Stephanie Tardy Duimstra is a founding member of Handmade Detroit and the Detroit Urban Craft Fair. Stephanie left Handmade Detroit in 2012 after moving to Lansing, Mich. She continues to make paper goods under the name Type Shy and also runs Hip Hip Handmade Shows, a site for indie craft fair vendors.
Planning is moving along for DUCF v. 2 and there are a couple of things we can tell you about this year so far. + Applications to be a 2007…
Attention Michigan Crafters: It’s summer fair application season! If you’re like me, you’re starting to plot out your summer, so here are some local fairs we like … and a…
Don’t forget that you have until this Saturday to enter the Mitten Pin Photo Contest. Lots of great prizes to be won, plus your photo could be featured on an…
You must have a lot of wine corks! Lish wrote a Wine Cork Project Crawl last June that is always in our top searches, so I’d thought we’d revisit the…
Yo, it’s Sunday Crafternoon time again. And the weather is coming around to be just peachy, don’t you think? Join us from noon to 4 p.m. this Sunday (April 1)…
We want your Mitten Pin photos! Snap a creative, crafty or clever photo of your Mitten Pin and your photo could be featured on an upcoming DUCF poster. Take a…
Whew, the MT Blowout was this weekend, and we’re all still recovering. But I wanted to give a shout out to all the Michigan bands that supported Handmade Detroit this…
Sunday evening, join the women of Think Girl (and some of us) in a crafty benefit event for Alternatives for Girls. From the TG site: “CRAFT FOR A CAUSE: a…
A monthly gathering of rotating handmade artists from noon to 4 p.m. at the WAB in Ferndale. Grab a bite and see some creative, clever makers. Free and open to…
We’re really excited to be taking part in the first Craft Congress in Pittsburgh, which gathers 50 leaders from the indie craft movement. Here is a Venus story on the…