American Craft Show in Baltimore

Yesterday we made the trek into Baltimore for the American Craft Show that was held there this weekend. We had heard about it from the artists (2400 Fahrenheit) we’d purchased some pieces from in Hawaii. There were an overwhelming number of beautiful things at the show: glass, clothing and accessories, jewelry, wooden art and utensils, metal pieces…I am pretty sure that even though we tried to be methodical and go down every aisle the we missed some of it.

Jewelry seemed to have the most booths. I got a set of copper jewelry (cuff, earrings, and ring) from a Baltimore artist – Allison Fomich. She does botanical motifs so I’ll probably buy more pieces the next time I happen upon her at a local event.

The red and black earrings are from a west coast artist --- they are more 3D than most of my other earrings and they are colors I wear frequently.

The last item I got was an eyeglasses case. My husband was always irritated when my old case snapped shut so he is the one that strongly suggested this fabric case that will be silent!

Of course – we had some narrow misses on more expensive items (larger art glasses pieces). We didn’t find a piece that we both agreed was the perfect one for our mantle.

On the way home I took a picture of a clock tower than I hadn’t noticed before – probably because I have only been taking pictures from the car window recently. It is the Bromo-Seltzer tower and was built originally opened in 1911. It was the tallest building in Baltimore from then until 1923! Check out the Wikipedia article about it here.