We live in the era of the viral video — where shaky, pixelated home movies can create instant celebrity, launch an unexpected trend, or simply fill your lunch hours with really cute baby animals. Just take a gander at the number of hits under the latest video du jour to see how their cultural relevance [...]

Day one of the second annual Summit of Awesome was a whirlwind of learning, making and seeing friends new and old. The following is a brief recap of today, as caught on the Hello Craft camera.
The Make Something Awesome Area was available all day for attendees, volunteers and speakers to make their name badge and [...]

The morning sessions of the final day of the Summit of Awesome begin at 9:30 am on Friday, June 18.
Elizabeth Newell of Newell Business Law LLC and Handmade Portland will be in Jordan leading the session Time Management for Crafty Folk. Learn some tips and tricks from a chronic multitasker on how to organize your [...]

The late afternoon sessions on Thursday, June 17 begin at 3:45 pm.

Diane Gilleland of CraftyPod (pictured right) will lead the session Blog Tune Up in the library. This is a small session and attendees will have the opportunity to analyze each others blogs in detail looking at three angles: how the blog looks, how it [...]

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 [...]

The first day of the Summit of Awesome kicks off with a tour of the Alberta Arts District at 10 am on Wednesday, June 16. Led by Hilary Pfeifer of Bunny With A Toolbelt, if you’re a newbie to the Portland area, or just want to learn a little more about your surroundings, don’t miss [...]