This valuable information found it’s way to wallFlour, via the founder and brainchild behind UNIQUE Los Angeles, Sonja Rasula. 

 

 

 

After checking out the site, It is my moral consumer and design junkie duty to spread the word about UNIQUE Los Angeles. Just in time for the holidays, the big sale event will be held the weekend of December 13th and 14th in downtown LA. The event is sponsored by Etsy, but feels less “crafty” and more urban than I would assume of the Renegade Craft Fair that first started in Chicago, IL. And less Readymade Magazine too. Crafts are making a huge come back but are less rough around the edges than they used to be. Being crafty today means letter pressing your own stationery and gift tags and making your own clothes that are runway ready.

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a blurb about the sale to peak your interest and a sneak peek at some vendors that have already signed up to sell their goods. If you are an interested vendor, applications are due November 2nd, so hurry! 

 

“UNIQUE LOS ANGELES is an exciting two-day shopping event that showcases independent design talent at great prices. Just in time for the holiday shopping season, the event brings together over 150 of the best designers, artists and merchants. We believe in supporting the community, we thrive on individualism, and we hope to introduce independent design to the masses. Whether you’re a hipster, a soccer mom or a tween, at UNIQUE LOS ANGELES  there truly is something for everyone!Clothing & Accessories • Stationery • Jewelry • Housewares • Artwork • CeramicsGourmet Edibles • Plush Toys • Books • Photography • Screenprints • Plus more! “

A few month’s back, my friend Kyra made a trip up to the Bay Area and checked out the Renegade Craft Fair. She returned home with these cool necklace pendants with her initials that were made out of antique typewriter keys. Once again I thought to myself, why doesn’t stuff like this come to LA? Are we not a DIY town?

UNIQUE Los Angeles looks like it might be our answer, minus the granola.

 

 

 

Here are some ’special collection themes’ they have that inform what kind of items you can find at the sale in addition to some of these sneak peek images: 

 

The Green Room (eco products)

The Hot Mama / Cool baby area

Gallery Row

Indie Lane

Rising Stars: Student Showcase 

 

 

I myself, can’t wait to check it out, even if I fall into the “secondary demographic” age range. I will have to pencil it in for now since the minute Thanksgiving is over, the mad rush for holiday parties, with work and friends, hosting, shopping for gifts and making them, and everything else will be a huge blur.  

 

  

 

Why make gifts when you can pretend make them and buy them here?  Passing it off as your own handy work is borderline creepy, but do what you got to do to maintain that DIY self image. Better yet, it seems like the kind of sale where you can get all your holiday gifting done, including a few things for yours truly.

 

 

 

As the site itself boasts, ‘Buy local, Shop Unique’

 

See you there and if you’re really special, LA weekly is hosting a lounge area during the event as well as a VIP sneak preview night on Friday, Dec. 12th. 

 

 

 

 

 

* all images used from Unique Los Angeles site and blog site with prior permission.