Renegade SF

Even though I don't like doing shows (as you have all heard me say a billion times), Jessica and I applied for a table at the SF Renegade Craft Fair. Since its the first one in SF, we thought it would be fun to be a part of it and do some networking. Also since Jessica has just started her soon to be Super Popular bath products business La Patisserie Jolie , its a great way to get the word out about it and have more people see how AMAZING her soaps are!

And I figured it would be another way to promote the ZNE Convenzione and vendor show too.

Low and behold, we were accepted. Yay US!!!!! Now its time to turn up the product making. It's going to be a busy show and long weekend for us, but I am sure it will be a great weekend. And when you share a table, you always have someone to help you sell, bag and watch stuff while the other shops or goes to the bathroom too.

So if you are going to be in San Francisco in mid July you should come by and check it all out.

Renegade Craft Fair July 12-13 11am-7pm Fort Mason Festival Pavillion San Francisco

I've gone Buggy!!!

Of the many jewelry things I've collected over the years, I really love vintage copper jewelry and 40's vintage plastic cicada pins. I love these bugs, but they are near impossible to find now. While I look off an on for them, I haven't gotten any in a couple of years so I FINALLY got off my duff and made some reproduction ones. I antiqued a couple with black to bring out detail, then painted the top left one with an iridescent paint to make it more realistic. I think I prefer the purist plain color ones, but someone else may like the painted ones. I'm going to play around with some more colors today then I'll put some on the website in a few days, in the resin section.

Rob has been gone all week to Cowtown (aka Columbus) to visit his Mom. I made her and her girlfriend making neckwarmers in red & gray because they are huge Buckeye fans. I'm not a scarf person and I personally dislike having all that stuff hanging in front, getting tangled in my purse, my hair, my coat, etc...But some people love giant scarves-so I was taking a chance sending those-I wasn't sure they'd like them, but Rob said they absolutely loved them.

Speaking of, I need to make myself a few neckwarmers to wear! I knit up one from a single I spun when I first started spinning. Its supersoft baby alpaca with red angelina. I love it but the knit slanted-so I pulled it out and knit it again. Its still slanting slightly. I have to try and block it. I don't have a quilters square (cat peed on it!) and my ironing board is thin but I"ll give it a go today. If it doesn't work, I'll pull it out again then ply that yarn, the reknit it. I REALLY dont' want to do that!

Today is cleaning up the house, I put up the small pink tree upstairs, and the tiny aqua on top the microwave late last night to get in the Holiday spirit. I have stuff ALL OVER that I need to pick up and make the place presentable for when Rob gets back.

Lots of holiday shows this weekend too I want to go to= tonight I'm going over to Craft Gym for their trunk show- Indie Wrap Up. Tomorrow, I may hit up Secession Gallery for their holiday show then on Sunday its Threads over at the Convention Center.