“Community” has become a popular word in marketing-speak and is used to describe everything from support groups to mentoring sessions making it harder and harder to spot real connection (you can read my full unfiltered thoughts about this here in 'Community is Not Clubs'). Speaking to the global maker community through OMHG has been incredible but the more saturated with … [Read more...] about 100 Ways to Build Community this Summer
Fellow Makers
Maritime Makers #CraftParty
Maritime Makers is a new volunteer collective founded when advocates of handmade from Atlantic Canada met at the Etsy Team Captain Summit in Toronto at this February. We saw a need for one main portal to connect the work of Maritime makers and maker culture in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland/Labrador, and Prince Edward Island similar to how OMHG has connected makers … [Read more...] about Maritime Makers #CraftParty
Make It Happen: 9 Stories from Working Women of the World
It isn't common knowledge that International Women’s Day began as International Working Women’s Day as a response to the working conditions in garment factories where so many laboured. Intended as a day of solidarity for women of all classes to acknowledge the struggles of working women and join their call for improved conditions, wages, and equal rights the theme for … [Read more...] about Make It Happen: 9 Stories from Working Women of the World
{Match + Maker} Round 3: Australia – Italy – Tokyo
It is time for the last round of Match + Maker! As a community we spent February pairing up makers and making matches to help us all connect and create. Meet friends from Hong Kong to Halifax in Round 1, San Francisco to Quebec in Round 2, & makers from all over the world today. Pack your bags, we're visiting Moldova, Italy, Australia, Canada, Tokyo, UK, and the USA! How … [Read more...] about {Match + Maker} Round 3: Australia – Italy – Tokyo
Hanging Trees & Piracy: The Unapologetic Ethics of Seasalt & Co.
Note: All of the information shared in this post was posted publicly online and is speculative in nature, it is neither libel nor slander to republish publicly posted information, many items have since been deleted online and so screenshots to all referenced quotes are linked for further research. All the photos and screenshots have been archived in Dropbox and can be viewed … [Read more...] about Hanging Trees & Piracy: The Unapologetic Ethics of Seasalt & Co.
