Craft Festivals
August 30th, 2010 at 11:27am
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I stopped over at the CREATE with Cloth Paper Scissors Mixed Media Retreat on the 27th, and it was amazing! The first annual mixed-media weekend, hosted by Cloth Paper Scissors, featured arts and crafts workshops by renowned artists and crafters. People came from across the country (and even overseas!) to attend the retreat and learn [...]
Continue Reading The CREATE Retreat
Tags: Artist, event, mixed media, Painting, Quilting
By Karisa
August 2nd, 2010 at 02:41pm
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One of the coolest parts of the Craft and Hobby Association show was seeing all of the new crafting products that have just been released. While I was there I saw every type of die cutting machine imaginable, and even some that I’d never heard of before. There was a machine to cut fondant for [...]
Continue Reading CHA Recap: Die Cut Machines
Tags: CHA Trade Show, die cut machines, drawing, homemade party favors, paper crafts
By Karisa
July 9th, 2010 at 11:01am
Under Craft Festivals+ Jewelry Making+ Wearable Craft+ When Creativity Knocks
Nearly 20 years ago I was an Artisan’s sections of the Canadian National Exibition where there was a couple of guys selling some ”Self Made Jewelry”. The jewelry was unlike anything I had ever seen. One of the guys had a dentist friend… He was making some jewelry with false teeth. Before your cringe and think that’s pretty gross… there was something about [...]
Continue Reading Buying The Artist’s Vision and Stories
Tags: art, Buyer, Creativity, Customer, Design, Inspire, jewelry, Mikeyssmail, Passion
By Mikeyssmail
April 29th, 2010 at 07:25am
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One of my favorite parts of the International Quilt Festival in Chicago was visiting the classrooms to see what’s up and coming in the quilting world. The class that really stuck out to me was called “Snowball Quilts” taught by renown designer Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy. Fassett’s line of fabrics are stunning and [...]
Continue Reading International Quilt Festival: Vibrant Quilting
Tags: International Quilt Festival, kaffe fassett, Quilting
By Kristen
April 28th, 2010 at 02:26pm
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Recently I attended the International Quilt Festival in Chicago, Illinois. It was the first quilt festival I’ve been to and I was quite intrigued. When I first walked into the room it was like nothing I’ve ever seen before. There were award-winning quilts hanging up for all to see, booths to my left, booths to [...]
Continue Reading International Quilt Festival: Embellishments
Tags: embellishment, glitter, quilt show
By Christine
December 4th, 2009 at 04:12pm
Under Craft Festivals+ Green Crafting
This weekend, December 5 and 6 is the holiday edition of the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago. I’ll be attending on Saturday to check out the 150+ indie-crafters and designers that will be showcasing their work. I’m excited to see how holiday crafting trends are shaping up in the indie-crafting world. Often times indie-crafts take [...]
Continue Reading Holiday Renegade Craft Fair, Chicago Part 1
Tags: burlap works, earth cadets, Green Crafting, renegade craft fair chicago
By Kristen
August 14th, 2009 at 10:55am
Under Craft Festivals+ Guest Post+ Jewelry Making
Hey Crafters,
I’d love to take the opportunity to share an event going on this weekend that Ruthie & Friends of Chubby Craft fame will be participating in: The 40th annual art in the park. Featuring music and arts and crafts! This crafts fair will be held at Susana Street Park in downtown Martinez.
Art in [...]
Continue Reading Guest Blog Amy White: Art in the Park
Tags: arts and crafts, crafting show, crafts, jewelry, magnets
By Amy
May 19th, 2009 at 09:37am
Under Craft Festivals+ Events
It’s Spring! And soon it will be Summer. I love the warm weather, I can just sit in the sun all day long and get nothing done and be ok with that. This is my favorite time of year because warm weather means arts and crafts shows! I don’t even have my own house yet, [...]
Continue Reading Upcoming Arts & Crafts Shows
Tags: art and craft shows, Craft Festivals, upcoming events
By Christine
April 15th, 2009 at 02:56pm
Under Craft Festivals+ Events+ Quilting
The International Quilt Festival is making its way to the Chicagoland area this weekend. Starting tomorrow night (with a preview) and running through April 19th, crafters, quilters and quilt lovers can stop into the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill. to experience the festival. In addition to the 1,000 quilts on display, there [...]
Continue Reading International Quilt Festival
Tags: International Quilt Festival, Quilting
By Mindy
February 9th, 2009 at 10:16am
Under Craft Festivals+ Crochet+ Knitting
Last week my mom mentioned that she saw an ad for the Fifth Annual Pittsburgh Knit and Crochet Festival. Once I got over the initial shock of hearing Pittsburgh and crochet in the same sentence*, I went to the website to check it out. The 2-day festival coming up this weekend features book signings, presentations, [...]
Continue Reading Qiviuk, Prehistoric Animal Fiber
Tags: Craft Festivals, Crochet, Knitting, qiviuk
By Mindy
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