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This Week in Craft Fairs Here it is - you've waited all week! The craft fair blog post. As always, if you know of an event that you want to add to our online calendar, then please, take the initiative! And if you have a call for vendors you'd like listed, I want you to (please send only the details I include in this post: name of event, location, date, fee for vendors, and application deadline). Thank you, my crafty friends!Coming Up This Weekend:Divisadero Art WalkSan Francisco, CAThursday, Sep. 2, 5pm - 9pmCowtown Indie BazaarFort Worth, TXSaturday, Sep. 4, 9am - 6pmFirst Friday Craft MarketKennett Square, PAFriday, Sep. 3, 2pm - 8pmFirst Sunday ArtsAnnapolis, MDSunday, Sep. 5, 12pm - 5pmbrisStyle Indie Designers MarketBrisbane, AustraliaSaturday, Sep. 4, 9am - 2pmContests:Worldwide Embroidery Design CompetitionEntry submission deadline: Oct. 1Call For Vendors:4th Annual Holiday Hit List!San Diego, CASunday, Dec. 5Fee: $100Deadline to apply: Nov. 14Indie EmporiumTulsa, OKFriday, Oct. 29 - Saturday, Oct. 30Fee: $85 - $130Deadline to apply: Sep. 10St. Martin's UCC Craft FairDittmer, MOSaturday, Sep. 11Fee: $20Deadline to apply: Sep. 10Cornucopia Fall Festival & Craft FairChicago, ILSaturday, Oct. 9Fee: $30Deadline to apply: Sep. 304th Annual Flint Handmade Holiday Craft MarketFlint, MISaturday, Nov. 27Fee: $10 - $20Deadline to apply: Sep. 30Crafty SupermarketCincinnati, OHSaturday, Nov. 20Fee: $65Deadline to apply: Sep. 15Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Events | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |
Handmade Video Portrait: Domestikate Tara Young at Etsy is at it again with a video profile of Kate Fix, aka Domestikate: I first met Kate Fix, also known as Domestikate, at her home in Graham, North Carolina. I was there to peruse the nearby Liberty Antiques Festival, one of the largest secondhand shows on the East Coast. Lost amidst the sea of treasures, I was lucky enough to have Kate as mentor in the arts of the vintage hunt, her distinct scanning methods leading us to her favorite haunts. My intrepid guide is both a filmmaker in New York and a vintage dealer in rural North Carolina. Kate's unusual aesthetic serves her well down south. While most folks at the local country auction are looking for rustic butter churns and precious knick knacks, Kate goes for the most unexpected pieces on the auction block. Prosthetic limbs, champagne fountains, outsider art, kitschy jewelry, plastic telephones from the '80s -- nothing is too kooky for this lover of the unusual.Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Vintage | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |
Vintage Halloween Pillows Check out these vintage-inspired Halloween pillows from My Paper Crane's Heidi Kenney. Taking some old images, she enlarged them in Photoshop and had them printed on fabric, and turned them into pillows. Love it. Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Halloween | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |