craft show | crafty supermarket!

Nov 6

crafter sneak peek: accessories

Whoa, dudes, the Crafty Supermarket holiday show is less than two weeks away! (You can add it to your Facebook calendar here, and be sure to invite all your friends!)

To help you prepare your shopping list, over the next two weeks, we’ll be highlighting vendors who’ll be at the show. Let’s start the party with accessories!

Busty’s Fun Bags
Indianapolis, IN

Felix & Jayne
Cincinnati, OH

Off The Beaten Path
Dayton, OH

Owlette Collective
Cookeville, TN

Torn Angel (as seen on Regretsy!)
Columbus, OH

Umbrella Girl Productions
Columbus, OH

Oct 23

ways to get involved with crafty supermarket

Oh boy, the Holiday 2011 Crafty Supermarket is going to be here before we know it! (If you haven’t already, you can RSVP to the event on Facebook to get it on your calendar.)

With less than a month to go until the show on Nov. 19, we’ve got our amazing vendors all lined up. But if you were hoping to still get involved with the show, we’ve got a couple opportunities to pick from!

Volunteering: We have a bunch of different things we need help with on the day of the show and the night before! By donating two hours of your time, not only do you get good craft karma, you get one of our prized swag bags! Read more about what being a volunteer entails and sign up in our form here! (We can’t offer everyone who signs up to be a volunteer a spot, but we’ll get back to you with volunteer assignments by early November.)
Sponsorships: Do you have an awesome business or organization that you would like to promote while helping us grow our awesome little indie craft fair? Be a sponsor for our holiday show! Email craftysupermarket@gmail.com by Oct. 28. We have sponsorship packages starting at just $50!
Donating swag: We’ll be giving away 125 swag bags to the first lucky shoppers of the day and our trusty volunteers. If you’d like to contribute promo items for your local business or crafty enterprise, please send 125 pieces by Nov. 1 to:

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

(If you’re in town, feel free to drop your swag off during normal Fabricate hours in a box or bag labeled Crafty Supermarket!)

Oct 8

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holiday show vendor list is live!

It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for: Our list of vendors for the holiday 2011 Crafty Supermarket is up!

More than a third of our 50+ crafters are new to the show, but many of your perennial favorites will be back, too! Just for fun, here’s a pie chart of our vendors’ geographical distribution:

And you can still get involved with the show, in any of the following ways:

Is it gonna be the best show ever? We think so!

Sep 28

crafter notifications are out!

Thanks to everybody who applied to be part of Crafty Supermarkets 2011 holiday show! We are super excited about our lineup—we’ll be making it public very soon.

We sent out email notifications to all the applicants two weeks ago, but we’ve heard from quite a few folks who didn’t get the e-mail. So if you applied for the show but didn’t get a notification, please e-mail us at craftysupermarket@gmail.com. (And be sure to add us to your address book so we don’t get trapped in any spam filters!)

Sep 8

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seeking swag for our holiday craft show!

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 promote 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 Nov. 10 to:

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

(If you’re in town, feel free to drop your swag off during normal Fabricate hours in a box or bag labeled Crafty Supermarket!)

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!

Sep 5

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seeking volunteers for the holiday show!

Thanks to everybody who applied to be a vendor at our holiday 2011 show! Applications are closed, and we will send out e-mail notifications to everyone by Sept. 25.

If you’re a shopper or craft fan looking for a way to help Crafty Supermarket out, we have a number of volunteer spots open for the day of the show and the night before! Being a volunteer is awesome: Not only do you get good craft karma, you get one of our prized swag bags!

Read more about what being a volunteer entails and sign up in our form here! (We can’t offer everyone who signs up to be a volunteer a spot, but we’ll get back to you with volunteer assignments by early November.)

Sep 1

Last day to apply!

One last poke for crafters thinking about applying for the holiday Crafty Supermarket show: We close the application form at midnight tonight — so get your act together if you’ve been meaning to apply but haven’t yet!

~~Get to the application and read all the details here~~. Applications are closed!

Jul 15

Applications are open!

Want to sell your handmade wares at the holiday Crafty Supermarket on Nov. 19, 2011? Show us what you’ve got: Applications are open from July 15 to Sept. 1!