In line with Kelly’s helpful list of industry events and conferences, here’s a compilation of craft shows and application deadlines to help you plan a great year of indie craft.
Get cracking if you plan to submit applications for Renegade Austin or Handmade Arcade– both deadlines are quickly approaching.
This is by no means a comprehensive list. [...]

To help fulfill your New Year’s resolutions, here’s a handy list of some industry events within the craft community and some other conferences and events that are a bit outside of the craft community, but can help stretch your knowledge and grow as a professional.
While some of the conferences have either passed by, or are [...]

In Mess: A Manual of Accidents and Mistakes Keri Smith compels the reader to let go of any creative roadblocks and get inspired. Smith does this by instructing to sand the book, drop ink onto it, soak it and then crumple it up.
She only gives three rules to keep in mind:
1) Do not try to [...]

Every Monday, Hello Craft Directors present our favorite picks of the week from the creative community. We’ll dish what’s caught our eyes at the moment from giveaways, blog postings and shop offerings, to the [...]

Are you wedding obsessed? Maybe you’re engaged, or have been staging mock-ceremonies with veils made out of bed sheets since you were eight. Well, fans and purveyors of handmade wedding goods, take heed. A craft fair completely dedicated to all things matrimonial now exists to satisfy your Big Day requirements and wish-lists. The name is [...]

Ask a Lawyer is a feature column offering general information on legal matters, posted every other month. Hello Craft members can submit a question for consideration to be answered.
Question: How do I know when it’s time to make my craft business into a legal entity?
Answer: This is one of the most common questions I [...]