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Crafty contests galore

+ Happy Birthday to Whip up! They’ve got a Banner Design Competition to celebrate their one year birthday. You can win a cool pile of design books. + Indie Fixx…

Stitch ‘n’ Pitch: “Take me out to the craft game…”

As I was reading my brand-spanking-new issue of Adorn, I saw a wee blurb on Stitch ‘n’ Pitch, maybe the niftiest craft-sport crossover I’ve ever heard of. Or possibly the…

Sunday Crafternoon

Kick off event for our monthly arts and craft showcase @ the Woodward Avenue Brewers, Nine Mile and Woodward in Ferndale. More info here

Handmade Detroit street team

We’ve had so much interest in helping Handmade Detroit, that we are starting a simple volunteer street team. This is a really great opportunity to get involved with us. As…

Correct Sunday Crafternoon dates

Dear readers and potential SC vendors, It seems I have forgotten to take my medicine lately and thusly the dates for Sunday Crafternoon have been incorrectly listed on any e-mails…

Get yer crafty calendar!

Hey… Your month is simply naked without one! And you’ll have a handy reminder as to when you need to be at the WAB for the first-ever Sunday Crafternoon. I…

Announcing: Sunday Crafternoon

We’ve kept this one under our hat for long enough. Starting Feb. 11 we will be hosting a monthly afternoon of local artists and crafters at the WAB in Ferndale.…

Crafting a Wiki page. Or not.

Well. After spending some time reading the guidelines on how to create appropriate Wikiepedia pages, I decided to start one on Handmade Detroit. However, as I was in the middle…

TNNA needle goodness, with a side of Mary Kay

A note from Lish: Meet Christina Loff, on loan to us Mitten folks from the great state of California. One heckuva crafty gal, Christina recently attended the Needle Arts Association…

iCrafty irony

Look at what’s become of the 45 now… It’s keeping an iPod cozy! What are some of your favorite ways to repurpose less-than-desirable records?