Events — Crafts & Home

Canal Fest is a free eight-day event put on in joint effort by Tonawanda and North Tonawanda in Western New York, just north of Buffalo. The event is the largest one held along the New York State canal system, with total attendance hovering around a 200,000-250,000 a year. We will be open the 19th-23rd and hosting the Blue Moon Vintage Bus Wednesday (car show day) from 12-5, and over the weekend for the craft show Saturday 11-5. The Blue Moon Vintage Bus is a recommissioned school bus turned mobile antique store. They specialize in Mid Century Modern antiques, doodads, and...

Join us Saturday, February 18, 2023 from 12-5 for the spooky and cute accessories & gifts of Desire Link Tedesco! She specializes in buttons, stickers, patches, prints, lots of jewelry, and really does a little bit of everything. She is a self-proclaimed "para-abnormal craftonaut." Get ready because she's going to be debuting some new jewelry too! You can see more of her work for sale here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/desiretedesco/ Instagram: theladydisarray There will be double punches on your Cats Like Us frequent shopper cards too!  Update

Award winning Author/Illustrator Monstermatt Patterson returns Saturday, October 22, 2022 from 12-5, he’ll have his books, paintings, monster masks, and sketch cards. Just in time for the Halloween season!!! Don't forget about our collaboration with him to make these ghoulishly ghastly T shirts! https://catslikeus.com/collections/monster-matts-garage++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++We also interviewed him for our Cats Like Us blog, so you can get to know what he's all about! (Feel free to interview him at the meet and greet too, but if you get him started about horror movies...BEWARE...he may never stop talking and you'll learn more than you did before.  Read about himhttps://catslikeus.com/.../54183300-monster-matt... ***Double punches...

Smoking Hot Bags is the creation of local artists Leanne & Bill, once customers of mine and now friends, come and see their handbag creations on Saturday, May 21 from 12-5pm at Cats Like Us. Smoking Hot Bags are made from upcycled cigar boxes and sometimes wine boxes. Each is unique and hand painted. Leanne's specialty is horror movie designs, but she can create custom ones to match any style. She doesn't vend out often, but can be found at pinup events and horror conventions around the Western New York area. We are lucky to have her in the shop,...

  SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022 AT 12 PM – 5 PM Chalk ware-both kitschy & cool-is Barbie K’s passion. When the price of vintage chalk ware sky rocketed and it was no longer affordable, she decided to take matters into her own hands-literally. She created her own line of “retro-reinterpreted” chalk ware including mermaids, hula girls and pin-up girls. The hand poured, hand painted mermaids with the pouty red lips are her best seller. Plus she'll be selling them a-la-carte. So if you just want a mermaid and not a set, you got it! Barbie K is the brand of...

Special Small Business Saturday hours! Saturday November 27 10am - 6pm! Shop Small and Shop Small Bus! Shop Small Business CATerday...er I mean Saturday at Cats Like Us with the Blue Moon Vintage Bus!! Small Business Saturday is the day after Black Friday, Saturday, November 27, when we celebrate the Shop Small movement to encourage people to shop local. Cats Like Us will have extended open hours from 10am-6pm and Blue Moon Vintage will be parked 10am-5pm! Cats Like Us will have double punches ALL DAY on your frequent shopper Cats Like Us cards. Look for Small Business Saturday specials...

Stop into Cats Like Us Saturday, Sept. 11 from 12-5 for a meet & greet with our favorite creepy gothabilly cowboy, Daniel Phillips while shopping some retro scented lip balms, beard balms, and soaps from Behr Naked Soaps! Just in time for our favorite holiday ~ Halloween!!! Want to know more?Behr Naked Soaps Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/pg/behrnakedsoaps/about/?ref=page_internal Daniel Phillips Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/danielphillipsmusic/ ***Double punches on your CLU frequent shopper cards Update

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2021 AT 12 PM EDT – 5 PM EDT Join us Saturday, August 7, 2021 from 12-5 for the spooky and cute accessories & gifts of Desire Link Tedesco! She specializes in buttons, stickers, patches, prints, lots of jewelry, and really does a little bit of everything. She is a self proclaimed "para-abnormal craftonaut." Buy a gift for yourself and a friend! You can see more of her work for sale here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/desiretedesco/ IG: theladydisarray There will be double punches on your Cats Like Us frequent shopper cards too! Note: Masks required for the unvaccinated. Update  ...