Photo Essay: Our Thrifting Trip

On Monday, all 4 of us WonderCraft gals got together for a fun field trip. Beth A was on the hunt for more goodies for Stella's makeover, plus we were all on the lookout for must-haves for our Halloween costumes. We started out at First Rate Fixtures, where we really, really wanted to buy this flying mannequin & somehow attach it to Stella!




But we refrained, and just bought these cool hands instead.






We also shopped at Out of the Past, which is packed to the brim with amazing finds like this little hoot owl.







This witch must have jinxed us...

Because after our last stop at Savers, we came out to find that Beth A's car battery was dead. A friend of Jen's came over & tried to give us a jump, but it was just not happening, so he had to just drive us home instead. Luckily, we were all still on a thrifting high, and tons of friendly folks stopped to offer help, so it wasn't too bad. We love ya, Austin!

You can see more pics from our thriftapalooza in my Scenic Austin Flickr set.


Be sure to come out for the big reveal of Stella's new look at Glam, Glitter & Gore this Saturday!

Craftastic Event: Glam, Glitter & Gore, Oct. 23

We're teaming up with local artist Jennifer Cunningham to present a super-fun, seasonal art, fashion & shopping extravaganza! It will be on Saturday, Oct. 23, with a variety of activities going on throughout the day and night. However, you can see the Glam, Glitter & Gore art installation by Jennifer & a slew of other awesome resident artists at Starving Art Studios/EAT during the whole month of October.

Starting at noon, the indoor artist market, food trailers and outdoor art & craft vendors will all be open to the public. There will be family-friendly craft projects, face painting, and various other fall festival activities going on.

From 6-10pm we'll have evening programming for the adults, including a closing reception for the in-house artist exhibition, drinks, live music by Auroravore, Tai Collins & others TBD, a costume contest, photo booths & more! The main attraction will be a fabulous fashion show featuring collaborative collections by Jennifer Cunningham, Anslee Connell & Megan Summerville.

Wearable and visual art will be available for sale in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and price ranges, so come on out & support a fantastic array of local artists all in one spot! We'll also be celebrating the birthdays of Beth H. (that's me!), Beth A. and Sue Zola (Austin's acclaimed glitter art diva) with fun and fabulous surprises!

For more info, check out Jennifer's Austin Wearable Art Examiner article and the Facebook event page. Hope to see you all there!