Bethany Nixon

Bethany Nixon is a mom, wife, vintage collector, and crafter that leans a little to the weird side. The former organizer of Baar Bazaar in Detroit and thrifting addict makes notebooks, jewelry, embroidered art, clothes and accessories from all things vintage and then blogs about & sells them at RewareVintage.com, along with untouched vintage clothing. She is also on Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest for more inspiration, behind the scenes pictures, and possible oversharing. bethany@handmadedetroit.com

Kite Workshop Saturdays at the DIA

The DIA will be hosting a drop in workshop for all ages every Saturday through the month of June! Classes will be inside the Student Lunchroom from 12-4pm, and no…

Bizarre Bazaar at Theatre Bizarre Seeking Vendors

There’s a new art and craft show in the works on the grounds of Theatre Bizarre, and they are now accepting vendor applications! The fair will be Saturday, August 14th…

Happy Birthday, DIA!

The DIA turns 125 years young this week and in case you aren’t sure what to get them as a present, Channel 4 (WDIV) will be hosting an all day…

Call for Volunteers for Rethunk!

As you Lish wrote earlier here, this year Handmade Detroit’s Rethunk tent will have a new theme for the Green Street Fair this year – “Create Your Own Canvas”. We’ll…

Race for the Cure Crafty Fundraising!

Our crafty friend Liz is raising funds for the fight against breast cancer in a creative and green way – she is using past years’ Susan G. Komen Race for…

Support I3 Detroit on KickStarter.com!

Our friends at I3 Detroit are looking to move and expand their work space in order to host even more and bigger classes for the crafters, hackers and makers in…

Vote For Your Favorite “Let’s Save Michigan” Poster

The judges were so impressed with all the artist submissions for the “Lets Save Michigan” poster contest, that they just couldn’t narrow it down to 25 favorites – they had…

Oscar Party Crafting

This year at the Oscars, I’ll be cheering especially for Coraline – both for the craftiness of the movie, and it’s many Michigan references! Added bonus: Neil Gaiman, the author…

One Yard Wonders II looking for submissions

Rebecca and Trish, the ladies behind Storey Publishing’s “One Yard Wonders” announced this week that they are now working on a sequel to the hit book! OYW’s sister will be…

Craft Supply Swap this Sunday

Flint Handmade will be hosting it’s semi-annual Craft Supply Swap this Sunday at The Lunch Studio in downtown Flint! It’s completely free, and a great way to trade in any…