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Interview with Jen Hartman of PeachyTuesday

Interview with Jen Hartman of PeachyTuesday

By ellie on June 23, 2010

Based in Lancaster, PA, Jen Hartman designs hand cut, hand stitched hair accessories and up-cycled clothing, using bright colorful felt, buttons and fabric. I talked to Jen about her inspiration, beginnings and how she balances crafting with raising her two daughters.

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Posted in Featured Artisans, Uncategorized | Tagged accessories, children, clothing, community, craft, craft fairs, design, etsy, fabric, fashion, handmade, harrisburg, interview, PA, philadelphia, sewing, upcycle | 11 Responses

New column: what IF???

New column: what IF???

By megan on June 2, 2010

This week’s challenge: slither (read on for details) What if I made a New Year’s resolution to challenge myself consistently?  What if this challenge involved a weekly prompt to jumpstart my creativity?  What if this creativity led to experimentation with different artistic mediums and styles?   What if this became addictive? “Contagious” by Paula Mills Illustration [...]

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Posted in Challenge | Tagged art, challenge, community, craft, design, handmade, illustration, illustration friday, PA | 9 Responses

Why I choose to spend more

By nick on June 2, 2010

Scoutie Girl’s recent post ‘5 times I choose to spend more‘ reminded me of my daily choices and how I’m proud they’re normally not related to the cost but about quality. My son Alex My son Alex has a wooden bowl we bought from an artist I know (Ed Youtz of Emmaus). The bowl cost [...]

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cheap, community, craft, handmade, PA, scoutie girl, spend more, value | 6 Responses

New Freedom Fest - Call for Artists

New Freedom Fest – Call for Artists

By nick on May 24, 2010

Applications are now being accepted for New Freedom Fest 2010, an annual event held in heart of downtown New Freedom, PA in Southern York County.  This year’s event will take place Saturday, September 18, 10am to 4pm. In addition to the art and craft market the fest boasts live music, food, activities for kids and, [...]

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Posted in Events | Tagged art, community, craft, craft fairs, Events, handmade, new freedom fest, PA | Leave a response

Convenience

Convenience

By nick on May 19, 2010

Ply-split braiding by David Fraser You love handmade craft, but you wish it were more conveniently found. The thing is handmade craft will never be as immediately accessible as cheap goods at a big box store. Nor should it be. Instead of wishing the handmade world would bend to our convenience-loving needs, we should try [...]

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Posted in Activism | Tagged art, brick and mortar, community, craft, gifts, handmade, harrisburg, lancaster, local, PA | 3 Responses

TeamHiP

By nick on May 11, 2010

Do you want to support artists you see on Handmade in PA? Well, now it got even easier. TeamHiP is an Etsy street team comprised of artists and makers featured on this blog. Below is a sampling of what you can find when you go to etsy.com and type in ‘teamhip‘ to find members of [...]

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Posted in Etsy Street Team | Tagged accessories, baby, ceramic, children, clothing, community, craft, etsy, fabric, fashion, fine art, Glass, handmade, Home Decor, painting, Photography, teamhip | 10 Responses

Make it yours

By nick on May 10, 2010

I was listening to NPR on the way to work on Friday and a comment struck me. It got me thinking about handmade craft and how to set your work apart from the pack. The story was about Gustavo Dudamel, music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He was talking about taking a piece of [...]

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Posted in Marketing Tips, Tips, Uncategorized | Tagged art, community, craft, creativity, design, fine art, handmade, inspiration, PA, style | 4 Responses

A Day In The Life: Wendy Edsall-Kerwin

A Day In The Life: Wendy Edsall-Kerwin

By michelle on April 30, 2010

This week I am excited to bring you the gorgeous metalsmithing of jewelry artist Wendy Edsall-Kerwin. I have been in awe of her work for quite some time, and I thought it was time to share it with you. I am pleased that Wendy is also a member of the HiP Street Team! Enjoy a day [...]

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Posted in Day in the Life of, Uncategorized | Tagged community, craft, guild, handmade, harrisburg, Jewelry, lancaster, PA | 2 Responses

Share your skills

By nick on April 26, 2010

from Lancaster Yarn Shop (flickr) The craft community is wide and varied, and really falls into two distinct sub-groups. There’s the baby-boomer generation full of life-long craftsmen and women, and the combined force of gen-Xers and millenials building up or now expanding their craft careers. It’s a seriously great time for handmade craft. There’s clearly [...]

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Posted in Activism, inspiration, Uncategorized | Tagged community, craft, handmade, PA | 5 Responses

Team-ing with craft

By nick on April 23, 2010

Ok, you already know this, but Pennsylvania rocks at making things. What if we all knew each other and could rattle off who made what and where they lived? That would be an amazingly powerful network. Well, that’s the idea of growing our Etsy street team. Joining, participating in and creating groups can be a [...]

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Posted in Etsy Street Team, Uncategorized | Tagged community, craft, etsy, handmade, lancaster, PA, philadelphia, pittsburgh, reading | 2 Responses

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