Showing posts with label Renegade Crafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Renegade Crafts. Show all posts

December 11, 2013

Shivery Shopping

Decorated rafters at the Pulaski Field House

My boyfriend Mike is definitely not a shopper, but he’s always willing to indulge me one weekend a year, when we make a day of it and go to the Renegade Craft Fair (last year’s visit depicted here) and somewhere new for lunch. Usually, I can even talk him into making a few extra stops to help round out some of the gifts that I’m slowly starting to put together for family and friends. While out, we hit zero degrees with the wind chill, so by the time we finished up the last errand, I was happy to head home and settle in to watch the snow fall and the (digital) fire crackle from the comfort of my couch. 

Chalk art wall at Hoosier Mama Pie Co.
Browsing at the Spice House in anticipation of holiday baking....more on that tomorrow
Quick peek through the blinds at one of the first real snows of the season
Pretending our TV is a fireplace with the crackling "Yule Log" recording

December 4, 2012

Handmade Holidays

The fantastic world of Sayuri in the windowed corridor

One of my favorite holiday traditions is a morning visit to the annual Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market. The Pulaski Park Fieldhouse is a great venue, and the event organizers always perfect the ambiance with art installations and turntable tunes. The booths are filled with inspiring crafts, nods to Chicago, unique food (Puffs of Doom, anyone?) and tons of gifts, including one that I scooped up for myself—this cute print by One Canoe Two. 

Colorful stamped cards for every occasion 
Rows of sparkly druzy stone necklaces draped over burnt wood
Perfectly creepy anatomical china
Simple boxes of rustic deliciousness
Admiring the Fieldhouse on an unseasonably warm morning