While the 2011 Craft Bastards vendors have not yet been announced, we wanted to give our readers an inside glimpse into this year’s Crafty Jury, which met July 9th and 10th, to deliberate over the more than 500 vendor applications that were submitted to the City Paper. Over the course of 2 full days, the [...]

Always wanted to print a poster but never knew how? Want to print your own letterpress invitations, but don’t happen to have a Vandercook Press? No longer an issue. Meet Baltimore Print Studios! a community access printmaking facility in Baltimore’s Station North Arts District – offering equipment & workshops for letterpress and screen printing. The [...]

In case you haven’t heard, holiday shopping season has arrived.  Since you are reading this, I’ll assume you’re not the sort that rushes to big box stores at 4am the day after Thanksgiving.  If you’re like me, you want no part of the mind-numbing mall experience and would rather avoid our nation’s gross display of [...]

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 [...]

This weekend, the Crafty Jury will be meeting to determine which crafters will become Crafty Bastards vendors. With more than 450 individual applications to review and only 150 vendor spots to fill, the Jury is psyched and ready to go! The Crafty Jury has met for the last 5 years of the fair, with a [...]

Have you heard about the Hello Craft Summit of Awesome? Have you seen the line-up? Keep reading and prepare to be wowed! Hello Craft’s Summit of Awesome is 3-days (May 1-3) filled with business seminars for artists and crafters, hands-on workshops, the D.C. premiere of the Indie Craft Documentary, Handmade Nation, and a Saturday night [...]

On Friday, May 1st, Hello Craft will host its first ever Summit of Awesome in the heart of the Nation’s Capital. Geared specifically for independent artists and crafters, the Summit of Awesome is 3 full days of seminars and hands-on workshops, which will provide business and technical educatation for those in the handmade arts communtiy. [...]

Are you looking to expand or refresh your knowledge of the business side of craft? As fun as it is to make crafty goods, practical knowledge is needed for your business to succeed. The Baltimore Etsy Street Team (BEST) will be hosting its first business meet-up at the Creative Alliance on Sunday, January 25th. The [...]

Set a reminder to tune into NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday, November 23 to catch Liane Hansen’s interview with Crafty blogger, Tina Seamonster. Tina was asked to discuss making gifts for the holidays and provided a couple simple how-to’s for listeners to try on their own. The piece has already been recorded and you can read [...]

I’ve wanted to learn how to sew since I was young, but I’ve always shyed away from classes where you need to shell out big bucks to use machines that intimidate the hell out of me… so I say thank goodness for the DC Threads Sewing Lounge. The DC Threads Sewing Lounge is a free [...]