Last weekend Hello Craft took a our very first Field Trip to visit the studio and warehouse of Biggs and Featherbelle located in Baltimore, MD.
Owned by sisters Kasey and Kelly, the day consisted of two tours, one in the morning and the other in the evening of their warehouse and work space.
The sisters [...]

Below are descriptions of the learning sessions, workshops and demos at the Summit of Awesome.  Check the Summit of Awesome schedule for session times, locations and speaker info.
Learning Sessions
Am I a Business? How and when to form a business for your crafty endeavors. Representatives from the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts will walk you [...]

By now, you’ve probably gathered that the Summit of Awesome is about handmade awesomeness.  Still wondering what all the fuss is about and what type of people should attend the Summit of Awesome?  Keep reading for a brief background and a peek at the super awesome crafters and indie craft leaders that have signed on [...]

May 1st – 3rd, 2009

Hello Craft’s
SUMMIT OF AWESOME

Convene * Learn * Show

Washington, D.C.

Mark your calendars! Hello Craft is excited to announce our 1st ever Summit of Awesome to be held the first weekend of May in Washington, DC. We’ve got lots of fun activities planned and exciting events we can’t wait to tell [...]

Here we continue with our series on the trials and tribulations of starting a craft business. Shall we learn together?
I love Twitter. It is such an amazing and handy tool. I learn so much and follow some great people who love to share their knowledge. Thanks to @getsmartwomen I learned about the Business Exchange’s Bootstrapping [...]

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 [...]