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.

Craft Fair Alert!

Don’t forget! Tomorrow is Craftin’ Outlaws in Columbus, Ohio, our friendly state to the south. If you’re in the mood for a road trip, check it out! ::This might also…

Happy Fall!

Today is the first day of fall, y’all! (Oh, that was great, really great.) Get out their with a brimmin’ cup of cider (what you add to it is your…

Web Crawl: Renegade Roundup

Did you get a chance to check out the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago last weekend? If not, take a look at some of these Flickr sets to get an…

Tampons get crafty

Well, this is a music clip of Ben Kweller at Austin City Limits, but look at how he “crafts” himself a nose-bleed remedy! (Sorry, I just thought everyone would get…

Argh! Get Your Hands off Me Booty!

Since today is National Talk Like a Pirate Day, make sure to take some time out of your schedule to craft your very own pirate! Ahoy!

Time for Renegade!

Good luck to all of our Mitten makers heading out to Chicago this weekend for the annual Renegade Craft Fair! If you feel like an impromptu road trip, make sure…

Project Crawl: Vintage Craft Books

I’ve been on a collecting kick for old craft books recently. This made me wonder… “Self, what does the World Wide Web have to offer?” The answer? P-L-E-N-T-Y. Photo courtesy…

Hollander’s, Ann Arbor’s book experts

Are you guys familiar with Hollander’s? You should be! Ever since I started hanging out in Ann Arbor on a semi-regular basis, I can’t resist this store and, more importantly,…

Flickr Find: Belated Friday Mosaic

Yeah, I’m missing the boat on these, but that all changes today! Here’s last week’s mosaic as we await today’s arrival! The original image back on Flickr. Thanks, ~Pippi~!

Oh, Martha…

Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh… oh, this is kind of really hysterical. Courtesy of Gawker, this new Martha Stewart project is a little off…