I am so excited to announce that funcupcake will be at the Renegade Craft fair in Chicago this year, September 15th & 16th! I will be sharing a booth with my good friend Tara who designs and makes these innovative and adorable, bike-friendly accessories to wear! We are honored that we were chosen out of over 400 applicants for a spot to display and sell our handmade wares in a fun, street-fair atmosphere in Chi town! I have only been to the Chicago airport, never to the city itself. You might remember these photos on funcupcake in previous posts about the Brooklyn Renegade Craft Fairs that I attended in 2005 & 2006. A fun and creative environment full of hard-working do-it-yourself’ers!

My mind is swirling about this opportunity to present a collection of funcupcake-wares. Some projects already in the works, that will also be available for sale in my online shop include; screenprinted T-shirts of my illustrations, more colored, archival prints like this one, greeting cards and stationary sets with my drawings, some fun ‘zines, screenprinted tote bags, and whatever else the funcupcake handmade factory comes up with between now and then! I have a calendar design in mind, as well as some special stuffed plush in the making!

Tara lives in Portland, Oregon and I’m out here in Boston, so we’ll fly into Chicago, meet up and scurry around to find our hotel, rent our tables and chairs, set up our booths, and spend the weekend setting up, selling, tearing down, etc, etc. Should be a fun albeit busy weekend! I know that craft fairs are hard work, but I also know we’ll make the best of it and have a lot of fun!

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