See update at bottom of page for current information.

Last week, I put out a call for stores, shops and galleries in PA that carry handmade crafts for sale. With thanks to the HiP community, there’s now nearly 100 listings on the Handmade in PA Google Map.

I’m ecstatic! But I know there’s many, many more than 100 galleries, shops and stores in PA selling handmade crafts. Lets make this something bigger and tap into the power of the collective. I think we can easily double or triple this list. What do you think? You wanna help? Its easy. Here’s how…

1. Think of your neighborhood brick & mortar store carrying handmade.
2. Go to the Handmade in PA Google Map.
3. Type the gallery name and/or street address, city in the search bar.

Once you find the shop or the address, you can add it to the Handmade in PA Google Map by doing the following steps:

1. Click ‘Save To…’ under the map listing (see image). You may need to make a Google account if you don’t have one already.

2. Then make sure ‘Handmade in PA – Map’ is selected from the dropdown and click ‘Save’ (see image)

3. You’re done! I’ll take it from there and add the special shopping bag icon and then sort it into the bigger HiP map listing. And it’ll look like this:

If the above is just too much work, I still love love love receiving emails about shops at nick@pacrafts.org, tweets to @handmadeinpa or comments below with name and address, city.

And by all means, rate the map and leave reviews for the shops and galleries. Go to the HiP Google Map and click ‘Rate this map‘ in the top left corner.

Thanks everyone.

Update: I’m still accepting addresses (leave them in the comments below), but due to a Google Map error the map is replicating information over each of the 100+ listings on the HiP map. I had to remove open collaboration for the time being. I’ll update everyone once its back online. Thanks for the dozens of submissions today. And cross your fingers this gets resolved or we’ll have to start over. Sigh.

I’ve been feeling particularly scattered lately. I think its a combination of spring fever and planning out trips and adventures over the summer months. Clearly I need to make a list. If you need to make some lists too then here are some styling ways to store them.

The most frequent question I get related to this blog is: Where can I find and buy handmade crafts at a brick and mortar store in my hometown?

Buying from a a brick and mortar does three things immediately:

1. You support your local community (3/50 Project for how it works)
2. You support your neighbor artist
3. It just feels good – and that’s important

To help everyone accomplish this task of handmade shopping nirvana, I’m pulling together a Google map of shops, galleries, museum stores, gift shops, consignment shops and everything in between that sell Pennsylvania-made art & craft in Pennsylvania.

I need your help. So what makes sense for inclusion on this handmade map? Only physical locations that sell Pennsylvania-made craft (no restaurants or coffee shops). Please leave your favorites below in the comments section or email me (nick@pacrafts.org) if you’re feeling particularly helpful. All I need is the name, street address and city.

If you want to help more closely on this project, shoot me an email. Setting up a Google Map is way easy and I can share it with a group of contributors. Happy shopping.

Editor’s Note: I made a few updates to this post. I added the links to the map, which wasn’t ready to show at the time of the original post.

If the act of making craft were the key to selling craft, there would be millionaire artists all over the place. But that’s not the case. Marketing your craft can be the hardest part of running a successful craft business. And if you’re new to making, you may be overwhelmed by where to start.

The PA Guild of Craftsmen has a wide range of craft-relevent business classes scheduled in the next two months. All classes are managed by the Guild but occur at three locations. Registration is online and easy. Plus you’re going to recognize a few names below.

At HACC in Harrisburg:

• March 10 – Social Media with Ken Mueller

At Millersville University:

• February 27 – Photoshop for Artists with Jeri Robinson
• April 17 – Business Basics with Megan Auman
• April 17 – Wholesaling for Artists with Megan Auman
• May 11 & 12 – No Excuses Arts Marketing with Alyson Stanfield

At Guild’s headquarters in Lancaster:

• March 20 - Blogging your Passion for Craft with Tara Gentile
• March 27 - Starting an online shop with Sara Selepouchin
• March 27 – Running a Successful online shop with Sara Selepouchin

While the year is still new, take a craft business class and see where it takes you.

Passionately detailed ceramics by Mariko Swisher, Lancaster.

Wanna submit your own 5 handmade stops in a county or town or region of PA?  Just send five links to nick@pacrafts.org.

Full disclosure.  I love the Lancaster arts community.  Its vibrant and lively and expresses itself in all shapes.  Be sure to comment below with your favorite stops as well.

1 – Hands-on House Children’s Museum – Bring the kids and take them to this ingeniously engaging museum.  Exhibits such as Corner Grocery and Marty’s Machine Shop get kids thinking about the world around them.  Their philosophy of childhood learning is simple: it lasts longer if it’s more fun, and it’s more fun if it includes doing.

2 – Keystone Art & Culture Center – Located in a renovated warehouse at 420 Pearl St, this is a working foundry that also offers educational programs.  Remember to visit the gallery and studio each 4th Friday for a bronze pour!

3 - Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen – The Guild’s headquarters and small store of handmade, locally-made crafts is at 252 N. Prince St.  The office also doubles as workshop space with upcoming classes in March on blogging, clay mono-printing and etsy tricks.  If you don’t know much about the Guild, its a wonderful resource for emerging and established makers.  Stop in to say hello.

4 – Rachel’s Creperie and Square One Coffee – At this point in the trip, you’ll want to take a moment to refuel and Rachel’s at 308 N. Queen St is a perfect stop for handmade crepes (breakfast, lunch and dessert crepes).  If you’re looking for a quick jolt, head to 145 N. Duke St for for fair trade, organic coffee roasted in-house at Square One Coffee.

5 – Creative House of Lancaster (CHL), Creative Works of Lancaster and Skill Share Collective – these aren’t locations you can stop in but they’re social network groups that provide opportunities for local artists.  Check out each site to learn about their offerings.

Where would you go from here? Share your favorite handmade stops in Lancaster in the comment section below.

This post is exclusively for you to share what you’ll be doing this weekend around the commonwealth.  Whether you’re planning time in the studio, a craft show stop or long weekend out of town.  Share with us.  And share your work on HiP’s group pool on Flickr.

I, for one, am heading to the Farm Show in Harrisburg.  I hope to walk my one-year-old around to see the sheep, alpacas and rabbits (here’s the for kids page).  Then I’ll make a necessary stop over at the food court for milkshakes.  And then maybe those fresh cut fries.

What else is there to do in Harrisburg while I’m there?

Use the comments section below to share your plans, shows or thoughts.

i’ll be at CAM on saturday morning, will you?

this is a great indie craft event in downtown lancaster featuring many of handmade in pa’s favorites! see you there!

and check out this ridiculously simple little tutorial I posted over at scoutie girl. i’m decorating on the theme “brown paper packages tied up with string” and made this little garland to add some punch to my walls!

fine crafts with bits of red.

silver focal center piece by holly gage

gyotaku by micheal reimer

handbound book by elizabeth gates

all exhibiting at the Pennsylvania Guild Fine Craft Fair in Lancaster this weekend.

Elizabeth Sterling and her husband John market their one-of a kind furniture and jewelry boxes at shows in the Northeast and Midwest, through their web site, and their etsy shop, so wabi sabi. Elizabeth shares her life and love of all things handmade, homemade, and homegrown in her blog so wabi sabi.

tree inspired crafts in copper, bronze and sepia.

leaf pendants by wendy edsall-kerwin

bark scarf by kachina martin

tree tray by adrian bergey

all handmade in Central PA and exhibiting at Art on the Farm this weekend in Lancaster.

Elizabeth Sterling and her husband John market their one-of a kind furniture and jewelry boxes at shows in the Northeast and Midwest, through their web site, and their etsy shop, so wabi sabi. Elizabeth shares her life and love of all things handmade, homemade, and homegrown in her blog so wabi sabi.