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Finally, a bag that fits both your spyglass and a tub of lard.

Does someone in your life need nautical-themed letterpress cards? A charm necklace that expresses the love that pirates need? A tote bag to carry sea-faring essentials?

Then, by all means, set sail toward the Indie Craft Experience on Saturday. The one-day-only event is a mecca for all things knitted, charmed, pressed, and generally hand-made.

There is a small cover charge to get in the door, but the first 200 attendees will receive gift bags that look to be stuffed with some decent swag.

Over 100 vendors will be on hand to offer their handcrafted wares, which are not necessarily nautical themed.

More details, directions, and a full list of vendors available at the Indie Craft Experience website.

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Four reasons you should check out the Indie Craft Experience (ICE) annual craft fair this weekend:

1. You have more time. This year, the nationally acclaimed craft festival is now a two-day event! You can drop by ICE either Saturday or Sunday.

2. You can buy cool stuff. ICE supports artists who create uniquely smart, hip, and useful objects, ranging from beautiful handmade books to artist-designed purses. (Or, as Felicia Feaster observed, the occasional homemade menstrual pad.) This isn’t your grandma’s craft fair!

3. You can get more ideas for your weekly Stitch ‘n Bitch sessions, or any other project you’ve always wanted to do but never knew how. ICE has a full schedule of workshops, including several metal-smithing and jewelry-making classes, as well as a tutorial on how to recycle grocery bags into clothing or even a rug.

4. Freebies! The ICE website promises “cotton tote bags full o’ swag to the first 500 attendees on Saturday!”

The annual ICE craft fair will take place at Centennial Olympic Park this Sat. and Sun., May 30-31 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

(Photo courtesy Indie Craft Experience)

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