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.

It’s Super Bowl day, grr!

I’m not going to lie- not the biggest Super Bowl fan. So what have I been doing today? Crafting- surprise! Here’s my set-up for the game. Are you guys football…

Thing-a-Day and Detroiters

Hey kids! It’s Feb. 2- who’s signed up for Thing-A-Day?! Amy and I have already been posting our projects, but we’d love to know who else from Detroit, and the…

Why do you craft?

Thanks to everyone for some really great insight, on both sides, on our post dealing with how consumerism and crafting mix. Keep it going! Over on Stephanie’s personal blog, she…

Product review: Martha Stewart Photo Frame Kit

Photo snapped before peeling. This is what I get for buying something on clearance. I keep buying these Martha Stewart craft kits to review hoping that the quality control will…

Crafters, I want your opinion

Steph and I had a great chat yesterday (while making, of course) about what it means to be all-things DIY. She mentioned this supposed-to-be CRAFT column by Jean Railla, now…

WalMart eliminates stitchery department

I happened to be looking at the DMC web site this evening and saw this news update from the embroidery floss company: We would like to advise you that Wal-Mart…

Handmade Detroit at the D Brand Summit

Handmade Detroit will be participating in the D Brand Summit next week at the Henry Ford in Dearborn, spreading some D-town love and showing off our goods. Here’s a little…

Spray paint e-cards

Now THIS is the kind of eValentine I like! send.a.message allows you to send a special greeting to the spray paint team, they paint it, your recipient gets three photos…

Etsy Valentine showcase

Holy crow! Weren’t we all just working on finishing our own Christmas/Hanukkah/Festivus gifts not too long ago?! Well, the holidays are moving on and Etsy is ready. They’ve got a…

Handmade Nation

This just in from Faythe out in Milwaukee. Keep up the good work- we can’t wait to see the final results! Happy New Year everyone! Just wanted to give you…