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Renegade Craft Fair is THIS WEEKEND in Los Angeles!

LA RenegadeIf you live near Los Angeles, come down to Los Angeles State Historic Park (1245 N. Spring St.) for Renegade Craft Fair this weekend! I’ll be there both Saturday and Sunday, from 11-7 each day, selling pillows, tea towels, coasters, postcards, and a few one of a kind items that will not be appearing online.

LA Renegade mapCome walk around and see what LA’s makers have to offer! There will be food trucks, too, so you can make an afternoon of it. Don’t forget to stop by and say hello, I’m at booth #171 (along with Small Adventure!)

Weekend work

Cotton & Flax pillow pile

Another busy weekend taking photos of the Spring/Summer collection, with help from my friend Hollin. So excited to share the photos she took (soon!)

eastside handmade

Left: the view from my table at Eastside Handmade, right: ties from Scout Ties.

eastside handmade

Thanks to everyone who came out to Eastside Handmade, it was great to meet so many creative people this weekend. Reminded me of all the things I love about doing in-person events like this. Hoping to do more handmade marketplace events this summer, I’ll be sure to post info here on the blog for the next sale.

Eastside Handmade this weekend!

eastside handmade

I just got word of an impromptu handmade marketplace popping up on Saturday, and decided to take part. I’ll be selling pillows, tea towels, coasters, and postcards at Eastside Handmade from 11-5 this Saturday. The market is taking place at Shopclass, a great new vintage home decor shop in Highland Park. They have a surprisingly affordable collection of furniture and home decor, so stop by if you live in LA, and check out the shop and the handmade pop-up market!

eastside handmade vendors

Just a sample of what you’ll find at Eastside Handmade this Saturday:

  1. Pillows from Cotton & Flax
  2. Stationery and Illustrations from Small Adventure
  3. Handmade Ties from Scout Ties
  4. One of a Kind Ceramics from A Question of Eagles

Holiday Markets

Cotton & Flax at Renegade Craft Fair

I’m back from our trip to San Francisco for Renegade Craft Fair’s 4th annual Holiday Market! It was an amazing show, and I met so many wonderful people last weekend. It’s really incredible to spend entire weekends getting to talk to people about my work, it’s a welcome change from working alone in my home studio most of the time.

coasters at renegade

I’ll be honest though: I’m exhausted! We had to cut our trip to SF very short, and ended up driving back to LA right after the end of the show… I spent most of Monday resting, and packing up online orders. I needed a long nap like nobody’s business!

tea towels at renegade

Now all that’s left is to add the remaining merchandise back to my online shop, and begin planning for 2013! While I feel that I’ve made some big strides with Cotton & Flax this year, there is so much more I want to make next year, and even a few collaborations I’d like to pursue. So even though the craft fair mayhem is over, I’ll be keeping busy here at home, setting things in motion for the year to come.

Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by my booths at Unique LA, Renegade LA, and Renegade SF. You make this all possible!

Renegade Craft Fair San Francisco is this weekend!

Yet another weekend of craft fairs for me! This time it’s one of my favorites: the 4th Annual Renegade Craft Fair San Francisco Holiday Market on December 15 + 16! It will be hosted in the Concourse Exhibition Center (a cozy cabin of a venue, I really love it) from 11am-6pm both days. I’ll have lots of textile home goods available for sale, so if you live in the Bay Area, come by and say hello!

Here’s more from the Renegade SF website:

You’ll find 250+ of today’s very best indie crafters, exciting interactive workshops, music, food, booze + plenty more. Strolling among the carefully curated booths at the SF Holiday Market, you’ll see some of the very best in contemporary handmade crafts. Add to that a free-to-use photobooth and some excellent shopping music, and you’ve found the very best spot to get your holiday shopping done!  It’ll be a festive handmade holiday in San Francisco.

Renegade SF is always one of my favorite shows to participate in. There are so many talented artists and makers in the Bay Area, and I love having an opportunity to talk with so many like-minded people in one weekend. If you’ve never been to Renegade SF, this year looks like it’s going to be the best show yet!