I was in Old Sac on sunday (you can't keep me out of the sac. don't try) to hit up Laszlo's gourmet smoked fish for my article and I happened by an awesome store called the Elder Craftsman. It's all crafts created by old folks (or Sacramento's senior artisans as they put it) and staffed by a sweet grandma type. I scored a rad Christmas ornament but the real score was the kid stuff. They had great hand-knitted blankets, clothes and dolls. They had super big amazing sock monkeys. They have some of the stuff online so you can take a look at it. Those big sock monkeys are only 22 bucks! I can't believe I haven't ever been to this place. The lady staffing it said that it's been open since the 80's.
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Wow. Those are some fantastic sock monkeys.Maybe the best I've ever seen?
they have many great toys there. some of the knitted ones were presh.
I can never resist a chance to brag: my mom ran that store for a decade or so. I always thought it sucked, but that was just an assumption, 'cause I never really checked it out. When you're a teenager, you can just sort of assume that kind of thing.
JD
perfect: "your mom works at the elder craftsman!"
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