Tag: handmade

June 27, 2016

Maker Monday – Jen’s Plaid Pants

This Monday we want to introduce you to Jen from Arthur’s Plaid Pants!! Jen is one of our makers that we’ve borrowed, stolen, secretly convinced to join us from Bloomington Handmade Market. When we juried her into BHM a couple of years back, I just HAD to have her work in the shoppe, and there’s…
June 22, 2016

Favorite Handmade Item – Michal Ann Carley

It really is all about the stories. It always has been. And maybe I’m not the best story-teller out there, but every week when I get to introduce you to another one of my friends – another one of these people that I am honored to call a part of my tribe – I get…
June 20, 2016

Maker Monday – Press Puzzles

Back to the grind it is!!! Maker Monday folks, and this Monday we’re bringing you local puzzle extraordinaire, Marc Tschida from Press Puzzles!! Marc and I go way back…like, way way back; back when I was a copy girl at Kinko’s and he was a club promoter at Second Story (who remembers Second Story!?). Many…
May 25, 2016

Favorite Handmade Item – Amanda Biggs

So, that beautiful young lady over there on the left might look familiar to some of you. Perhaps she’s taught your daughter or son how to belt out Hallelujah, or maybe you saw her in Cardinal Stage’s Les Mis last year. Maybe you see her walking around town with her beautiful family in town, Maxwell…
May 16, 2016

Maker Monday – Beast USA

Welcome again to Maker Monday!!! This Monday I’m introducing Patrick from Beast USA! I found Patrick while perusing the list of vendors at Renegade Craft Fair Chicago before we first opened, and fell in Love with his designs! Once a primarily t-shirt maker, we now carry Beast USA cards – and they’re some of our…
May 4, 2016

Favorite Handcrafted Treasure – Annie Corrigan

This week I’d like to introduce you to Annie Corrigan. Many of you might know Annie as being the local voice for NPR’s Morning Edition, she produces WFIU’s weekly sustainable food program- Earth Eats. I know Annie as a member of our community, and someone who approached me for help with organizing a fundraising event…
May 2, 2016

Maker Monday – DRock Press

Last year, at the Fall Bloomington Handmade Market, we juried in this interesting fella with these interesting prints, pillas, and tees. And I adored them! I always feel a little bit weird approaching our makers from the Market to sell in the shoppe, but hey – what are they gonna do, say no? Sure,…
April 20, 2016

Fav Handmade Item – Adam Nahas

This week I’m excited to share with you the favorite handmade item from Adam Nahas. Adam has been a force in the art community/fringe art community in Bloomington for as long as I can remember. His name was often spoken about at meetings and social gatherings (in a positive way!) before I ever met him,…
April 13, 2016

Most Treasured Hand-Crafted Item – Miah Michaelsen

I am so pleased to share with you our next guest post regarding your Favorite Handmade Item, from none other than one of the ladies that helped me get to where I am today: Miah Michaelsen. I’ll try not to wax eloquent too long on this soapbox about what and why Miah means so much…
April 6, 2016

Favorite Handmade Item – Mike Bridavsky

I’m so excited to share with you our very first Guest Post from members of our community for our Favorite Handmade Item Column!! This one happens to be a pretty famous member of our community, actually, and we Love that Mike is such a supporter of the handmade movement. Let me introduce you to Mike…