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
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
Makers! Make A Movement this October
On the 17th of October we'll be gathering to make our first Maker's Retreat on Cortes Island in BC. There is still time to join forces with us and say yes to five days of crafting community and collaboration! For everyone who can't make it we'll be bringing OMHG along as we dedicate October to sharing ways we can make a movement with our head + heart + hands. Makers have been … [Read more...] about Makers! Make A Movement this October
Community Is Not Clubs: How We’re Segregating the Internet & What We Can Do
Community is not clubs Lately there seems to be examples everywhere of how we are segregating the internet into exclusive cliques and clubs instead of communities where we share real human moments. Statistics from the 2014 Employee Diversity Reports for our major networks show that online giants like Facebook, Twitter, Google, Pinterest, Ebay and Etsy all fail to hire employees … [Read more...] about Community Is Not Clubs: How We’re Segregating the Internet & What We Can Do
