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Official Book Store of RTM

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The Well Red Damsel is a woman-owned, queer-owned, romance only independent bookstore based in Wauwatosa, WI. We are dedicated to creating a welcoming, judgment-free space where romance readers can celebrate their love of the genre. We specialize in romance and fantasy books, offering a carefully curated selection that highlights diverse love stories, unforgettable characters, and happily-ever-afters in every form. You’ll also find bookish gifts and merchandise perfect for readers of all kinds.

Attending Vendors

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The Red Damsel

Lover’s Library

Hello Crafted

Tres Ojos

Serafine Art & Design

Sew uprising

A Love Unlaced

Hold It There

The Savage Stitcher

Darling Embers Romantic Jewelry

Everbound

The Blushing Rose

The Realm Gates

Willow & Wren, LLC

Bookish Stickers

Attending Vendors

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Lover’s Library

Lover’s Library offers a one-of-a-kind bookish charm bar experience where you can customize your own reading accessories. Choose from a collection of curated charms to create a bookmark, kindle charm, or a bag charm that reflects your favorite reads.

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Tres Ojos

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Offering handmade creations, metaphysical goods, and spiritual services. Creating a safe space, to aid you on your healing journey.

Purchase books direct from website.

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Willow & Wren

Willow & Wren Books + Handcrafted Goods is a woman-owned wandering bookstore in the Southeastern Wisconsin region. Find us at our next pop-up for your next favorite read and handcrafted bookish goodies.

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Hockey Smut Book Club

Hockey Smut Book Club is a limited edition book box as well as a bookish goods shop featuring fun bookish and hockey stickers, bookmarks, and more!

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Hello Crafted

Hello Crafted. is your one-stop shop for bookish decor with a geeky twist! Specializing in grammar-loving signs, reader-inspired ornaments, and handmade pieces full of wit and wordplay, crafted. brings a dash of sass and a whole lot of heart to every design. Perfect for authors, editors, librarians, and anyone who believes in the power of a well-placed comma.

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Bookish Stickers

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Bookish Stickers is a small business based in Madison, WI, offering a range of vinyl stickers, magnets, buttons, and prints. Their designs are subtly rebellious, known for expressing bold ideas with a touch of humor. Whether you're passionate about social issues, pop culture, memes, sardonic wit, or simply love books, you'll find something here that speaks to you.

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Everbound

What began as a book club between four best friends, everbound permanent jewelry has grown into the perfect outlet for creativity and personalization! We provide custom fitted bracelets, anklets, and necklaces in beautiful and intricately designed sterling silver and gold filled. With chains named after our favorite fictional heroines, you are sure to find the right fit for you!

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Darling Embers Romantic Jewelry

Where The Realms Of Fantasy & Love Intertwine To Design and Create Exquisite Jewelry. From the mysterious fae realms to the grandeur of majestic castles, our jewelry designs embody the beauty and wonder of these fantastical worlds. The intricacies of our pieces evoke the strength of the battles fought, the tenderness of love shared, and the bonds that defy time and space.

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Serafine Art & Design

Cozy, bookish coloring books, accessories and stationery made specifically for romance lovers and fantasy readers. Stationery and accessories include stickers (many officially licensed), kindle inserts and kindle charms.

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Sew Uprising

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Sew Uprising Handmade is a delightfully bookish little shop best known for our Double Snap Deluxe book and e-reader sleeves — aka cozy armor for your beloved reads. Every item is handmade with love (and diet coke induced hyper fixation) in central Minnesota by Nicole: owner, maker, and CEO of Doing All the Things.

When Nicole isn’t sewing up a storm, she’s likely deep into a good book, chasing her two tiny tornadoes (aka her sons) at the park, or falling down an internet rabbit hole of baby animal interviews — yes, that’s a thing, and yes, it’s adorable.

Beyond book sleeves, you’ll find an ever-changing mix of tote bags, pouches, purses, wallets, and other small sewn goodies at Sew Uprising. Most items are one-of-a-kind, so stop by often — your next favorite thing might be waiting!

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A Love Unlaced

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A.LoveUnlaced specializes in fantasy and romance art featuring a diverse array of bodies and identities because we all diverse to see ourselves as magical. Stop by for something sweet or spicy!

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Hold It There

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Hi, I’m Danielle, the maker behind Hold It There. I create resin art pieces that are equal parts functional and beautiful, from book holders that make reading your book a little easier, to floral dagger keychains that bring a touch of nature everywhere you go, to my tiny USB-C dust plug charms that add personality while keeping your kindle or phone protected.

My work is all about blending creativity with everyday use, it’s functional art. I love taking small, simple objects and turning them into something unique and eye-catching, whether that’s pressing flowers into resin or playing with shapes and textures that stand out. Each piece is handmade with care, and no two are ever exactly alike.

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The Savage Stitcher

I am a Midwest based fiber artist with a passion for intersectional feminism and empowerment. My work is a reflection of my commitment to creating meaningful and humorous pieces that highlight issues of gender, identity, and strength; with swearing and tacos and books thrown in for fun. I design and stitch all my art by hand. I sell both finished pieces and kits to encourage others to make their own weird art.

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The Blushing Rose

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The Blushing Rose offer a captivating range of fantasy and bookish-inspired products and specialized in flower preservation. We offer a wide range of handmade resin products such as jewelry, bookends, home decor items, daggers, bookmarks, jewelry trays, coasters and much more; many made with real flowers each meticulously crafted to evoke a sense of whimsy and magic. Additionally, our shop features enchanting hair accessories like tiaras, headbands, bows, clips, and hair swords. We also offer custom flowers preservation for specific moment in your life such as wedding, anniversaries, family mile stones, graduation, etc.

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The Realm Gates

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The Realm Gates is a small Midwest business that focuses on making unique and customizable bookmarks and jewelry. All of my items I craft so I can change them to fit what you want, have that be adding or taking away from a piece you will leave with quality jewelry, bookmarks, or both that you love!

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