On Friday I went with a friend to The American Craft Council show that was being held in Baltimore. After leaving school we headed into the city and had an early dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. I had decided that I wanted to be one of those people who takes pictures of their food, but after taking this test shot I ended up forgetting to take a picture once the food actually came. When I realized I hadn't taken the photo about ten minutes into eating I decided that nobody wants to see my half-eaten buffalo wings (not even me.)
One we had had dinner we headed over the craft show. We spent a lot of time searching for the school to market section which turned out of be two sections, one for the Rhode Island School of Design and one for the Savannah School of Art and Design. The RISD section had some really interesting things on display. I believe the item pictured is some kind of furnishing, the kind nobody actually dares to sit in. But who needs to know what it actually is? It was neat looking.
They also had a few necklaces on display that were very pretty.
There were also a few mannequins in their section that were wearing statement necklaces. I particularly liked the first one which reminds me of a gold fish skeleton.
Once we had admired the school to market section we began looking around and searching for things to buy. I tried on a gorgeous ring before glancing at a price tag and realizing it was $900. The things being sold there were more expensive than I expected and I kept having to remind myself and my friend to stop looking at the booths were the jewelry was behind glass. Despite a lot of things being out of my price range, I didn't want to go home empty handed.
I was determined to buy something and that something turned out to be this mirror. The mirror's fun design is formed from recycled fibers, which meant that every mirror was different. That made it extra hard for me to choose which one I wanted to buy (I'm a very bad decision maker), but thankfully the lady who was selling them was very sweet and patient.
Later as we were walking through the show I spotted this sign and immediately the wheels in my head started turning.
Next I spotted this sign and I knew my thoughts had been confirmed. The person inside the booth was Ping from the current season of Project Runway.
The booth was devoted to her transformable accessories which included hats, gloves, scarves, and shawls. I thought the hats were particularly cute although I don't think I'd be able to rock them. Ping was there wearing her creations and showing people the different ways they could wear her scarves.
My friend really wanted a Ping creation and tried on a bunch of hats and scarves until deciding on a transformable scarf.
Personally I was most attracted to the lace necklaces she also had on display, which didn't seem to be recieving as much attention as the other accessories. The necklaces definitely drew me in, but they were more than I was ready to spend and I wasn't quite sure how often I'd have the chance to wear one in my daily life.
Ping happily posed for pictures (and I happily took quite a few) and really seemed to be just like she was on Project Runway. She was adorable in person and so was her outfit. It wasn't something I'd ever be able to pull off but she had on a cardigan backwards as her top, a pair of great boots and a jealousy-creating ring. If you're wondering why I only took a picture of her and not with her, I did take one with her but as luck has it, it's a terrible photo of me.
After leaving the show with sore feet and tweeting about my experiences, we decided to make one last stop at Urban Outfitters. I've scoured the website before but had never been inside one of their stores or made a purchase from the site. Now I officially I understand why people are so fond of UO.
We didn't have the time, and I would've probably been too tired to do any serious shopping, but I wanted to make a few little purchases. I bought two nail polishes, one is a perfect pink and the other a really dark blue-green shade. I also got a cute notebook because you can never have too many. There were a few other things that tempted me but I ended up deciding that I'd just have to go back to UO another time.
That's all for my Friday, how did you spend yours?
