Marketing Crafts: Renegade Craft Fair
Posted by Lisa Anderson Shaffer
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Say Hello to Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market, San Francisco!
Posted by Lisa Anderson Shaffer
December 2011 marked the 3rd Annual Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market in San Francisco. Third times a charm indeed! This year's Market was a huge success and boasted crowds over 15,000 for the weekend.
New Store Feature: Selling Electronic Files
Posted by Axel McCarthy
Just before the new year, we released a much requested feature: the ability to sell electronic files, or downloads, from your IndieMade stores.
How to Sell your Art: Create a Strategic Plan
Posted by Jennifer Rapp Peterson
Author and artist Janet Bloch shares her marketing secrets with IndieMade. Her best kept secret? Make a plan. A Strategic Marketing Plan to be exact.
Craft Business News: Bazaar Bizarre Holiday Craft Show Hits San Francisco
Posted by Lisa Anderson Shaffer
Friday December 3 & 4 marked the 5th annual Bazaar Bizarre Holiday Craft Show. Crafters from all over the Bay Area and beyond set up shop at the San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center to display their rocking wares for the weekend. Bazaar Bizarre was more than just your ordinary craft fair!
Find Creative Inspiration by Moving Out of Your Comfort Zone
Posted by Jennifer Rapp Peterson
Novelist Molly Moynahan moved out of her comfort zone and found creative inspiration by attending Gong Lab's Suite for Dreamers.
a guest post by Molly Moynahan
At 50 + I sometimes feel I’ve earned my place on the couch, in bed, watching television or reading Oprah, congratulating myself on my specialness, cat on lap, chocolate at the ready. And then it hits me that I am becoming one of those people I once pitied, inert, pathetic, declining opportunities to be creatively moved to remain static.
Holiday Design Bazaar Benefits the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy Fine Arts Program
Posted by Lisa Anderson Shaffer
Saturday November 19, 2011 was the second annual Holiday Design Bazaar at the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood. A truly special event, this annual fundraiser, in collaboration with local craft superstars, helps to raise money to support the public elementary school's fine arts programming. Crafters pledged to donate 25% of their sales from the day to help the cause. This year's event was brimming with wonderful local vendors and family and friends of the Harvey Milk school. I took some tim
Sifu Design Studio Helps Knitters Master Their Craft
Posted by Darlene Ostrowski
Years ago, Lisa Whiting was teaching a Japanese-speaking friend to knit in exchange for language lessons. When Whiting moved away to Chicago, her friend asked her, "What am I going to do without my knitting sifu?"
"Sifu" means "master" or "teacher" in Japanese and, Whiting says, "I was so honored that I decided that would be the name of my company."
Studio Sweet Marie and Kitty Mae's Millery and Accesories Holiday Block Party
Posted by Jeanne Connolly
I am thrilled to report that one of the most amazing fashion design mentors in the Denver community, Lisa Elstun of LRE Couture, has just launched her latest and greatest collection called Sutra by Ellery! The kick off for this new line was at a block party featuring over a dozen designers at both Studio Sweet Marie a