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.

Crafting your heritage

Happy Martin Luther King Day, crafters. I’m at home today, so I’ve been spending some time this morning reading blogs that reminded me of family, diversity and inspiration. I’m a…

The Columbia House of crafting?!

One of my favorite quotes from “Reality Bites” has to be from my hero, Vickie: My favorite part about graduating now will be dodging my student loan officer for the…

Scrapboxes and craftin’ offices

Last summer I moved and had the chance to make my own work area just for crafting. I thought mine was pretty creative. That was until I met the Original…

Happy 2008, crafters!

Well, the holidays are over and we’re back to business here at Handmade Detroit, getting ready for another good crafting year. Stay tuned for all sorts of FASCINATING posts and…

Issues finding “CRAFT?”

Ok, readers, I need help. I usually pick up my issue of CRAFT at the JoAnn in Canton. However, both the store in Canton and Westland haven’t had recent issues.…

While Christmas might be over…

…you can still think of looking ahead to Xmas ’08 and stock up in advance. May I suggest the following items to get your crafty winter brain in gear: ‘Tis…

Last minute gift shopping tonight at Holiday Baar Bazaar

Here’s just a sampling of some of the vendors you’ll find tonight at the Magic Stick! Birds Gather Mutant Love Quench Essentials Bath and Body Yummy Town Detroit GT Film…

Be our Facebook fan

We’re looking for a few good Facebook members! We’ve started a Handmade Detroit Facebook fan page over on the ol’ social networking site for y’all to show your love for…

Heidi Grace Fiskars scissors

If you’re looking for a cute stocking stuffer for the crafter on your list, try these sickly-cute Fiskars scissors brought to you by Heidi Grace. Yeah, we’ve all got a…

Handmade in New York Times

Check out this interesting article, Handmade 2.0, in the New York Times by Rob Walker. We met him back at Craft Congress this spring, and it talks about some of…