Dudes of Craft is a weekly series from Keli Anaya exploring the mysterious world of men who craft.
For this week’s column, I wanted to share something really special so I made a movie. In this video I teach you how to Chaos Stitch. You will need a couple of things before you [...]

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 [...]

On the morning of November 1st , my family was busy scouring the local farmer’s market for Cockscomb to place on our Day of the Dead altar along-side marigolds and fennel blossoms. No luck. My husband suggested a bouquet of wildflowers that were beautiful, but just not right. I planned on resuming the search later [...]

Have you thought about starting a daily project?
Looking around my studio, trying to find inspiration for today’s new daily piece, I see plenty of papers scattered about. I’m a list maker. If you visited my studio you would see a lot of these slips of paper are filled with lists. I make shopping lists, to-do [...]

I’m successfully halfway through my month long personal challenge to create and list a new piece of artwork daily (Monday through Friday).
Last year I was really drawn to the idea of artists who have the commitment to create new work daily. I really admire the self-discipline. I was introduced to Randel Plowman’s work through the [...]

In my former life, I was a props artisan for a large theatre in DC. As part of my training (both on the job and while in school) I learned (and have forgotten) a lot about safety. So when I see or hear about people melting records in the same oven they cook in, the [...]

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.
In this Talk Shop, Jamie Chan, one half of the husband and wife team who owns Urban Fauna Studio, talks about her one-of-a-kind green craft boutique [...]

When my friend Terri emailed Hello Craft asking for a tutorial on how to decoupage, I would never have guessed that my answer to her would come in the form of video featuring the mother of the Brady Bunch, and the star dude of Designing Women (and, of course, the totally 80’s classic, Mannequin).
Now, I’m [...]