arts and crafts

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Not Your Grandma's Craft Corner

UPCOMING SHOWS & HAPPENINGS

Brooklyn Flea
Sundays
Lafayette & Vanderbilt Avenue (Fort Greene/Brooklyn, NY)
The largest outdoor market in New York City where crafters, collectors, record dealers, cheesemakers, and artisans unite to sell their wares on a 40,000-square-foot lot.

Art Star Craft Bazaar
Saturday, May 31st- Sunday June 1st
Penn's Landing Great Plaza, Columbus Blvd. btw. Walnut St. & Market St. (Philadelphia, PA)
Open-air market where emerging artists & crafters will be selling their wares to the public. Expect affordable, high quality, and extremely unique goods from a variety of media from 150 vendors while listening to live music by Falkonr and others bands.

Renegade Craft Fair
June 14th-15th
McCarren Park Pool, Lorimer Street btw. Driggs & Bayard (Williamsburg/Brooklyn, NY)
The 4th installment of what is becoming a DIY must.go features over 200 of the most talented craftsters nationally, around the globe and of course, locally.

Renegade Craft Fair
July 12th-13th
Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, Marina Boulevard & Buchanan Street (San Francisco, CA)
For this first time, this unique, D.I.Y. extravaganza is taking over the City by the Bay! Showcasing over 200 of the best crafters around, the happening, organized by Sue Daly, promises to be an annual event!

OTHER LINKS

ArtStarPhilly.Org- Gallery & boutique located in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia that exhibits and sells handmade work & limited edition products by emerging artists across the globe.

BazaarBizarre.com- This Boston-based craft fair started as a hodge-podge of friends and acquaintances cobbling together their handcrafted DIY wares to sell and staging an offbeat entertainment extravaganza.

Crafters.Org- Premiere web forum created to bring together hip crafters with a focus on the subject of crafting and diy projects and an emphasis on recycling, reusing and repurposing existing objects.

Cut+Paste.com- independent online shop that specializes in offering innovative and cute handmade clothing, jewelry, and gifts from crafters, artists, designers and makers worldwide. Incredible selection.

Etsy.com- Online marketplace to buy & sell handmade & DIY crafts, clothing, and anything else that is not mass-produced.

ForMe-ForYou.com- Fashion blog that favors individuality by mixing high street fashion and unique Etsy finds.

Trended.Blogspot.com- One girl's musing about all things fashion.

Glamorosi.Blogspot.com- Super fun blog written by Philadelphia-based jewelry designer Glamorosi.

IndieCollective.com- Collective of independently-owned businesses showcases artists, artisans, designers & many other facets of the creative arts community.

NEETmagazine.com- Quarterly online magazine showcasing and promoting "grassroots fashion and creativity" with a big slant on vintage clothes & global street style.

RenegadeCraftFair.com- Twice yearly craft fair in Brooklyn and Chicago focusing on hip items with a laid back atmosphere. Now with a store in Chicago full of handmade goodies.

Threadless.com- Ongoing t-shirt design contest where participants can submit designs and/ or vote for their favorites. Winning designers get to sell their tees on the site as well as walk away with cold hard cash.

Vintymag.Wordpress.com- Vintage obsessed blog & online shop specializing in pretty things and one-of-a-kind treasures.

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