Oh So Beautiful Paper

The annual Crafty Bastards fair took place over the weekend here in DC, and I had such a fun time walking around seeing all the booths and new exhibitors.  The fair was completely packed, which was great – but it was a bit too crowded to take photos, so I thought I’d share a few cool things from some of my favorite booths at the fair.  First up, the stationers and paper artists, of course – there were so many at Crafty Bastards this year, yay!

Briana and Jason from Brainstorm came down from Philadelphia with a bunch of new prints and posters:

{Brainstorm}

Fun screen printed and letterpress cards from the Brooklyn-based McBittersons:

{McBittersons}

It was wonderful to meet the husband and wife team of Nate Duval and Jen Skelley and see more of their work in person – if you aren’t already familiar with their respective prints and posters, you’ll definitely want to check them out!

{nate duval}

{jen skelley}

Kyle from Power and Light Press brought her fabulous letterpress cards all the way out from Portland, Oregon!

{power and light press}

Pretty notebooks, journals (including some chalkboard cover journals!), and albums from Moonlight Bindery:

{moonlight bindery}

Lovely illustrated whale prints from Arcane Arts:

{arcane arts}

Baltimore-based Alyssa and Michael from Small Talk Studio also came out, with prints, cards, and some beautiful pillows made from custom designed screen printed fabrics:

{small talk studio}

On the jewelry side, I fell in love with the delicate necklaces and earrings from Sarah Cecelia:

{sarah cecelia}

Rhonda and Elijah from Figs and Ginger were at Crafty Bastards for a second time with their beautiful jewelry (as well as some really cool wood jewelry coming out soon!)

{figs and ginger}

Did any of you attend Crafty Bastards this year?  If you did, I’d love to hear about your favorites from the fair!

{all images from their respective sources}

1. Tara
   Twitter: crackeddesigns
   says:

   10/05/2010 at 2:51 PM

   That ‘Earth’ print is gorgeous!!
2. jen jafarzadeh says:

   10/04/2010 at 11:20 PM

   love those whale prints! looks like a fun craft fair.
3. Janice Carnevale
   Twitter: bellwetherevent
   says:

   10/04/2010 at 12:58 PM

   I missed Crafty Bastards because I was working, but Kelly went and she came back with a necklace that I am very very jealous of! I love everything you featured here too Nole!