Graphic Sweatshirt Even Cooler as a Pillow

I went over to my thrifty friend Amy's house today for a visit. In her son's bedroom I noticed a cool pillow with a San Francisco graphic that I quickly realized was some sort of fabric or clothing item wrapped around a pillow. She had staged it there knowing that I would see it and like it. It happened to be a sweatshirt that she thought could be made into a pillow for me or one of my sons. I thought it was a fabulous idea so she got to work. I just "supervised".


In about 45 minutes this is what she came up with. Notice she even sewed the sweatshirt label into the bottom seam of the pillow. Love it! Thanks my friend.


This graphic wrapped all the around the back too.

Vintage Painting of San Francisco

I picked up this sweet painting of a cable car overlooking the golden gate bridge at a thrift store in my town just a few days ago. The frame was not in good condition, but the painting itself is perfectly fine so removed it from the frame. Judging by the frame and the style of the painting I'm going to guess that it was done in the 70's, possibly a little earlier or later by a street vendor like the ones that were typically lining the streets around Fisherman's Wharf and just below Ghirardelli Square. Of course it's only a guess as to its exact origins because there is no signature, but this is much like what I remember during the early 70's.

Finds from the Renegade Craft Fair

Here are some of the items I found at the fair.

Second Annual Renegade Craft Fair, San Francisco

Fort Mason Festival Pavilion overlooking Alcatraz

This weekend I attended the Second Annual Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco with my sister. There were soooo many artists and crafters. It was a nice morning when we arrived at the Fort Mason Center on the bay. Arriving early we ensured a parking spot and had time for a nice walk over the hill to Fisherman's Wharf for coffee and croissant at Peet's. It was mostly sunny in that part of the bay, but fog still covered the Golden Gate.


Entering the Fair just minutes after its opening it was already in full swing. At the entrance was the Renegade Craft Welcome Station. We spoke with artist Mat Daly, husband of fair organizer Sue Daly, who created the poster for the event. We had to have one. I had planned on stopping to see Mati Rose Mcdonough and there she was with friend Caitlin at the front as well. I love her lucky elephant series and picked up one in blue. My sister bought one of her colorful print of a mixed media piece.

Enjoyed meeting Lisa Price of ArtGoodies and bought one of her cute hand printed (pink deer) stuffies. I'm using mine on my bed as an accent pillow.

Also met Amy from Garbella and purchased a green bird bag to carry the rest of my finds.

Other purchases included posters for our teens from We Make Posters, a pretty greeting card set from Lisa Congdon, note cards from Dutch Door Press and InvitaPaper Studio and vintage typewriter key jewelery from The Weekend Store.
We even found the Etsy booth and picked up some fun promotional goodies.