Big thanks to lettering extraordinaire Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn for creating the lettering for our theme this month-isn't it just beautiful? Happy December Merry Makers! This month on OMHG we will be filling the internets with cheer as we gather to share stories, recipes, tutorials + inspiration to help us all have a joyful holiday season. We also have some fun … [Read more...] about December on OMHG: Merry Makers
For the Heart
Make 2014 A Year of Community with our Letterpress Calendar
To order your copies of our community calendar CLICK HERE! We're making 2014 A Year of Community with our letterpress community calendar illustrated, designed & printed entirely by our diverse crew of makers! We've worked together for over 6 months in our forums to create 12 months of art around the theme of community to share with you. This is part 2 of our contributor's … [Read more...] about Make 2014 A Year of Community with our Letterpress Calendar
Handmade Holiday Shop: Sam Osborne
I am a UK based graphic designer, surface pattern designer and illustrator creating bold, colourful, modern, geometric based prints and illustrations. I worked as a commercial graphic designer for nearly 10 years developing my love of colour, texture, shape and typography. Two years ago I started my own business where I now work as a freelance graphic designer, surface pattern … [Read more...] about Handmade Holiday Shop: Sam Osborne
The Future Of Handmade Is In Our Hands
Did Etsy sell out? Is the DIY + handmade + maker movement over? What does handmade even mean anymore? How can makers protect the ethics of handmade as we scale? I've been seeing a lot of discussion in the creative community on these questions and more sparked by the fall-out from Etsy changes to Seller Guidelines and the recent news that wholesale giant Cody Foster copied … [Read more...] about The Future Of Handmade Is In Our Hands
{Printable Cards} Say Thank You For Everything
Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian readers! In our casa we celebrate with a big dinner and a day of numbering our blessings-we have so many, many reasons to be thankful. Today I am extra thankful for friends, for family, for community, for home & a place to gather people close, for the great wide abundant world around us, the opportunity to do work that matters in it, … [Read more...] about {Printable Cards} Say Thank You For Everything