If you’re in the business of creatively concocting items or ideas — be it knitting hats with pompoms, or new and tech-savvy approaches to marketing — you’ve probably already heard of Kickstarter.com. In case you haven’t, here’s a quick run-down: It’s an online fundraising platform for creators who need a financial “kickstarter” (get it?) to [...]

Day two of the Summit of Awesome recently came to a close at the Kennedy School. Now we’re all enjoying a little down time and preparing to head out to Land Gallery for tonight’s party. But first, a recap of day two in pictures from the Hello Craft camera.
The Make Something Awesome Area was set [...]

The first half of the Summit afternoon lineup for Thursday, June 17 begins with lunch and a Craftnote address with Pat Castaldo and Aaron Tuller of BuyOlympia at noon. Pat and Aaron (pictured right) started buyolympia.com back in 1999, back before it was easy to setup a shop on the internet. They’ve grown their little [...]

Thursday morning kicks off with plenty of stellar crafty superstars to choose from in both the learning sessions and the workshops. The morning begins at 9:15 am.
Heidi Kenney (pictured right) will explain The Story of My Paper Crane in the Theater. Heidi is best known in the craft world for her signature plush donuts, toast, [...]