I hate “to be continued,” as previously stated, but there was actually more to the whirlwind Sunday than I mentioned yesterday.  I just got tired of typing, to be honest.  That’s not quite the same as leaving you hanging waiting for the rest of the story, is it?  NO….  because you really had no idea, did you?  But I wouldn’t have mentioned the adventures I find for the family if I didn’t have one to share, now would I?

You should know that I love to wander.  Not the streets, thank you very much, but fairs.  Craft fair, flea market, art fair, county fair, antique show, junk fair, I’m not picky.  This weekend was the Renegade Craft Fair, and it’s the third year in a row that I have tried to catch it.  The first two times I failed, miserably… and last year I believe that it was actually pouring rain so I may not have even attempted it.  This year I must admit that I was a little bit cranky thinking that I was going to miss it YET AGAIN when hubby mentioned all the other stuff we were doing on the day I planned to spring it on him that we HAD to go.  I just didn’t see us fitting all of his stuff in and something I wanted to do as well.  As I said before, the day couldn’t have laid itself out any better if we had planned it.  

As soon as we were done taking photos with our new BFFs from Snow Patrol outside of the Abbey Pub, I pulled out the info I had brought “just in case” to find the craft fair.  Yet, even though we were heading over, I was still skeptical whether or not it would still be swinging.  I figured it would already be winding down, because lots of vendors at craft fairs tend to close up shop early on the last day and it was already like 5:00pm or something, and it was a Sunday.

Let me tell you, those people are committed.  Not only was every single vendor still in their booth doing their thing, but it was crowded!!  There were supposed to be 300 vendors and I think every one of the tents were crowded with people.  In addition, it was probably one of the best art/craft fairs I’ve been to.  You could just tell that the vendors really got into it.  They had all made cool signs for their tents, and there were tons of really unique display ideas for showing their wares.  The people were completely hip, both vending and shopping, and really into what they were doing and it was generally a really nice vibe.  I loved it that all of the vendors were set up in a long line, so you went down 150 booths, and back 150 booths.  I mean, you could cut through, but who’d want to, for fear of missing anything?  There was so many original ideas, stuff that I had never ever seen at a craft fair.  People are just really, really creative out there, and I was impressed.  We ended up buying a few things.  A. got a strap made from reclaimed seat belt materials for the mandolin, and CC got a chalkboard t-shirt.  My hubby got information on screen printing from a vendor that offers classes once or twice a week, which made him so happy that he agreed that it was the greatest craft fair we had ever been to and thanked me for the contribution to making Sunday such a great day.  Nice!

This guy totally wins the prize for standing behind his product in a big, big way.