Urban Craft Uprising - Summer 2012

Hurray, it's time for the summer show. Taking a break for fun crafty times while the boy runs a game of thrones marathon with friends. Promise to take lots of pictures.

Urban Craft Uprising, Winter 2011

This past weekend (before a plague descended upon the house), I had to opportunity to attend the Winter Urban Craft Uprising show. I did a few things differently with this go-round though. I went much later in the afternoon, and I went with two friends!

It was really nice to sleep in (and there were still plenty of craft goodies) and I wasn't really missing the bag of swag too much. My first visit was to the Creation Station booth. They have all kinds of good junk. For six dolla I picked up some good woodgrain laminate board and a few vintage wallpaper samples as well as some bits of leather and some bookrings. 

All three of us girls were completely enamored with the Eggnog Toffee from Tweet Toffee. They also had a super cute booth setup. I bought myself a recycled cashmere hat (it had ruffles!) and Raine and I both bought fancy tea smoked pear preserves at bigspoonjam. We oogled the cupcakes at Look Cake and I visited with the lovely folks at Tako Fibers as well as newcomers This Tiny Existence. 

There were some completely adorable robot ornaments at Ken C Judd's booth. Denise found lots of inspiration at some of the sewing-related booths. Polly Danger was so incredibly cute and amazing. Her booth was like a copy of Mollie Makes come to life.

We also especially loved the accessories at Amy Bengston, Vermilio, and Fernworks. I still love me some Fable & Fury, though I didn't get anything this time. 

I was really happy to see a lot of letterpress and artisan paper goods booths. Constellation & Co and Slide Sideways are two of my favorites. I also liked the goods at Lark Press and Little Otsu.

I got to do a sample screenprint ornament (the deer below) with a kit from SimpleKraft. We finished the show on a good note. Presents purchased and a good time had. 

Afterwards, we stopped for lunch and coffee and then we went to a tree lot and picked out a tree for Raine's apartment. Afterwards, there was Target shopping. It was a long good day out with the girls. 

Definitely puts me in a holiday mood.

Urban Craft Uprising: Summer 2011 Recap

This weekend I visited the summer Urban Craft Uprising show. It was lovely, if a bit small. I arrived at my usual early time to wait in line (for the bag of swag). The waiting was quite restful, and I actually got quite a bit of crafting done.

I obtained a few things for myself once inside: my obligatory Estrella soaps, a new UCU apron (which I already dropped an inkpad on), a necklace from Fable & Fury, and a few other goodies.

I also ran into a few delightful people I have been out of touch with, and it was very good indeed to see them again.

To save time, I've uploaded all my photos for this go-round into one set, and there's a slideshow just below for your viewing enjoyment. Please note that all photos were taken with my powershot using the tilt-shift scene mode. I'm a bit obsessed at the moment.



Created with flickr slideshow from softsea.

The whole show was a bit smaller than I was used to, but the vendors available certainly made up the difference in quality. The amount of cuteness was evident, and jewelry was quite prevalent. The design of the booths was quite good, and at times, it was almost like walking around a live Pinterest. Especially as I went into the Mary Kate McDevitt booth. Yes, I did buy that "feels good to get stuff done" postcard....I need the motivation. ;)

Urban Craft Uprising: This Weekend!

Every year, since the first show in 2004, I have attended the crafty goodness that is Urban Craft Uprising. It's my favorite local craft show and I'm so happy that it's now bi-annual.

I've been really pleased that it has grown and done so well. The website had gotten so much better, the community stronger and in general, show production much much slicker. I'm hoping that it will actually grow up enough to be the west coast equivalent of something like Renegade. We'll see.

This weekend is the Summer edition of the show, and I'm pleased to report I've been able to carve out some time to attend (barely). It's free, and the first few folks who show up each year get a bag of swag.

If you'd like to see a few photos, my Flickr set is here. And a few of my posts are available here, if you want to check out past experiences.

I'm hoping to have a good time supporting my local craft. I'll be taking a camera, so a blog post will surely be forthcoming.

happy friday!

Urban Craft Uprising Summer Edition

So one of the main things I did this weekend was attend the first ever Summer show of Urban Craft Uprising. I have gone to every single one of these things and let me tell you, I love them. It is soo neat to see local indie crafters (and to support them).

The main thing I love about the show is how colorful and visually inspring it is. Here are some photos:

See what I mean?

And then this is the schwag I took home. Pink Lemonade soap from Estrella. Two bags of vintage buttons from Schmancy. Tons of business cards. Vintage metal film reels. Oh so delightful.

I love crafty goodness.