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New Store Feature: Coupons

You wanted to be able to offer discounts on the products for sale in your IndieMade stores -- well, now you can. Last week we rolled out a much-requested new feature, Coupons.

Sample Shopping Cart with Coupon

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Eclectic, Bohemian Up-cycling of Furniture and Fashion - Interview with Jeanne Connolly of Vintage Renewal

Posted by Jennifer Rapp Peterson

Jeanne Connolly is a masterful, indie furniture and fashion designer. Her work starts with taking something that exists (vintage furniture and fashion) and recreating it into a new thing of beauty. She uses a clever combination of color and fabric in each of her one of a kind (OOAK) designs. Take some time to check out her store and her "sold" galleries. Her work is inpirational. www.vintagerenewal.com. I was thrilled when I discovered her on IndieMade!

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DIY Trunk Show showcases the best of the Midwest

Posted by Darlene Ostrowski

Chicago's holiday shopping season kicked off with a bang on Saturday, Nov. 19 with the DIY Trunk Show (http://www.diytrunkshow.com), the city's largest Midwest-focused craft fair. Shoppers packed the Broadway Armory, the show's new Edgewater location, to stock up on everything from handmade holiday cards to stuffed monsters to one-of-a-kind pens.

Local crafters Amy Carleton and Cinnamon Cooper launched the show in 2003, and it's since been taken over by the Chicago Craft Mafia, an organization of local craft business owners.

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Taking Over the World, One Ring at a Time

Posted by Darlene Ostrowski

As an artist and crafter, Rebeca Mojica understands how important it is to use the highest-quality supplies one can find. But when she started her online chainmaille jewelry and supply company, Blue Buddha Boutique (http://www.bluebuddhaboutique.com), in 2003, finding the materials she needed seemed easier said than done.

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Chicago's Gothic Crafters Celebrate Halloween All Year Long

Posted by Darlene Ostrowski

In October, even the most mainstream stores are filled with skulls, spiders, and vampires of all varieties, from sexy to scary. But for Chicago's gothic and dark alternative crafters, every day is Halloween.

These local artists create things that go bump in the night all year 'round, and spoke to IndieMade about creating art inspired by the darker side of life.

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Brick and Mortar: The Striving Artist

Posted by Kerry Burki

Here is our first post from Melissa Williams Netherton of ZD Studio. She is our San Diego Craft Correspondent.

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Handmade Market: Crafts and Cocktails in Chicago

Posted by Darlene Ostrowski

On a recent 80-degree Saturday afternoon, Chicago's Empty Bottle bar was transformed into the Handmade Market, one of the city's most popular craft fairs. Shoppers mingled with sellers over beers and mimosas, and even a dog or two was spotted wandering past the crafters' tables or snoozing by the bar.