Sunday, September 8, 2013

Renegade Craft Fair...


Finally, finally, this year I had the time 
to visit the Renegade Craft Fair...  


It is this super hip, unique, clever, fun art fair 
that is held in major cities,
around the country, twice a year...  

This is not your grandma's craft fair 
in the basement of the Congregational church...  


And it ain't your typical summer art fair 
that sells everything from mortgage busting oil paintings 
to beer tab chain mail bustiers...  

 


 
Most of the items for sale are more affordable
and they appeal to the younger, sustainably living, 
Divvy riding, Lolla attending, IPA drinking set...


What's funny about that statement 
is that none of those descriptive terms 
resemble me in any possible way...


I suppose if you have somewhat of a creative brain, 
or maybe you just enjoy a sarcastic comment 
on a poster now and then, 
Renegade is for you, too...  

 

T$ was flying over Syria 
and Jack was much too interested 
in merging his butt with the couch to join us, 
so Kate and I headed over this morning
to catch the fair early...  

 
 
It's a big fair, chock full of beautifully crafted jewelry, 
posters, tee shirts, tee pees, soaps, salts, shoes, 
cupcake boxes, knits, hand dyed yarns, 
toys, on and on...  

Kate fixated on anything plush...  


She dug the toy vegetables, 
but settled on a felted mustache..
.  

My desires were for cool tee shirts 
or frame-able art...  

Loved this catsup piece 
and found some really tasty salts 
to give as a gift...  

Yard Sale Press...


But there was so much more to love, 
although my wallet would not have loved me back...  

Thus, the restraint!  

 
Clearly, though, our favorite of the day
 were the super delicious gourmet lollipops 
from This Charming Candy... 

 
AT $3.00 a pop, I hesitated to buy them, 
but I gotta tell ya, Kate and I agreed 
they were the best lollipops we had EVER tasted...  

My Salted Caramel was sweet and salty heaven 
from first lick to last crunch...  


Kate enjoyed a Cherry Jubilee pop 
and she was all smiles... 
 

The Renegade Craft fair comes back to Chicago 
December 7 & 8th...  

You can bet we will be there to find some 
one of a kind Christmas gifts for our loved ones...

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