Always wanted to print a poster but never knew how? Want to print your own letterpress invitations, but don’t happen to have a Vandercook Press? No longer an issue. Meet Baltimore Print Studios! a community access printmaking facility in Baltimore’s Station North Arts District – offering equipment & workshops for letterpress and screen printing. The [...]

Of all the truly inspirational things I could mention about a crafter, I think the best thing to find out about someone is that they love what they do. Spend 5 minutes with Paul Roden & Valerie Lueth of Tugboat Printshop and you’ll not only want to adopt them as your new crafty BFF’s, but [...]

Felt headbands from The Candy Thief are the perfect cross between the urge to play dressup, and the urge to function like an adult. Beware the power-boost of positivity you will feel when you get a good look at yourself in the mirror with one on – (Not to mention the steady stream of compliments) [...]

In the land of craft, there is no jewelry shortage. So to be a standout jeweler you have to be particularly impressive, and vendors like Fernworks go above and beyond that. Fernworks is the one-woman company of Faryn Davis (currently of Ashville, NC and formerly of the Pacific Northwest). Inspired by all things nature, fernworks [...]

I generally leave a day at Crafty Bastards so exhausted that I can barely lift my fingers to my mouth to enjoy the delicious DC Ethiopian food I look forward to all year. But last year, I left the fair SO excited about finding new vendor Home Sweet (formerly of DC, currently of DE) that [...]

Raeburn Ink is based in western Massachusetts and run by Jennifer Cooke and has been around since 1999, but seems to have really only graced the indie craft fair circuit with it’s glory a couple years ago. Cooke’s designs – inspired by everything from indian textiles to security envelopes are detailed drawings, hand printed on [...]

The squeal heard round the jury-room for Jennifer Strunge’s Cotton Monsters explains why they sell out so quickly in her etsy shop whenever she does an update. The Baltimore seamstress works without patterns to create each and every colorful little beast, and uses almost exclusively recycled materials (except the stuffing, which she buys new). Strunge [...]

Kathy Fahey‘s dedication to promoting the Baltimore folk music scene (by way of hand printed posters, t-shirts & album covers, as well as participation with a local shape-note singing crew) may be what put her on the map & earned her a Best of Baltimore last year (Best Artist – Baltimore Magazine, 2009) but her [...]

The holiday season is in full swing all right. My living room has been taken over with plastic storage bins & craft fair display racks and my social life has dwindled to interactions with my cat, the art supply store and my UPS guy. But guess what? I’m loving every second of it…aren’t you? Why? [...]