#craft fair

[cowna]

Craft fair today! 🪡🎨🧵

Shared a table with my very cool partner @lydsalot

I had some of my 3D designs as silly stickers and I had some cross stitch fan art too.

Also I made a million quid

[theenbyroiderer]

Went to my favorite local historical crafts fair today! Such lovely old timey vibes! Arts, crafts, old tractors, cannon fire and a whole grilled pig... What's not to love!?

[raccoon-go-bweh]

Wow this blueberry festival has a lot of ai slop "artists" printing on shirts or whatever, a lot of $30 crochet stuffies made from somebody else's pattern put online. A lot of food trucks just selling hot dogs, or one selling $10 boba lol

This is kinda sad. Like my mom's craft business is doing fine here, but only like a 3rd of the craft vendors are selling original art like hers.

A really good Jamaican food truck is here though. Found a gazebo away from the crowd and am messing with my meshtastic node and tumblr instead... blah

[ejbarnes]

Come join me TOMORROW -- Saturday, 25 July -- where I’ll be vending on the first day this weekend’s Cambridge Jazz Festival!

The festival is both Saturday and Sunday in Cambridge’s Danehy Park, Noon—6 PM both days -- but I'm only going to be there Saturday. The festival is free, but you can reserve tickets in advance. The festival will take place rain or shine, with great music, great food, and plenty of vendors to visit

Unfortunately, my colleagues at Stranger Flavor Comics will not be joining me in my tent as originally planned.

Danehy Park is between New Street and Sherman Street in Cambridge, MA. Parking at the park is limited, and the large parking lot at Fresh Pond Mall is strictly for patrons of the stores. Instead, take the MBTA Red Line to Alewife station, or buses #74 or #83. NOTE: Red Line service from Park Street to Alewife will be running as shuttle buses 21—30 July. The regular buses may be a better bet!

[ejbarnes]

Come join me this Saturday, 25 July, where I’ll be vending on SATURDAY ONLY during this weekend’s Cambridge Jazz Festival!

The festival is both Saturday and Sunday in Cambridge’s Danehy Park, Noon—6 PM both days. It’s free, but you can reserve tickets in advance. The festival will take place rain or shine.

I’ll be sharing my vendor tent with my friends and comics colleagues Barbara Thomas and Timothy Wall of Stranger Flavor Comics. Comics galore!

Danehy Park is between New Street and Sherman Street in Cambridge, MA. Parking at the park is limited, and the large parking lot at Fresh Pond Mall is strictly for patrons of the stores. Instead, take the MBTA Red Line to Alewife station, or buses #74 or #83. NOTE: Red Line service from Park Street to Alewife will be running as shuttle buses 21—30 July.

[gloomyferns]

I had my first real craft fair yesterday and it didn’t go great…

Unfortunately after months of waiting for this it ended up storming on the day of the fair, so just as crowds were starting to pick up the thing ended early. I lost a dollar to the wind, and our tent was thrown into the road despite having weights on it (we will be buying cinder blocks to tie to the damn thing for the next one) then we got rained on. They’re rescheduling another one at least that we get to go to for free so I’m looking forward to that.

[itchangedeverything]

I've got a genuine question for y'all. What is the difference between a farmer's market and a craft fair? When I think farmer's market I think of produce and local handmade items. When I think craft fair I think of wood carvings and handmade jewelry and blankets. There's two regularly scheduled events that are advertised as farmer's markets that only sells crafts, no produce in sight. And I acknowledge this is judgy but it's not what I think of as traditional crafts either. It's a bunch of stands that sell car fresheners and ai sublimated cups and t-shirts and cheaply made trinkets from temu. I was so disappointed to not see a single fruit or vegetable in the entire area. So do I just not know what a farmer's market is? Have I been wrong this whole time?

[pandemicfilly]