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Dec 1

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THANKS A MILLION!

Thanks so much for coming out to the show on Saturday — we had record-breaking attendance, and our vendors really felt the love from Cincinnati! We saw more than 6,500 shoppers at Music Hall, the most we’ve ever had!

If you were one of the shoppers, we’d love to get your feedback to make Crafty Supermarket even better next year — this quick survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete.

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Big thanks to all our sponsors: 21c Museum Hotel, 365 Cincinnati, ArtWorks Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum, Contemporary Arts Center, Enjoy The Arts, Ensemble Theater Cincinnati, Foodie Cincy, Kiki Magazine (who created the amazing craft room!), Made in Cincinnati, NVISION, Over-the-Rhine Chamber, Redtree Art Gallery and Coffee Shop, and our media partner, Cincinnati Magazine!

And of course mad props to our food vendors for keeping us well-fed: Brown Bear Bakery, Dojo Gelato, Fireside Pizza Wagon, La Terza Artisan Coffee Roasterie, Macaron Bar, Quite Frankly, Red Sesame Korean BBQ/Taco and Street Chef Brigade!

And to the 90 makers who came from from near and far to sell with us — some with giant bags of strange creatures!

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If you can’t figure out which maker you bought something from, we’ve got a digital copy of our show map here.

We are also forever indebted to the wonderful volunteers who help us on the day of the show, and Ben Davis of Bad Veins for being our in-house DJ. Thank you to the amazing staff of Music Hall for all their help in setting up and making the show run smoothly. Thank you to James Billiter for designing our swag bags and Aaron Kent of DIY Printing for screenprinting them!

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The lovely Tamia Stinson of Cincinnati Magazine was our guest judge to give out some very crafty awards:

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She made her selections for the first three awards, and then the shoppers of Crafty Supermarket voted on Best in Show:

And for now, we’re taking December off to spend with our friends and families! We’ll post information in January about our next show, on May 7, 2016, at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center. Have a great rest of the year!

Love, Chris & Grace

Nov 28

today is the big day!

You’ve been waiting, and the day of Crafty Supermarket’s big holiday craft show is finally here! We’ve got 90 handmade vendors setting up their wares, plus a live DJ, a cash bar, delicious local food inside and outside, and hands-on craft activities with Kiki Magazine. We’ll see you downtown at Music Hall — bring all your friends, and wear your shopping shoes! Make a whole day of it — there are so many things to do in Over-the-Rhine since it’s Small Business Saturday! If you’re new to the show, check out our insider guide for shoppers, which includes directions to our venue, parking info and other important details.

Essential Info

What: Crafty Supermarket’s Holiday Show
When: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015
Where: Music Hall Ballroom at 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202
Cost: Free to the public!

Nov 20

make something cool at our holiday show!

The awesome folks at Kiki Magazine are creating a room of craft activities at our big holiday show next Saturday, Nov. 28! Kiki is a locally produced independent magazine for girls who love life, appreciate creativity, and recognize good ideas. When you come into the Music Hall Ballroom, the Kiki craft room will be towards the corner to your right. There you’ll find:

A free make-and-take activity: You can create your own puzzle piece earrings. Keep them for yourself or give them as a gift!

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Ever want to be on the cover of a magazine? You can get your picture taken in a giant Kiki cover! They will have a professional photographer there to take photos who can email the photos to you after the event. You’re also welcome to take photos with your phone!

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You’ll also find handmade crafts for sale that have been featured in Kiki magazine, as well as handy maker kits that make great gifts — they contain everything you need to make LED greeting cards and a DIY runway skirt inspired by Michael Kors.

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Nov 10

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awesome eats at our holiday craft show

Shopping can really work up an appetite, so we are bringing in a bunch of great food vendors to our big holiday show on Nov. 28! We've got sweet and savory, familiar favorites and new eats! Plus, the bar at the Music Hall Ballroom will be open all day so you can grab a mimosa or a locally brewed beer or a soda!

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Sep 8

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Get involved with the holiday show!

Crafty Supermarket’s holiday show is huge: 100 handmade vendors come from all around the Midwest to flaunt their best work for thousands of shoppers. To help us make the craft show the best it can be, we enlist volunteers and work with sponsors — and here’s how you can get involved:

Volunteering

At our big holiday show on Nov. 28 at the Music Hall Ballroom, we have a couple of opportunities for people to help out. (And when you assist us for a couple hours, you’ll get one of our famous swag bags!) Volunteers help us out in one of four areas: helping shoppers know where everything is, assisting vendors who need a break, helping load in at the beginning of the day and cleaning up at the end of the day. You can learn more and submit your info here. We’ll get back to you a few weeks before the show with the schedule. (Note that we sometimes get more volunteer applications than we can take, but we’ll get back to you either way!)

Partnerships

We work with all kinds of local organizations who love handmade and want to help spread the word. From arts nonprofits and landmark institutions to DIY shops and enterprises, if you support the maker movement, we’d love to work with you! Learn more about partnership opportunities here and don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have an idea of how we can work together!

Sep 2

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holiday show applications are now closed!

Applications for the Crafty Supermarket holiday craft show are now closed! We will let everyone who applied know about their acceptance status by Sept. 15.

Accepted crafters will have until Oct. 1 to pay their table fee. If you don’t pay your table fee by Oct. 1, we’ll offer the space to another crafter who applied before the deadline.

I missed the deadline! Can I still apply?

We get more applications for the show than we can accept, so we can’t allow any late applications out of fairness to crafters who applied before the deadline. If a spot opens up from a vendor being unable to attend the show, we select alternates from the people who applied before the deadline.

If you want to apply to be in our next show, be sure to follow us here on the website, on Facebook or via our e-newsletter. We broadcast our upcoming opportunities in all those places! Information about our 2016 spring show will be posted in January.

Jul 15

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our holiday craft show apps are open!

Applications for the Crafty Supermarket holiday craft show are now closed! We will let everyone who applied know about their acceptance status by Sept. 15.

Accepted crafters will have until Oct. 1 to pay their table fee. If you don’t pay your table fee by Oct. 1, we’ll offer the space to another crafter who applied before the deadline.

I missed the deadline! Can I still apply?

We get more applications for the show than we can accept, so we can’t allow any late applications out of fairness to crafters who applied before the deadline. If a spot opens up from a vendor being unable to attend the show, we select alternates from the people who applied before the deadline.

If you want to apply to be in our next show, be sure to follow us here on the website, on Facebook or via our e-newsletter. We broadcast our upcoming opportunities in all those places! Information about our 2016 spring show will be posted in January.

Apr 26

thanks for making our craft show awesome!

It was a rainy day, but our spring show was a big success! Big thanks go out to our sponsors, our trusty volunteers, our resident DJ Ben Davis, the incredible staff of the Clifton Cultural Arts Center and the 50 vendors who traveled from near and far to be with us. But especially to the 2,000+ shoppers who braved the rain to come hang out at the show!

Cheers to Dojo Gelato, C’est Cheese, Fireside Pizza, La Terza Coffee, Macaron Bar, and Red Sesame Korean BBQ for keeping us well-fed throughout the day!

A hip hip hooray to Half Hazard Press for designing and printing the beautiful totes for our swag bags:

And a crafty salute to this lady who was first in line for one of those swag bags shortly after 9 a.m.!

Thanks are due to the fine folks of the Contemporary Arts Center and the Cincinnati Main Library’s MakerSpace for running the hands-on maker table all day.

Here are a few more of our favorite shots from the show on Instagram!

Our next show is Nov. 28 at the Music Hall Ballroom, and application info for vendors will be posted in July. Stay crafty!

Chris + Grace

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