There was too much to see and do at Maker Faire , witnessed by record number attendees. Luckily, I asked my partner run around to scope all of the cool stuff for me, so that during my break I could squeeze in as much cool Makers as possible. My highlights were playing with ferro fluid with super strong magnets, scale model battleships that really shoot each other down with tiny bee-bees, a vacu-form demonstration, getting zapped by a tesla coil, beautifully crafted steampunk art by Nemo Gould , watching the delight of members chosen from the audience as they explore the fire art of Interpretive Arson, 2piR .... and MORE.

Of course, Bizarre Bazaar was a huge success, thanks to the organization of Jamie Chan of Mary Jane's Attic , as well as the tireless efforts of Blas, Ana, and the rest of the Bizarre Bazaar volunteers!  Thank you to everyone who stopped by my table to pet my soft fuzzy critters and other creations!

All the vendors at BizBaz were again as cool as ever. I especially had fun working next to the awesome guys at Social Studies , Aldo and Sean. They make cool silk-screened designs for housewares, t-shirts and accessories, in addition to some AWESOME plushies (some complete with tiny nipples & umbillical cord, hee-hee!). I snagged a zipper-pouch from them which captured my eye (note the perfectly matching zipper!), and check out one of their totally rad dolls that I picked up last year:

Now I'm gearing up for my next show, Mission Bazaar , but more on that later....