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...  

 

(emmie bean)

 

Most of the items for sale are more affordable

and they appeal to the younger, sustainably living, 

Divvy riding, Lolla attending, IPA drinking set...

 (inedible jewelery)

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, 

if you love Threadless T shirts 

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...  

 

(yard sale press)

 

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...  

(steff bomb)

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... 

(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...