Archive for July, 2009

Tell Me Your Story

Friday, July 31, 2009 13:59 View Comments

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 [...]

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Urban Craft Uprising!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 20:04 View Comments

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 [...]

This was posted under category: Craft Fairs

threaded words…

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 11:47 View Comments

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 [...]

This was posted under category: Contemporary Craft, International Crafters

Non-toxic Might Not Mean What You Think It Means

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 8:09 View Comments

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 [...]

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Talk Shop – Interview with Spacecraft Brooklyn

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 9:00 View Comments

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 [...]

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Hello Craft Episode 13: Tigerflight

Friday, July 24, 2009 5:54 View Comments

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’.
Click the little arrow below to listen to the episode, right here on page:
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