Liv­ing in the Balto/D.C. metro area and look­ing for some­thing to do this week­end? Well then head down to D.C. this Sat­ur­day (19 Dec) for the fourth annual Hol­i­day Booty Mar­ket! Fea­tur­ing the work of twenty regional artists and crafters, the mar­ket is a great chance to find last-minute hol­i­day trea­sures for your loved ones all while brows­ing among the beau­ti­ful fur­ni­ture avail­able at Design Within Reach. A few of the ven­dors fea­tured Sat­ur­day include:

60 bugs

de*nada

Mary Ellen Doran

Gosh­darnknit

Red Prairie

Jaime Zol­lars

The event will be held in Wash­ing­ton D.C. from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Adams Mor­gan Design Within Reach show­room. Check­out the event Web site for more details.

Images: 60 bugs, De*Nada Design, Mary Ellen Doran, Gosh­darnknit, Red Prairie Press, Jaime Zol­lars

Ever since I spent far too many hours Christ­mas shop­ping online last year, I have been nuts for the jew­elry of Rachael Vic­to­ria Adams, also know as Nou­veau Mot­ley. Ever the fan of decon­structed objects from the past, my love for her work should be no sur­prise. Based in the San Fran­cisco Bay area, Rachael’s jew­elry is avail­able at Dark Gar­den Corsetry in Hayes Val­ley and Juniper Tree Fash­ion in Oak­land. Her wares are also avail­able online at her Etsy bou­tique.

A sam­pling of her gor­geous jew­elry:

Images: Nou­veau Motley

For those of you from the San Fran­cisco Bay area, I thought I’d post a reminder that the Rene­gade Craft Fair is in town this week­end on Sat­ur­day and Sun­day. Fea­tur­ing more than 200 artists (TWO HUNDRED!!) this event is not to be missed!

In addi­tion to hand­made good­ies span­ning the spec­trum from wear­ables to con­sum­ables, there will raf­fles and work­shops. Per­son­ally, I’m espe­cially excited to see paper goods from Dandy Lion Press, jew­elry by Mama’s Lit­tle Babies (who I’ve men­tioned before), Bird vs. bird designs’ bags and Stella Nep­tune’s cloth­ing.

And do you know what the best part of all is? The fair is free, yes FREE… as in no money to enjoy a beau­ti­ful after­noon by the bay sur­rounded by hand­made good­ies and the tal­ented peo­ple who make them. So go check out the Rene­gade Craft Fair.

Check­out the lat­est “street mar­ket” over at Pop­pytalk Hand­made. Run­ning through July 10, this month’s theme is “here comes the sun.”

If you haven’t checked out the site before, Pop­pytalk curates a monthly online show­case of inter­na­tional design tal­ent; beau­ti­ful hand­made items are avail­able in this fun and diverse arena. If you haven’t already taken a gan­der at all of this month’s good­ies here’s a peek at some of the things that caught my eye:

Stock­holm by Stephanie Levy.

What a fun col­lage! This piece reminds me only too well of my old apart­ment in Stockholm.

Pink Lemon­ade by Roll and Tum­ble Press

Whis­per Neck­lace by Mama’s Litt­tle Babies
I have been a fan of Mama’s Lit­tle Babies for ages! I tripped over her work on Etsy.com last win­ter and have been tempted time and again to treat myself to some of her delight­ful jewelry.

Cus­tom Mono­gram Sign by Signs by Diane

Ever the sucker for ran­dom let­ter­forms and typog­ra­phy, it’s no sur­prise that I’m drawn to Diane’s signs.

Sim­mer by Yel­lena

Yel­lena is another artist whose work I dis­cov­ered on Etsy some time ago and have delighted in her work ever since; I love the den­sity of her work.

Golden Plover print by Sarah Ahern