Handmade Detroit

This is nifty! Naughty Secretary Club has joined the Etsy kids with Crafty Curios, a selection of bits and pieces for all your crafty needs. Here’s how Jennifer described the kits over at Etsy:
“Crafty Curios are the latest endeavor by Naughty Secretary Club and Jennifer Perkins (www.naughtysecretaryclub.com). Each 4X6 baggie is a random color coded […]

I had a lovely time learning how to knit (can you believe of all the needle crafts that I do KNITTING isn’t one of them?!) with Amy this past Sunday at Karma in downtown Ferndale. Amy’s a great teacher and is working hard for a good cause - donating scarves to the Refugee House in […]

My good friend Amy Leang is starting a knitting group with a “do-gooder” twist. They’ll be working on goods to donate to charities here, there, and everywhere. The first meeting is this Sunday, Feb. 25, at 3 p.m. over at Xhedo’s in Ferndale. If you’d love to get involved with a great cause, this is […]

Warning: You’ll want to get out your calendar before reading this post.
These past weeks have been filled with booking some upcoming Handmade Detroit events. Hopefully this post won’t be too overwhelming, and I promise more details on all of these events will be coming very soon. But I wanted to give everyone a heads […]

Lish and Steph
Members of Handmade Detroit were at Wednesday’s Baar Bazaar to sell their deeeelish goods during the Apples in Stereo show (and no, they didn’t play the Stephen Colbert song). Baar happens every Wednesday at the Magic Stick, so come on down to check it out. Who knows, maybe you’ll find a cool treat […]

Speaking of online happenings, here are some hearted blogs by Michigan makers that were recently stumbled across.
+ Amie’s Enamor
+ Courtney’s Two Straight Lines
+ Danielle’s Gold School (And congratulations to Danielle on her recent engagement!)
And lest I forget to self plug, I actually have a new Phantom Limb blog as well.

This week has been all about online happenings, hasn’t it? Thanks to a tip from commenter Bruno on our HGTV post, I signed up for Curbly today, another online community for people who love to show off handiwork from the home. Here’s Curbly’s decription:
Curbly is a Web community for people who love where they live. […]

YES! Finally, my inner nerd and crafter can merge into one uber cyber dork, all thanks to HGTV’s plans to launch “Rate My Room” on Monday, Feb. 26.

In keeping with our “don’t miss this fabulous XXX,” the latest issue of CROQ zine has hit the newsstands and is chocked full of great crafty info. You can pick up copies over at Etsy.
(And if that doesn’t motivate you, this issue features some deeelish reports by yours truly. Be like my mom and pick […]

In case you missed it, Henrietta Fahrenehit recently launched a blog. Make sure to check it out!