Saturday was the day I have been working toward for the past month or so (ok, the past year!)... Washington CityPaper's Crafty Bastards Arts and Craft Fair. And it didn't disppoint. I had so much fun meeting all the nice blog readers: SEAWEED! and other folks who came by my table. I loved loved loved seeing folks laugh big laughs at my new designs: Pandas Poop Too Much, etc. I also thought it was rad when I heard people say they bought this shirt or that shirt last year. Everyone who came by the table and bought things or talked to me was so nice. Thank you to all of you for making me feel a part of the world. And for wanting to buy my silliness.

Luck would have it that Heidi and Katie (www.mypapercrane.com) were right behind us and that was super rad. They even took down their sign so that we could talk when things were too crazy with all the selling (rare!). I took up some of their space, though, as it seemed that my whole family was there with me. My sister, Lisa, and her two daughters came along this year, which was so great. Lisa spent the past month busy making purses to sell, which is rad. As you can see in the picture, her daughter, Brittney had an awesome time too. We took this picture from our booth, thinking that Britt was playing on the playground. But there she was, part of an anti-Bush giant puppet parade. So so funny.

My brother, Mikey and his fiance, Sarah with their dog, Nilla came too. Mikey has some retail experience, so he was totally the master of shirt folding. Like, Lisa, he did way more than that, though, helping with the booth all day long. Jeff and his mom (Thanks to Jeff's mom for coming for the weekend to help take care of the girls!) brought my tiny girls over (since we live 3 blocks away) for a while, but it was hot and the tiny girls don't need to be in the sun. My parents were on their way, too, when they got in a car accident! It was a hit and run, but they are ok, thank goodness.

About half way through the day, my booth was swamped with people and I looked around to see that both of my siblings were there helping and I totally felt so loved. It is weird... I so look forward to Crafty Bastards because I get to share all my weird creations with people I don't know for a day. But what really really mattered to me yesterday was that both of my siblings were there with me. And that they took part in something that was so important to me. I love it when that happens. When you are wowed something other than what you are expected to be wowed by.

Stay tuned tomorrow... I will post pictures of some of the great things that I bought. And special thanks to the CityPaper crew. You guys totally make October the best month. And thanks to Sara from the CityPaper for being so lovely and teaching Brittney about why you shouldn't let ballons go.

here are a few more pictures of the day... some stolen from Heidi's blog. first is my new hair (it is super long, but you can't tell in this picture. next is my brother, mikey with his dog, Nilla. And last is Heidi's booth with Katie and a shopper who must have bought something from me since she had one of my Halloween bags.