Category Archives: The Business of Craft

Indie Banditas Bazaar – Coming November 27th & 28th

The Indie Banditas Bazaar is happening here on Bainbridge Island, WA on the Friday and Saturday of Thanksgiving Weekend (November 27th & 28th). It runs from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm both days. The venue is Woodward Middle School located on Sportsman Club Road (yay for lots of space!) I’m very excited to be participating…

The Business of Craft: Online Resources

I devour a wide range of business related media. If it’s available to be read or listened to sign me up. Here are a couple of my online favorites right now: Modish BIZtips – this is a new to me blog that I’ve been following for a couple of months now. It features articles by…

Spring Quilt Market 2009 – Samples for Brewer Quilting & Sewing Supplies

I arrived home last night from Quilt Market in Pittsburgh. Quite the whirlwind trip. I’ll be sharing pictures all week of the fabulous booths and wonderful people I had the opportunity to meet. I also brought back a ton of incredible new patterns and fabric samples which I’ll be giving away. A single drawing next…

Mini Pincushions in Print

Sew Simple Volume 11 should be on newstands now. It includes my pattern for the mini-pincushions. I received my gratis copy a couple of weeks ago. Very surprising to open it up and see my project on the cover! The editor contacted me last Spring to see if I had any projects that might be…

Craft Show – John Met Betty

More cuteness from the craft show. Coin purses made with vintage barkcloth and buttons by John Met Betty. Besides being another young, talented, vibrant and very cute crafter, Jill had a very simple yet effective display at the show: The baskets were built up on the inside so the coin purses rested just near the…

Craft Show – Display & Results

La Befana was a big success. High quality vendors and lots of customers. I grossed more than I anticipated which was icing on the cake. My primary goal had been to get out of my bubble and meet some fellow crafters plus have the opportunity to chat with customers. The booth space was really small….

Open and Shut

11/21/08: Congratulations to Cara, comment #97! She chose my favorite one. Now off to the show! Thoughts I had while taking pictures: I LOVE how the big prints have a fabulous random pattern thing going on when closed. Definitely need to keep one of the black & white ones for myself. I REALLY hope the…

48 Hours

Tomorrow I’ll be tracking how many minutes I have left to prepare for La Befana. Thank you to everyone that commented on my last post. Wowza. Pure gold. I’m going to share Candy’s comment because it’s that good! “So, words of wisdom from someone who has done this before? I have many words, don’t know…

La Befana

La Befana is a holiday craft show featuring Bainbridge Island artists. It takes place this Friday and Saturday (November 21 and 22) at the Grange Hall on Madison Avenue. I’m very excited to be participating. Selling handmade goods is definitely not my forte but I sure do enjoy the act of making, preparing, and interacting…

The Business of Craft: Pricing – Cost of Materials

First off, I have to say I’m feeling more like writing these days. Not sure what happened over the summer but I completely lost my mojo. Thank you for your patience as I get back on the horse! I’m going to chat a bit more about topics brought up in the comments from Part I…