The Renaissance Fair

About a month ago the annual Renaissance Fair came to town and had a swell turn out. I'd like to highlight a few booths.

I loved these wooden spoons and...

wooden spatulas, they were handcrafted beautifully.

These water beads were also very interesting. They are made out of contact lens material and can water your plants while you're out of town. I was also informed that you can fill them with any liquid and use them in cocktails.

Just make sure you spit out the plastic.

They had quite the array of colors.

The man at the booth said he had some friends that filled these red beads up with Cinnamon Schnapps and threw them into whiskey.

I never tire of these dip dyed tees. Wax protects the areas of the shirt that you don't want dyed. Once you've finished the dying you melt the wax off with boiling water.

He does a fantastic job with some fine detail.

I'm a fan of bonsai trees.

And planting foliage within other foliage.

Abby and Elizabeth joined me on this little excursion and never allowed a dull moment.

Alicia Cunningham had some awesome stuff for sale.

She creates fabric button magnets,

hair ties,

and jewelry... you name it.

Not to mention her really cool mini fridge.

Check out her store here.

Abby was sporting some exquisite red shoes that begged to be photographed.

The palouse humane society was also there with some delicious looking dog treats. When I told Tyrone about them later he wished he had come.

Many passers by wished these good looking treats were available for human consumption.

uh.

This year the fair had a Chinese dragon available for the kids to play in. It also made an appearance in the parade later on.

It was quite interesting to see the behind the scenes of the Elephant Ear assembly line.

To this day I have never had an Elephant Ear but I hear they're delicious.

That dough looks good for sure.

I can never pass up the opportunity to photograph a man in a kilt.

Elizabeth had a fun time doing her thing. We had a fun time watching.

Another really cool booth was hosted by Michael Sage with Sage Designs. He created "Phantom Leaves" through a chemical process that dissolves the leaf fibers and only leaves the leaf skeleton behind.

He had some neat shadow boxes

and some colorful earrings

and necklaces

all created out of dyed leaf skeletons.

I wanted to buy them all... and you can by visiting his shop here.

There were also some crazy colorful bottles on sale although I'm not quite sure their purpose.

This lyre bottle was something. I don't know if I really want to know what came in it originally.

Another booth I really enjoyed was hosted by mixed media artist and illustrator Cori Dantini.

You can visit her website here.

and her blog here.

And if you're so inclined to purchase something beautiful you can do so here.

Her style is out of the ordinary and quite fun.

This piece resonated well.

Finally the parade commenced and fair came to a close. Thanks to all the artists that made the fair whimsical.