12.14.2009

#2 Get Crafty

The mention of craft shows makes the corners of my mouth twitch into a smile no matter how awful of a mood I'm in. I'm sure it sounds ridiculous that a room full of people excited about selling something they are proud to have made themselves, and at very reasonable prices, can make me as giddy as a kid in a candy shop (ok, so, I still get giddy in candy shops...)  Really though, who can resist such temptations??

Surprisingly this is the first year I've been to a craft show in NYC in the 3+ years of living here. I was a little overzealous and attended 4 in the span of 8 days.

Here are the amazing things I found!


my new SPOONMELOVEME tote

Martha Stewart Craft Show:  OMG! it's snowing, OMG!
Gleena- organic shaped petal ceramics
Danielle Spector Ceramics- cozy ceramics
Jones Fife- wooden bracelets
moontree letterpress- really pretty calendar for 2010
pistachio press- beautiful stationary

BUST Craftacular:  (The Treats Truck was here.  It makes my life worth living)
INK + WIT- beautiful graphic letterpress prints
PASTE- wacky t-shirts
Vagabond Jewelry- copper cuffs
SPOONMELOVEME- 2 totes, 2 prints, plain and simply perfect
VERAMEAT- jewelry (for the vampire lover esp.)
photosynthesis-softest t-shirts ever to help you learn science
Loyalty and Blood- geometric necklaces

3rd Ward Craft Show:  Adventures in BK w/ E-beth
Brown Parcel Press- cool letterpress prints of cool random stuff
Gold Teeth- gold pencil necklace-- this one's for you AC
Jeeyun Ha Designs- amazing headbands and feathery stuff
M. Carter- super cute basket print hipsack/shoulderbag perfect for dreaming of summer in the middle of winter.

The last show I went to ended up having most of the same vendors from the previous three shows.  There was one main difference- a large number of people selling pickles...I don't like pickles.  Not once...not never...and that's when I realized I had been to enough craft shows for one holiday season...

...but I was super inspired and made this with my roomate, Iliza, and our friend Jonna:
paper snow

6 comments:

  1. What about the little penguino?!?! HE doesn't get any airtime on the blog? I guess competition was stiff...:) OH MY GOD!

    I love your new blog, snowflake!!--i

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  2. I spent long enough longing for it, I think the penguin will need his own separate post...

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  3. oh my. now I have like 40 tabs open on my internet. Off to explore the crafty goodness!!

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  4. OMG, our office made those too! Yay, snowflakes!

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  5. please explain to me "spoon me brooklyn"

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  6. That pencil necklace rocks my socks off.

    And, your mom notwithstanding, NYC craft shows are way, way cooler than Huntsville craft shows.

    P.S. I can't convey my excitement that you have a blog!!! Now more people in the world can experience the one-of-a-kind utter coolness that is Cerrissa Style!

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