Weekend Wanderings: Crafty Bastards!

Milk Money Designs creator Kathryn Ewing and I spend Saturday morning perusing the work of other Etsy-ers at the Craft Bastards! Arts and Crafts Fair. It's a fair sponsored by the City Paper and I believe also sponsored by Etsy. I was very surprised to actually speak to someone who WORKED for Etsy - interesting considering I think of Etsy existing somewhere out there in that nameless place called cyber space.

The show had a huge number of vendors spread out on the grounds of the Marie Reed Learning Center in the Adams Morgan section of DC. Among the vendors was a DIY section for the kiddies to take home a craft they'd made. And I spent most of the fair trying to spot featured artists from Etsy mailings. I even got to meet one of my favorite Etsyers - one I'd used several times in my Treasuries called Rebound Designs.

I noticed a huge trend toward screen printing. I also found it amusing that many of the fonts and designs are reminiscent of the 1970s and early 1980s... wondering if many of the people wandering the booths had even been BORN then. Guess I'm feeling old.

In any event, keep your eyes open for this show in the future. It's a great way to meet local artists, see new design trends and even pick up something handmade just for you!