I have a rough history with the ocean. I have a deep love of all things nautical and oceanic but nature has dealt me a cruel blow.  I suffer from horrible violent seasickness.  It truly would take a pirate knocking me unconscious with his wooden leg to get me to board a boat that is [...]

The early part of any new year is a good time to sit down and plan out which craft fairs you would like to apply to for the coming year. It is the slow season for crafters having just come off of the busy holiday season with a nice slide through Valentine’s Day.
But before [...]

Each week, the Hello Craft Podcast collects stories of making and buying handmade.
This week, we have three stories from crafters who will be presenting their work at the American Craft Council Show in Baltimore at the Baltimore Convention Center, February 27 – March 1, 2009. We hear stories from Caitlin Phillips of Rebound Designs, Rania [...]

Living in a desert climate, the only time I  see moss is at the florist or when I’ve left a broken sprinkler unattended for weeks. Maybe this is why I find the moss terrarium trend so charming. I also love that the moss is creeping out of the terrarium and onto the [...]

During recent travels to the Southern hemisphere, I found myself in the port city of Valparaiso, Chile. This gritty city by the sea was brimming with amazing street art and shops full of handmade goodness.
The best example of where art and craft walk the delicate balance beam of which is which, was this beautiful yet [...]

Volume 10 of CRAFT will be the last as a print magazine. The future of CRAFT is now Craftzine.com.
Read the whys on their blog.

Wanna go to The American Craft Council show in Baltimore? Hello Craft has 4 tickets to give away. Just email us at hellocraftinfo@gmail.com with the word BALTIMORE in the subject line and we will enter you into a drawing to win 1 ticket ($14 value). The ticket is a one day pass. Winners will be [...]

Talk Shop is the series where we interview independent store owners from across the country, to get the inside scoop on what it takes to run a business that supports the handmade community.

In this Talk Shop, Beth Salvini, co-owner of Greenwich Letterpress in NYC, shares her thoughts on owning a letterpress studio and shop with [...]