I’m working on producing some special episodes of the Hello Craft Podcast and I need to hear from you! I’m looking for two specific kinds of stories.
1. The first is so easy that I will be sad if you don’t call in. I need as many of you as possible to call in and tell [...]

You will feel lucky to be in Seattle this weekend because you get to check out the Urban Craft Uprising!
This weekend, August 1st and 2nd at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, over 100 crafters will gather under one roof for the hottest indie craft fair this summer!  Doors will be open 11:00 am to [...]

I recently saw an image of the very lovely poetry and embroidered writings of artist, crafter and poet Cathy Cullis.

As a huge fan of the use of text and language in art I was immediately smitten.  Cathy considers her work to be visual poems and indeed they are.  Often her work explores the language and [...]

Remember the whole hulabaloo over the term ‘organic’ and that it wasn’t really enforced so who knows what’s actually organic and what’s actually not? The term ‘non-toxic’ is kind of the same. The people labeling those crayons “non-toxic” are the same companies making and marketing the product. Since there is no official [...]

Talk Shop is the series where we interview independent store owners from across the country, to get their inside take on running an independent business that supports the handmade community.
The Talk shop series went on a small hiatus since the holidays, but this segment is now back in full swing, and we’ve got some awesome [...]

Each week, the Hello Craft Podcast collects stories of making and buying handmade.
In this week’s episode, Beth Baldwin finds herself stitching the words ‘thug life’.
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Introducing Hello Craft’s newest event, the Field Trip!
Take a trip or two with Hello Craft to visit crafters, classrooms, warehouses, shops and more. We’re taking a trip every month or so to various crafting hubs where you’ll meet people who inspire us, and have something new to teach you too.
Next Field Trip: Biggs and Featherbelle [...]

Supporters of the handmade movement unite!  The Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair is looking for volunteers to help us put on a spectacular event for both the public and our vendors.

Join a dedicated group of crafty individuals, and be part of a community event that is now celebrating it’s 6th year as one of [...]