This is the 2008 Fallasburg Fall Festival quilt “ The Fallasburg 40th Beauty” by Lowell artist Dawn Ysseldyke. Oh, to win a quilt. I’m hoping to check out the festival this afternoon at Fallasburg Park in Lowell, Mich. The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow (Sept. 27 & 28). This [...]

I’m making progress on the embroidered CraftSanity logo that I had planned to sew into a pocket for this apron. But the more I stitch the less enthused I become about the thought of sewing a black pocket over these colorful prints. I’m afraid a pocket will ruin it. Any thoughts? I swapped buttons with [...]

Doesn’t this yarn look fabulous? It ranked high among the crafty eye candy for sale at Renegade this past weekend. It was fun to chat briefly with Liz Maly, the talented maker of this lovely hand-dyed yarn and other fabulous Felt Cafe goods. Check out the super cute, felted baby booties. This photo kind of [...]

CHICAGO – Heavy rain and flooded roads slowed me down but didn’t deter my first Renegade Craft Fair experience. Even though I spent the day looking rather drenched, I met loads of fabulous people and foolishly exposed my camera to the elements to document the trip. Above you’ll see the massive amount of business cards [...]

This is the apron I made today to wear to Renegade. (Who makes an apron to wear to Renegade?! “Hi, my name is Jennifer and it all makes perfect sense to me.) I really like it, but I’m bummed that I ran out of steam before I could complete the custom, CraftSanity embroidered pocket. So [...]

I’ve talked smack about going to the Renegade Craft Fair for years and this Saturday I’m finally going to do it. It will be a quick day trip that will begin after I take the girls to their first swim lesson. As soon as I dry off, I’ll be heading south to check out this [...]

When I took the girls to the weekly Fulton Street Artisan’s Market last Sunday I wasn’t able to visit with vendors for very long because the good behavior clock was running. There comes a point during every outing where the kids just can’t take it anymore. They’re 2 and 4, so this is completely expected. [...]

Okay, folks, this is a big weekend in West Michigan for Art and Craft. Here are a couple events to check out this weekend: I’m headed to the Michigan Fiber Festival, Saturday with the girls to see all the fiber-bearing animals and check out all the great art and craft vendors including Letty and Rita. [...]

If you’re looking to pick up some excellent artsy goods at sample sale prices, be sure to check out tomorrow’s joint sale featuring products by Lisa over at Artgoodies and Shelly at K Studio. The sale is from noon to 6 p.m. tomorrow (July 19) at K Studio, 2004 Oakwood NE. This sounds really cool, [...]

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. – My nephew’s first birthday party will keep me away from the very cool Avenue for the Arts Market Saturday, but I’d love it if some of you would go and fill me in on the details. (Even though it will pain me to hear about all the great art and creative [...]