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So Crafty Bastards! was this Saturday, and I was totally there! Under the cut you’ll find photos of stuffed blowfish, stuffed wangs, stuffed heads of unicorns, stuffed bunnies, and jewelry and arts and crafts and other awesome stuff! Get psyched for a tour of the best crafts in DC, and some links to vendors that were there.

Links to artists featured, pretty much in order:

Mean Cards: www.meancards.com

• My favorite? A threatening card about recycling.

Phil Barbato’s Whisker Bears: twitter.com/whiskerbears // www.whiskerbears.etsy.com

• They’re stuffed animals…with MUSTACHES. If you like Ugly Dolls, then consider these handmade alternatives.

{craftgasm} : craftgasm.etsy.com

• Their upcycled cards and pins are unique and hip, and make you feel totally awesome about buying them. Plus, everything has a perfectly sharp sense of humor.

The Prick Cushion: www.theprickcushion.com // abitabite.etsy.com

• Dude, stuffed dicks and stuffed vagina/fallopian tubes. If there’s a cock enthusiast you’re friends with, consider a personally embroidered phallus.

Jennifer McBrien’s Jenny Jen42: jennyjen42.etsy.com

• Her wares got pricey fast, but the smaller zip totes and eyeglass cases are affordable, adorable, and covered in bird designs.

Shannon Duffy’s Helicopter Studios: helicoptorstudios.etsy.com

• Oh my god, I wish I was six so I could get a Discovery Totes and bring it with me everywhere.

Final Approach: www.finalapproach.etsy.com

• People were flipping over this dude’s suitcases, and for good reason. They are totally boss. Pop arty, politically savvy, and reasonably priced, if you have a need for a functional piece of art, go to him first.

Pretty, Silly Things: www.prettysillythings.com

• These necklaces are charming: pendants made from book illustrations feel old and new all at once.

Jen Bennett Gubicza’s Zooguu: www.zooguu.com

• Dude, if you have to buy a kid a stuffed animal, buy them one of these. They are freaking amazing — brightly colored, cleverly designed, and covetable. When you see it, you want it. Instantly.

Sue Eggen’s Giant Dwarf: www.giantdwarfdesign.com // www.giantdwarf.etsy.com

• This stuff was adorable.

The Broken Plate Pendant Company: www.ibreakplates.com

• Just what the title says: she breaks plates, and makes lovely pendants, earrings, brooches, etc. out of them.

Robert Ullman’s Atom Bomb Bikini: atombombbikini.net

• Robert Ullman posts a lot of sports & pin-up lady illos on his blog, and a lot of those pictures are ladies in sports jerseys. He’s got a nice, sexy style, and I’m a fan. He also will be at Baltimore’s Comic Con this weekend. Check it out.