Last year Thomas went with me to the first Austin Renegade Fair. He was so sweet, patient and let me take as long as I wanted. Always acting truly interested as I pointed out item after item of crafty vintage and homemade lovliness. But as good as he is he didn't even try to contain his excitement when he heard I was inviting some friends to attend with me this year. I'll admit though I was wondering if my group would truly appreciate all that is Renegade. I've been looking forward to this all year. Will they be over it in an hour? Will they wanna (gasp!) start. in. the. middle? In the end I had nothing to worry about. Jen, Teanna, and Cathy loved it. We all perused at the same speed, and more importantly (also the most anal of my worries) we all wanted to start at the same end working our way thru row by row so we didn't miss anything. Yeah I'm that girl. You'd think my closet would be organized and my house mess free, but no dice.
Now on to the first of my
Best of Austin Renegade Fair 2011 inductees:
McCheeks Mayhem is the work of the artisan Carole Smith pictured above. I asked her to stand next to that gorgeous owl cookie jar she fired. My budget didn't include it's purchase but it was one of my major lust items of the day. Jen bought one of those sweet lil owl babies. You can find Carole's amazing work at her
McCheek's Mayhem Etsy Shop and her
blog.
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