News
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 [...]
Share your craft
A recent post about the culture of cheap on the new Crafting an MBA blog got me thinking – A LOT – about the importance of talking about handmade and its essential role in our lives. As craft-makers and lovers, we sometimes think the act of making a craft is the most important part of [...]
girlscantell on sg & a special announcement
You can read a great interview with Sara, from girlscantell, over on Scoutie Girl! She shares the struggles she went through to make her crafting dream reality and the passion she has for craft, design, and community! And now for my special announcement: As many of you have probably suspected, it is becoming near impossible [...]
need some experience? I Made It! Market is looking for an intern.
Carrie Nardini – the brains and sheer force of will behind Pittsburgh’s I Made It! Market – is looking for an intern interested in gaining experience with all aspects of running an indie craft market! Here are the details: I Made It! Market, a nomadic indie-crafts marketplace is currently seeking an intern for the remainder [...]
HiP on Keystone Edge
Please check out the fabulous article on Handmade in PA on Keystone Edge! And for once, it’s not just me flapping my gums about the joys of buying handmade. You can also find Kate Gatski, John Sterling, and Nick Mohler flappying their gums! Seriously – this movement is huge (like you didn’t already know that!) [...]
are you ready for Art Star?
I am! Amanda and I will be going Sunday morning and we can’t wait to meet all you Philly peeps! I’ll be doing a series of posts on several sites over the next week and a half about Art Star. My first, is at Try Handmade. Check it out!
what trends are inspiring you?
photo by Kristen Von Hohen – “slip cast collage – presents” Last week, I got the exciting news that I would be writing for a new site put out by Artfire: Handmade News. Unlike The Storque, Handmade News seeks to report news from all over the craft & DIY community without emphasis on any particular [...]
Recent Comments