Applications are live!
Want to sell your handmade wares at the spring Crafty Supermarket? Show us what you’ve got: Applications are open from Feb. 1 to March 15! Applications are now closed!
Feb 1
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Crafter Applications Open Feb. 1!
Applications for the spring 2011 Crafty Supermarket will be open from Feb. 1 to March 15. We’re seeking crafters, artists and designers — if you make things by hand, we wanna see what you do. We’ll notify crafters of their acceptance status by March 25. For all the rules and details, check out our 2011 Spring Crafters page. We’ll update it with the link to the application when it goes live on Feb. 1!
Dec 21
Save the date!
Our next show will be May 7, 2011, at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center! More details and information on how to apply to be a vendor coming in the new year.
If you shopped at our show, please take some time to take our survey! It will help us make the next Crafty Supermarket as awesome as possible. Click here to take survey
thank you!
Our holiday show yesterday was a huge success—thanks to all our amazing crafters and the 2,100 shoppers who came out to see us! Our trusty volunteers were integral to making the show work—we hope you liked the swag bags! The Clifton Cultural Arts Center was bustling with activity all day, and the fun just would not quit, thanks to PROJECTMILL DJ Ben Davis.
We also have to give a shoutout to our awesome food vendors: Cafe de Wheels, Dojo Gelato, La Terza Artisan Coffee Roasterie, Sweet Peace Bakery and Picnic and Pantry. Thank you for keeping us well fed and caffeinated!
And a big thanks to our sponsors: ArtsWave, Yelp Cincinnati, BurdaStyle, North Light Craft Books, Park + Vine, fabricate, NVISION, Thunder-Sky, Inc., and the Comet.
We love all y’all!
—Alisha, Chris and Grace
Nov 19
essential info
Holy crap, Crafty Supermarket is tomorrow! Here are all the deets you need to have fun at the show:
TIME: The show is open and free to the public at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center (see below for directions) from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010.
SWAG: The first shoppers of the day will get one of our 100 swag bags, filled with delightful freebies!
CRAFTS: We’ll have 50 amazing craft vendors at the show — browse through our recent posts to see examples of their work!
- crafter sneak peek: accessories
- crafter sneak peek: paper goods
- crafter sneak peek: creatures and oddities
- crafter sneak peek: jewelry
- crafter sneak peek: home goods
- crafter sneak peek: apparel
FOOD: Get food and drinks from Cafe de Wheels, Picnic and Pantry, Sweet Peace Bakery, La Terza Coffee and Dojo Gelato!
MONEY: Some vendors are able to accept credit cards or checks, but your best bet is to bring cash. There’s no ATM on site — the closest ATMs are on Ludlow Avenue.
WHERE? Crafty Supermarket is happening at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center in Cincinnati’s Gaslight District. The address is 3711 Clifton Ave., right at the corner of Clifton and McAlpin avenues. The CCAC building now has an elevator and is wheelchair-accessible!
Coming in from out of town? Here are detailed Google Maps directions:
cincinnati unchained + indie craft stores
In case you needed another reason to get a good head start on your holiday shopping this Saturday, we’ve got another one. When you come to Crafty Supermarket this Saturday (omg!), you’ll get a program with listings of all our crafters, a cut-out-and-keep craft project by Paper Acorn and a Cincinnati Unchained passport.
What do you do with the shopping passport?
- Get it stamped at Crafty Supermarket on Saturday!
- Go to seven locally owned stores (more than 50 are participating!) to fill the rest of your passport.
- Write your name and info on it.
- Drop it off at any participating store.
- You’ll be entered in a drawing to win one of a passel of fabulous gift baskets!
It’s like a big shopping scavenger hunt! Cincinnati Unchained is a Buy Cincy initiative to get people shopping locally. They’re coordinating the whole shebang and encouraging local shopping by coordinating special deals for Nov. 20.
And speaking of stores — two indie craft stores will be represented at Crafty Supermarket! Both of ’em will have wares from indie crafters from around the country to give you even more options for gifts!
Fabricate, Cincinnati, OH
Wholly Craft!, Columbus, OH
Nov 15
crafter sneak peek: accessories
Handbags, headbands, shoes, mirrors and more!
Curly Girl Handbags & Accessories, New Richmond, OH
Felix & Jayne, Bloomington, IN
Heart Felt, Chicago, IL
Jessica Gordon, Cincinnati, OH
the littlest bean, Baltimore, MD
Objet Adapte, Columbus, OH
newbry, Chicago, IL
redraven studios, Pittsburgh, PA
SMARTFISH Handmade Footwear, Cincinnati, OH
Sprightly Strands Boutique, Cincinnati, OH
Solidio, Emlenton, PA
Uniquely Upcycled, Cincinnati, OH
Nov 14
crafter sneak peek: paper goods
Delightful paper goods of all sorts will be for sale at the show — cards, prints, posters, notebooks and other ephemera!
Colette Paperie, Cincinnati, OH
The Diggingest Girl, Covington, KY
gracie sparkles books, Cincinnati, OH
Kin Ship Press, Louisville, KY
Miss Chief Productions, Pittsburgh, PA
mywireempire / melbry, Lawrence, IN
OPB Studios, Cincinnati OH
Orangewillow, Cincinnati, OH
Paper Acorn, Cincinnati, OH
Perfect Laughter, Detroit, MI
Sloe Gin Fizz, Ann Arbor, MI
SpaceDog Studios, Columbus, OH
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