For all of you who didn’t make it down this Saturday to Minneapolis Craftz’a 2014, well let me tell you that you seriously missed out. There were a TON of amazing vendors. Check them out below.
Vendors
Adam Turman 
Amy Jo’s Handmade Amy’s Cupcake Shoppe Avant Garden Photography Baby Dolphin Bodylish Burlesque of NA Caddie Jo Designs Chain Stay Jewelry & Design Cindy Lindgren DaniAWESOME Dogfish Media Dundry Hill Earth Grown Crayons Elixery Geekiana Guerilla By Design Holey Socks Art Ink Orchard Innad Isette It’s Just A Hat Jbird Stitch Jill Lauren Handmade Knits Jules Loft Julie Meyer Handmade Just Turned Kate Funk Kiyi Kiyi Kylie Parry Studios Lakestone Jewelry Larissa Loden Light Reading Little Red Birds Design Lolamade Monsters Lonny Unitus Lund Studios Made By Michelle Brusegaard / MBMB mes tous petits MinneBites My Invisible Friends Nora Dombrock Art Oak Tree Arts Oh Dier Plush Pals Clinic Pogtotes Pots With Character Redcruiser redshoes26 Regan’s Brain RetroFutures Designs Scuttlebug Sheppard Girls Shiznits Skin Salvy, LLC Soup Hunter Guitars Sweet Bee Honey & Crafts, LLC The Bitter Buffalo The Glitter Workshop The Painted Daisy Tired Ol’ Belts Vandalia Street Press Wild Dog Studio Wooden Spoon Editions YB Urban? 
Amy Jo’s Handmade 
Amy’s Cupcake Shoppe 
Avant Garden Photography 
Baby Dolphin 
Bodylish
Burlesque of NA 
Caddie Jo Designs 
Chain Stay Jewelry & Design 
Cindy Lindgren 
DaniAWESOME 
Dogfish Media 
Dundry Hill 
Earth Grown Crayons 
Elixery 
Geekiana 
Guerilla By Design 
Holey Socks Art 
Ink Orchard
Innad 
Isette 
It’s Just A Hat 
Jbird Stitch 
Jill Lauren Handmade Knits 
Jules Loft 
Julie Meyer Handmade 
Just Turned 
Kate Funk 
Kiyi Kiyi 
Kylie Parry Studios 
Lakestone Jewelry 
Larissa Loden 
Light Reading 
Little Red Birds Design 
Lolamade Monsters 
Lonny Unitus 
Lund Studios 
Made By Michelle Brusegaard / MBMB 
mes tous petits 
MinneBites 
My Invisible Friends 
Nora Dombrock Art 
Oak Tree Arts 
Oh Dier 
Plush Pals Clinic 
Pogtotes
Pots With Character 
Redcruiser 
redshoes26 
Regan’s Brain 
RetroFutures Designs 
Scuttlebug 
Sheppard Girls 
Shiznits 
Skin Salvy, LLC 
Soup Hunter Guitars 
Sweet Bee Honey & Crafts, LLC 
The Bitter Buffalo 
The Glitter Workshop 
The Painted Daisy 
Tired Ol’ Belts 
Vandalia Street Press 
Wild Dog Studio 
Wooden Spoon Editions 
YB Urban? 
The crowd was steady despite the bit of snow and slick conditions on the local roads.
It was a great opportunity and besides making some cold hard cash, it was fun! I love getting the opportunity to talk with customers, get some feed back and make people laugh. It’s a great feeling to see everyone who passed by leave with a smile because there was something that caught their eye. Not to mention the fun watching peoples’ reactions to this piece in particular. It was a hit.
The night before I had the pleasure of showing locally at the Loft Salon & Spa for the November St Cloud Area Art Crawl. It was a blast to hang out with great friends, meet new people, talk with other great artists, and meet my very first self proclaimed “super fan”. Let me tell you, it’s really bizarre to meet someone who is excited to “finally meet you in person” as if I’m finally the cool kid or something. Strange, but totally flattering. Not to mention a bit embarrassing discussing in person the stories behind many of the blog posts (like “What’s that Smell?).
My hubby and I picked up this beautiful little gem from local artist, Dan Mondloch. He’s an amazing watercolorist that I’ve had the chance to get to know despite being at art school together back in the day, but not sharing any classes.
It reminds me of all the long drives home I’ve had over the years. It encompasses MY Minnesota.
