Learn to knit, spin, crochet; support cancer charities at Knit Michigan

Fiber lovers and aspiring ones will dig Knit Michigan, this Saturday (Feb. 2), in Bloomfield Hills. Although signup for the marathon is closed, you can still stop by the Market…

WalMart eliminates stitchery department

I happened to be looking at the DMC web site this evening and saw this news update from the embroidery floss company: We would like to advise you that Wal-Mart…

Handmade Detroit at the D Brand Summit

Handmade Detroit will be participating in the D Brand Summit next week at the Henry Ford in Dearborn, spreading some D-town love and showing off our goods. Here’s a little…

Spray paint e-cards

Now THIS is the kind of eValentine I like! send.a.message allows you to send a special greeting to the spray paint team, they paint it, your recipient gets three photos…

Etsy Valentine showcase

Holy crow! Weren’t we all just working on finishing our own Christmas/Hanukkah/Festivus gifts not too long ago?! Well, the holidays are moving on and Etsy is ready. They’ve got a…

Handmade Nation

This just in from Faythe out in Milwaukee. Keep up the good work- we can’t wait to see the final results! Happy New Year everyone! Just wanted to give you…

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…

CRAFT UPRISING @ Biddle Gallery this Friday

From the Biddle site: “CRAFT UPRISING: Creating a Design Revolution 3rd Friday, January 18, 6-9PM CRAFT UPRISING super fine crafters set up tables to sell their wares during Wyandotte’s 3rd…