Crafty Bastards was crazy fun! Huge thanks to all the amazing vendors for their hard work and fabulous craftertise! The Washington City Paper would also like to thank Marie Reed Learning Center, the fabulous entertainers, the generous sponsors- Scion, Stitch DC, Adobe, Paper Source, Whole Foods, Avatar Wellness, Pinz-N-Needlez, The Dog Spot, the yummy food [...]

Hey, check it out! Crafty Bastards is on the Etsy Storque! The Crafty Crew is super-duper excited to have Etsy Labs hosting the workshops at Crafty this year. Sounds like they have lots of goodies in store. From the Etsy Storque: Etsy will be set up with an exclusive tutorial display (find us on the [...]

Etsy hosts a full day of hands-on how-tos to get you crafting in no time! 11am Knitting with Stitch DC 12pm Bookbinding with the Paper Source 1pm Food as Art with Whole Foods 2pm Puppet Manipulation with Washington Action Group ALL DAY! Etsy Labs! Make your own pincushions, boxes and envelopes! Plus learn how to [...]

My wee microbrand made its 500th sale on Etsy.com last night. While this by no means makes me a top seller on the internet’s best source for handmade goods, I will say that I have some mad skills. And lucky for you, I wanna share. So, let’s go, Etsy 101. In case you don’t know, [...]