First and foremost, Crafty Superstar is for the part-time crafter. Author Grace Dobush sympathizes with many crafters who already have a full-time gig, but love creating in their spare time and yearn for a successful business model. If you’re looking to be the next Jenny Hart, this book is not for you. Keep in mind there’s [...]

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 [...]

Elise of Argyle Whale reviews the Yudu and finds herself befuddled.

Hello Craft!
I just wanted to introduce myself as a new contributor to the Hello Craft blog. I’m Elise Towle Snow and some of you may recognize me as Argyle Whale or as the rotund brown bunny wearing a blue scarf who serves as my mascot.
I live in Salem, Massachusetts and enjoy the company of my [...]

Danielle Maveal, Etsy.com’s Education Coordinator, is committed to help crafters make a living making things! She runs daily workshops for crafters and artists in Etsy’s Virtual Labs. She also creates a twice weekly Etsy Success newsletter for Etsy sellers and helps run Etsy Teams. Before working at Etsy, she ran her own craft business [...]

Recently, I found myself in sunny Santa Monica, California with naught to do but search for signs of craft by the sea.  At the top of the sightseeing list was the Urban Craft Center.  Their online site looked promising…part studio/part classroom/part supply store.  The UCC sounded like Santa’s workshop for anyone interested in sewing, knitting, scrapbooking [...]

Talk Shop is the series where we interview independent store owners from across the country, to get the inside scoop on what it takes to run a business that supports the handmade community.

In this Talk Shop, Beth Salvini, co-owner of Greenwich Letterpress in NYC, shares her thoughts on owning a letterpress studio and shop with [...]

The tradition of communal craft is long standing.  From quilting bees and sewing circles to today’s knit-driven Stitch and Bitch groups that have sprouted up all over the country, people like to get together and make things.  And why not?  These meet-ups offer many benefits to the individual crafter like exchange of ideas and support. [...]