Ok, I’m veering off topic and heading into craft obsession territory but I can’t help it. I love buttons! I love crafting with buttons! Buttons have been around a while. Archaeologists have found button artifacts dating back thousands of years. You can find them made from materials of all kinds including shell, bone, horn, metal, [...]

Pam Berry is a pioneer of the craft and zine scene. She’s co-founder of Chickfactor, an influential musician (Black Tambourine, The Castaway Stones, Glo-Worm and more), a seamstress, button collector, pie maker, and a national treasure in the US and the UK.
What’s your craft handle? Any previous incarnations?
I go by Craft Ho for everything I [...]

Dan Perkins already had the perfect guitar: an ’80s-reissue Fender Telecaster in a faded-out gold-sparkle finish. Now he needed the perfect guitar strap: something to indicate that the prized instrument he’d be wearing across his body wasn’t just for producing sounds, but also for communicating his entire aesthetic. He needed something sharp enough to have [...]

The craft world is a living, breathing, constantly changing and evolving organism, and there are definitely major trends that course through it’s veins. But my they are tricky. They’ll surface for months only to be stuffed to a storage closet’s backward depths after they’ve reached an arbitrary and unexpected expiration date. What dictates these enigmatic, [...]

Name: Katie McClanahan
Shop: BlackStar Jewelry Company
Website: http://www.etsy.com/shop/BlackStar
Blog: http://blackstarjewelry.blogspot.com/
Location: middle Tennessee
What do you make, and how are your products environmentally-friendly?
I make jewelry, mostly comprised of vintage elements and thrifted finds.  These bits and pieces are already here, waiting to be used, so why not use them?

I know you’re expecting me to write something about Mother’s Day gifts, being that it is only a few days away here in the US. I thought about it, but I’m quite sure you’re all set with lovely things for her.  Instead, I offer you some sources for inspiration.
(helpful tip: fresh flowers and heartfelt sentimental [...]