Renegade Craft Fair in SF

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
On Sunday, my husband and I went to Renegate Craft Fair at Fort Mason Center in SF.  It was a lot of fun:))

First, we went to church at 9:30 and then drove to SF.  We kinda knew parking at the mason would be difficult, so we found a parking spot at Crissy Field, on the side not too far from the mason(When we got there around 11:30, there were plenty of parking, but when we left around 2:30 it was all packed!).

Fort Mason Center.  It's huge!

Golden Gate Bridge in the fog.

We had lunch on the bench along the beach... it was sooo relaxing:)  Now we are fully prepared for the craft fair!  

workshops.  love this frame, too!

Info booth

OMG.  It was packed with beautiful, inspirational, fun art works!!  I wasn't sure if it was okay to take photos, so there is no booth photos.  But everything was so nice. I even enjoyed how they displayed their works and creatively made their business cards.

There are a few artist I was interested in;
Ayu Tomikawa--- her wood carvings are so cute and warm!
Chewing the cud --- they make beautiful stuff with cute fabrics.  I bought some gift wraps and cards.

Le Petit Elephant --- her illustrations are very cute and funny.  I wanted to buy her piece, but many things were sold out by the time I got there.

Off course, there are more!!  Whenever I got to art show like this, I'd say to my husband "one day, we'll be rich and buy artworks as much as I want!"  haha... it's just one of the dreams one would have when getting so inspired by the art!

Since my husband is not a shopper, we just walked around once and I had to make decisions as we go.  It wasn't easy, but if I had spent too much time, I'd buy too much stuff.  So it was a good balance.

I saw my friend, Emi, before leaving.  She said she and her friends just walked around the entire floor and were getting ready to shop!  Wow, good for them!


I got coffee and some cookies from Greens restaurant.  My SF favorite!  I wished to have dessert there, but it was too busy.  We left for home around 2:30pm, so the traffic was very right.  I think things were pretty well planned and balanced!  We had a great Sunday:)

日曜日、SFのフォートメイソンセンターで開催された、クラフトフェアに行ってきました～♪
やーーー可愛いアート作品がたっくさんあって、超癒された!楽しかった!!テンション上がりまくりだった～～♪

フォートメイソンは、もともとは軍事基地なんですが、今はもちろん、もう基地としては使われてません。で～～～～～っかい倉庫群って感じ。アートスタジオやミュージアムショップ、本屋さん、レストランなんかが入っている建物もあります。今回のフェアは倉庫の方。200余りのブースがあって、食べ物屋さんも少しあって、めっちゃ充実してました!イラスト、おもちゃ、服、カード、布製品、リサイクルしたバイクチェーンで作った時計、ペット用品などなど。素材に関しては、リサイクル、オーガニック、自然に優しいものを使っている所がほとんど。作成も手作業の所がほとんどでしょう～手作りならではのこだわりですよね!

お買い物は、ギフトラップ(風呂敷的なもの)を3枚とカードを買っただけだけど、買いすぎてもまずいので、ちょうど良かったかな。夫もフロアを一周以上させると、買い物疲れしちゃうので。。(^^;帰り際に、休憩中のエミーさんとエミーさんの友達グループに会いました。「一休みして帰るんですかー?」と聞いたら、「ううん、一周見て回ったから、今からお買い物♪」と・・・だーーよ～～ね～～～!!!本当なら私もそうしたかった><　でも夫が一緒だとなかなかね。。まぁ2時間程度だけど、人ごみの中、付き合ってくれて感謝です。運転もしてくれたし。うん、うちらにはちょうど良いバランスで、充実した1日でした♪帰りの渋滞も無かったしね。

次回は12月にあるようなので、今度はGirlfriendsと行きたいです♪