Two of our contributors, Shari Kasman and Jenelle Rupchand, are all about arts & crafts this weekend. In this roundup, Shari brings you some of the many weekend fairs going on, while Jenelle's stocking up on some fair trade goods. Baby Liam wants something soft and turquoise, Aunt Priscilla needs a lavender shawl, and Herman the co-worker would love a fashionable paperweight. With crowds galore and awful renditions of the top Xmas hits, the......

In the window of Rita di Cesare's Toronto studio, there's a naked mannequin. For a first-time visitor, it's a temporary shock: You avert your eyes, looking at the studio's teal walls while thinking that someone in front of you is undressing. But it's apropos for the local headquarters of fashion label Nude Clothes. Designer di Cesare hit the scene a few years ago, her label the happy byproduct of an industrial design internship. Her......

On Wednesday through Sunday, it's time for the Spring One-Of-A-Kind Show and Sale--the gigantic high-calibre craft fair at the National Trade Centre. Though the spring show is not as huge and overwhelming as the pre-christmas winter version, it's guaranteed to be full of all sorts of awesome crafted stuff: pottery and jewlery and clothing and accessories and a myriad of other things you didn't even know you needed. Of course, it's also totally acceptable......

-The One of a Kind Show started yesterday, with artisans from all over the country hawking their wares. It's a bit of a trek out to Exhibition Place (the show, which seems to get bigger every year, is housed in the National Trade Centre), but it's worth it for the jam sampling alone, and it sure beats the Eaton Centre for charm and choice. Runs to December 4th. -If the One of a Kind is......