1. Is there a specific product that you will be selling at the fair that you would like to talk about? I will be selling mostly concert posters I was asked to do from around DC and some from NYC, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. Some of the latest work has been posters for My Morning [...]

Sherry Insley of Dandelion Blu‘s got a knack for divining the special qualities in everyday things and then turning them into precious adornments for your neck. Look out for her “Lace Collar” series at the Crafty Bastards festival this month! She’s added new colors since the last showing. 1. Is there a specific product that [...]

Take a trip to TLane’s Etsy store and you’ll find a candy shop for all ‘green’ shoppers. At the Crafty Bastards Festival, be on the look-out for her adorable canvas lunch bags! 1. Is there a specific product that you will be selling at the fair that you would like to talk about? I’d like [...]

Each week we feature an advertiser from the Crafty Bastards Classifieds. This week the honor goes to: Wasted Potential! Wasted Potential was born after two art school graduates felt discontent with their so-called “creative” professions. They embarked on an experiment to see what happens when 2 professionally trained artists leave their studio settings. With one [...]

Each week we feature an advertiser from the Crafty Bastards Classifieds. This week the honor goes to: Push Mah Buttons! Push Mah Buttons is the legend of students who are “dropping out of school and starting new lives as neo-hippies that travel the country in a VW Bus, peddling their button wares.” You must check [...]

Each week we feature an advertiser from the Crafty Bastards Classifieds. This week the honor goes to: Isabel’s Rose! Isabel’s Rose is the new and ever expanding line of handmade glass bones, hearts, cupcakes and more, from artist Lori Flanders (aka LORiOLA). Go to the Isabel’s Rose website or Etsy Shop and find a work [...]

Each week we feature an advertiser from the Crafty Bastards Classifieds. This week the honor goes to: Bohemian Babydolls! Bohemian Babydolls Unite! These are some incredibly cute handmade summer dresses and jewelry for your shopping pleasure. The dresses are available at SMASH! in Adams Morgan. You can see a greater selection of babydolls, vinyl and [...]

Each week we feature an advertiser from the Crafty Bastards Classifieds. This week the honor goes to: The Broken Plate Pendant Company! The Broken Plate specializes in giving new life to old dinnerware, ceramics, glass and “anything else in my way.” Each piece of glass is wrapped in copper tape and lead-free silver solder to [...]

In the week leading up to last month’s Crafty Bastards Festival, we began posting a series of interviews of crafters who were going to be there. Unfortunately, in all the hustle & bustle we were unable to publish them all. This continues the Q&A’s that we weren’t able to get to! The devil was of [...]

In the week leading up to last month’s Crafty Bastards Festival, we began posting a series of interviews of crafters who were going to be there. Unfortunately, in all the hustle & bustle, we were unable to publish them all. This continues the Q&A’s that we weren’t able to get to! Just as you shrink [...]