At this year’s Crafty Bastards Hello Craft wanted to share the fun of making with those at the fair. So we threw up a tent, asked some of our friends to sponsor some projects, and let the creativity run wild. And run wild it did. The Make Something Awesome Area was packed from start to [...]

I have to move soon and the most redeeming thing about it is that I will have a new space to decorate. I’m planning to score some accessories for my new home at this year’s Crafty Bastards Arts and Crafts fair. Bright Lights Little City makes fantastic lighting with reused materials like cocktail umbrellas. Perfect [...]

Artist and designer Amalia Versaci loves zippers. She loves zippers so much that she seeks out vintage zippers and spends hours figuring out new ways to use each and every part of it. And her work is paying off. Amalia will be offering her unique zipper jewelry and accessories at Crafty Bastards. What is so [...]

If nature is near and dear to your heart, why not honor the great outdoors with forest inspired jewelry by Figs and Ginger. Choose from a fawn ring or a bird or mountain necklace, knowing that Figs and Ginger strive to use the most environmentally sound production practices in their jewelry making, so nature is [...]

Pinecone + Chickadee is a collaboration between a graphic designer and musician. Together this creative duo silkscreen their art onto greeting cards, journals, apparel and accessories. On top of creating adorable fantasy settings, their stationary line is printed on recycled paper. Their clothing is often organic. And their inks are water-based and earth friendly. You [...]

Everyone loves lunch. With Glue and Glitter you can carry your lunch with style. Made from vintage, reclaimed or organic, earth-friendly fabrics, these lunch kits will make for a happy lunch five days a week. Do you have a thing for the messier foods? Wear this adorable cupcapron while prepairing your lunch and protect your [...]

It seems that the most elusive thing to new crafters or “dabblers” is how to create a product line. How do you go from the early phases of making stuff to give to your friends as gifts to making stuff that you want to sell (and that people want to buy!)? Here, I put this [...]

There are few places on the earth where you can find as much plush as you will find at Crafty Bastards this Sunday. From the expressive eyes of Tigerflight’s upcycled owls, to the spotty heads of My Paper Crane’s mushrooms, to the furry weirdness of Jenny Harada’s monsters to the simple wonder that are Spooky [...]