St. Louis Craft Mafia Pup-Up Markets - Indie Valentine and Green With Indie

St. Louis Craft Mafia Presents...some pretty amazing events in early 2013!!! I absolutely love this chevron graphic, it's just adorable!! 

   

View the Indie Valentine: Craft Mafia Market Pop-Up Event on Facebook HERE.

February 9, 2013 (10am-4pm at the SPACE)

Eco-Friendly Handmade Goods - March 9, 2013 (10am-5pm) in the Webster University Grant Gym!

Visit their website HERE.

Spring Fest - April 6, 2013 - Madison, WI

If you are going to be in the Madison area in April, please check out this show! I love Madison, and really wish I could make it.

Visit Their Website Here.

Below is their application in JPEG form. You can copy/paste/print it, or click on the two images to bring up a larger graphic to use. 

Urban Folk Circuit - Chicago - Jan, Feb, and March 2013

 

The Urban Folk Circuit - Chicago! 

(2013 Dates: Jan 27, Feb 24, March24)

There will also be a Swap-O-Rama for used items too.

This event is FREE to enter, and takes place in the Congress Theater in Chicago. 

2135 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Have you attended this event, or are you vending here? Let us know! Comment Below. 

Check out more crafty booth display ideas HERE!

Some Crafty Projects and DIY Tutorials

Pinterest is filled with SO many DIY projects, that it will be fun to do some research and expand your product line for 2013. 

Use these next few months to perfect some new items that will help you sell more at shows. 

With this also comes some fierce competition. Other crafters have the same access to these crafty ideas as you do, so just make sure to use your found DIY ideas and make them your own. Let higher quality materials, a cute display, and a cohesive product line set you apart. 

Here are just a few DIY ideas that I think would be perfect for the upcoming craft season, that starts in a few, short months!

DIY Studded Leather and Cord Bracelets via Martha Stewart 

Button Magnets are SO easy and would be fun to display on a vintage metal tray

Beautiful Baby Blankets by Dana Made It

Embellished Coasters - You could use a paint pen, ceramic marker, or even screen printing! 

For more idea, visit my DIY board on Pinterest...

Happy Crafting!

Midtown Taste Art Fair - St. Louis, MO

The Midtown Taste Art Fair! Happening June 1 (10am-midnight!!) and June 2 (10am-6pm) 2013.

Applications are due by April 1, 2013. More info can be found HERE.

Visit their website HERE.

"The tree lined streets of MidTown St. Louis along Locust Avenue come alive for this juried fine arts, music, and food festival. 60,000+ people will enjoy the best local, regional, and national artist come together. Over 150 fine artists, 40 restaurants, top entertainment, crafters, a wine garden, food truck challenge, and much more."

Fine Art Spaces are 250 + 100 for electricity

Craft Booth Spaces are not juried, and are 275 + 100 for electricity.

SOWA Open Market in Boston, MA - 2013 Apps Available!

I have always wanted to visit Boston's SOWA Open Market. This year, they celebrate their 10th year! I can only imagine how much they have grown since 2003. They have an incredibly vibrant arts, growers, and food truck scene, and it looks great. 

*If you have ever been to the SOWA, or have ever vended at it, please comment below and let us know what you thought. 

Open Every Sunday!
May through October, 10am-4pm
460 Harrison Ave, Boston MA

Celebrating its 10th year, the SoWa Open Market® is the hip and happening place to be on Sundays from May to October! The market is located outdoors in the vibrant SoWa district in Boston’s South End and includes an extensive arts/crafts section with a rotating group of indie makers and designers, an award winning farmer’s market and a collection of the yummiest food trucks around. To round out your Sunday, within walking distance you’ll find a vintage market, artist studios, galleries, shops and many of Boston’s best restaurants.

Meet the folks behind the work. Chat with a farmer. Munch on a gourmet sandwich. Shop handmade and support local businesses! Art, clothing, accessories, ceramics, jewelry, housewares, gourmet foods, fresh produce and flowers, mobile eats – you’ll find it all at the SoWa Open Market!

Artist Applications Available HERE.

Find the on Flickr HERE.

Find them on Facebook HERE.

All images and graphic in this post are (c) and found on the SOWA website HERE. 

Uimi Products and Displays, and a Design Files Video

Without further adieu, I have this to show you!

The Design Files Open House 2012 from The Design Files on Vimeo.

The Design Files put this video together, and it is just pure bliss :) They curated different items from artists in Australia, and put them together in an open house. Not just any open house, though. They actually cleared an actual home, and put the work in it, on display as if it were a gallery. Very cool!

It sure looks like it took a ton of people to put something like this together, and I really commend them on this great job.

The Design Files Open House 2012 from The Design Files on Vimeo.

And here is one of the companies they featured, Uimi. Such a cute way of displaying things! It looks like they actually just have one of each item on display, on light bright shelving. I love this display idea! It is so inspiring. 

What an inspiration!!! Uimi is really doing things right :)