Posts Categorized: Inspiration

Seriously, Craft-o-ween

Craft-o-ween! Tonight! Magic Stick! Bring ya friendz! You could win this amazing handmade bag from Suburban Fringe. Or make some silly disguises.

Craft-o-ween is this Saturday!

If we’ve been sorta quiet around here lately, it’s only because we’ve all been busily prepping for our crafty Halloween event, Craft-o-ween, happening this Saturday, Oct. 4 @ the Magic…

CRAFT-O-WEEN!

Ask a crafter what their favorite holiday is and, most likely, they will say Halloween. Around these parts, it’s no different. We love designing costumes, making decorations and passing out…

Find a yarn shop with KnitMap

KnitMap is a neat site that allows you to search for a local yarn shop by location. A search for Detroit turns up lots of LYSs — some of which I’d never…

Weekly Reader: Love your art, block printing, Knitterpalooza

We had a little surge in Subscribers this week, so hello to everyone new! Each Friday, I post the stuff— cool projects, inspiring photos, call for artists, events – that…

My favorite craft de-stashing links

Craft Room – Side Wall by not quite vintage Realizing that I was going to be at emergency action level when Detriot Urban Craft Fair stuff starting appearing, I spent…

The coolest birdhouse I’ve ever seen

Build Your Own Mid-Century Modern Birhouse on Curbly

Weekly Reader: Back to school, DIY Street Fair, contest fun

Each Friday, I post the stuff— cool projects, inspiring photos, call for artists, events – that I bookmarked that week. I hope you’ll find something in here to inspire your…

Join Handmade Detroit on Good Reads

Handmade Detroit recently got a Good Reads account to post about some of the DIY and craft books we enjoy. If you’re on the site, please friend us! We are…

Keep scrappin’, kids.

What can I say. I saw this in Berkley on Saturday en route to the Berkley Front and laughed out loud. Words to live by, people, words to live by.