The show may be over but indie craft continues. Summer shows are brewing and VT crafters are busy preparing themselves for a busy selling season. Queen City Craft has had some exciting news in the past few weeks. For one I was contacted by a woman who is writing a book about artisan craft shows in New England and she wants to meet with me this summer so she can include the Queen City Craft Bazaar in her book which is due out next spring!

The second bit of news is that this blog was recently chosen for the Guide to Art Schools 50 Best Craft Blogs on the Internet. I feel so honored! You can see the post here. Thank you!

The QCCB may be over, but this blog will keep rolling with lots of posts about business tips, online marketing, guest bloggers, inspiration, resources, vendor spotlights and so much more.

Thank you!

The Spring 2010 Queen City Craft Bazaar took place yesterday at Union Station in Burlington. Lots of fantastic vendors filled this old train station and offered an exciting mix of indie craft, designs, and art to our community. The level of talent was incredible and we could hear the excitement from customer feedback. The group of vendors this year was one of the finest yet.

The community vibe filled the station as old vendors reconnected and new vendors made first time contacts. This is what it is all about. Building a place where indie crafters feel welcome and supported while providing a unique selection of products to the community. This is why I do it. The positive feedback from the customers and vendors yesterday was well worth the hard work it takes to put on that show.

Thanks to all of the participating vendors. It is because of you and your talents that this show can continue. Keep producing, keep pushing yourself, keep thinking outside of the box.

Thanks to all of the wonderful customers who came out to support indie craft in Vermont.

Thanks to Seven Days for being my media sponsor year after year and especially for the awesome coverage you provided online and in print this week. Thank you SO much!

Thanks to August First for providing delicious treats for our vendors and customers. It was a pleasure having you a the show this year.

and last but not least, thanks to Hillary Sherman of Robot Dinosaur, and Lorraine Reynolds of Glimmering Prize for being my right hand girls this year and helping me put on this show. We were a great team!

The show may be over but Queen City Craft continues - keep checking back for continued coverage of the indie craft scene here in Vermont. More crafter spotlights, info on upcoming shows around the area, upcoming online sales/marketing round table for indie craft business owners and much much more!

The Queen City Craft Bazaar is here!

Tomorrow is the big day! Saturday May 8th the Queen City Craft Bazaar is happening at Union Station (1 Main Street) in Burlington VT.

Come on down from 10am-5pm!

Vendor Spotlight - Coob Originals

COOB Originals creates handcrafted items from jewelry to the occasional piece of furniture using recycled and upcycled materials. Calvin of Coob Originals uses donated broken skateboards (a lot comes from Talent Skatepark of South Burlington) in these orignal creations. I instantly fell in love with his work and was thrilled that he applied for the show. Be sure to stop by on Saturday May 8th at Union Station in Burlington to check out the rest of his products.

Vendor Spotlight - urban farmgirl

Erinn Simon is one of my favorite people. She is an amazing mom and a rocking crafter. Many years ago she pulled me aside one morning at Viva Espresso in the ONE and asked me to be a part of a new craft group she was starting called the Burlington Craft Mafia. Together with another founding member we crafted our way into a great friendship and we helped spread the movement of indie craft in Burlington. We closed down the group a few years later, but Erinn continues to push the limits with crochet hooks in hand. Her work is wonderful and so is she. I am so happy she is back as a vendor this year and so thankful for her years of friendship and support. Check www.erinnsimon.com to learn more about Erinn and her work.

Vendor Spotlight - Strange Dolls

Beth Robinson is a self taught artist who has been living in Vermont for 15 years. While she has dabbled in a variety of mediums, it was the discovery of polymer clay that allowed her to combine her interests in design, sewing, sculpting, and painting and gave her a concrete foundation of expression in the form of Strange Dolls.

I am pleased to announce Beth will be a new vendor at the Queen City Craft Bazaar this year. She will be offering special pricing on many of the dolls you see available on her website. Stop by and check out the unique and wonderful work of Beth Robinson.

Amazing resource

I feel like a kid in a candy store. I stumbled upon a new website this weekend and I have been busy pouring over it ever since. Unanimous Craft is a tagable, sortable index of resources for crafters, artists and indie business owners. I am not even going to try to explain all the awesomeness this site has to offer. Go check it out for yourself and have fun playing. I even submitted a listing for the Queen City Craft Bazaar. You can see the listing here.