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This weekend, I will be at Gifty at The Crucible in Oakland! Please stop by and say hi! Here’s some information about it (or, you could, you know, just click the link):

Shopping at the mall was never like this!

Support local artists and community arts education for youth and adults while you get your last minute shopping done at the Bay Area’s most unusual holiday celebration.

Whatever holiday you celebrate, spark it up with a visit to The Crucible’s Holiday Gifty celebration. Shop for unique and affordable gifts created by over 70 Bay Area artisans, and experience the excitement of our 56,000 sq. ft. studio, where furnaces roar and sparks fly.

• Handmade jewelry, glass creations, sculpture, clothing, ceramics
and more
• Demonstrations of glass blowing, metal casting, and blacksmithing
from 11AM to 3PM
• The Crucible’s Bike Shop with be selling Bicycles of all sizes
• Family friendly performances
• Santa arrives at 1PM
• Prize drawing at 3PM each day; grand prize drawing Sunday
• Refreshments and holiday treats
• Learn about classes and workshops that will ignite your own creativity!

And the best part…FREE admission!

I’m pretty excited about this show, as Oakland and the Crucible are both very dear to me. There will be lots of cool things to see and do, and a bunch of amazing folks. I’m also really looking forward to finally eating at the Liba falafel truck. Oooh, I’ve been waiting so long to start my falafel affair! Hope you can make it!

Also coming up this weekend is the San Francisco Bazaar Bizarre. I don’t have a table there this year, but it’s a great event and you should check it out if you’re around.

In other news, the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago was incredible. A record 53 octopi found new homes, plus some snowmen and owl bags. In fact, I sold everything I brought and nearly ran out of business cards + buttons! Thank you Chicago, and thanks to Danny and Sue for this great show. It’s going to be in San Francisco on the 19th +20th, but I’ll be out of town. Still, pretty darned exciting.

Back to crocheting for me!

Oh boy, I’m so excited about this! I’m going to be in the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago this weekend! Stop by and see my if you’re around! This week, I shipped a pretty giant box to my sister-in-law’s place– almost sixteen pounds of octopi and infrastructure! Crazy. I can’t wait.

We’re also going to get to see (briefly) my niece and nephew and sister-in-law, and some of Adam’s friends. I love Chicago, and have wanted to see it in colder weather, so I can maybe stop thinking about moving there. Or decide that I can cope with it, and continue to think about moving there. Hmm. We’ll see. It is supposed to be in the low 30s, which is brutal for someone who’s lived in San Francisco for as long as I have. Eek!

The fair goes from 11-7 Saturday and Sunday. I’m on the first floor, in the main auditorium, in booth 10. I just got the best hat ever from my friend Sarah, and it is going to be great with the dress I made for the show.

Pictures next week!