Bloomingdale Holiday Market Sunday, December 5th, 4-9pm Big Bear Cafe (1st and R streets NW) I know you’re thinking of really making this year a handmade holiday right? You’ve probably already gathered your ingredients for all the cookie platters you plan to make for parties, clipped all the necessary recipes from various resources and maaaaybe [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Fenton Street Market is Silver Spring, Maryland’s reoccurring Saturday craft event showcasing handmade goods as well as antiques and a myriad of arts and music from the local community. If you haven’t applied yet and plan on selling at this year’s market you better get to it because the last Fenton Street Market date is [...]

So perhaps you’ve been to Crafty Bastards and you’ve decided you’d like to try your hand at doing a show. Where do you turn? Well, like pretty much everything else, the internet is a good place to start. There are large, clearing-house type sites like ZAPP where you can sign up for a regular digest [...]

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 [...]

With the 7th annual Crafty Bastards fast approaching in 3 months, the Crafty Jury is in full effect, rating our pool of applicants to see who will be selected as our official 2010 vendors!  Now in Day 2 of the Crafty Jury process, the 7 members of the Crafty Jury are half way through  determining [...]

We are super excited to announce that applications for Crafty Bastards 2010 are now being accepted. The deadline to apply for booth space is July 4, 2010. 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 [...]