Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair - Washington City Paper

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This year was cold and soggy, but that didn't stop the big, awesome, crafty fun!

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Didn't make it to the show? Find the artists that sold their handmade goods this year in the vendor gallery. You can connect with your favorites on Facebook or Twitter, and make purchases from their online shops.

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Cut The Craft: The Crafty Bastards Blog

Thanks for Coming to Crafty Bastards!

Thanks to all the vendors and visitors for making the 8th annual Crafty Bastards another amazing show! Despite the rain and chilly weather, we had vendors tell us this was their best Crafty Bastards yet. Please take a moment to fill out our Shopper Survey so we can make sure next year’s Crafty Bastards is [...]

Christine Ernest • 15 October 2011, 11:47 am • Cut The Craft

See You Tomorrow!

See you tomorrow at Crafty Bastards for some shopping and fun! If you’re not already following Crafty Bastards on Twitter make sure you follow it now, as tomorrow special deals from vendors will be tweeted out all during the fair. Wondering how to get to the fair? Then check out this handy guide for directions [...]

Christine Ernest • 30 September 2011, 7:26 pm • Cut The Craft

She’s Gotta Hive It: Ashley English Found a New Life Canning Vegetables, Keeping Bees

The following article is from the official Crafty Bastards Events Guide which you can pick up in this week’s Washington City Paper on stands now. By Heather Morgan Shott When Ashley English moved to D.C. in 1996, her aspirations didn’t include canning and preserving her own fruits and vegetables, making her own dairy products, or [...]

admin • 30 September 2011, 11:00 am • Cut The Craft

Small-Town Girl: Christina Brown Builds the 1:600-Scale Cities of Her Dreams

The following article is from the official Crafty Bastards Events Guide which you can pick up in this week’s Washington City Paper on stands now. By Kieca Mahoney Just about all of us dream of making ourselves a home, of creating a domestic space that suits exactly who we are. Christina Brown’s dream, however, is [...]

admin • 30 September 2011, 10:00 am • Cut The Craft

Cut From the Same Cloth: Former Mother-Daughter Team Still Stiched Together

The following article is from the official Crafty Bastards Events Guide which you can pick up in this week’s Washington City Paper on stands now. By Mimi Kirk Eleven years ago, when Hillery Sproatt was 15, she and her mother, Debby Weiss, then 44, went to the Los Angeles County courthouse to apply for a [...]

admin • 30 September 2011, 8:00 am • Cut The Craft