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Boozey 1950s crafts across a generation

I don’t know about you, but I had the best-ever Labor Day Weekend this year. Sure, it was great because I spent time with my family, slept in a bit,…

People’s Art Fest

I had a fantastic time at the People’s Art Festival this year! There were all sorts of great pieces of art and handmade crafts to see, and the music was…

Happy National Sewing Month

Twitter’s trending topics reminded me that today is the first day of September (no way!), but it didn’t remind me that today is first day of National Sewing Month. Yippee!…

These Ohio pins remind me of…

Well! We’ve got a Craftervid on the way, but until then, enjoy this lil’ gem from a recent road trip we took to visit Columbus’ Crafty Cotillion in August. I…

People’s Arts Festival this weekend!

The People’s Arts Festival is this weekend, and while Handmade Detroit will not have a booth there this weekend, you will certainly see a number of us in attendance there,…

DUCF 2009 vendor applications are live

Calling all handmade artists! The moment you’ve been waiting for is here! Vendor applications for 2009 are now on the Detroit Urban Craft Fair site. This year’s fair takes it…

Martha for $1

I was super excited to find “The Martha Rules” by Martha Stewart in my local Borders clearance bin a couple days ago for only $1! If there is any crafty…

Review: Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Crafts

The other weekend I sat down and had a date with Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Crafts. I’ll definitely be returning this book’s calls. OVERALL “Crafts” is the type of book…

Martha Stewart visits Fox 2… Sorta

How surprised was I to see Martha Stewart on Fox 2 the other week? Very surprised. She definitely wasn’t in the studio, but heck, close enough. She was promoting her…

DUCF is baaaacccckkkk!

Drumroll, please! Us kids here at Handmade Detroit are extremely pleased to announce that the fourth installment of the Detroit Urban Craft Fair returns to its roots this year; get…