Handmade Detroit

Handmade Detroit members Adrienne, Stephanie and Lish (yours truly) set up shop at the Belmont in Hamtramck Wednesday night to promote HD’s activities and continue raising money for the fair by way of the Michigan Mitten pin sale. If you’re interested in bringing home one of your own Mittens, please feel free to contact us! […]

Spring has sprung! If you’re like me, you spent this past colder-than-cold Michigan winter trying to stay warm the best way possible: eating lots of soup. And with soup consumption comes can collection. If you don’t have a local recycling center, don’t throw those tin cans away just yet! Take a look at what that […]

A couple our collective members will be setting up as part of the Exhibitionist night at the Belmont in Hamtramck tonight. It’s a great opportunity to get more involved with us and we will also have craft fair fundraising pins on us. If you haven’t checked out Exhibitionist before, it’s a really super event featuring […]

We’ve finally started to update our links on the right side over there. If you’re a crafty or Detroit-based resource, group, publication or blog, please let us know if you’d be into trading links. We heart Detroit, the arts and handmade everything.
Unfortunately, we can’t take any individual sellers or handmade companies at the moment, […]

It’s Monday again, and you know what that means. We’re bringing you a look at what Michigan makers are making.
Our entry this week is sent in by Royal Oak resident Chris of Waiting Line Theory. We love this group not only because they have been cheering for us from the very beginning, but because they […]

I first bought an April Fool pin last year back at Henrietta Farenheit’s old Ann Arbor location. It talked about Detroit luv, so I was hooked. Since then I’ve been keeping up to date with the latest and greatest from this former Michigan Mittenette at her online shop. You can all drool over this handmade […]

Our collaboration with the fine folks over at CouncilC continues today with an interview with Molly Mast. Click the graphic to check it out. Make sure to show those CouncilC-ers some love while you’re at it — they are constantly impressing everyone over here.
And while we’re on the subject of interviews, you may have […]

“Kodachroooooome…”
Paul Simon had it right: Kodachrome is where it’s at! Hmm. Wait a minute. That might have been the case 30 years ago, but nowadays we’re living in a digital world and I am a digital girl. So get those USB cables ready!
DIY PHOTO FUN
Photos don’t have to merely be items that are taking up […]

Rosey sends along this opportunity for area crafters:
“Hi all you seller peeps! On the 31 of March, all day Friday, at the Salvation Army on Main in Plymouth, they are having a fundraiser Craft show/rummage sale, 9-4. It is $25, but you can bring anything. I am already signed up, and would love to see […]

Keith Thompson of Johnny Headband fame sports a lovely Michigan-covered tree constructed by JHB’s Carey in for our very first Mitten Maker Monday. We love this photo so much we can’t help but give it it’s own post. So congrats to Keith! He’s knocked our (and his own) shoes right off!
If you want to […]