Thanks for Another Super Awesome Crafty Bastards!

What, you missed it?! Want to shop for more handmade awesomeness? Crafty Bastards is a one day event, but you can use the vendor gallery to find all the wonderful Crafty Bastards and their online shops anytime.

Thank you to all the talented and friendly craft vendors that participated this year. You are the reason Crafty Bastards is one of DC's most popular festivals and why the event such a treat to produce. Huge thanks goes out to all the hard working staff and volunteers for treating the vendors like rock stars and making Crafty Bastards 2008 another big awesome festival. Most amazing were the all shoppers that turned out despite the gray skies and uncertain economy.

Crafty Bastards would not be possible without support from generous event sponsors. The Washington City Paper is pleased to partner with top notch businesses that support the independent arts community and Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair. Visit them online and stop by their business locations to show your appreciation.

Share Your Crafty Bastards Photos

We will be adding official event photos and video to the site as soon as we can. In the meantime, share you images with the 2008 Crafty Bastards Flickr pool.

Share your Crafty Bastards memories and check out what other Crafty enthusiasts saw and bought, on the Crafty Bastards 2008 Flickr Pool. To join the Crafty Bastards 2008 Flickr Pool, just follow these easy instructions:

1. Go to the Crafty Bastards 2008 Flickr Group and click "Join this group".
2. Upload your Crafty photos to your Flickr account and mark them Public.
3. Go to the page of each photo you want to add to the pool, and click "Send to group".
4. Select "Crafty Bastards 2008".

Crafty Bastards 2008 Photos

Twitter Your Favorite Crafty Finds to the Crafty Feed

Tell us what you bought or what you sold on the Crafty Twitter feed. Just add @CraftyBastards or Crafty Bastards in your tweets to have them pulled into the feed. Crafters: make sure you have link to your shop on your twitter profile page so shoppers can find you!

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Looking for the videos and pictures from past Crafties? Check out our new gallery page.

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