the Maker Faire in Queens!

I hit up the Maker Faire in the city yesterday. I was proud of myself for navigating the subway system and figuring out directions on my own, which in my experience, has not been a strong suit in the past. We saw signs for cow eye dissections, 3D-printer demonstrations and a Coke & Mentos show

In addition, there were...
hilarious, brash greeting cards.

My favorite being: Congratulations on your baby. It looks delicious.

A fairy apothecary.

A rollercoaster made out of yarn. 

                                         Dangerous contraptions 

Peptol Bismol vans.

 

Scary saftey signs.

Bike -eating fish.

 

Girly robots.

Human -sized mousetraps.

Mice.

Construction clowns on taxis?

    

Squid cars.

and of course.... a bone conductor mechanical orchestra!

I also ran into my friend's uncle, Gerard.

Small world.

My finds? Got a really awesome old copy of Andersen's Fairytales - still binded and in great condition. She usually unbinds books, fills them with blank pages and sells the blank books with the original pages. (www.oddmanout.etsy.com)

Two headbands. (www.thetulleroom.com. I am coveting that beach boys album on the website.)

       

and two rings. (www.ragtradervintage.com)

Next open mic? A cover of Stormy Weather (starting at 1:57)

or maybe something by Laura Jansen? Ben Kweller? Paramore?



On a slightly different note: Loving this jacket. (modcloth.com)

Maybe if I get it, it will inspire to get a super cool (super expensive) bike. like this! (if only...)

Or this bike, or this one although I would ideally like white wheels. I think that would look awesome.

 or this is lovely too. The Honda Mojito. Even though the first time I tried to ride a vespa, I crashed it (my last thought was "Thank god I know how to drive.") I still really want one of these at some point in my life.

that's all folks!