Renegade Craft Fair SF

July 22nd, 2009 | Posted by Kitty Baby Love in Craft Shows - (5 Comments)

“San Francisco here we come, right back where we started from…”

Wow what a great experience! It was our very first craft fair and while we drew the short straw as far as location goes (we were Allll the way in the back of the warehouse), we had a rather successful 2 days. It was so great to see all the smiles from the adults and kids who loved our table and items. It was also fun to see other sellers and what they had to offer. The environment was really friendly and full of energy. We are quite drained now that it is over!

Photo by: Anita K. Hart

The foot traffic was great at the show so Ben and I spent most of our time at our table and didn’t have much time to enjoy the show leisurely for shopping, however we did come away with a few souvenirs…

This item was a trade with one of our boothmates, JeynReyn

JeynReyn Credit Card Holder

It’s a credit card holder! Comes with cute little card inserts including a fake debit card from WaPoo… get it?

JeynReyn Credit Card Holder

JeynReyn Credit Card Holder

The next item was our only purchase from the show, and a great one at that!
Is it a giant pencil?

Pacific Puzzleworks Pencil Puzzle

No! It’s a puzzle!! From Pacific Puzzleworks.

Pacific Puzzleworks Pencil Puzzle

Pacific Puzzleworks Pencil Puzzle

I am personally a HUGE fan of puzzles so I was thrilled when I saw this. There were more complicated puzzles but I thought this one would be good for Mikah… in 6 years or so. I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to get it, so until Mikah is old enough to play with it, Ben and I will have fun with it for him.

Last item we took away was a photo from the free photo booth.

Renegade Craft Fair Photobooth

I didn’t have time to stop breastfeeding. This was taken at the end of the last day, so we look really tired. Nonetheless, it’s a great souvenir and marks our first (successful) craft show.


Last but not least, visit our booth mate’s blog, Mama’s Magic Studio, about lesson’s learned from the craft show. This last photo of us was taken by her- the only one we have of our booth!

Bowling for Cats

June 30th, 2009 | Posted by Kitty Baby Love in Craft Shows - (1 Comments)

bowling for kitties

In addition to chalkboard kitty (which is now cut out in wood- Just needs to be sanded and painted and assembled…….) we’re doing a new item- a bowling set! I am very excited for it.
We have big plans for these little ones… now if only we can make more time to finish them.

The front ‘pin’ is a test that Ben did. I was thinking we could offer them in natural wood finish and also in limited edition painted versions. It would be fun to continually think of new themes. Ben and I tossed around a few ideas… Alice in Wonderland, Star Trek, Harry Potter, bowling pins….
Submit an idea to us and maybe we’ll use it!

The background signage is what we will be using for our craft show. It’s chalkboard paint on one of Ben’s handmade and stretched canvases. The little front painted wood piece is for the price, which is yet to be determined.

Here’s another photo with our new signage + the Boo Boo Kitties.

Boo Boo Kitty

Chalkboard Kitty

June 21st, 2009 | Posted by Kitty Baby Love in Craft Shows - (1 Comments)

Something is brewing in the house of Kitty Baby Love!

Ideally we will have these ready in time for a debut at the Renegade Craft Show, but with time, transportation, and financial limitations, Who knows what will happen…
So, after staring at a can of chalkboard paint I recently bought, Ben came to me with an idea….

Chalkboard Kitty

After shooting back and forth ideas, we finally decided that it will look something like….

Chalkboard Kitty

We’re very excited for it. Stick around for updates and progress reports :)

We also got our 6′ table yesterday and decided to set it up in the living room- so we can look at it and play with the display. We like the look, but still need to fill it with merchandise.. As you can see, we still have a lot more work to do.

Renegade Booth Setup

Renegade Craft Show

June 14th, 2009 | Posted by Kitty Baby Love in Craft Shows - (4 Comments)

rice kitty in-the-making

Recovering from giving birth has been quite the journey! It feels like I haven’t been able to move around for a year, even though it feels like Mikah is still just a week old. It’s been 3.5 weeks already! How time flies…

Now that I do have more mobility, I’ve started preparing for a craft show Ben and I will be doing this July. We really planned to start preparing sooner, but you know… baby and all :)

We’ll be in the Renegade Craft Show when it comes to San Francisco. We’re really excited because of the scale of the event. A bit nervwracking as well since, at this point in time, we are as unprepared for this as you can get.

Renegade SF
JULY 18 + 19
11am – 7pm

Fort Mason’s Festival Pavillio

Please meet our partner’s in crime (we’ll be doing a group showing at the event):
Jeyn Reyn
Mama’s Magic Studio

Ben and I have designated tomorrow, Monday, as our official *Let’s Get Busy and Start CRAFTING!* Day. We got a small headstart on it this weekend though…

rice kitty in the making

Ben has a few woodblock prints he’s carved but has not printed (for whatever reason). This is one of them- Breastfeeding Kitty!
We’ll be making a few cards out of them and selling them at the craft show as well as in our shop soon. He did a blue and yellow colorway. We like the yellow best.

print workspace

breastfeeding print