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.
In celebration of our site redesign, we’re throwing a big ole’ crafty contest. There are a few ways to win and the best “redesigned” crafts can earn you some seriously…
It’s the middle of April. The Final Four buzz has ended, your taxes have been filed (hopefully) and the word “cleaning” is slowly following “spring” on a regular basis from…
Just a quick reminder that the deadline for applying to sell with Handmade Detroit at Green Street Fair is this Monday. Get all the details in this post.
Welcome to a new, occasional feature on Handmade Detroit: the Local Profile. Artists, makers, crafters — we got the skinny on people making fun stuff around here. First up is…
If you’ve found yourself looking at our new site and wondering what’s going on under hood, Dan has written up some of the more technical aspects of our redesign on…
In today’s Detroit News, columnist Amber Arellano asks “Will we lose the craft of automaking? She compares the recent popularity of craft making and the practices of urban gardening with…
A couple of quick vendor calls spotted around the web this morning: + Applications to be a vendor (or musician) at the 2009 Berkley Art Bash, to be held June…
Welcome to the new Handmade Detroit dot com! Take a poke around, won’t you? Quite a lot has been happening around here – all with the idea of strengthening Detroit’s…
You can RSVP and find out more on the Facebook event page.
A few people have e-mailed that they haven’t received a notice about Craft Revival yet. Yikes! It’s looking like something happened in transit to some of the notices. If you…