Gah! This past weekend, the craftdactyls travelled from the North and South to convene in Washington, DC for the annual Crafty Bastards (wicked awesome) craft show. Even tho our (my) sole purpose in going was to meet my crafting hero, it was also a wonderful excuse to meet up for a girl's weekend with childhood friends...and of course, to spend my inheritance craft shopping!!
It is no secret that I have become utterly smitten with the craft works (heh--I just thought of the 80s electronic band, Kraftwerk) of My Paper Crane, WHO by the way, is giving away a copy of her new book over on her website, so check it out.
Here I am totally overwhelmed by all the coolness, and trying to figure out what to buy. My sister had also just asked me if I had figured out what I was going to say to My Paper Crane yet, and I'm shooing her question away. I was trying to blend in with the cool.
I finally made up my mind and bought a carrot (which I've been wanting since last February), and a pouch made from her happy vegetables pattern. As I handed her my things, I started panicking because I still couldn't think of what to say and was afraid of losing the opportunity. Fortunately, my sister stepped right in and spoke up for me, telling her flat out that she was my crafting hero, which opened the flood gates, and My Paper Crane's husband took a picture of us to commemorate the meeting.
It was incredible!! She was so nice (as expected), and invited me to pose as a mushroom face in her gnome picture, as many others had already done that day.
My sister, friends and I had a wonderful day, full of art and craft inspiration. At some point I'll post pictures of the cupcake truck and the girl who had the same shoes as me. What were the chances?
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