Renegade Austin Holiday show!

 

If you're in Austin this weekend, be sure to stop by the 1st Renegade Craft Fair holiday show, happening at Palmer Events Center from 11am-6pm on Saturday and Sunday. I won't be vending, but several of my friends will be selling, along with the AIGA AIA Student Group that I mentor. My students have been working extremely hard on their booth, which will feature a super fun Time Capsule activity for the whole family. Be sure to stop by, make a time capsule for yourself, and check out their beautiful posters, prints, cards, and other goodies.

Also check out the booth of Leah Duncan, Fail jewelry (carrying our fail+Canoe collection), Son of a Sailor, Appetite, and MAKEatx. Can't wait to see what everyone is bringing and pick up some holiday gifts!

Wildfires

It's been nearly a week since the wildfires started here in Central Texas. The devastation is widespread, especially for those in Bastrop. The smoke enveloping Austin has been surreal, but is starting to dissipate now as the fires become contained. We have firefighter friends coming in all the way from Northern California to help. Ben and I have been nervously checking the weather to see if the wind will shift and bring the fires to Niederwald, where Salt & Time is based. We're not out of the woods yet, as smaller fires keep popping up and you never know when the wind will pick up and carry a spark across a field.

Please consider a donation to the American Red Cross of Central Texas to help those families in need. I will be donating a percentage of all my September sales to the Red Cross.

Evening out

Thinking back to more carefree days earlier this summer--a special evening at the Hotel St. Cecilia with good friends. Daydreaming of another evening there soon.

Renegade Austin Recap

Thanks to all our friends for coming out last weekend to the Renegade Craft Fair! We had a great time seeing old friends and meeting new ones. One of the most satisfying things was seeing the booth I've been working on fully realized. I've been planning this new booth for a few months, so it's so nice to see it go from sketchbook page to real life exactly as I had envisioned. It's taken a full week to recover from all the prep. 

 

Our good friend Gabi helped out on the first day to get us set up and keep sane. Luckily our vintage jib sail worked really well for our neighbor, Leah Duncan.

Ben built a beautiful (I mean rustic and manly) pallet wall to help showcase our mix of wares. Our friend Mary Kathryn of Loretta Flower created some beautiful bouquets to help soften the cowboy tablescapes. What, you've never heard of a cowboy tablescape? It looks like this.

We got to hang out with our friends the Berkleys,  Abby Try Again, Leah Duncan, and Paloma's Nest, along with meeting the talented designers behind Coatt Jewelry and Love Jules.

Also, the lovely gang at Renegade did a nice interview with me that you can check out here. Until next time, Renegade!

Renegade Austin this Weekend

This weekend we'll be showcasing our wonderful wares at the Renegade Austin Craft Show at the Palmer Events Center (900 Barton Springs Rd)! Stop by and visit us from 11am-7pm all weekend (free admission). Our booth is near the front entrance. The house is currently filled with wild props for our new booth design (including a vintage horse saddle), so expect some surprises.

You'll never guess what this might be--stop by the show and find out!

Countdown to Renegade Austin

Somehow May has snuck up on us and it's only a few weeks until our big summer show, Renegade Austin. Mark your calendars for May 21-22nd, from 11am-7pm at the Palmer Events Center (900 Barton Springs Rd at S.1st). A few weeks ago I decided to completely change the way I set up my booth, so expect some surprises this time around. We'll have both Canoe and Miss Natalie together, and I promise you'll want to bring your camera. Hopefully I do, as I'm notorious for forgetting that.

Our booth will be located up front and on a nice corner, next to the main entrance, so you can't miss us. We're pumped to be next to some of our favorite Austin ladies, like Leah Duncan, Abby Try Again, and Paloma's Nest.

In addition to the new booth design, I've got a ton of new products to share from both of our lines, so it may be a bit of radio silence on the blog as we go into serious production mode in the studio. I'll try and sneak some photos up here as we progress. Let's just say I'm spending a lot of time working with leather.

Miss Natalie with Nous Savons and Ciuccio (a fabulous croquet trio!)

Renegade Austin was fabulous, especially thanks to these 2 ladies. Jocelyn of Nous Savons flew down early for the show and we were up to our old shenanigans. To wit, we barged into a run-down haunted house in Uhland, scored free appetizers around town thanks to our meat man (Ben), and went on a wild tubing adventure down the Comal River. Jenny of Ciuccio (and Christina of Heat Press, not pictured) kept us on our toes, as we found less than 2 degrees of separation between all of us (outside of the craft world). So much fun. I'm now on a full-court press to convince Jenny & Christina to move to Austin.

We also met folks we have admired for a while, including Christine of Small Magazine and the lovely Joslyn of Simple Lovely. Both are Dallasites, which means that Dallas got cool when I wasn't looking. Apparently I need to get myself up there soon, maybe for a Dallas Flea? Will keep you posted!

Next up is Renegade Brooklyn! Mark your calendars, New York. I'll be coming to town June 5-6th. Find us at McCarren Park between 11am-7pm selling our wares and dispensing advice. The doctor is in.