Another spring show application is up – BUST Magazine’s annual Spring Craftacular.
The show will take place Sunday, May 23, 2010 in Brooklyn, NY from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. There will be more than 50 vendors and DJs onsite playing music.
BUST Magazine is known for being forward thinking when it comes to handmade, so expect [...]

Jenny Lewis models a tote she decorated. [photo, courtesy of Crafts For A Cause]

Hello Craft recently came across a pretty awesome initiative raising money for Haiti involving crafting and some of our favorite musicians. Titled Crafts For A Cause, an online auction is scheduled to begin 8 a.m. on March 15 here [...]

Despite the recent blasts of cold temperatures, warm weather is on its way which means spring applications are coming too! Handmade Mart recently announced their spring show details as well as debuting a pretty rad new Web site.
Handmade Mart will take place Sunday, May 23 2010 in Downtown Silver Spring, MD. Applications are due [...]

The new curated online marketplace Makers Market is now up and running. Still in an early Beta version, the marketplace presented by MAKE and boing boing features worldwide makers and lists them by the categories Tech, Science, Arts + Crafts, Home + Life, Wearables, Music and Services.
Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching, 2009 Summit of Awesome [...]

One of my embroidery students sent me the link to Portuguese artist, Joana Vasconcelos, an artist who I had seen some work of before but not the full breathe of her work. I must say that her super fancy website has way too many bells and whistles, I just want to see the work, dammit.
But [...]

The date and location of the 2010 Summit of Awesome have been set. Mark your calendars for June 16-18th, and come join us in Portland, Oregon!
That’s right… Hello Craft is hitting the road to bring our 3-day crafty business conference to the west coast.
This year’s Summit will take place at the McMenamins’ Kennedy School in [...]

Wishing you all a very special Valentine’s Day with this sweet stop-motion animation from a good friend and fellow crafter, Danielle.
via A Rarer Borealis

For many it is difficult to find the time to further your business knowledge to aide your crafty inspirations. If you’re like me, your free time fluctuates week to week making it almost impossible to commit to a concrete schedule. Or maybe your surrounding area doesn’t offer classes that interest you. You might even [...]