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Mar 24

Seeking volunteers!

Wanna earn some craft karma? Crafty Supermarket’s success is due in no small part to the awesome folks who help us out. We’re looking for volunteers who are available for a two-hour shift on the day of the show—in exchange, you’re guaranteed one of our fab swag bags that people line up all morning for!

There are a number of different things our volunteers do:

  • Greeters pass out swag bags first thing in the morning and give out show programs throughout the day.
  • Vendor relievers walk around the show and help any vendors who need a break.
  • Some volunteers will work outside, helping visitors find their way to parking, the food and the show itself.
  • Load-in helpers are needed in the early morning to assist vendors as they bring in their displays.
  • Clean-up helpers are needed as the show ends to help stack tables and sweep up.

And we promise you’ll still have time to shop. Fill out our handy dandy form, and we’ll get back to you in the weeks before the show happens. Click here to send in your info to be a volunteer! We’re all booked up with volunteers as of 4/23!

Feb 16

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send in your swag!

We’ll be giving away 125 swag bags to the first lucky shoppers of the day and our trusty volunteers. Contributing swag is a great way to show off your shop, services or event to a crowd that’s really hip. (As is sponsoring Crafty Supermarket, by the way.) If you’d like to contribute promo items for your local business or crafty enterprise, please send 125 pieces by May 1 to:

Fabricate
attn: Crafty Supermarket
4037 Hamilton Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45223

Our previous swag bags have included coupons for local businesses, stickers from Buy Olympia, ceramic brooches, crafty magazines, scrapbooking materials, fabric, buttons, postcards and more! People line up hours ahead of the show to get a swag bag—they are that good.

Note: No pornographic, racist, sexist or vulgar materials will be used in the swag bags, and we reserve the right to refuse any materials. Keep it friendly!

Feb 12

other upcoming craft shows

Looking for more shows to apply to this spring and summer? Here are some within driving distance of Cincinnati, plus a big one a bit further afield, that are currently accepting applications:

Bloomington Handmade Market
Saturday, April 4
Bloomington, IN
Table fee: $55
Applications due Feb. 21

Handmade Arcade
Saturday, April 16
Pittsburgh, PA
Table fee: $125, plus $10 application fee
Applications due Feb. 13

INDIEana Handicraft Exchange
Saturday, June 11
Indianapolis, IN
Table fee: $95
Applications due March 12

Brooklyn Renegade
Saturday and Sunday, June 11-12
Brooklyn, NY
Table fee: $400
Applications due March 4

And, of course, applications for Crafty Supermarket are open through March 15. :)

Feb 1

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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!

Jan 28

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

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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

Nov 21

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

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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!

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:

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