Cruise on over to Etsy.com & check out the Crafty Bastards picks on the homepage.  Start the handmade shopping early and buy online now!  The Crafty Bastards picks will be featured on the homepage for about an hour, but you can still find them in the Crafty Bastards gift guide for a few more days.

Meet the makers and buy from them in person tomorrow at Crafty Bastards from 10am-5pm at the Marie Reed Learning Center in Adams Morgan.  See you there!

One of a Kind Show is looking for exhibitors for their New York holiday show.  Here’s the info from the Hello Craft blog:

Hello Craft is excited to be partnering with the One of a Kind Show & Sale and will have a booth at OOAK’s holiday show at Pier 94 in New York from December 11th-13th.  We’ll host a Make Something Awesome area with hands on craft projects and conduct shopper interviews along with a workshop or two.  More details will be announced in the coming months.

If you are interested in exhibiting, space is still available,  but hurry!  Artist criteria and application info is available here.  Contact Libby Hanna at 312.527.7757 or lhanna@mmart.com, or Courtney Walsh at 646.778.3236 or cwalsh@mmart.com to find out what is needed to qualify for the show.

Here’s some more info about the OOAK NYC show from their site:

Launching December 11-13, 2009 at Pier 94, the One of a Kind Show and Sale NYC will be an extraordinary holiday shopping show featuring the best in fine art and fine craft from hundreds of unique artists, artisans and designers from across North America.  Each item for sale at the show will be made by hand, one piece at a time, and every artist represented will be in attendance—offering shoppers the wonderful opportunity to buy pieces directly from the artist who created it and support the independent artist community.

And, if you haven’t had a chance to listen to the latest episode of the Hello Craft podcast, check it out.  This special episode is sponsored by our friends at One of a Kind Show and features an awesome story about how Tina Seamonster learns to embroider and relax.

Vendor status notifications for Crafty Bastards 2009 were sent via email this evening.

If you completed an application, but don’t see the notification email from Crafty Bastards, please do the following:

1. Check your junk mail/spam folder. The email was sent from: craftybastards@washingtoncitypaper.com
2. Still not there? Email craftybastards@washingtoncitypaper.com and let us know.

Our friends at the Philly City Paper are hosting a trunk show this weekend.  The show will feature 150 or so vendors including Crafty Bastards vets El Jefe, Squidfire, Tigerflight and more.  From Philly CP’s site:

Join us in Philly’s largest open-air market for a celebration of 150ish emerging artists, crafters and designers

hand-made crafts * hot new designer
wholesale designer clothing and accessories
food * booze * music * more

Saturday, May 16
11 am to 4 pm

For vendor opportunities, call 215-735-8444.

Applications for Crafty Bastards 2009 are now being accepted. The deadline to apply for booth space is July 5, 2009.  Get more info and submit your Crafty Bastards application here.

There is a $10 non-refundable application fee. The jury will review and score all completed entries on various criteria from design and craftsmanship to saleability and alternative subject matter.  Applicants will be notified of their status by July 20th.  If accepted, the booth fee is $120 and will be due July 31st.  The vendor list will be announced in August.  Crafty Bastards will take place Saturday, October 3rd from 10am-5pm.

In the past we have received between 300 and 400 applications for the 100+ spots available at the show.  Vendors from previous years are not given special consideration or guaranteed a space at this years’ show. All applicants are strongly encouraged to submit clear images and descriptive work statements.  Tina posted some craft show application tips here and here.

Questions?  Send them to craftybastards@washingtoncitypaper.com.

Crafty Bastards 2009 planning is underway and vendor applications will be availble soon!  Please forgive the outdated info on the site.  We are working to get everything updated.  A couple notes about Crafty Bastards 2009.

There will not be a Crafty Bastards show in Silver Spring, MD in June. However, the folks at Pyramid Atlantic have paired up with Party Hat Rodeo (aka Kimberly Dorn) and 60Bugs (aka Debbie Lee) to produce the first ever Handmade Mart in Silver Spring.  Vendor applications are being accepted through April 30th.  Read more here.

The fall showing of Crafty Bastards is scheduled for Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 from 10am-5pm in Washington, DC.  For 2009, the City Paper has joined forces with Hello Craft and promises another awesome showing of handmade goods you won’t find anywhere else in the area.

Applications for Crafty Bastards 2009 will be online soon!  We will announce when applications are ready on the blog and to the Crafty Bastards email list.  Stay tuned so you don’t miss out!

Set a reminder to tune into NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday, November 23 to catch Liane Hansen’s interview with Crafty blogger, Tina Seamonster.

Tina was asked to discuss making gifts for the holidays and provided a couple simple how-to’s for listeners to try on their own. The piece has already been recorded and you can read about Tina’s experience in the entry she posted on HelloCraft.com.

From Tina:

NPR Weekend Edition Sunday (11/23).
You can find out what time via your local NPR Station as each station plays the show at a different time. Locally in DC, WAMU plays it from 8 to 10. I will also be doing a live chat online at 1:30 EST at npr.org/gifts. You will have to register to chat. You can also upload photos of your projects to their holiday community page while you are in there. Please stop by and ask me a nice or funny question.

Listen in as Tina shares her indie craft wisdom with NPR’s listners. And don’t forget to join the Live Chat! We hear there will be video, too. Oooh, talking pictures. Fancy.

Only two days left to apply for vendor space at the Charm City Craft Mafia’s 2nd Annual Holiday Heap craft fair in Baltimore, MD.

Holiday Heap will be held inside St. John’s Church on November 15th from 10am-5pm. The CCCM puts on some of the best shows in the area with lots of shoppers, friendly helpers and plenty of my favorite crafters. I participated in Holiday Heap last year and it was splendid.

Don’t miss out! Submit your application before midnight this Sunday, October 5th.

We will be adding official event photos and video to the site as soon as we can. In the meantime, share you images with and check out what other Crafty enthusiasts saw and bought, on the with the 2008 Crafty Bastards Flickr pool.

To join the Crafty Bastards 2008 Flickr Pool, just follow these easy instructions:

1. Go to the Crafty Bastards 2008 Flickr Group and click “Join this group”.
2. Upload your Crafty photos to your Flickr account and mark them Public.
3. Go to the page of each photo you want to add to the pool, and click “Send to group”.
4. Select “Crafty Bastards 2008″.

Above photos by Geoff Johnson

Don’t forget! Today is the last day to apply for Crafty Bastards DC! The festival will take place on Sunday, September 28 in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Applications will be accepted through midnight. You can read the instructions here and some helpful hints here.

We will notify all applicants of their status by Friday, July 25.

Questions? Send us an email: craftybastards@washingtoncitypaper.com

Already sent in your application? Sit back and enjoy this video treat from the first ever Crafty Bastards Silver Spring.

Crafty Bastards Silver Spring Video Highlights