Handmade Detroit

Make sure to pick up a copy of Real Detroit this week or check out their web site to see our super-swanky spread on the Holiday Market. Ooh!

Of course all of you will be at the Handmade Detroit Holiday Market on the 9th, and the Shadow Art Fair this weekend, but if you like to give your credit card a cyber workout, spend some time looking up your favorite makers and send them some digital money love. Bust’s Boobtique sent me an […]

A big “thank you” goes out to Jocelynn Brown of the Detroit News for helping us spread the word about the Holiday Market. Make sure to bookmark her craft blog- she’s “in the know” about crafty things happening all over the Mitten.

Le whoa. It’s been a while since I’ve posted, thanks to what I like to call “Tofurky Day.” Well, I’m back from my annual trip to Indiana and my belly is full of Tofurky. Having typed that, let’s get back to getting ready for the holidays. And don’t you fret, we’ve got lots of great […]

We’re packing up Handmade Detroit and heading to Ypsi this weekend for the Shadow Art Fair. Crafty buddies Detroit Craft Mafia will also be there with many other rad, local vendors.
Shadow Art Fair
Friday (8 p.m. to midnight) and Saturday (11 a.m. to 8 p.m.), Dec. 1 and 2
Corner Brewery, Ypsi
+ 40+ local artists
+ Reading by […]

A list of all the participants:
Austin Shyu
Bellyache Candy Shoppe
BlackTag Clothing (Graphic stenciled shirts)
bX Ceramics
Cerberus Records
Christine Copeland (Crochet)
City Bird
Dang Argyle
Detroit Craft Mafia
Glass Action!
Grand Rapids Craft Mafia
Lish, Inc.
Mark Heggie
NAKA
Nicole Lindner
Phantom Limb
Red X Designs (Stuffed monsters)
Reware Vintage
Rosie and Angie’s Retro Jewels (Deconstructed vintage jewelry)
Top Quality Rock & Roll
Trophy Wife
Waiting Line Theory
Wee Wee Wear
Zebula Designs
+ Three make-and-take tables […]

Native Flowers Mix and Match Stationery
6 x 7-3/4 in; 16 stationery sheets and 16 envelopes (4 color designs repeating 4 times), sticker sheet
Published in February, 2006
$8.95
Chronicle Books

I love notes. I love writing them and I love sending them. So nothing could be prettier than Jill Bliss’ Native Flowers Mix and Match Stationery. I’ve used it […]

I decided to take part in this year’s Ornament Swap. I wanted to utilize some vintage-inspired fabric I saw at JoAnn’s. I got my circle inspiration from an article in the most recent edition of Adorn, and went with a layered effect, thanks to some fabric bond. Perhaps the instructions are the best way to […]

Amy Shutt, of day-lab fame, has a new online venture, gemma-lab. Looks like it promises to be pretty cool.