WEEKEND PHOTO RECAP - FEATURING ETSY DENTON

That was probably the last weekend of (semi) decent weather we'll have until October, Dentonites. Hope you made the most of it. It was hard not to with all of the various events going on. While many Denton ISD seniors prepared to graduate on Friday, the folks over at DIME and Etsy Denton prepared for their annual Summer Bazaar. We hit it up and had a blast. Did you manage to grab one of our stickers while you were there? Slap it on your neighbor's car and rep WDDI for us, if you did! Below, you'll find photos from our excursions at the Etsy Denton Summer Bazaar at the Greater Denton Arts Council building and a few random photos from other events this weekend. Before we craft fair'ed it up - we managed to hit up the now smoke free Rubber Gloves to kick off our weekend properly with a Sweet Talk/World of Pleasure/Pink Smoke showdown.  Throw #WDDI in your 'grams and we'll post our favorites in our Monday photo recap next week!

Rachel Aughtry of RACHELelise smiles as she talks to patrons of the Etsy Denton Summer Bazaar. 

 photo by Amelia McBride

Customers, young and old, rummaged through the various homemade items and vintage finds at the Etsy Denton Summer Bazaar this past Saturday. 

 photo by Amelia McBride

Caitlin Crawford of Austin St. Apothecary. 

 photo by Amelia McBride

Shelley Christner of DIME and Home Again, Home Again. 

 photo by Amelia McBride

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The weekend saw lots of other interesting things, too. We were surprised to find Oak St. Drafthouse to be standing room only Friday evening seeing as so many of the college students have already vacated for the summer. 

In what seemed to be rather quick, Vigne has already started operating in their new location further down on Hickory St. in the old Cellar 22 spot. 
#WDDI

Oak St. Drafthouse was attacked by a cardboard robot on Saturday evening. Extremely cheap viral marketing for Pacific Rim maybe? 
#WDDI

Rusty Taco kept us coming back for more. We apparently weren't the only ones. Their patio seemed to be pretty packed the entire weekend. Did you get a chance to try their jalepeno-watermelon margarita yet? 

Clint Jerome of Pink Smoke

photo by Dave Koen 

World of Pleasure

photo by Dave Koen 

Jeff Burke of World of Pleasure

photo by Dave Koen 

Steven Svacina of Sweet Talk

photo by Dave Koen 

Sweet Talk

photo by Dave Koen 

 photo by Dave Koen

JIVE FIVE: THE DIME SUMMER BAZAAR

Rachel Aughtry and Shelley Christner of The Dime Store have been hosting the Etsy Denton Summer Bazaar for a few years now. This weekend, our favorite handmade market is sure to please. We're excited for some of our favorite local makers and artists to all be under one roof where we can find art for our walls, pillows for our couches, gifts for all of those summer weddings and new hand towels for the kitchen since ours seem to always be stained from chocolate, wine and darker colored alcohols. 

This isn't our first time at the Summer Bazaar. We've gone elbows to elbows with other handcrafted patrons before. Thusly, we took it upon ourselves to assemble some do's and dont's in the form of a Jive Five for you to abide by when you hit up the Bazaar on Saturday. Read 'em below and add your tips in the comments!

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The talented Mandy Cave will have a few Denton-centric watercolors available

TO DO'S:  

Get there early. The first 50 people in line get a 'goody bag' stuffed with fun things, like 'free drink' cards from Jupiter House and stickers from us. 

Come a little hungry. Plenty of food vendors will be around. Make sure to grab a bite at one of the food trucks while you're waiting in line to get in. If you see Shiitake Swerve around, try their original taco!

Smile! We'll be out there taking a few photographs and want to see happy, peppy people buying goodies. 

Encourage your friends from Dallas to take the A Train in and join you at the market. Then, hike across the parking lot to Hoochie's for cold PBRs and a po-boy afterwards. 

Make sure not to miss the Dowdy Studio Wagon - aka the world's smallest handmade shop - setup outside of the Greater Denton Arts Council building. 

Grenade plushie from Fuzzy Muffins

Dino-plushie from Fuzzy Muffins

TO DON'TS:  

Don't complain about the line. Just be friendly and be excited that local artists are drawing such a great crowd. 

Don't overlook Fuzzy Muffins, located behind the plushie octopus. There is likely hiding a stuffed grenade and dinosaur, both of which are way too cute to handle. 

Forgot to grab cash? Don't worry about it too much. Just about all of the vendors use Square now. 

Don't take a snack from the 'honor snack bar' provided by Amitea and the Cupboard without leaving a little cash. That's just rude. 

Father's Day is just around the corner. Don't forget to grab a gift for your pops or grandpops while you're there. We can personally vouch for the beard oil from Austin St. Apothecary for the hairy old men in your life.