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

Mitten Pins for the Race for the Cure

We were thrilled when Team Rack Attack contacted us about teaming up together for a special fund-raiser pin for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure here in Detroit…

Introducing our Rethunk Vendors!

This year’s Rethunk booth is gonna be great, thanks to all of these people (the fantastic vendors)! The lineup is: Friday (Noon – 7pm): (sub)UrbanFringe White Dragon Essentials Juniper Johns…

Crafty Biz 103: Writing a Business Plan

Even if your crafty business has been around for a long time without one, you really should think about writing a business plan. Not only is a good business plan…

Guerilla Art Show recap

I was super excited to attend the Guerilla Art Show in Flint on Friday evening, held on the same night as Flint’s ArtWalk. The 625 Saginaw guys again put together…

Volunteers Wanted for Swap-O-Rama-Rama

Besides hosting the Rethunk Tent at the upcoming Green Street Fair in downtown Plymouth, May 1-3, Handmade Detroit is also happy to be hosting Swap-O-Rama-Rama again at the fair as…

Crafty Biz 102: Sales Tax

If you’ve made the decision to take your crafty business to the next level by being “legit” and registered your biz with the government (covered in Crafty Biz 101), it’s…

Crafty Biz 101: So you want to be legal?

We’ve got a new, awesome feature on Handmade Detroit for 2009. Please welcome our resident record notebook girl Beth, who will be posting about crafty business matters. You started out…

Call for vendors: Baar Bazaar

The Holiday Baar Bazaar will be on Friday, Dec. 12, in the Magic Stick, and will host 36 vendors this year! We are very excited to be hosting a great…

One Yard Wonders-ful!

Back in July, Stephanie wrote about Crafty Planet looking for submissions for their new book, One Yard Wonders. The book was looking for ideas for projects crafters could make using…

Dally in the Alley 2008

We thought we’d be nice and steal Beth’s post on what this year’s Dally DIY scene was like from her own blasted blog. THANKS, BETH! HA! Dally in the Alley…