Check it out, the New Orleans Craft Mafia made the cover of this week’s Gambit Weekly. (That’s the weekly free alternative mag here in NOLA.) There’s a picture of me and NOCM founder Rachelle and overall it’s a pretty fabulous piece of press!

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The Alternative Media Expo is the cover story of this week’s Gambit Weekly (our local weekly news & culture mag here in NOLA). I’m so proud of Leo, founder of the Expo and Antigravity Magazine! I’m also very excited because this event is shaping up to be BIG and not to be missed! […]

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You might remember me posting about attending the first ever Craft Congress in Pittsburgh last spring. Well, plans are currently underway for the second annual Craft Congress, which will be held April 5 & 6 2008 at Brava Theatre in San Francisco’s historic Mission District.
If you’re interested in helping to organize this event, they […]

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Well, I’m safely back home after a fun weekend in Austin. I had a great time at Stitch on Saturday and got to do a little shopping yesterday afternoon on South Congress Street.
The weekend was a whirlwind! I was so glad to finally meet Maggie & Michael of Supermaggie in person and I […]

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I’m headed out to Austin, TX today to check out the fifth annual Stitch Fashion show and Guerrilla Craft Bazaar. The whole shebang happens tomorrow, November 10 and takes place at the Austin Convention Center.
I was there two years ago, missed last year’s event, and I’m super excited to check out the biggest and […]

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Halloween is less than a week and a half away, and I’m still stuck for costume ideas. Part of the problem is that I need more than one… Halloween is practically a week-long affair in these parts. There’s a “Zombie Prom” happening tomorrow night and then all weekend long there will be spooky […]

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One of my best friends sent me Creatively Self-Employed for my birthday a couple of months ago. I just recently got around to reading it, and I found all of the stories and experiences of other creatively-inclined entrepreneurs fascinating and inspiring.
This isn’t a how-to book on surviving as a creatively self-employed freelancer, but rather […]

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I recently received my copy of the first issue of mix tape zine in the mail and I quickly devoured it. Taking its inspiration from CROQ Zine, this Australian based indie publication is full of articles and info on green living, crafts and artists, and cool cultural stuff (I really enjoyed the piece on […]

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I just got an update on the new indie craft documentary, Handmade Nation, from director Faythe Levine. She’s currently in editing mode and is pushing to have a rough cut of the film done by this winter to start entering it into film festivals. The other big news is that she’s also working […]

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The new Etsy Bloggers Street Team has decided to pick a theme each week for everyone in the group to write a post on. Every Monday a different member of the group will host a roundup of some of our posts from that week, and this Monday I’ll be hosting. We’re all writing […]

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