Each week, the Hello Craft Podcast collects stories of making and buying handmade.
This week, Heather from CROQzine tells us about her first publishing venture.
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Talk Shop is the series where we interview independent store owners from across the country, to get their inside take on their business, and the business of being in business.
In this this Talk Shop, Jeremy & Yvonne, co-owners of the uber cute Little Otsu in the San Francisco Mission District, talk about their business [...]

Charm City Craft Mafia’s Holiday Heap was chock-full of tempting handcrafted items, talented makers, yummy smells, and smiling shoppers.
Kim, Tina, Becky & I hosted Hello Craft’s first ever Shopper Show & Tell. Here are a few of my favorite pics from the day:

$10 brooch from Broken Plate Co.

Esti Gerson (one half of sisterly duo, [...]

Hello Craft will be at the Charm City Craft Mafia’s Holiday Heap show on November 15th (tomorrow!) from 10-5pm at the 2640 Space at St. John’s Church (located at 2640 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218). We will be doing post-shopping interviews where you can share your scores with us for the blog and [...]

Welcome back to Craft Chat, a series of interviews with crafters from all over the globe. Our current focus is on select artisans found on the UK site Folksy. Today’s cozy conversation is with Francesca Iannaccone of mrs eliot books, a charming little print shop located in the north of London.

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Here we continue with our series on the trials and tribulations of starting a craft business. Shall we learn together?

No matter what you make, your materials need to come from somewhere. Sourcing them can be a time intensive and expensive process. A lot of decisions need to be made regarding the type of material and [...]