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You’ve seen the entreaties on Facebook and Google+ to shop local this holiday season with the great graphics and trendy tag lines. At the North Market we broadcast the benefits of supporting small local merchants, farmers, artisans and musicians 365… [Read More]
Over one hundred handmade business owners will be gathering in Columbus for the Midwest Craft Caucus taking place next month. This grassroots event was designed to foster the growth and sustainability of crafting businesses, and will help those business owners… [Read More]
I recently had the opportunity to visit Allison Chapman at her Igloo Letterpress studio and chat with her about her business and some of the things she likes about Columbus. When she and her husband moved here from Minnesota a… [Read More]
Meeting Amy Dalrymple is like jumping into a very cold pool. She will refresh the heck out of you. Her playful blend of sass and style has catapulted her Made by AmyD clothing line into a full-scale operation. This Friday… [Read More]
Igloo Letterpress will celebrate one year of business in Columbus with an Anniversary Bazaar this Saturday, September 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the front parking lot of its Worthington studio. Participating local vendors of this first-ever marketplace… [Read More]
This week’s featured artist on Columbus Underground is Sharon Dorsey. Sharon has blurred the lines between artist, toymaker and crafter and has launched a new venture focusing on the creation of puppets. We caught up with Sharon recently to talk… [Read More]
In this sluggish economic climate, where jobs are few and far between, one local woman has taken fate into her own hands, founding a business that combines her love of design with a passion for handcrafted goods. Like many men… [Read More]
Allison Chapman has an unshakable sense of community. She moved to Columbus last year from Minnesota, gave birth to her second child a week later, and immediately began the process of transitioning her beloved printing business to Ohio. Along the… [Read More]
Last year over a couple mugs of hot chocolate in their Worthington home, a husband and wife decided to make wooden toys for their two young sons and friends with children. The British master carpenter husband and marketing firecracker wife… [Read More]
In this week’s podcast we sit down with several of the ladies who are organizing this year’s Craftin Outlaws event, including Megan Green, Jill Brown, and Emily Westenhouser. The fifth annual edition of this alternative craft fair takes place on… [Read More]
I had the pleasure of finding a new gem here in Central Ohio, the Ohio Craft Museum. They are presenting “Second Nature: Art from Recycled Materials Inspired by Animals, Plants and Insects,” an exhibition of fine craft forms made from… [Read More]
This Saturday, there are so many events going on that you will really need a good reason to stay inside! The Komen Race for the Cure is in the morning. Then you can go to Village Valuables, the biggest Yard… [Read More]
This week we talk shop with Amy Dalrymple of AmyD and Olivera Bratich of Wholly Craft about buying locally made goods, the crafting community in Columbus, some upcoming crafting events, and different ways for people to get involved with making… [Read More]
Press Release: We can’t help it. Supporting small, independent local businesses is just in our DNA here at the North Market. So not only are we bringing back Artisan Sundays on the first Sunday of every month from May through… [Read More]
Sometimes I might have a scrap of fabric with some kind of cool image on it that I want to make into a patch and sew onto something else. Also, I’m not as fond of holes in my clothes as… [Read More]
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