Craft Columns

I considered taking some time off to regroup after my weekly newspaper column was canceled, but then I remembered that it’s not my…

Born a day apart, Jacob Vroon and Elyse Marie Welcher crossed paths for the first time in the Butterworth Hospital nursery in June…

  Love at first stitch? Craft columnist invests in a new sewing machine, still swooning two weeks later By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood (Read full article…

It just got a whole lot easier to be a printmaker in West Michigan thanks to three Grand Rapids artists. Anthony Mead, 27,…

Yes, you heard that right. I’m not going to forgo precious sleep to stay up all night making handmade costumes and party favors…

For the last couple weeks I’ve been walking around with cotton twine in my pocket and Sally England is partly to blame.  I…

If you crave more art and craft supplies or have a few extras (ahem) stashed in your basement, you need to meet Kelly…

Sometimes handmade business partnerships start in the most unlikely ways. Sean Maginity was working in the maintenance department at the Grand Rapids Public…

Caitlin Myler was turning left out of the parking lot of the Ottawa County bank call center where she worked when she spotted another motorist traveling fast over the hill. Their cars collided and the impact of the November 2011 crash changed the course of Caitlin’s life.

When Chiaki O’Brien rolls into Allegan County and sets up her SAORI weaving looms at the Michigan Fiber Festival this week, her students…

A surprising gift led Nancy McRay in an unexpected direction shortly after she graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in advertising.…

Messy inks and a collection of wood and lead type eventually lured Michelle Terry, 30, of Wyoming, away from spending her professional life in front of a computer screen.

Hello! I’d like you to meet my sisters. That’s Jacquie in the middle. She’s the middle sister. Julie, my youngest sister is on…

  Several fun books are coming my way and distracting me from the harsh Michigan winter. Above is a small selection of titles…

  Potholder LOVE Hello! Welcome to the kickoff of the CraftSanity fundraiser to benefit the Wes Leonard Heart Foundation. Last spring I interviewed…