Monday, September 26, 2011

DallasMADE - Weekend Trip to The Dallas Flea

I had such a great time at The Dallas Flea on Saturday! I wish it was there every week! This year I discovered so many wonderful artists and became even more aware of the amazing talent in this city. 

One of my favorite finds of the day was  f. is for frank. I am in awe of all of their gorgeous and architectural pieces of jewelry. I even spoke to one of the designers and I might get to do a tour of their local studio for an upcoming DallasMADE post. Fun!
I really loved Modest Ambition's booth filled with her colorful crochet creations. Aren't her baby ponchos and rose clips completely adorable?
The coolest part about this year's Flea was the mobile shops parked right outside the event. I was really proud of Dallas for being so "with it" and keeping up with the mobile shop trend. ;-) 

I checked out the Vintage Mobile, stuffed with racks and racks of pretty vintage clothes. 
The line to grab a bite from Ruthie's Rolling Cafe was so long that I didn't even attempt to tackle it. However, I was more than happy to snap a picture of this pepto-pink food truck!
Last, but certainly not least, I was so happy to see the Dowdy Studio Wagon out in all of its glory. I really love this new trend of mobile vintage and handmade shops. Maybe one day there will be a craft show in a parking lot with all kinds of colorful trailers and trucks peddling their wares. Wait...does this already exist?! 
My only purchase of the day was this adorable birthday card from Blue Eye Brown Eye for my best friend's 21st birthday. "Happy Birthday Dear!" ;-)
I'm glad so many of you are enjoying this new series. It makes me happy to show off (and learn to appreciate) my city. Dallas has so much to offer the handmade community...and I'm just getting started! :-)

Did you go to The Dallas Flea this weekend? What are some of your favorite craft shows in your town?


14 comments:

  1. This looks like so much fun! What a great time. xo, rv

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  2. I was there too -- sorry I missed you! I enjoy the Farmer's Markets and the Etsy Dallas Shows! :)

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  3. The Dallas Flea looks amazing. Seems like a great creative time!

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  4. I've been doing my Snapshots of the City posts where I feature a different place in New York!

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  5. lets go to this together some time?!

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  6. I'm from Dallas and have never heard of this! This is awesome!! Sad I missed it! Hope I can catch it next year! I go to school down in Waco and love reading your blog!

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  7. Those trucks are awesome! We have food trucks in Nashville, but not handmade or vintage trucks (that I know of at least). Maybe I should be the first one! haha

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  8. Hi Meredith!

    This looks amazing, I love craft shows, they are so much fun and you can find little treasures there!
    Im glad your doing this(:
    Hope you have a lovely day crafty girl(;

    Carmila Ponycat

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  9. Hey Meredith! I just discovered your blog, and I must say, I love it! I love your About page. I can definitely relate to being a bit too quiet sometimes. And definitely turn red way too often! Unfortunately, I don't have the Dallas heat to blame it on! :) Anyway, I just wanted to stop in and let you know that I'm really looking forward to reading more of your blog! :)

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  10. Hi Meredith - my first time here too thanks to your guest post on Her Library Adventures! I love these trucks as well - saw ones like this in Portland OR when I visited last year but have never seen this in Australia - might have to start one!! Thanks for the lovely blog!

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  11. Oh how cool! I want to start a mobile shop and if so maybe I'll make it down to Dallas sometime! :D Thanks for sharing!

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  12. I love Flea markets - loads of great stuff there!

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  13. Glad to see your blog! I've been living near Dallas for a year and a half now, but don't know the local festivals and craft events - which I LOVE and miss from Florida! Thanks for posting about the Dallas Flea, I plan to be there in December!

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