A New Naka Online!

One of Metro-Detroit’s most beloved indie gift shops and ultra-supporter of our local handmade scene, Naka, has relaunched their website! It has a gorgeous new design, and now has more…

Flint Handmade Craft City Call for Vendors Posted

Our friends at Flint Handmade have an exciting new show going on this summer! Here are the deets from their website: Flint Handmade is taking over the sidewalk next to…

Craft in America Returns with “Messages”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAoIjXOiSbc[/youtube] The PBS series Craft in America will be airing a new installment on Tuesday, May 24 at 8 p.m. The installment is titled “Messages” and will explore how artists…

Apply to Maker Faire Detroit Craft Faire

Can you believe it’s almost time for Maker Faire Detroit again?! We’re getting pretty excited with planning and brainstorming for this year’s event. We’re pleased to announce that Handmade Detroit…

We’re headed to Midwest Craft Caucus in June

If you’re a crafty business owner from the Midwest — or thinking about trying your hand at selling your crafts — then you should know about the Midwest Craft Caucus,…

Shop at Flint Handmade’s Spring Craft Market

After checking out the opening day of The Rust Belt Market, head north and shop at Flint Handmade’s Spring Craft Market! The fourth annual market features 35+ crafters and is…

Learn to Sew at Motor City Sewing

Sarah from Motor City Sewing shared this information with us for her new sewing series. You can contact Sarah at motorcitysewing [at] gmail [dot] com. Learning to sew is a…

Rustbelt Market gearing up for opening

There’s a lot of activity happening at the north west corner of Nine Mile and Woodward avenue in Ferndale. New crafy entrepreneurs Chris and Tiffany Best have a vision for this…

Craft Revival and Green Week Start Saturday!

Can you believe it?! With gorgeous weather and sunnier days, I’m feeling pretty confident that spring is here. I’m usually even more confident spring is here when it’s time to…

Rotary Cutting Tips

We’ve got quilting on the brain around these parts! It started off with helping out the Quilts for Quake Survivors project at our latest Social Circle meeting up i3 Detroit…