Handmade Detroit

Did you take the Buy Handmade Pledge yet? Need some help fulfilling that pledge? Here are just some of our favorite indie shopping blogs, full of picks to help you find handmade goods.
Stephanie’s picks:

My Design Scout has that fresh, clean, bright thing I like.
So does design is mine.
Some of my favorite indie artists get featured […]

I’ve already seen this posted a few times this morning, so I’m passing the love on!
Holiday Style File | Getting Ornamental

 
By Keri Smith
Chronicle Books
144 pages, $17.95, hardcover
August 2007
Last year, Steph and I went to the Allied Media Conference and sat in on a fun guerilla street art session. We learned about making wheat paste, the rules of the game, and who some of the big players are. If only we had this book for that […]

There are no less than 4 indie-inspired holiday art and craft shows happening this weekend. And the thing is, I’ve probably forgotten one or two.* I’ve updated the calendar on the left sidebar, so make sure to check them all out. Handmade Detroit will be represented in one way or another at all 4 of these (well, it […]

[ Dec 8, 2007; 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. ]

[ Dec 1, 2007; 5:00 pm; ]

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[ Dec 1, 2007; ]

[ Dec 2, 2007; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Double the number of handmade artists! 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (despite what it might say elsewhere) All ages. Free to browse!

Join us for what could be the last Crafternoon ever (see here for more info on the hiatus.) Click the flyer for more info on the December Crafternoon.

[ Dec 1, 2007; 12:00 pm; ]

Enter your handmade gift in Sublime Stitchmas and you could win a bunch of crafty prizes from Sublime Stitching, Chronicle Books and Naughty Secretary Club. Best of all, your designs will be featured on the Sublime Stitching and Chronicle Books web sites. Deadline to enter is Dec. 10th. More info on the Stitchmas contest page.