The Renegade Craft Fair was something I've wanted to go to since I found their Instagram a few months back. It takes place in a few different major cities, and I was just waiting for it to happen again in LA. It's just a giant collective of all of the most current crafters you could ever want to buy from and be inspired by.
The whole day was magical. Walking down the steps of Grand Park overlooking the tips of a hundred white tents, it looked like a bowl of creativity sprinkled with the likes of folky home furnishings, traditional tattoo graphic tshirts, potted and hanging plants that could go on forever, intricate metal jewelry, and pretty much everything you could ever want.
Magic Carpet Yoga Mats had the best decorations in their booth! These beauties will be featured in their upcoming lookbook. If you do yoga, throw out your old boring mat and treat yourself to something stunning that you can keep out all day long.
This girl caught my eye multiple times. The first time I saw her I whispered to Hailee, "Oh my goodness that girl is adorable, I have to take her picture!" Standing in line to purchase an awesome graphic t-shirt from Maiden Voyage Clothing, I saw her a second time and found my chance! She radiated light and was so beautiful in her Anthropologie dress. I honestly think it's a gift to be able to accessorize appropriately. If everyone I ask to photograph is is sweet as her, I could be a blogger for life.
In the absolute highest heat of the day, we wandered by the booth of Adina Mills Design House and had to stop to stare for a while. Adina makes gorgeous gaudy rings, bracelets out of old watch chain, and other intensely captivating jewelry using a clay-like material and precious stones.
I love wall planters! New crafting goal. Everything here was so inspirational. It took us a half an hour walking around Downtown Los Angeles before we found someone who knew the right direction to point us in, and we still almost walked right past it- but the SoCal heat and melting as we walked was more than worth it. Hailee and I met so many nice artists and it sent my mind spinning into a vortex of paint and metal and plants. I'll be crafting for weeks without sleep at this rate.
One of the art forms I do is ceramics. Two of my ceramics teachers (who I absolutely love) at the clay center I go to make up 2/3 of Me Like Clay, a group of three ceramists who create everything from mugs and bowls to hanging birdhouses to planters to bee fountains. Yes, bee fountains. Check out their website to see how incredible it all is. They were actually the reason I even know that Renegade was happening in LA this weekend, so I owe that experience and this blog post to them!
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