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Bazaar Bizarres Boston and San Francisco Applications

I told you the indie craft holiday show applications were all coming. This week saw the applications for both Bazaar Bizarres Boston and San Francisco go up. The 2009 Boston Bazaar Bizarre will take place on December 6th at the Boston Center for the Arts’ Cyclorama. The fair will be open to the public from [...]

Apply Now! Art vs. Craft Milwaukee

The holiday applications seem to be going up every single day, so stay tuned here because I have them all! Personally, I haven’t even started on my Craftland application yet! Art vs. Craft Round 9 will take place on Saturday, November 28, 2009 in Milwaukee, WI. Applications are due August 24, 2009. The application is [...]

Silver Spring Gets New Fenton Street Market

Our neighbors to the north in Silver Spring are opening a new market featuring the “eclectic character of a diverse community”. They are looking for vendors of crafts, artists, vendors of vintage and other interesting wares for the two inaugural markets on Saturday, September 12, 2009 and October 3, 2009 (with plans to go weekly [...]

Craftland 2009 Application Now Online!

I got the best email today. Get this. It is already time to start thinking about the holidays. This doesn’t make me sad. This makes me happy, excited. And one of the best things about the holidays for me is Craftland. Applications are now being accepted for the 8th Annual Craftland, a contemporary craft show [...]

Jackie’s Yard & Craft Sale

Beer! Crafts! Blue glowing gnomes for sale! – What could be better? Come to Jackies Yard Sale this Saturday night, at Jackies Backroom (part of Jackie’s Restaurant), in Silver Spring, Maryland. Co-owner Jackie Greenbaum has invited some crafters including Crafty Bastards Director, Kimberly Dorn, City Paper staffer Christine Ernest, jeweler extraordinaire Mary Ellen Doran, and [...]

Hello Craft Episode 13: Tigerflight

Each week, the Hello Craft Podcast collects stories of making and buying handmade. In this week’s episode, Beth Baldwin finds herself stitching the words ‘thug life’. Click here to download the episode (right-click and choose “save as” on PC, or control-click and choose “save as” on Mac) You can check out Beth’s shop online at [...]

Field Trip! Biggs and Featherbelle Factory Tour

Take a field trip with Hello Craft! Kelly and Kasey, sisters and co-owners of Biggs and Featherbelle, will be welcoming you to their studio on August 22nd. Come and learn how they create health conscious body care products such as bar soaps, bath soaks, lip balms, and scrubs using handmade methods. The three hour tour [...]

PAPER JAM: The Art and Grime of the East Coast Rock Poster

Screw your Facebook event invite. The rock poster is alive and kicking here in D.C., and poster maker and Crafty Bastards veteran, Anthony Dihle wants you to know about it. Civilian Art Projects is presents its second exhibition of music-based posters following last summers Screams & Screens exhibition of artists from across the country. PAPER [...]

Handmade Mart THIS SUNDAY in Downtown Silver Spring!

Are you sad that there is only one Crafty Bastards Fair this year (October 3, Adams Morgan, why haven’t you applied yet, slacker?). The craft gods of D.C. have your back and are providing you with Handmade Mart this Sunday in Silver Spring. Bring the family for a unique one-day shopping experience along Ellsworth Drive [...]

Volunteer at Handmade Mart

Debbie and Kim at Handmade Mart are having a Vendor/Volunteer Party at the Pyramid Atlantic Store (924 Ellsworth Drive, Silver Spring) on May 21 (this Thursday) from 7 pm to 9 pm where you’ll get to mingle with cool, crafty folks, have a drink, sign up for shifts, tour the event site, get more info, [...]