At this year’s Crafty Bastards Hello Craft wanted to share the fun of making with those at the fair. So we threw up a tent, asked some of our friends to sponsor some projects, and let the creativity run wild.

And run wild it did. The Make Something Awesome Area was packed from start to finish [...]

Christy Petterson is an Atlanta native. She creates a line of jewelry and hair accessories called a bardis and works, by day, as a PR Specialist. Since 2005, she has organized the Indie Craft Experience, Atlanta’s bi-annual indie craft market. In 2008, ICE teamed up with Young Blood Gallery & Boutique to produce Kraftwork, a [...]

Join Hello Craft in the Etsy Virtual Labs this Tuesday, as we talk Craft Show 101!
With many indie craft fairs putting out their call for vendors for their Spring and Summer shows, it’s time to start filling out those applications.  Whether your applying to one fair or twenty, Hello Craft can help you get into [...]

The early part of any new year is a good time to sit down and plan out which craft fairs you would like to apply to for the coming year. It is the slow season for crafters having just come off of the busy holiday season with a nice slide through Valentine’s Day.
But before [...]

Here we continue with our series on the trials and tribulations of starting a craft business. Shall we learn together?
This past weekend, I was lucky enough to be in my very first indie craft fair. The Holiday Booty Market was produced by some wonderful people in the Craft Mutiny. I thought I would share with [...]