Washington City Paper and Etsy want you to vote for your favorite Crafty Bastard. All 2011 vendors are in the running for Craftiest Bastard 2011. Cast your vote now right here! The top three crafters will be awarded: Grand Prize Etsy prize package that includes a $200 Etsy shopping spree, a live shop make over [...]

Let’s take another look at some of the debut vendor’s at the 2011 Crafty Bastards Arts and Crafts Fair. Fallow Fleet Fallow Fleet from Boone, NC, designs one-of-a-kind bags using repurposed leather that is then sewn by hand with a needle and awl as seen below. He says that most hardware and canvas is sourced [...]

Let’s take a look at some more of the debut vendors at this year’s Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair. Solidio This husband and wife duo from Western Pennsylvania use the leftover pieces and scraps from their handcrafted furniture to make cufflinks, pendants and belt buckles as seen below. Materials not in the form of [...]

Love Crafty Bastards and want to donate some time before or after shopping? Early morning and closing volunteer shifts are still available to help with breaking down or setting up, as seen in the photo below. Volunteers receive swag like a t-shirt, gift certificates and entry into a raffle for a free booth space at [...]

It’s time to take another look at some of the debut vendors at the 2011 Crafty Bastards Arts and Crafts Fair. theCraftmen Nathan and Jayson of theCraftmen say, “We’re proud to be part of a movement. The select few & like-minded who take pride in creating true handmade goods. We’re artists-turned-leather artisans. We make heirloom [...]

Don’t forget, applications for the Crafty Food Market and the Crafty Food Awards are due today. These applications are part of the area dedicated to the food craft scene at this year’s Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair. The Crafty Farm located on the field will the the home of these new food craft festivities. [...]

Let’s take a closer look at some of the debut vendors at the 2011 Crafty Bastards Arts and Crafts Fair. Laura George Art + Illustration From Chicago, IL, Laura says, “Illustrative in nature, my work is inspired by the idea of finding novelty in everyday life, and the adventure in opening up to unlikely companions [...]

DCWEEK is awarding $10,000 in the form of 14 grants to area artists in order to create projects to be installed at the closing party on November 11. There are two different grant levels the 24 Hour City Project (experimental interactive installations in the ream of data, arts, community and technology) and for the Creative [...]

No set plans for the upcoming long Labor Day Weekend? Get to making, indie food crafters! Submissions to both the Crafty Food Market and the Crafty Food Awards have been extended to Tuesday, September 6. Speaking of the extended food craft festivities at this year’s Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair, the DIY Presenters* down [...]

Calling all Crafty Bastards applicants! The DC State Fair will be Saturday, August 27 at at Columbia Heights Day on Tubman Elementary Field, and this year there are three new craft contests! The categories are Bike Accessory, DC Portrait and Vegetable Sculpture, and the deadline to enter these contests is Thursday, August 25, at midnight. [...]