Shop for Handcrafted Gifts -- and Create a Few of Your
Own -- at this Two-Day Extravaganza!
Photo Credit: Gabi Porter
BUST Magazine is thrilled to announce their return to SoHo forthe 7
th Annual BUST Magazine Craftacular and Food Fair Holiday 2011.
For the first time ever, the event will run for two days. With
over 200 craft and food vendors per day,
the event offers a haven for more than 6000 attendees to warm up with
specialty tasty treats and unique handcrafted holiday gifts.
And for the first time visitors will also be able to handcraft a few gifts of their own. At
The BUST DIY Guide To Life Lab,
classes and demos will give shoppers the chance to try their hand at
craft projects excerpted from the recently released book, “The
BUST
DIY Guide To Life”! Attendees will be able to make their own tiny
terrarium, create a snowglobe, learn how to make bath bombs, discover
how mozzarella can be made in a microwave, and more, all for free or a
nominal fee. Book co-authors and
BUST Co-publishers Debbie
Stoller and Laurie Henzel will be on hand to lead classes and sign
copies of their book, which will also be available for purchase.
With a wide variety of artisanal treats and handmade crafts,
gift-making classes and demos, DJs spinning music, raffle prizes, and
free goodie bags for
the first 300 people at the door each day, The BUST Magazine
Craftacular and Food Fair Holiday 2011 is the ideal destination for
shopping, eating, crafting, and a whole lot of fun.
The 7th Annual BUST Magazine Craftacular and Food Fair Holiday 2011
will take place at 82 Mercer Street on:
Saturday, December 10, 11am-8pm
Sunday, December 11, 11am-7pm
Entrance Fee: $3.00
Unique Handcrafted Gifts
Offering an eclectic mix of handmade jewelry, stationery, clothing and
toys, shoppers can take pride in their holiday purchases. This year’s
vendors will include COATT, featuring jewelry made from gold fill and
porcelain, Yee-Haw Industrial Letterpress with their colorful
eco-friendly letter-pressed posters and postcards, and dirtsa studio,
who makes cute and quirky housewares.
Food for Eating & Gifting!
Lovers of food, rejoice! This year, an abundance of tasty talent will
be at the Fair, including unique Mexican confections from La
Newyorkina; sweet and savory macarons from Macaron Parlour; creatively
complex baked goods from Whimsy & Spice, and much more. Guests can
take a break from shopping at the first-ever BUST Craft Beer Garden, and
the famed Red Hook Lobster Pound truck will also be on hand.
The BUST DIY Guide To Life Lab!
Visitors can learn to make their own special handcrafted gifts at The
BUST DIY Guide To Life Lab, taking place on both Saturday and Sunday. BUST
Magazine founders Laurie Henzel and Debbie Stoller will lead classes
and demonstrations of select projects from their recently released book,
“The BUST DIY Guide To Life.” Classes will include making terrariums,
snowglobes, bath bombs, and more.
BUST Book Signing!
Written by BUST Magazine co-founders Laurie Henzel and Debbie Stoller (of Stitch ’n Bitch fame), “The BUST DIY Guide to Life” highlights BUST’s 15
years as a DIY innovator, and showcases a broad range of carefully
selected projects for audiences from beginners to expert. More than just
a crafting book, it also includes a wide variety of useful information
for young, independent women, such as managing your finances, traveling
on your own, how to start your own business, and more. The book will be
available for purchase at the BUST Magazine Craftacular and Food Fair
Holiday 2011, and Debbie and Laurie will be on site to meet guests and
sign books on both days.
Celebrity Vendor!
Jay McCarroll, the fashion designer known for winning season 1 of
“Project Runway” and contestant on “Celebrity Fit Club” will be manning a
booth at this year’s event, selling items from his current line
featuring handcrafted and affordable bags, scarves and more.
Sponsors for the 2011 BUST Magazine Craftacular
and Food Fair Holiday 2011 include:
Lower Eastside Girls Club, New York City Coalition Against Hunger, Scoutmob, EvoFem, Blue Q,
Jacqueline Hyde Teas, Night Owl Print Shop, Sock Dreams and Sublime Stitching.
The BUST Magazine Craftacular has won the prestigious Gold FAME Award
for Best Special Event as well as the FOLIO Grand FAME Award for BEST
OVERALL EVENT, beating out “O,” “Glamour,” and “Cosmopolitan”.
BUST is the groundbreaking, original women’s lifestyle
magazine and Web site, unique in its ability to connect with bright,
cutting-edge, urban-dwelling, influential young women.
BUST,
the magazine “for women with something to get off their chests,”
addresses a refreshing variety of young women’s interests, including
celebrity interviews, music, fashion, art, crafting, sex, and news. Hip,
humorous, and honest,
BUST is a celebration of all things
female and a trusted authority on up-and-coming trends among discerning,
educated, and culturally aware women.
Founded by Debbie Stoller, Co-Publisher/Editor-in-Chief and author of the
New York Times bestselling knitting book series
Stitch ‘n Bitch, and Laurie Henzel, Co-Publisher and Creative Director,
BUST began
hosting craft shows seven years ago with a holiday event in NYC and has
expanded to include holiday and spring events in Los Angeles and London
as well as NYC.
