Lish Dorset

Lish is a founding member of Handmade Detroit and the Detroit Urban Craft Fair. She left Handmade Detroit in 2014.

Lish Dorset loves anything related to crafting. In addition to helping produce the Detroit Urban Craft Fair with Handmade Detroit, she's a freelance craft writer and daytime museum worker.

DUCF vendor announcements are out

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DUCF 2009 vendor list to be announced ASAP!

It’s an exciting time of year- the time when the vendors for the next 2009 DUCF are announced, yeah! (Sorry, I’ve had a lot of tea this morning.) We’re putting…

Eek! MICE! at the Market!

Not to worry, this is the good kind of mice! Join the MICE (Michigan Indie Crafters on Etsy) group this weekend at the Ann Arbor Sunday Artisan’s Market from 11…

Boozey 1950s crafts across a generation

I don’t know about you, but I had the best-ever Labor Day Weekend this year. Sure, it was great because I spent time with my family, slept in a bit,…

Happy National Sewing Month

Twitter’s trending topics reminded me that today is the first day of September (no way!), but it didn’t remind me that today is first day of National Sewing Month. Yippee!…

Shadow Art Fair Winter ’09 call for vendors

Looks like it’s time to apply for our favorite lil’ craft fair in Washtenaw County! From the fair’s web site: The big news today is that Winter Shadow Art Fair…

These Ohio pins remind me of…

Well! We’ve got a Craftervid on the way, but until then, enjoy this lil’ gem from a recent road trip we took to visit Columbus’ Crafty Cotillion in August. I…

Etsy and Paste magazine shop live Wednesday

Straight from Facebook! When? Wednesday, September 2 at 5 p.m. Eastern. Where? Etsy’s fun and interactive online meeting space, the Virtual Labs. http://www.etsy.com/virtual_labs.php Remember the Virtual Labs only holds 150…

Martha Stewart and Kmart break up

At least that’s how I like to think of it! For the Martha fans out there, get thee to a Kmart! As her line starts to disappear, you’ll find her…

Review: Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Crafts

The other weekend I sat down and had a date with Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Crafts. I’ll definitely be returning this book’s calls. OVERALL “Crafts” is the type of book…