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.

Holiday Gift Idea: Cath Kidston Mending Kit

Cath Kidston Mending Kit By Cath Kidston $24.95 Chronicle Books I often have a hard time finding sewing gifts for my mom because she has SO many sewing-related things. But…

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Nikki McClure and Washington

You know you’re in Washington when… …There’s a ton of Nikki McClure goods everywhere you look. I’m in Seattle for work today, and took my lunch break to stop a…

Crafty holiday stamps?!

Maybe I’ve been working too hard on handmade Christmas gifts, but does this look like a knitting-approved holiday postage stamp? Perhaps! Meet Holiday Knits stamps!

Recycling=Christmas ornaments

I’ve already seen this posted a few times this morning, so I’m passing the love on! Holiday Style File | Getting Ornamental

Book Review: The Guerilla Art Kit

  By Keri Smith Chronicle Books 144 pages, $17.95, hardcover August 2007 Last year, Steph and I went to the Allied Media Conference and sat in on a fun guerilla…

Happy Thanksgiving!

…From Handmade Detroit!

Remembering Big Martha

In case you guys didn’t hear, Martha Stewart’s mom, Martha Koystra, died recently. There are some nice videos on Martha’s blog, as well as this story over on SFGate.

Martha Stewart crafts now accept Michael’s coupons!

WOOT! How surprised was I to find out that Michael’s is now allowing customers to use their weekly discount coupons toward their Martha Stewart Crafts purchases?! I happened to be…

Shop Detroit Dec. 1

This just in from the Detroit Synergy folks: Saturday, December 1, 2007 | 10am to 5pm There are holiday treasures to be found in Detroit at the fourth annual Shop…