Renegade Craft Fair
Jun 16, 2008 at 1:14 PM I went to the Renegade Craft Fair this weekend. It's a very cool craft fair with hip designers—not all like the craft fairs you grew up going to with ugly Christmas ornaments and dolls. It took place at the McCarren Park Pool in Greenpoint, which is an old empty swimming pool in McCarren Park. (Duh.)
Anywho, I got a bunch of cute things, but my favorite is this necklace made from a vintage typewriter key:
I was going to get a "K" but then I saw the "back space" key and I had to have it because I'm always saying things I shouldn't.
You can get one online at The Weekend Store. They make rings, earrings, bracelets, cuff links, etc.
The Renegade Craft Fair happens every summer in Brooklyn, Chicago, and San Francisco. If live in or near one of those cities, you must check it out!
BTW, this is Wilson; I met him at the fair.
Isn't he cute?
Wilson's mommy works for ReadyMade magazine. You should buy it, subscribe to it, give it as gifts to everyone you know.
I bought some Shrinky Dink paper from them for Nora and Jack.
Reader Comments (7)
How cute is Wilson!
Cool necklace.
Cute dog- cute necklace.
I love stuff made out of vintage things. Remember those old license plate key chains that the D.A.R. (I think) used to mail out to people in the 50s and 60s? I bought a bunch on Ebay and made my daughter necklaces out of those. Her fave is one from New York. I wonder who those originally belonged to?
I know a guy who has a bunch of old Underwoods in his garage-- I would LOVE to own one of those. For all you computer peeps, Underwood was a typewriter manufacturer based in Connecticut. AND! I do believe your (Karyn) backspace key came from an Underwood. They had a distinctive shape.
Yesterday I took a trip near my house up Route 7 in Sheffield MA. Went into some antique stores... love that crap! Spent some time in Great Barrington which is like a mini-Manhattan in The Berkshires!
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I like the necklace a lot.
cute cute cute wilson! :)
and I love necklace! LOVE IT!
ooooooooo that necklace is SO cute... i want an "A" one....
Oh cool... I will check out the SF one.
i am so flippin excited to learn about this fair! can't wait to go to the one coming up in SF. thank you thank you thank you (x a million) for always letting us know about so many cool things!!
~ amy :)