On Saturday my mom and I went to the American Craft Council show at the convention center. It took like three hours just to walk through the thing; afterward we circled back to look back at our favorite stalls. Unfortunately (and as usual) most of the stuff was too expensive; how dare those artists charge what their time/work is actually worth. 
Our favorites were (with a few examples that may or may not have actually been at the show):
Chris Roberts-Antieau
“Feeling Sorry for Pluto” — this one was actually there and we both liked it. My mom also liked one called “The Neighbor’s Fat Dog” (not on the website, unfortch). I liked the one called “Household Safety Techniques” that reminds you that everything can kill you.
Bryan Cunningham
After much (much!) deliberation, my mom got the sign pictured here. I’m sure my dad is super psyched about it. Check out the gallery on the website; he has a lot of good stuff.
We got some mugs from Gingell Ceramics (the ones we got aren’t on their site)
One of my favorites from last time, Betsy Youngquist was there again. It looks like her main site is under construction but I found a gallery here. As usual I forgot my wad o’ cash (that I totally have) and couldn’t afford anything but I liked looking at it. 
I also really loved the little faces on Carolyn Morris Bach’s stuff, although I don’t think I would actually wear it as jewelry.
Of course there was more good stuff but we don’t need to be here all day.
There was an “altcraft” section which was basically Etsy. They had them separated from everybody else (shoved in the back somewhere) which I thought was pretty funny.
There were a lot of skulls and octopuses which made me sad because I like skulls and octopuses and now I feel like I’m being too hip. My mom said that maybe I’m just good at predicting trends. I’m inclined to agree because one time in middle school I ripped my jeans on my bike chain and split them at the seam; I decided it looked cool and wore them to school that way. Everybody thought it was weird but in the very next issue of the Delia*s catalogue there were split-seam jeans! That’s all the proof I need! Anyway, the point is, there were also a lot of squirrels, and I don’t care for squirrels so I don’t think I’m being influenced by trend. If I start liking squirrels then maybe I’ll have to reconsider (not that being influenced by trend is necessarily bad and I guess I should be grateful that skulls and octopuses are so readily available).
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