March is Craft Community Month
Wowza, it’s March already?!? According to the madness around the Handmade Detroit headquarters, the answer is yes. We’ve got a couple of really great shows in the next week: The…
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Beware of your craft supplies… Yikes!
Anyone read the back of a tube of craft glue recently? No joke: “This product contains a chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer. Harmful is inhaled…
Crafting at the thrift store
Talk about about a good night for craft finds! I stopped by my local Salvation Army and came away with these two things: A stained-glass form (I wonder what Glass…
Naughty Secretary Club wants you to craft on Etsy, Flickr
This is nifty! Naughty Secretary Club has joined the Etsy kids with Crafty Curios, a selection of bits and pieces for all your crafty needs. Here’s how Jennifer described the…
Knitting for a cause in Ferndale
I had a lovely time learning how to knit (can you believe of all the needle crafts that I do KNITTING isn’t one of them?!) with Amy this past Sunday…
Knit for a good cause this weekend
My good friend Amy Leang is starting a knitting group with a “do-gooder” twist. They’ll be working on goods to donate to charities here, there, and everywhere. The first meeting…
Upcoming Handmade Detroit events
Warning: You’ll want to get out your calendar before reading this post. These past weeks have been filled with booking some upcoming Handmade Detroit events. Hopefully this post won’t be…
Get involved at the Baar
Lish and Steph Members of Handmade Detroit were at Wednesday’s Baar Bazaar to sell their deeeelish goods during the Apples in Stereo show (and no, they didn’t play the Stephen…
Curbly has me hooked
This week has been all about online happenings, hasn’t it? Thanks to a tip from commenter Bruno on our HGTV post, I signed up for Curbly today, another online community…
HGTV to launch social networking for DIYers
YES! Finally, my inner nerd and crafter can merge into one uber cyber dork, all thanks to HGTV’s plans to launch “Rate My Room” on Monday, Feb. 26.