One of the reasons J and I decided to head to the Seattle last weekend was to check out Urban Craft Uprising and get inspired by the over 100 west coast crafty vendors that would be there.
It was a beautiful day for the sale. It was at the Seattle Exhibition Centre on the Seattle Centre grounds, right beside the Space Needle. So after grabbing some popcorn and ice cream and taking lots of pictures of the Needle and the grounds (you know, acting like tourists), we headed to the Exhibition hall.
The usual handmade suspects were there, including cupcake- and bird-related paraphenalia, silkscreened t-shirts, and notebooks made from recycled hardcovers. But there were some great unique items that caught my eye:
My favourite items at the sale by far were made by Stylegarden, who creates new tiered cake stands out of vintage plates and other pieces. I loved, loved, loved pretty much every piece she had at the sale and her taste for selecting vintage plates with various designs and colours is fantastic! One of the most unique items I’ve seen in a while. It would have been too fragile to carry one on-board with us, but I’ll likely be ordering one from her very shortly!
This tote by a local Seattle designer and silkscreener at the sale caught my eye – a very cool use of Seattle’s city scape and a cute Godzilla-esque monster. (If you know the designer, please let me know as I’ve lost their business card!)
These notebooks with wooden covers were another unique find and the designer explained it was a family process involving her designs, her partner cutting the wood, and her mother creating the cloth covers for the notebook.
The girls from Randl also had some funky notebooks at their booth, putting a twist on the traditional Moleskin and using some mid-century modern-looking fabric, with writing utensil included.
The hall was spacious and easy to walk around and all the vendors happily answered our questions. Plus the workshops and the crafty authors who were signing books, including Diane Gilelland (below with her partner and her new book, Kanzashi in Bloom) were super accessible.
I have been listening to Diane’s Craftypod podcasts ever since she started them and love the perspective and resources she brings to the craft world. I think I kind of got starstruck meeting her in person and rambled on about how I loved her podcasts 
I also got in on the action, participating in Susan Beal’s button barette workshop, taken from her new book Button It Up.
Congrats to the Urban Craft Uprising organizers for organizing such a great summer sale!
That tote is made by Manmademonsters.com Thanks for coming!