Cat Painter (yes, that IS her real name — how great is that?), toils away in her Chicago studio, designing and creating tools for every day life. Cat says, “I am always looking for the right tool for the job and when I can’t find it I often start sketching – from wishing I could find… Read more »
On the eleventh day of Craftmas, the Blue Buddha Artisan Market gave to me … Eleven silly, sassy coffee cup sleeves by Snarky Sleeves. Some estimates are as high as 23 billion paper coffee cups per year are used and thrown away in the U.S. alone. And each one of those cups is accompanied by… Read more »
On the eighth day of Craftmas, the Blue Buddha Artisan Market gave to me … Eight pieces of Nailmaille! Nailmaille™ jewelry is the evolution of traditional chainmaille to maille made out of stainless steel nails. Each nail is individually bent, then woven together with other bent nails and/or neoprene rings to create incredibly unique pieces. Not only is… Read more »
On the seventh day of Craftmas, the Blue Buddha Artisan Market gave to me … Seven lovely scarves by Elegant Handknits! Elegant Handknits by Judi Peman specializes in accessories knit from high-quality natural and synthetic yarns such as fine wool, silk, cotton, mohair, alpaca, bamboo — and synthetic blends folks with allergies. These scarves, hats, shawls… Read more »
On the second day of Craftmas, the Blue Buddha Artisan Market gave to me … Three bags hand crafted by Poise.cc. Poise.cc is the small handbag empire of Cinnamon Cooper, a founding member of the Chicago Craft Mafia and original organizer of the DIY Trunk Show. For many reasons, she’s pretty great. We love that her… Read more »
