Handmade Detroit

Yep, there’s a Crafternoon at the Woodward Avenue Brewers, 9 mile and Woodward Ave., this Sunday! I keep forgetting to post about it, but it’s totally happening. Because it’s a holiday weekend, we’ve moved it to 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Stop by on your way to the Jazz Fest or Belle Isle Races.
It’s still […]

Support your local crafty business! Take a look at this note from Kelly at Naka, and take action!
Dear Friends of Naka, I recently found out that Naka was nominated in the Best Gift Shop category of Vote 4 the Best, a contest for local businesses from Channel 4 (WDIV). Although it might be a […]

Love this adorable wedding proposal, disguised as an art opening. Bonus: Watch foam core being sliced with a giant computerized cutter all Mister-Rogers-like.
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCiThCeY2Uc

Via Craftzine.

This is my kind of lamp! Dang Argyle’s Courtney has been working hard on this great revamped owl lamp, which I’m sure will look fab in her new home. She posted this in her own LiveJournal account, but we’ve asked her to put it here, too, for everyone’s bloggy enjoyment.
“I spent the day today painting […]

Some fun stuff to read this morning as your day gets going:

The Heidelberg Project is turning 21! Buy it a shot, or check out this article in Model D.
The Detroit Free Press has a funny story on words you CAN’T put on your vanity plate. I guess “CRFTBTCH” is out…

And not related to Detroit at […]

Well, well! If you check out this post CRAFT blog post about the winners, you might see some Tiger love if you scroll down to the bottom! Just sayin’!

Learn more about this here.

I recently moved from a larger apartment to a smaller apartment. Yes, brilliant idea on my part. However, I somehow ended up with bigger closets, so I decided to go after my life-long dream of taking a closet and turning it into a crafting area. Take a look.

This is the before shot. Yuck. What a […]

Today’s Detroit News has a feature on Indie Style including a bunch of Detroit-based handmade artists. Very clever use of D in “Indie.” Click the picture to read an online version of the story.

Local artist Emily Gustafson has been working on a cardboard bird project this summer.  Aren’t these just fantastic? The birds have been popping up around town, including the Woodward Green Cruise this month and were even spotted at a Serenity Court show earlier in the summer.

Check out the Serenity Court MySpace for more photos […]