Cutout Jewelry

The patterning gives me goosebumps.

1. Delicately enameled butterfly wing necklace from Efrat Deutsch. 

2. Shapes that look like gold plated Japanese renkon (lotus root) from Neawear.  

3. Hand-cut leather and suede in warm colors from Boo and Boo Factory. 

4. Sweetly shaped lace from White Owl. 

Something old, something new, something...you get the idea

I was never the little girl who dreamed of her wedding. I didn't knew what my colors would be or what kind of cake would be served, but I sure as hell could climb a tree or craft a Mother's Day coupon book.

That being said, I have slowly become more intrigued with tying the knot. Or at least the idea of it.
I'm not trying to drop hints to Brian, although I love forwarding him reception photos with cotton candy machines or elephants. I just like looking at beautiful pictures of people enjoying such a momentous day.

Window shopping is harmless.
Although, that's what most people say right before they go well above their credit limit.

Here are some of the "windows" I've attempted to walk right past today:



Who wouldn't want to get married under a lace wrapped tree?
Once Wed



It's a smore bar...nothing else needs to be said. Jolynne Photography

 

Tea bar. Once Wed

  

Everything about this one. Everything. Green Wedding Shoes



The whole wedding rode bikes. Green Wedding Shoes



Duh, all you need is love. Once Wed

 

Super beautiful wedding party. Green Wedding Shoes

That's enough gawking for today. "Today" being the key word.

She's Crafty

Alright Sacramento, we need to get it into gear.

We have very few handmade new-age craft fairs. I only know of Midtown Bazaar (every Saturday at I Street in between 16^th and 17^th) and the Whole Earth Festival in Davis (only once a year). My co-worker just introduced me to The Sacramento Craft and Flea (every 4^th Sunday of the month under the W Street freeway at 21^st). Haven’t been there yet, but I’m a little uneasy with the $3 entrance fee.

But what I’m looking for is epic. A new-age crafting explosion.

I’ve been waiting and waiting for July 9^th and 10^th for the amazing Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco. The fair started in Chicago and is now in London, Brooklyn, San Francisco, Austin and LA.

There’s also the The Finders Keepers in Australia. That would be a trip and a half.

These aren’t your grandma’s craft fair, folks. I’m talking great. It focuses on indie crafts and handmade goods. Imagine that everything you ever wanted to buy on ETSY was placed in a big room and there was good food and music to boot…and did I mention it’s FREE?

Brian’s brother, Brad, and awesome fiancée, Michaela, are getting married on the 9^th. They actually let me make their wedding cake toppers and help with some of the decorations (I felt so honored and excited to help. I’ve always been a nerd when it comes to that). Part the reason I want to go to the fair is to see if the stuff I make can hang with the “big boys” of craft. My poor mind has been going non-stop on what to make and the fact they liked what I made them only showed me that I need to update the crap out of my ETSY account.

I am excited to see how I will feel about making the 2 hour drive to the city the next morning. But in the name of “craft”, I shall try.