Indie Craft Bazaar

I have been to several «craft «fairs or bazaars, and most of them have a few real crafters with a load of vendors selling mass produced junk. Happily the Indie Craft Bazaar at Revolution is a craft bazaar that is exclusively REAL crafters. I would guess there were about 60 or so vendors in two rooms plus the outside participating with a wide range of different crafts. Soaps, soaks, candles, jewelry, art, shirts, etc. The selection and both myself and my friend found items to purchase as presents for Christmas. In addition, the vendors were all very very nice, and there was a rep from the event who seeing our lost look at one point, guided us personally into the next room, showed us the various points and showed us where the door to the outside section was.
There is beer and drinks for purchase inside and food trucks outside. Parking is $ 5 but after you go crafting you can go walking in Himarshee village and have a drink or bit to eat. Every vendor I talked to took credit cards.
All in all, this is a great event, and if you are a supporter of crafters and crafts, this is a must go to.

I have been to most of the craft events in Broward-​WPB but have missed the Indie Craft Bazaar’s so far due to being out of town, so I was happy to finally check it out. I kind of hate when market fairs charge a cover, but it seems to be common here in SoFla. $ 5. There were a lot of vendors here and a good variety of products, from jewelry (mostly the cheaper end), clothing (mostly shirts), cosmetics (mostly lotions and bath products), food (jerky, cupcakes, brownies), home dec items, prints, etc. One of the more interesting stalls had things like hand-​bound notebooks and letterpress items. Generally the stalls are geared mostly towards items that would appeal to buyers in the their teens and 20s — subculture apparel type stuff. I didn’t buy much but it was a nice hour spent browsing.

Love Etsy? Well, this is like an in person version of Etsy! So much fun to walk through all the stalls and check out the trendy new crafts. I’ve gone to this multiple times ad gotten many treasures including an amazing Harry Potter locket, a Cinderalla charm necklace and glass garden ornaments made from recycled glass.
Definitely get there early to sure your gift bag, then go through your giftbag first to get any good coupons (many vendors have free stuff coupons), then get your shop on! Avoid the bar, its crap and overpriced. Instead workup a hunger a walk down the street for Roc Burger.

This was held at 100 SW 3^rd Ave Ft. Lauderdale at Revolution this time (7÷13÷13)
I believe they had 25+ participating vendors at this July 13^th event and it was at a nightclub called Revolution.
My husband and I got there in time to be one of the first 100 people to get a free «swag bag» which is a small bag full of coupons of the participating vendors and some samples like soap and candy.
To be honest, I felt that ICB had overhyped the event on their facebook page and on their Unilocal event page and I was disappointed at the quality of products that the vendors were selling. Just about 75% of the stuff was basically slapped together with mass produced supplies found at Wal-​Mart, Michaels, and JoAnns… I had hoped that there would be genuine artisans who make their jewelry and other things from scratch. Although there was this one lady who made these amazing rose flower earrings with polymer clay without the use of a mold which is VERY impressive. And on the other side, there was this vendor who had these amazing beaded jewelry but I was very very disappointed that the owner of that booth did NOT make these pieces and instead had found the jewelry in MEXICO. That’s kind of a load of crap, whitewashing by finding art and then selling it as your own. I want to see and buy things that are definitely OOAK and actually meet the artisans themselves. I just felt this event lacked true originality and really showed that there is a large gap missing between the «DIY crafters with mass produced stuff» and true artisans.
I am hoping that they step up with the next event by setting higher standards of what a real Indie Craft Bazaar should consist of. There has to be a point when mass produced craft stops becoming art.
Just definitely felt my $ 5 admission was a total waste of money and time.

We went to the indie
craft bazaar today at Revolution in Fort Lauderdale after seeing the events on Unilocal.We got there about 10 minutes before they open at noon, and there was a long line ahead of us. It took a while to get in there only two people collecting admission at the door, but we were in within 10 to 15 minutes. Even one of the first 100, So we each got a swag bag. Each got jerky, soap, bracelets, key rings, and coupons to many of the vendors.
They had bars around the place, so we got to drink while we shopped for crafts. It was really fun, something I had never done around South Florida before. The theme was very steam punk, alternative, goth, alternative style. They had a lot of jewelry, clothes, paper products, bye. Probably not the best place for a guy, before a girl, it is great.
I ended up buying a shirt, three pairs of earrings for my bridesmaids, a necklace, a vintage advertisement fees, and some earrings for myself. All in all, I spent less than $ 120 today, and I feel like I left with a lot and I had a good time. Plus they had three dollars.
I am definitely coming back to one of these events next time, I haven’t found anything like this software it before

Wow! What a cool event. Went there today so that I could stock up on Christmas gifts and support local businesses in the area. I never expected it to be as great as it was!
The items on sale are totally off the wall, one of a kind finds. If you want to buy something truly unique, then this is the place for you. Each and every one of the vendors was super friendly and took time to talk about their work. I however had gone there with one sole mission which was to stock up on locally produced Copperpots jams and spent my entire budget feeding my love of their Spicy Pepper Jam which I fully intend on giving away as gifts to my co-​workers and neighbors.
Parking was free but there is a $ 5 entrance fee for adults and over 10yr olds. At first I was a little emmmmmmmm about that but seeing as how there was a show on at the Broward Performing arts center and parking everywhere else was $ 5 and upward to $ 20, it covered what I would have had to pay in parking elsewhere.
If you are a lover of kitsch and the out of the ordinary, Go, bring cash (though most vendors accept credit cards) and just have a lot of fun!

Takes place at Cinema Paradiso, $ 4 cover charge which is why they get minus one star, why would I pay to shop somewhere? kinda torn about that, be one of the first 100 people to get there and get a cute goodie bag with discounts and little crafts, accessories. This place is packed with vendors selling their art, jewelry, crafts, accessories, stationary and paper goods. I got a very cute ring for $ 7 and a cute teacup birdfeeder for $ 8. outdoors under tents, cupcakes and a little food stand. very cute.