At this stage of my life I’m not a world traveler, but I have many grand adventures interviewing interesting people who cross my path. A few weeks back I stopped by the Fulton Street Artisans Market in Grand Rapids, Michigan and heard two young musicians playing music on a bench near the front. We met [...]

This is West Michigan crafter Dulce VanDyken’s Michael Jackson tribute. She’s selling the King of Pop sock monkeys for $50. She’s also selling the outfit separately for $25. The set includes black pants, the red jacket and trademark glove and a hat with curly hair attached. I completely missed this sock monkey she’s calling “Monkey [...]

We’re having some more internet trouble here at the CraftSanity headquarters, so I’m a bit delayed in my posting. However, I wanted to report that I went to check out Joleen Rumsey’s band, The Icicles, at the free gig they played last week and LOVED it. After several mini-dance parties spent jamming to their music [...]

This week my craft column is about Joleen Rumsey, a musician and fashion designer. She’s a hipster seamstress who sings, plays keyboard and sews outfits for The Icicles, a super cool band with an international following. (Icicle songs have been used in commercials for Target and Motorola.) I had to write about Joleen after my [...]