The Getting To Know series features interviews with makers, artists, designers and small business owners at all different stages of their careers. I’m always interested in how other adventurers in the world of creative entrepreneurship run their businesses, get inspired and how they got started in the first place. Like quirky illustrations? Think Wes Anderson is a genius? In … [Read more...] about Getting To Know – Viktorija Semjonova of Andsmile Studio
Fellow Makers
Make a movement of moments with MakerMail
We’ve all been there: staring at the collection of knickknacks in the store, trying to find the perfect little gift for a friend or loved one. Finding a gift with a personal touch is difficult, especially in a marketplace full of things designed with profit first in mind. Enter MakerMail: a delightful new way to connect you with Makers across the globe via sweet moments and … [Read more...] about Make a movement of moments with MakerMail
MakerMail – an OMHG co-op project
MakerMail is a revolutionary co-op service delivering handmade goodness straight from our makers right to your door! MakerMail is the first collaborative project entirely created by OMHG community members! The team took an idea thrown around at an #OMHG chat and used our collaboration tools to turn it into a beautifully crafted movement directly connecting our makers and … [Read more...] about MakerMail – an OMHG co-op project
Useless but wonderful
I have been doing this handmade business for 6 years almost. Six years full of creating and learning and success and failure. What brought me to sewing was all the wonderful creative and useful things I could make- dolls for my kids, pillows for my sofa, hotpads for my kitchen, handbags for my friends. I LOVE making useful and beautiful things. It is the essential hook of … [Read more...] about Useless but wonderful
Philadelphia’s Art Star Craft Bazaar
Illustration by Julianna Swaney I started the Art Star Craft Bazaar in Philadelphia with my friend and now business partner, Erin Waxman, in the summer of 2003. We had both recently graduated from Tyler School of Art. Me with a BFA in ceramics (’00) and Erin with one in jewelry (’99). After graduation our lives quickly shifted from working in our studios at school every day … [Read more...] about Philadelphia’s Art Star Craft Bazaar
