On June 6th CRAFTED hosted its 3rd annual Etsy Craft Party. KTLA’s Allie Mac Kay previewed the event by making crafts with CRAFTED artisans Things to Wine About, Tamiza’s Treats, Artisan Candle Company and Keep on Givin’. View the live TV segments here, here, and here.
Once the party started, the real fun began. Over 800 people came to get crafty at more than a dozen activity stations, including photo embroidery projects, sun catcher stringing, decoupage painting and more. Party guests were also treated to a complimentary photo shoots by our friends from Capture Pod Photo Booths, face painting and floral crowns with Crown Bloom Co. There was tasty food and drink with Vella Pizza and Brouwerij West. A funky live DJ also livened the mood.
Local lifestyle bloggers agreed the party was a hit: check out the testimonials at Headbands and Bagels and Join The Gossip. Join us for our next party June 27-29th to celebrate CRAFTED’s 2nd Anniversary!
If you haven't already heard about CRAFTED here's the scoop:
CRAFTED AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES is a new concept for Southern California; a large-scale permanent craft marketplace. Our classic World War II-era waterside Warehouse No. 10 is home to hundreds of individual craft-artists, designers, and artisanal food makers. Each artist presents their unique handcrafted goods in a vibrant patchwork of market stalls. Visitors enjoy 52 weekends a year of handmade happiness – shopping a huge variety of one-of-a kind treasures and handmade goods, learning to make their own crafts and meeting with the makers every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Parking and admission are free!
LIVE MUSIC AND EVENTS
The marketplace hosts daily demonstrations and make-and-takes/DIYs, live music, special events, and of course delicious food from our fabulous food trucks. Check out our CALENDAR OF EVENTS for more information.
No Bad Tides Photography was invited to take pictures of the Event- Check it out:
As the door opened there was excitement and music in the air. I was one of the very few people with full access to the place. It was great to see the ETSY Craft Party at CRAFTED from angles that are off limits to the average visitor. It was like a student standing on a teachers desk and and looking around the classroom, or a surfer standing up on that first wave.
The ETSY Craft Party at CRAFTED had something to offer everyone. They really had it all, local beer, wine, sodas, coffee creations, great food, entertainment and plenty of things to see to get inspired.
The music really set the mood, it was like a mellow oldschool techno with a twist of sophisticated night life. The kind of music that sneaks up on you and you find yourself smiling and walking to the beat.
There were games and prizes around every corner. I liked this game, all you had to do was stop off and pick up two ducks and see if the numbers on the bottom matched, if they matched you won. It was great to see so many people having a great time winning.
I really enjoyed the Crafters and vendors that were there to support the event. They all seemed to be on the same page, happy to see you, happy to share their talents. With that type of forward momentum it was no surprise that the event was a great success.
There was so much to see and do. You could play reimagined video games and then turn a corner and get your picture taken at one of the photo-booths. It was an event that the whole family could really enjoy.
While walking around inside I saw someone pass me with an awesome personal pizza. I asked them were they got it and they happily pointed me to the outside parking area. They guys were great, I'm still impressed that they brought their own pizza over with them, pretty amazing stuff.
Back inside the party was really in full swing. I can't remember the last time I've seen so many happy people in the same place. It was really a great night to remember.
There was a consistent flow of people coming in and going out during the event, like waves on the beach. It was really cool to see everyone in action.
CRAFTED is a really big place in San Pedro. It's inside Warehouse No. 10 and there are hundreds of individual craft-artist, designers and artisanal food makers. Also because it was the ETSY Craft Party there was even more action with dozens of craft stations where you could get involved and make something memorable.
I really enjoyed hanging out and playing some of the games that STEAM Carnival offered. I asked them if STEAM was an acronym for something and they said it stood for: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math. I didn't realize playing games was going to be fun and educational. It turns out they will be back October 25th & 26th (2014). I'm really looking forward to that!
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| No Bad Tides Photography |
I took over 1300 pictures of the 3rd Annual ETSY Craft Party Hosted at CRAFTED. I used a Canon 7D, Canon G10, GpPro H2 & GoPro H3 Black. It was a very busy night and I had a great time watching the night unfold. Click here to learn more about CRAFTED and their future events.
