Spoonflower sent out an email this morning announcing their latest fabric option for printing: Performance Knit. This material is designed much like the performance knits you’d purchase in active wear clothing, with benefits like moisture management. And, it prints … Read More...
Etsy Shop of the Week – Xylocopa
This week’s featured Etsy Shop is Xylocopa. Really, it’s more of an Etsy item of the week, because right now Xylocopa only has one item in their shop. But that item is so awesome, I couldn’t help but want … Read More...
Tips for Craft Shows – The Crafts Report
While compiling my list of resources for my post on craft show displays, I stumbled across this great article on The Crafts Report, explaining simple tips to make your craft show experience successful.
This is one of the best, … Read More...
Reminder: Image3D Giveaway! Ends 9/5!
Craft Gossip readers! Don’t miss your chance to win a customized viewmaster set, including a reel featuring your photos! That’s right, your photos, ready to share in one of the most fun methods ever invented for photo displaying. There are … Read More...
Mermaid Contest Winners – Doll Street Dreamers
Remember way back at the very beginning of the summer when I wrote about the Doll Street Dreamers Mermaid Doll Contest? Well, they’ve announced the winners. You can head over to this page and see all the winning dolls. … Read More...
How to Build your own Lightbox – Sculpt University
Here’s one to help out everyone looking to sell their crafts online or apply for juried shows. Sculpt University has a free article on how to create a lightbox
to take pictures in. Lightboxes, light tents, or soft boxes as … Read More...
A Peek into Fabric Design – Time for Tea
Fabric design is an art form becoming more and more accessible to crafters. Once the domain of large companies and artists, designing and printing your own fabric either through a service or at home has never been easier. But if … Read More...
Etsy Shop of the Week – Beach Cottage Boutique
This week’s featured Etsy shop is Beach Cottage Boutique. Beach Cottage Boutique sells exactly what it states it does: wonderful pieces you’ll want to build a beach themed cottage around. The store carries fabulous pieces of beach life–shells, starfish, … Read More...
Craft Shows: Designing a Display
One of the hardest parts of the craft show business is displaying your wares. After all your hard work in creating your product, whatever it may be, you must now decide on the best way to create an appealing shop. … Read More...
Doctor Who Heels – Doodle Craft
Doctor Who fans, stop what you are doing right now and head to Doodle Craft to check out these fabulous mismatched Doctor Who heels! My Tardis loving heart jumped for joy when I saw these. How fabulous is that … Read More...
Knit Your Revolt! – Crafting in Protest
All across Australia, knitters are uniting in protest against what they see as an undeniable turn towards misogynistic and right wing politics. How, you might ask, are they accomplishing that? By crafting in protest. 18 craft groups and 100 + … Read More...
Etsy Shop of the Week – Pahlish
This week’s featured Etsy shop is Pahlish. Have you ever thought about buying nail polish on Etsy? I didn’t until I spotted the fabulous line of handmade colors being offered by Pahlish. The Arkansas based shop offers all sorts … Read More...
Lab Glass – Vinegar and Brown Paper
Here’s a fun take on etched products. Need some acidic wit in your life? What about creative juices, extract of genius, or suspension of disbelief? If you’re in need of any of those, then Vinegar and Brown Paper has you … Read More...
Typewriter Sculpture – Jeremy Mayer
Jeremy Mayer is taking unconventional material sculpture to new levels. Mayer builds large, intricate sculptures entirely out of typewriter parts, without gluing, soldering, welding, or adding things not found in typewriters. It might sound simple, but there’s nothing simple about … Read More...
Behind the Scenes at Pixar – Maker Camp
Remember Maker Camp? Google + and Make’s awesome virtual summer camp for teens (and other cool people…). Well today, Friday August 15th, they’re taking a backstage tour at PIXAR studios. What are they learning about? Creating characters out of … Read More...
Transfer Image onto Wood – Crafts Unleashed
I love transferring images onto different surfaces. And how gorgeous is the look achieved by using this method? Morena shares the how to over on Crafts Unleashed. I can see all sorts of applications for this for gifts or … Read More...
Etsy Shop of the Week – Jungle Tribe
This week’s featured Etsy shop is Jungle Tribe. Jungle Tribe is the work of a set of twins, mysterious nomadic men who are inspired by the world around them. And what do they do with this inspiration? Craft quality bags … Read More...
Board to Follow: AnthroFave
Anthropologie is one of the most talked about stores in the DIY community. And in case you’re still wondering why, check out the AnthroFave board on Pinterest. AnthroFave is part of the official Anthropologie boards, but its curated by … Read More...
Freehand Gallery Anniversary Sale
It’s that time again, the Freehand Gallery 33rd Anniversary Sale! If you’ve been waiting to buy gorgeous pieces from the contemporary gallery of American craft, then this is the time. From Aug 10th to Aug 31st, you can find … Read More...
New Takes on Macrame
Crafts have serious history, just like people. And just like people, sometimes it’d be nice to forget what that craft looked like back in the seventies. Like Macramé. The words brings up memories of those thin booklets from the seventies … Read More...