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It all started with an innocent tweet. Kirsten said I wish I could go… I said, Hey I can go, and I will help watch Lachlan… Rachel said, Me too, Me too… And the plan was hatched about 3 days before it happened. Kirsten, Rachel, Lachland and I headed out to Chicago on Friday night so we could spend Saturday walking the streets of the Renegade Craft Fair. It lived up to all our expectations and more, we will definitely have to plan a larger caravan for next year, so everyone interested be sure to keep that in mind!

One of the great things was that almost all the booths had cards with their website, so if they didn’t have your size, or you ran low on cash and they didn’t take credit card… You could grab their card and go check out their website later… Here is a list of websites that I found grab worthy. There were plenty I didn’t grab, hopefully Rachel and Kirsten will share some of their links. All the shops have their websites listed in the program so some just didn’t grab or some only one of us grabbed…

Fernworks – Handpainted resin jewelry
Prix-Prix – Neckte wallets and more
Loop + Lil – Children’s t-shirts
Brainstorm – Awesome screenprints
Uncommon – Wooden clocks
Sofia Masri – Porcelain jewelry
Gnome Enterprises – Geeky t-shirts
We Are Campfire – Fun t-shirts, lots of regional ones
Paper Parasol Press –  Screenprinted cards, magnets and more
Herb + Ginger –  Awesome tasting tea
Circle Street – Cards
Get Felt Up! – Felt accented wallets, jewelry and more
Earth Cadets – Totebags, t-shirts and more
Starving Artist Bazaar – Glass jewelry
Seattle Show Posters – Screenprinted posters and more
Mehoi – Cute buttons, jewelry and more

Here are some pictures of the fun, there are more on my flickr page.

Here are some pictures of my loot from the weekend. The large reusable bag is from a store nearby and the t-shirts are from the Threadless store.