Every Monday, Hello Craft Directors present our favorite picks of the week from the creative community. We’ll dish what’s caught our eyes at the moment from giveaways, blog postings and shop offerings, [...]

Cathy Pitters is a crafter from Portland, OR who creates Bossa Nova Baby, a line of handcrafted clothes and accessories, and who co-organizes Crafty Wonderland, PDX’s art and craft extravaganza. Many of you may have heard her speak about how to organize a craft market at the Summit of Awesome last year or met her [...]

Plenty of people indulged in unconventional behavior in the ’60s. But what Dennis Havlena did was atypical even for the hippie era. As a 20-something without much income to fund his growing interest in playing music, he took some wall paneling and a construction helmet and built a guitar. “The darn thing worked,” he recalls. [...]

(vintage Kmart tag photo by Roadsidepictures)
“$22 for $35 worth of letterpress cards!” I get so mad when I encounter crafters selling their wares at ridiculous discounts. And recently a spate of handmade discounting schemes has popped up, making me fear the Walmartization of crafts has begun.
First up, Heartsy.me is like Groupon for handmade goods. Vendors [...]

The last minute flurry of holiday activity is upon us. Don’t panic. Yes, time is short, but don’t get desperate and shower your loved ones with useless plastic and mass-produced junk. Take a deep breath and keep reading for last minute gift ideas you can still buy or even make, including a quick [...]

This past weekend the Craft Retailers & Artists for Tomorrow (C.R.A.F.T.), in conjunction with Craft in America, held a two day conference in Washington, D.C. as a part of National Craft Week.
The conference, Crafting a Nation, brought together an impressive list of panelists. And while not exactly our top choices to talk about the [...]