Nowhere else in Seattle will you find a livelier assortment of clothes, accessories, art, and other handmade treasures. Sure, there are a few dicks who’ve cross-stitched a sparrow onto a T-shirt and expect you to pay $40 for it, but the cool-to-suck ratio of crafters is remarkably high. Every year, about a week after walking the floor of UCU, I experience a crippling regret for passing on a purchase in the heat of the moment: I swear, if those creepy baby-head salt and pepper shakers are back this time, they will be mine. (Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 301 Mercer St, www.urbancraftuprising.com, 11 am–5 pm, free)

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  1. Paul, the woman with the creepy baby head shakers and cups has an etsy store!! http://www.etsy.com/shop/susankniffindav… AND she’s wonderful. Alternately, you can contact her directly mudslinger101@hotmail.com and avoid the shipping charges, etc, as she’s local! My sister had fallen in love with the cups, but wanted a particular face/color combination that wasn’t available. I was able to contact Sue and commission a custom order and coordinate local pick-up. And when the cup cracked in the kiln (always a risk), she fired a new one the next day and had her husband drive out to my house on christmas eve to deliver it. This was WAY “above and beyond” the call. I’d told her my sister would be okay with a “rain check,” but Sue Kniffin felt strongly that my sis should be able to open her actual present that evening. yay!

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