Fenton Street Market Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. Runs: April 17 through October 31 Located on the corner of Fenton Street and Silver Spring Avenue Open to all crafters and makers and vintage collectors! Silver Spring, Maryland’s Fenton Street Market is back and will be having markets every weekend this season. The market [...]

As a teenager growing up in DC (ok, ok, Silver Spring), I loved seeing all the hand-screened rock posters at clubs, stapled to telephone poles and tacked onto bulletin boards at the local diners. Rock posters back then served a huge promotional purpose,  leading its readers to the next coolest show, and provided a tangible [...]

Charm City Craft Mafia‘s Pile of Craft will take place Saturday, June 26, 2010 in Baltimore, MD. It’s an indoor show which is excellent because the event will go on rain or shine. A jury of 15 people will review each applicant and the organizers say each one will be “judged on craftmanship, originality and [...]

Handmade Mart Sunday, May 23, 10am-5pm Ellsworth Drive, Downtown Silver Spring Calling all crafters and makers! Silver Spring, Maryland’s Handmade Mart is back and with a brand new website! The Handmade Mart is gearing up for a full day of awesome crafts, live indie rock, and tons of outdoor crafty fun…. so if you knit, [...]

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? [...]

This Saturday in Downtown Silver Spring is the Holiday-Shop-n-Stroll. Handmade Mart and FRESHFARM Markets are teaming up, meaning there will be approximately 50 artisans and crafters selling their handmade products plus local  produce from the farmers market vendors. For those inspired to get crafty at the event, Art Spring (the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center retail [...]

Following the list of DC crafters I posted last week, below you will find links to all the Crafty Bastards in Maryland.  I’m working on the Virginia crafters.  Stay tuned. But first, one of my favorite ways to buy handmade: craft shows! Craft shows are a great place to find handmade gifts and come with [...]

The holidays are right around the corner which means there are a slew of craft shows in the D.C. area. With that in mind, check out DC Craft Mafia’s Holiday Heist in Vienna, VA on Saturday. You can find handmade gifts ranging from environmentally-friendly jewelry by Elisa Shere, to vegan body products by Lollibomb Beauty [...]

Crafty Bastards is approaching, and with only a few shorts days of prep time left before the big event, hundreds of crafters are working around-the-clock to sew clothing, create prints, assemble jewelry, and complete the innumerable tasks of their trade in the hours that remain. Crafty Bastards is one of the biggest, if not the biggest [...]

With Crafty Bastards just days away, Hello Craft is busy getting ready to offer you some amazing fun during this, the most awesomest craft fair ever. Stop by the Hello Craft booth (#126) during Crafty Bastards to enter a handmade giveaway, make a button, sign up for a membership or just say hi! Hello Craft’s [...]