Detroit Urban Craft Fair

This past weekend I got to visit Detroit for my first ever show in Michigan: The Detroit Urban Craft Fair! It was held for 2 days at the Masonic Temple, an amazing building and the largest masonic temple in the world, apparently.

Photo from handmadedetroit.com

The only show I've been to with it's own candy bar. Also the only show I've been to where one of the organizers got proposed to.

What I got when I arrived. They made all of the booth numbers out of rope licorice! 

Photo from michiganblogger.com

One thing I was really surprised about was the amount of Michigan crafts there were. People in Michigan are crazy about Michigan! We're not really like that in Indiana. I did get to trade with several other vendors, which is one of my favorite things about doing craft shows. All in all, DUCF was amazing and I definitely hope to be back!

I've been working on the 2011 calendars for the last 5 weeks. They should be done by the end of the week! The theme is a secret until they get printed up, but here are a couple of snippets from two of the pages. This year they'll be in color!

Other than that, I'm working on a duo show with my friend Candice Hartsough McDonald that will be in Lafayette in November. I'm doing a series of shadow boxes with cut paper. It feels so good to be making actual art!

I'm doing a bunch of craft fairs in the fall, including the gigantic Strange Folk Festival, located just outside of St. Louis. There are going to be 150 indie craft vendors! I hear it is pretty awesome, and it will be my first outdoor 2 day event!

Lastly, I started a new mailing list, which will be sent out once a month. I also really want to surprise people with things in the actual mail! So be sure to sign up and put your snail mail address. You never know what you'll get! Clicky here to sign up.