One of the most inspiring, hardest working crafters I know is my business partner. She organizes the Indie Craft Experience with me and is an amazing crafter (duh, otherwise she wouldn’t be my business partner). Shannon Mulkey is a busy gal (understatement.) and we literally had this conversation while on our flight to the Summit [...]

As much as I hate that my day job diverts 8 hours of my day away from crafts, I will admit there are the occasional amazing perks (and I’m not just talking about the $s that arrive in my bank account on the 1st and the 15th). One of these perks came in the form [...]

Earlier this week, I got to chat with Jessica Swift, a designer and crafter who lives in Atlanta. Jessica is a full-time artist and does a really awesome job at incorporating her surface designs into hand-crafted items, which she sells at craft markets (like Crafty Bastards, Renegade and the Indie Craft Experience) and in [...]

Way back in 2005, when we planned the very first Indie Craft Experience in Atlanta, I met Becky Striepe of Glue and Glitter. She participated in our very first market, and I’m honored to say that she has participated in every ICE since then. In fact, weekend after next she will be a vendor at [...]

Time is running out, but it’s not too late to buy handmade gifts this year.  In this post I cover three holiday pop-ups shops where you can find a large selection of handmade goods from super talented artists.
Crafty Wonderland Holiday Pop-Up Shop
Portland, Oregon
Runs through December 30th

Craftland Holiday Show
Providence, [...]

A fantastic holiday show is now accepting applications — Indie Craft Experience (ICE) in Atlanta, Georgia.
ICE will take place November 20 and 21 at Ambient Plus Studio from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The  juried show will have approximately 100 vendors from the Southeast and beyond. This will be ICE’s 11th show, and the organizers [...]