Crafty Events

DIY Street Fair in Detroit

The peeps at Handmade Detroit tip us off to this new event happening in Ferndale called DIY Street Fair, which happens this weekend. Here’s what you can expect: This free 2-day event invites artists, hand-made crafters, local and national businesses, non-profit groups and organizations, musicians, local restaurants, michigan brewers and others who live and work […]

Mindy Sue Meyers Stitchalicious Show

Fibers artist Mindy Sue Meyers is having her ASU graduate thesis show opening next Monday, and if you’re in the area, there’s no excuse not to be there. She creates delicious soft sweets and skillfully crafted domesticities like aprons and faux-foods. I’ll be going and taking pictures to share after the opening. Mindy writes: In […]

American Maker Schedule

American Maker is this Saturday [September 20th, 2008] at The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. We have a great schedule of Makers on the web site, including links to all the projects that will be on display. If you are in the Chicago area you really shouldn’t miss this event, there is going […]

Faberge-style egg contest at Instructables

Faberge-style egg contest at Instructables

An odd premise, for sure, over at the Instructables Faberge-style egg contest: The brilliantly bejeweled Easter eggs of 19th century Russian artist Peter Carl Fabergรƒยฉ are a hallmark of miniaturist engineering and craftsmanship. Forbes magazine’s late, great publisher Malcolm Forbes was an avid Fabergรƒยฉ collector, building a set of eggs and objets d’art even a […]