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Call for Artists – October 9 craft show fundraiser (Lancaster)
post from Jen of PeachyTuesday. We are holding a HUGE Benefit craft show on October 9 for a 5 year old Lancaster boy, Antonio Forte that needs a full intestine transplant. My friend, Heather Gallagher, works with this awesome little dude’s mother (Monica) and she wanted to do what she could to help raise money [...]
Lauren Gray- The Haunted Hollow Tree & Says The Tree
Happy Summer! Outside- the fields and hills are bursting with life; settling into growth and being. Inside- we can create places for our own growth and being. Think beauty and light. Think Lauren Gray. I am entranced by her original artwork and her darling wooden creations. original fine art female figurative painting Schoolhouse- miniature wood [...]
Convenience
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 [...]
A Day In The Life: Wendy Edsall-Kerwin
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 [...]
Team-ing with craft
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 [...]
The Business Card Dance: It’s better to receive than to give
Guest blogger: Alyson B. Stanfield, author of I’d Rather Be in the Studio! The Artist’s No-Excuse Guide to Self-Promotion. Alyson is teaching a fabulous marketing workshop in Pennsylvania on May 11 & 12. Are you one of those artists who passes out business cards willy-nilly? Stop it! In the case of business cards, it’s much [...]
HiP map update
Two weeks ago when I posted directions on how the HiP community could help build Handmade in PA’s map, I discovered there was a bug with the map I had created. It was a widespread error within Google maps so it kinda hampered the building process. But now things are back up and I want [...]
Let’s Build a Handmade Map
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 [...]
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