On Saturday, Jane and I ventured down to Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta to check out the Indie Craft Experience fair. It was my first experience with Marta (the tube/train) and my first trip to Centennial park… and was definitely worth the trip. The show is sponsored by Etsy.com and a good majority of the crafters at the show were sellers on the site. It was very cool to people watch, as this was not a country crafts fair (ducks with gingham bows..) but a more alternative scene. I thought about whipping my camera out and taking some ‘crowd shots’ but we were way too caught up in the items for sale to get many photos. At some point during our trip Jane and I cracked ourselves up with the “I can has cheezburger” style of captions (I just wrote “cattions”.. which makes sense with them being lolcats and all) and started doing it with everything.
I think I’m getting the hang of the “one handed self-blogging photo” thing. This was us after taking a rest next to the fountain inside the park.. we had already done 2 laps of the vendors (step 1. go through and look at EVERYTHING step 2. go back again and buy) and I had just realized that I lost my cellphone somewhere from the car (now at the Marta station..) and the festival. I found my phone in Jane’s car at the end of the day (woot!) One thing that was awesome about the festival was the goodie bags that we were given at the ICE tent.. lots of stuff! You can also see some of the Etsy.com shwag from the Etsy tent - bumperstickers, a bandana, and pins. While we were at the Etsy tent they were filming for a video that will be on the website/blog - I can’t wait to see it.

This is my haul from the show… I somehow ended up buying 4 bars of handmade soap. I loves the handmade soap- and my husband already stole the green bar in the photograph called “Emerald Isle”. I also bought some wonderful hand lotion in a patchouli/orange scent and a pair of handmade earrings that aren’t shown because I was wearing them when I took the photo. (duh)

I had a great time at the show and can’t wait to go again (and possibly vend) next year.