Get your craft on this Saturday at Bust Magazine’s Holiday Craftacular. Held at the Metropolitan Pavilion, it promises over 200 vendors, beer all day, food from Sparky’s American Food, DJs and Miss Amy Sedaris herself. Just don't expect potholders and tea cozies. We chatted with Bust’s EIC/Publisher, Debbie Stoller, on why crafting is the new rock 'n roll.

What makes the Craftacular different from other bazaars?
The stuff at our craft fair is always a little bit edgy or funny or hip. I don’t have anything against potholders, I think potholders are particularly useful, and I don’t have anything against those other kind of crafts either, but I think the crafts that you’re likely to see at the Bust Craftacular are going to be pretty unique.

And this year you’ll have Amy Sedaris.
Not only will she being selling her own crafts and hopefully bring some cupcakes too, she’ll also be signing her book ["I Like You: Hospitality Under The Influence"]. That’s something people might want to get for themselves or it will also make an amazing gift.

Do people party down? Any public drunkness or impromptu craft making?
[Laughs] People are too tired to cause much damage.

Who shops at the Craftacular?
I have seen all kinds of people. Everybody’s welcome. [There’s even] little kids. They have a lot of fun.

Why should people shop at the Craftacular?
It’s really fun to buy stuff online, but it’s even better if you can come to the Bust Holiday Craftacular and see it in real life. One thing that’s nice for the vendors is there’s no overhead. Handmade things are often more extensive than something that’s manufactured because people spend so much time on it. So the fact that they don’t have to put a mark-up on it for some middlemen means that their stuff can still be affordable. And whatever the person is paying goes directly to the person who is crafting it.

Do you have a favorite vendor you’re looking forward to shopping at?
Oh, come now. I always like to be surprised. I have gotten things at every Craftacular. I often get clothes for myself. Right now I am on a book tour, and at most of my book signings I [wear] a shirt with a skull and the cross bones are knitting needles. I bought that at the Craftacular a couple of years ago. And I wear it with a black and pink polka-dotted skit [that] I also bought at the Craftacular. So I am totally decked out in Craftacular gear.

And you do your own crafts, too.
I am on book tour because I’ve authored a whole series of books about knitting and crocheting called “Stitch and Bitch.” They’ve been incredibly fun to do. I am a big craft slut.  

Crafting’s been a mainly girl-dominated field. What about the guys?
Guys are definitely getting on board, and we’ve always had some pretty wonderful guys selling stuff at the Craftacular. And there are always plenty of guy shoppers. But since crafting’s the new rock ‘n roll, eventually more and more guys are going to have to get into it because they won’t want to miss out on the fun.