good.

Got Craft?
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
10am to 5pm
Royal Canadian Legion – 2205 Commercial Drive (at E. 6th Ave)
Admission $2.00 (kids 10 and under are free)

The fine folks at Got Craft? are so by swept up in Spring fever, they aren't just offering up a great craft fair - they're also giving away a ton of stuff: if you're among the first 30 to get into the show, you'll be lucky enough to grab a swag bag.

You can also enter to win a YUDU screen printer, worth over $300. just take a photo of a Got Craft? poster that you spy around town, and submit it to their flickr pool. The more you upload, the more chances you have to win!

Read the full contest details on the Got Craft? blog.

For more information about Got Craft and for a full vendor list, check out GotCraft.com.

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More at MOV

Not only is The Museum of Vancouver (aka MOV) screening Handmade Nation this Friday, they're also hosting another DIY Night!

MOV AT NIGHT: DIY @ MOV 2
April 09, 2010 / 7:00 PM

Back by popular demand! A social-crafting night featuring workshops and a craft market by Birkeland Bros. Wool, Collage Collage, and Got Craft?.

An event for craft newbies and seasoned creators.
Music – Bar – Free Materials – Workshops
$15, Members free

The first DIY Night was lots of fun. I could hardly believe the line-up to get into the event! The museum was filled to the brim with creative, crafty people. My advice: get there early! Most of the supplies were already taken before I got there (except for the insanely huge pile of yarn!). But there was still lots of paper and pens left, so I grabbed a pink marker and spread out the floor to draw.... I left my drawing there (on purpose), and guess what? The MOV used it on their website to advertise the new DIY Night! Nice!!


Kirsti Wakelin (who also designed the Art Of Craft exhibit) posted a great set of photos from the first DIY @ MOV event up on Flickr. And if you haven't yet seen the Art of Craft exhibit, this is the perfect chance to catch it before it closes on April 11th.

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DIY @ MOV

I'm really looking forward to this event on Thursday: DIY @ MOV: A Night of Social Crafting at the Vancouver Museum.

DIY @ MOV: A Night of Social Crafting
January 21, 2010 / 7:00 PM

Come celebrate the creativity and community of the growing DIY craft, art and design movement in Vancouver.

Generously sponsored by OPUS and Blim, there’ll be materials and workshops in a range of art and craft media from paper to yarn. Workshops (listed below) will begin at 8pm. There will also a mini Got Craft market, along with music, snacks and local brews.

Activities are geared so that everyone can participate - from the craft newbie to seasoned creators.

Blim: button-making and screen printing workshops
Knitgirl: Knitting and Craftivism
Kirsti Wakelin: drawing/ exquisite corpse.

If you’re super-proud of what you make at DIY@MOV, MOV is providing exhibit space so that your creation can be on public display in a museum. Think of the bragging rights!

$15 - Tickets available online or at the door.
MOV Members Free

The event is part of the MOV's new exhibit, Art of Craft, which runs until April 14, 2010. The show sounds great - it features craftwork from both Canada and the Republic of Korea:

Art of Craft showcases 173 spectacular fine craft works in three parts:

Unity & Diversity: Selected Works - 75 pieces from across Canada recently on display at the 2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennale in the Republic of Korea.

By Hand/BC and Yukon - 51 pieces from Canada’s West Coast with a focus on the artists’ creative processes and studio environments.

Craft from the Republic of Korea - 47 pieces demonstrating the excellence of traditional and contemporary crafts.

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this weekend in vancouver: got craft?

My favourite Vancouver craft fair of the holiday season is happening this Sunday. Not sure if you should go? Well, just ask yourself one question: Got Craft?

Here's the scoop:

The Got Craft? Holiday show featuring over 50 local and handmade vendors is taking place * this * Sunday!

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

11:00am to 5:00pm

Royal Canadian Legion
2205 Commercial Drive (at E. 6th Avenue - across from JJ Bean), Vancouver

Admission is $2.00 (kids are free)

For more information and a complete list of vendors, please visit http://www.gotcraft.com.

Not only can you buy some awesome xmas gifts that are handmade locally, you might be able to win some awesome free stuff, too.

Remember, first 30 people through the doors receive a FREE swag bag filled with goodies from all of our vendors! Plus this year, we are happy to announce that Yudu (http://www.whatdoyudu.com) will be holding on-site demos of their personal screen printing machines. One lucky attendee will walk away with their own machine valued at $400 Cdn.

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Handmade Nation Vancouver Premiere... and GIVEAWAY!

This is not something that Canadians are "supposed" to say, but I've been jealous of the States.

Ever since the Handmade Nation documentary started making the rounds of the USA, I've been hoping that it would travel north, cross the 69th parallel, and be screened in Canada. Specifically, in Vancouver.

Well, I am jealous no more! Handmade Nation premieres in Vancouver this July!

Handmade Nation Vancouver Premiere
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Rio Theatre, 1660 East Broadway @ Commercial Drive
Craft Showcase at 7:00pm
Screening at 8:00pm

Go here for details and to buy tickets.

But wait, there's more. This not just a screening -- the movie will be preceed by a craft market full of local talent, plus filmmaker Faythe Levine herself will be there for a Q&A after the movie, along with a book signing for the companion book, Handmade Nation: The Rise of D.I.Y., Art, Craft, and Design, co-authored by Cortney Heimerl.

In case you couldn't tell, I super-excited about this event.

I'm also super-excited to announce that I have a pair of tickets to give away!

To enter, just leave a comment below by June 30th. I'll draw a winner at random on July 1st.

Big thanks to Andrea and Rob, for organizing all of this. They're the fab duo from Lotus Events, who also organize the Got Craft? and Got Craft? Bite Sized shows.

To find out more about Handmade Nation, check out their website. Poppytalk also ran a great interview with Faythe a while ago.

And last but not least, here's the trailer!

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this weekend in vancouver: more crafts and fewer cars

There's lots of fun stuff happening in this weekend in Vancouver... If you can drag yourself away from the beach and the farmers' markets, there are a couple of crafty events happening on Main Street.

Got Craft kicks off the first of its monthly bite-sized Got Craft shows. This event takes place on the second Sunday of each month between June and November, featuring a bakers dozen of local and handmade vendors - with a new combo of crafters participating every month.

Got Craft? Bite-Sized Edition

Sunday, June 14th, 2009
11 am to 4 pm

Little Mountain Gallery
195 E. 26th Avenue (at Main Street)

Admission by donation to support the Vancouver Craft Mafia

More details at GotCraft.com

Right down the street, Blim's Monthly Community Market is also on, with over 50 vendors, live music, hot food, beverages, and entertainment.

Blim's Monthly Community Market

Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Noon to 6 pm

On the sidewalk outside Blim
17th at Main

More details at Blim.ca

And if you're on Main Street, it's going to be impossible to miss Car Free Vancouver Day. Several streets in town will be closed to cars - and open to pedestrians, bikes and good times: Main Street, Davie Street, Commercial Drive and random parts of Kitsilano. More details at CarFreeVancouver.org.

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craft rock friday with devendra banhart

Oh Devendra Banhart, I have such a crush on you. You and your wavery growly voice singing beautiful nonsense.

Today's Craft Rock comes from Devendra, in a video for the song "Don't Look Back in Anger". It has to do with paper people, paper houses, paper flowers... plus a little (life!) lesson about adding colour to your world.




This is actually a cover of an Oasis song. I wouldn't have guessed that.

If you need to refresh your memory, here's the original. Maybe I'm biased, but I like Devendra Banhart's version better.



(On a tangent: Ryan Adams also does a pretty nice cover of Oasis' "Wonderwall" - and here's the original, in case you haven't just spent the last 14 years trying to get that out of your head.)

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got craft? (get it this sunday!)

Sunday! Sunday! SUNDAY!

If you were using your monster-truck-rally voice to say that (and we know you were!), well, you're on the right track: Sunday's the day for Got Craft?

In my opinion, Got Craft? is the best darn craft show in town.

The show features 50 local crafters, making everything from handmade soap to silver jewellery to feather headdresses to yeti softies and much more...

To sweeten the deal even more, the first 30 people through the door receive a free handmade swag bag full of goodies from the vendors.

Got Craft?
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Royal Canadian Legion
@ 2205 Commercial Drive (at E. 6th Ave.), Vancouver, BC
$2 (kids 10 and under are free)

Get all the deets on the Got Craft? website and blog.

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this weekend in vancouver: fashion for cheap(er)

Two fun thrifty fashion events in Vancouver this weekend..



Local Vancouver designs and vintage pieces, all priced at $50 dollars. Adhesif, Alison Wonderland, Carny Love, Chulo Pony, Devil May Wear, Erin Templeton and Kulus will be there with some deals.

Nifty for Fifty
Saturday, April 18th and Sunday, 19th
Noon-7pm
Art & Soul Gallery inside the Pacific Palisades Hotel, 1277 Robson Street

If you need to clear some space in your closet (and then fill it up again), check out Vancouver Swap-O-Rama-Rama.

Vancouver Swap-O-Rama-Rama
Sunday, April 19th
11am - 4pm
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street
$6 and a bag of clothes/crafts will get you in

Bring in your unused/unwanted/unloved clothing and craft supplies, and start swapping. At the end of the day, leftover clothes will be donated to charities. There will also be workshops on button-making, needle felting and more... Get more details on VIA and the SORR blog.

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yet another crafty weekend in vancouver

This city's getting a little craft crazy. There are so many shows these days!

To add to the mix, Blim's starting a new monthly craft fair: the Main Street Community Market. Starting this Sunday, March 29th, these shows will take place on the last Sunday of every month, from 11 am to 5 pm, at the Cambrian Hall (215 East 17th ave at Main, behind Granville Island Toys). Admission is free!

More deets from Blim:

Our first community market will be on Sunday, March 29 from 11–5 PM, include 30 vendors, live music, hot food, beverages, and entertainment. Vendors will include food, fashion, accessories, supplies, fine art, vintage items and records, and not be limited to crafts, and there will be a focus on nurturing and promoting creative production in our community. We want to appeal to young, old, hip, plain, babies, animals, men, women, everyone.
We are very excited about this event and what it can contribute to Main Street’s artistic vitality, and how it can help support and encourage the local creative community.

This Sunday's market will feature:

Basement Sweet (jewellery)
Darwin Meyers (vintage vinyl)
Rad Attack (clothing)
Coco Cake Cupcakes
Coco Chow Fun Earrings
Gldnmilitia (modern and vintage jewellery)
Blim (clothing and accessories)
Christina Kenton (small art)
It's Your Life (jewellery)
Down Home Amy (clothing and accessories)
Some Other Girl (screenprinted clothing)
Kaori Kasai (art and crafts)
Re-up (jewellery)
Baby Elephant (handmade cards)
Roxypop Designs (knitted and sewn accessories)
District Thirty (jewellery)
Momoko (pottery)
Otaunu Spirit (glassware and accessories)
Civil Disobediance (clothing and accessories)
Hug and Stuff (handmade accessories)
No Fixed Address (zines and books)
Bleeble & Ji (handmade eco-friendly journals)
Jackie Dives (cards and accessories)
Affera Cosmetics
White Sky (vintage clothing)
Sunset Gourmet (packaged gourmet food)
Meghann Hubert (ceramics)
Bianca Barr (accessories)
Laboratory Laboratoire (handmade crafts)
Brian Robinson (Hot Gourmet Food)
Bead Freaks (accessories and supplies)

....with Hot Japanese Snacks by Michael Tora Speier and Live Music by Fine Mist.

ALSO don't forget that Portobello West is also on this weekend, both Saturday March 28th and Sunday, March 29th from noon to 6pm. It's over at the Rocky Mountaineer Station and costs $2 to get in.

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even more craft in vancouver this weekend (it must be spring!)

If the Etsy Spring Fling is not enough for ya, here's another fun crafty happening in Vancouver this weekend...

Astrosatchel Spring Studio Sale, with Guest Artists

Friday March 20th from Noon to 8pm
Saturday and Sunday March 21 & 22
11am to 6pm
at the Astrosatchel Studio: 339 Railway Street, Vancouver BC



The sale features Astrosatchel's Spring 2009 collection (bags, diaper bags, wallets, hats, spring clothes, aprons, oven mitts and pot holders...) They'll also have some sale items priced at 30-50% off.

Astrosatchel has also invited some guest artists for the event:

Cul De Sac ceramics: beautiful ceramics handmade in Vancouver by Laura McKibbon. I love her work.

Stuffies, cute animal softies handmade in Mount Pleasant by Audra Neil.

Sumiya Clothing by Shoko Sonoda: rad screenprinted baby clothes. Gotta love those lucky cats!

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this weekend in vancouver: a spring fling with etsy

This weekend, Vancouver Etsy sellers are tearing themselves away from their laptops to hold a craft fair in the flesh... Lots of great local crafters are representing.

A Spring Fling with Etsy
Saturday March 21st
Cambrian Welsh Hall
215 East 17th Ave (at Main)
11am - 5pm
$2 at the door

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vancouver craft fairs 2008

UPDATE! (November 19th): I've added a few more to the list... Thanks for the comments! And if you know of any more awesome craft shows to check out, please share in the comments section below.

It's that time of year again.

If you're looking to buy local and handmade this Christmas, here are some holiday craft shows in Vancouver to check out...

One of a Kind
Thursday, November 20th to Sunday, November 23rd
BC Place Stadium
Thursday and Friday 10am to 9pm, Saturday 10am to 9pm, Sunday 10am to 6pm
Admission $8 online or $10 at the door

Emily Carr Student Art Sale
Friday, November 21st, 1pm to 8pm
Saturday, November 22nd, 10am to 6pm
Concourse Gallery, North Building, Emily Carr University, Granville Island
Admission Free

Maternal Creations Art Show and Craft Fair
Friday, November 21st, 4pm to 8pm and Saturday, November 22nd, Noon to 5pm
Pomegranate Community Midwives, 2647 East Hastings St. (between Slocan and Penticton)

Fab Fair
Saturday, November 22nd and Sunday, November 23rd
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street

We've Fallen for Etsy: Vancouver Etsy Sellers Craft Fair
Sunday, November 23rd, 11am to 5pm
Cambrian Hall, 215 East 17th Ave, just east of Main
Admission $2

Urban Artisans Craft Fair
Saturday, November 29th and Sunday, November 30th, 10 am to 5pm

I Heart Crafts Winter Bazaar
Sunday, November 30th, 11 am to 6 pm
Ukrainian Cultural Center, 805 East Pender St.
Admission $2

Portobello West
Sunday, November 30th
Rocky Mountaineer Station, 1755 Cottrell Street (near Home Depot)
Admission $2

Toque
Friday, December 5th, 6pm to 9pm, and Saturday, December 6th, 11am to 5pm
Western Front, 303 East 8th Avenue

Shiny Fuzzy Muddy
Friday, December 5th, 5pm to 9pm, Saturday, December 6th, 11am to 5pm, and Sunday, December 7th, Noon to 5pm
VIVO (Video In Studios), 1965 Main street (at 3rd Avenue)

Aberthau Potters Club's Pottery Sale
Saturday, December 6th, 10 am to 4pm 
4397 West 2nd Avenue

Heritage Hall Christmas Craft Fair
Saturday, December 6th and Sunday, December 7th, 11 am to 5 pm
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street
Admission $2

Granville Island Yuletide Artisan Market
Saturday, December 6th and Sunday, December 7th, 11 am to 4 pm
Granville Island, Triangle Square (between Net Loft and La Baguette)

Green Christmas Holiday Gift Market
Sunday, December 7th, 11am to 6pm
Cambrian Hall, East 17th Ave, just east of Main

Earthsave Holiday Gift Market
Sunday, December 7th, 10am to 2pm
2150 Maple Street (SPEC building)

Got Craft?
Sunday, December 7th
Royal Canadian Legion, 2205 Commercial Drive (at East 6th Avenue)
Admission $2

Silver Lining Craft Fair
Saturday, December 13th, 5pm to 11pm, and Sunday, December 14th, Noon to 5pm
Antisocial, 2425 Main St (enter from the back after 6pm)

Granville Island Yuletide Artisan Market
Saturday, December 13th and Sunday, December 14th, 11 am to 4 pm
Granville Island, Triangle Square (between Net Loft and La Baguette)

Vancouver Farmers Markets 'Holiday Market'
Saturday, December 13th and Sunday, December 14th, 10am to 5pm
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street
Admission $2

Portobello West Holiday Market
Saturday, December 13th and Sunday, December 14th
Rocky Mountaineer Station, 1755 Cottrell Street (near Home Depot)
Admission $2

Blim Winter Market
Saturday, December 20th, Noon to 5pm
Cambrian Hall, East 17th Ave, just east of Main

What else?
If you know of any more awesome craft shows to check out, please share in the comments section below.

(PS. The ceramics pictured above are the fine work of Laura McKibbon of Cul de Sac Design, who'll be at Shiny Fuzzy Muddy.)

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vancouver craft shows galore

This weekend Vancouver gets craft happy...

Blim Fall Market
Saturday, September 27
12 – 5 PM
Free

Featuring:
Baby Elephant
Basement Sweet
Carny Love
Catching Stars
District 30 - the 80s boom box necklace pictured above
Down Home Amy
Electric Housewives
A Farmers Daughter - the feathered headband pictured below
It's Your Life
O'ta'unu Spirit
People Making Things
Pon
The Re-Up
Sea Star Creations
Smeeta
Sumiya Clothing Company
Track and Field
Wee Works
Won Tsuen
...and more.



But wait, there's more...

I Heart Crafts Bazaar
Ukrainian Cultural Centre, 805 East Pender St.
Sunday, September 28
11 AM – 6 PM
$2

An eclectic group of local artists, crafters and designers, I Heart Crafts Bazaar showcases a collection of textile, jewelry and book arts.

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more craft in vancouver

Next weekend, there's more craft afoot in Vancouver.

Blim Spring Outdoor Market
Saturday May 24, Noon – 5pm (Free!)
At Blim, 197 17th Ave. E (at Main), Vancouver

The show features a bunch of local artists...

Basement Sweet- light switch covers and necklaces


The Re-Up - re-worked jewellery

Carny Love - custom clothing

See:Be - jewellery
(I have wanted one of her Floating Saucer rings for a long time now... maybe she'll have my size this time...)


It's Your Life - jewellery and accessories

Flight Path Designs - handmade accessories, including fun belt buckles

Catalyst - leather belts, cuffs, and buckles

Tea Candles - vintage tea cups turned into candles

Art at Snow - art prints, magnets, greeting cards and original drawings

BudVase

Factory on Fire Design Co and Burnt Flowers - custom sock monkeys, jewellery and accessories

Oh Sweetie! and Maked

Ji Young Yoon - handmade journals

Petri Dish

A Farmers Daughter - feather headbands and vintage charm necklaces and earrings

Stitchella


Bead Freaks - beads

Some Other Girl - clothing

Fuzzy Silver Cat - jewellery

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got craft?

Hey Vancouver! Got Craft?

This weekend - tomorrow - the Got Craft? craft fair is on!

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

11am - 5pm

Royal Canadian Legion, 2205 Commercial Drive (at E. 6th Avenue), Vancouver, BC

40 amazing local artists will be there. There are a few sneak peeks on the Got Craft? blog.

Just to call out a few: Olive (their soap smells oh-so-good!), Maked (a really great group of girls), Little Red Caboose (adorable wool felt crowns for dress up!), Track and Field (I have one of her lovely prints of birds on felt), Annabella Designs (lovely laser-cut silver jewellery) and a TON more talent. Here's a list of more vendors and links... or better yet, stop by the craft fair tomorrow and check them all out.

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online calendar of craft fairs in vancouver and bc

If you're a crafter - or craft lover - in Vancouver or elsewhere in BC, you're gonna be happy. And oh so organized.

BC Craft Fairs is an online calendar of craft fairs in British Columbia - and, in my opinion, your best bet for knowing what's going on in craft fairs in this fine province. Whether your trying to find out deadlines for juried shows, or just want to go shopping for handmade gifts this weekend, this is your resource.

Many times I've looked for this exact resource, so I'm glad that someone has finally compiled all this info in one place. Amazingly, it's all done by ONE self-described compulsive crafter. Thank you, Tamsin!

Go to the BC Craft Fairs calendar and plan your next craft date.

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more craft fairs in vancouver

Man, this town is getting to be craft fair central.

In addition to the ones I listed before, there are a couple more craft fairs going on this weekend in Vancouver:


Anti-Seam Social Ripper Craft Fair
A fundraiser for Seamrippers Craft Collective at Antisocial, 2425 Main Street.
Friday, December 7th, 6pm to midnight and Saturday, December 8th, noon to 6pm.

and

shiny fuzzy muddy 8
Featuring shiny fuzzy muddy members: AstroSatchel, Frances Felt, Laura McKibbon (I love her ceramics!), Kari Woo and Arleigh Wood, plus guest artists Jill Allan, Ulla Clark, Holly Cruise, Caroline Miller, Audra Neil, Patina Designs and Jasna Sokolovic.

Friday, December 7th, 5 to 10 pm
Saturday, December 8th, 11 to 5 pm
Sunday, December 9th, 2007, noon to 5 pm
at Video-In Studios, 1965 Main Street (at 3rd)

There was also a great craft fair that we* discovered this past weekend called Toque, which was on at the Western Front. Lots of great vendors. I bought a t-shirt from Hand and Shadow, with a drawing of hair on it. Ok, that sounds kinda gross, but the drawing is really lovely.

(*Did I mention Lindsay (the other half of Magpie and Cake!) was in town? Yeeks! More on that to come soon, including pottery, gingerbread and snow...)

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