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But my mind already is starting to think Christmas.  This year, I'm going to attempt to go all hand-made for the holidays.  By that, I'm not talking about buying hand-made gifts, rather....I'm going to try to make them myself!  Of course....Nat's gifts are exempt from this because...well....just because. Here's the first object purchased for a set of gifts.  This is going to be come the prototype.  Can't share all the details - mostly because the folks who are reading this (hi guys!) are the ones who are going to get this very gift. Am I the only crazy person thinking Christmas already?

Back in December, Nat 'dragged' me to the Renegade Craft Fair on the north side.  She's been to a few of them (one of them outdoors, I think) and convinced me that it wouldn't be the worse way to spend a Sunday morning.  Secretly (or not so secretly in some circles), I'm a bit crafty.  (Hence why I put 'dragged' in quotes.)  I tend to gravitate towards either food crafts (Vanilla Extract) or holiday-driven (Christmas stuff), but I'd never been to a Renegade fair, so I was in. I had no (read: ZERO) real expectations for the fair so I couldn't leave disappointing.  Us silly suburbanites drove, and alas, there was NO parking (I know..." mass trans, dude .") - in fact, the place was a zoo - much to my surprise. I guess those hipsters really love them some screen printed shirts.  MY GOD WERE THERE SCREEN PRINTED TEES! In fact, that's probably my only gripe:  too many screen printers.  Ironic tees.  Indie band posters.  Lots of things I