Farewell Renegade!

After two 8 hour days, the Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco is over. Following a month or so of cranking out gloves, freaking out at least once a day, but mostly getting excited, the fair seemed to come and go in a flash. It was my first experience as a vendor and hopefully not my last. It was wonderful to hear direct feedback from shoppers and get insight into what types of items they were (and weren't) looking for. But nothing made my heart swell more than seeing people try on gloves.

Although my shopping time was limited, I was able to find a few new favorite spots in the sea of boundless talent and cuteness. This list could not be complete without featuring my very lovely coworkers and boothmates.

New Leaf Knits features pendants and earrings hand knit with fine materials and ultra thin stainless steel. Along with a variety of designs and colors, New Leaf Knits offers the choice between sterling silver or gold fill.

Red Red Leaf Earrings, $24

You will find plenty of innovative crocheted accessories at Michelle McCoskey's Alligator Factory. She is most known for her line of alligator scarves, which will soon be available through her Etsy store. In the meantime, check out her website here.

Alligator scarf, $75

Adorable hand printed, eco-friendly tees from Mary Ink. Clean and cute designs, super soft and comfy tees, and friendly service. Browse Mary Ink's selection of tees and pick your size!

Organic T-Shirt in Bottle Print, $28

Yokomono Studio

offers an array of handcrafted goodies, including totes, lunch bags, wine carriers, and tissue paper cozies. They are so beautiful and well made that I'm convinced it will make you wonder how you ever lived without that hand sewn tissue box cover.

poipoi Big Tote - Yellow Mustard, $88

I had the fortune of being neighbors with Big Stone Head, two lovely gents who are happy to sell you any number of funny shirts, minibooks, silk screened pillows, and cards. Great ideas for gifts or treats for yourself. I promise they will make you popular (much unlike BSH's Avery Monsen and Jory John).

All My Friends Are Dead Shirt, $20

Renegade Craft Fair!

I'm slowly gearing up for the Renegade Craft Fair coming up in just 25 days (who's counting?). By this I mean I'm cranking out random half pairs of mitts here and there, but you would more or less find me asleep next to mounds of thumbless and half-finished glovelets. Within the past year or so of running my Etsy shop I've focused mainly on providing custom/made-to-order gloves, so trying to stockpile a huge amount of gloves that I only hope I can turnover is intimidating.

Right now my "glovelets here and there" strategy involves me moving my half finished gloves to a basket that I have yet to inventory. My hope is that I'll end up pleasantly surprised with the amount of gloves I've accumulated in my little basket, but I shouldn't be so ignorant. Time to fire up Excel and make my marketing professors proud.


If you'll be in the Bay Area on July 18th or 19th, please drop by! You can find me there with my two very talented coworkers, Jeanette and Michelle. Although Jeanette's shop is in pre-production, you can check out some of Michelle's work here.