Category Archives: Crafts

South Side Works Exposed 2010 – Music and Arts Festival

Another popular event from 2009 is back again for an even bigger event in 2010. This weekend the South Side Works shopping area will become a street festival with music, artist market (organized by the good folks at Imadeit Market) and kids area. 3 days of fun in the streets of the south side.

SHOW HOURS:

July 16, 5 – 10 pm
July 17, 2 – 10 pm
July 18, 12 – 5 pm

south-side-works-exposed-2010 Exposed Artist Market – over 70 different artists will be selling their hand made wares this weekend at the Southside works. Here are a few of our favorites. Check out the entire list of vendors here on the IMadeIt Market Blog.

Birds of a Feather – love their I heart PGH pins
Cosy Knits – beautiful recycled and hand dyed yarns
E-A-Poos – check out these snazzy un-paper towels
Kiddy Kapes – because every kid needs a super hero cape! They even have Steelers capes too.
Talking Paint – pretty painted canvas accessories
Minx Shop – always happy to find handmade clothes. Check out this pretty leaf top.

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Shop Lawrenceville This Sat – Streets Sale, Handmade Love and Flea Markets

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Lots of fun shopping in the Lawrenceville area this Saturday!

First up – make a stop at this big bad garage sale extraordinaire – just got the details from this Friend of IheartPGH (FoI<3PGH) – stop by and pick up some neat stuff.

Big Multi Stop Garage Sale – Fisk, Main and 40th Streets
Saturday, June 26, 2010 – 9am-1pm (rain or shine)
PUT ON THOSE WALKING SHOES, CRACK IN TO YOUR COOKIE JAR AND COME ON OVER TO LAWRENCEVILLE FOR THIS HUGE STREET SALE!!! GET SOME EXERCISE AND SOME GREAT BARGAINS. WE HAVE TREASURES GALORE. WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!

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A Wedding Show for those who love handmade – Perfect timing! I got a call from a very good Friend of handmadeinlove IheartPGH this week called this week to say she was engaged! And facebook tells me another FoI<3PGH is engaged too. Pittsburgh handmade community has been working hard on putting together a wedding show for those who love handmade.

Hand(Made) In Marriage is Pittsburgh’s alternative, indie wedding show. Our goal is to offer the people of Pittsburgh a cool place to meet vendors who can provide them with something outside the norm.

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Wed. May 26 – Knitting for Absolute Beginnger (Free class and dinner)

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Always wanted to learn to knit? Here is your chance to get a free lesson (and some free dinner) and to check out the Fe gallery in Lawrenceville.

CommuniTeach is a website that is co-founded by a Pittsburgher one of his friends in Chicago. The idea is to create a website where people can share their skills and learn new things. Communiteach offers Learn-its on all kinds of things from guitar lessons, yoga, cooking, knitting and more.

This Wednesday, CommuniTeach will host scarf knitting for absolute beginners – the class is free and includes supplies and dinner. This is the last chance to see the current exhibition, “Scissors,” which closes right after the knitting.

Scarf knitting for absolute beginners
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
6-8pm
Fe Gallery in Lawrenceville
Sign up online here – http://communiteach.com/learnit.php?glid=20

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Chili and Crafts at Southside Works + Pop Up Markets

The folks at the ImadeIt Market may have had their valentine’s day show at the Union Project canceled due to the snowmageddon that took over Pittsburgh back in February but they are back with an awesome way to chase away the winter chills – Chili Contest!

Here is the deal – Joseph Beth Books has moved out of their space on Carson Street – to a smaller space across the street -so on Saturday, April 10 – the I Made It market will take over the old Joseph Beth Space and turn it into a Chili spectacular and handmade market.

I Made It! Market, Pittsburgh’s nomadic indie crafts marketplace, joins with the SouthSide Works for a Spring Arts & Chili Festival on April 10 from 2 – 8 pm.

More than 50 regional crafters will join together to create a pop-up marketplace inside the former Joseph Beth Bookseller space, on the corner of 27th and Carson Streets, which will also include a Kids Korner. Outside will be live entertainment and a chili festival complete with a celebrity judged chili competition.

Chili with the Works on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=349630274842

Popping into Vacant Spaces

These pop-up markets are litterally popping up all over the place and it is a great way to reuse vacant spaces and bring communities together at the same time – who knows maybe bringing new faces to vacant spaces will inspire some new tenants too.

Pop Up Pittsburgh was an event organized last year to highlight things happening in uptown, this year they will be popping up in another neighborhood – the Pittsburgh event was inspired by an event in Cleveland – another great idea shared through GLUE – Great Lakes Urban Exchange.
In January, Chris Brogan, one of my favorite writers on social media, linked to a post about Gap pop up shops
Here is another post and there are many others about pop up galleries in vacant spaces
Art Dimensions Pittsburgh (Art Dimensions Pittsburgh on Facebook) – is an artist space that has taken over the old PNC Bank building on the corner of Penn and Highland in East Liberty. The idea was brought to Pittsburgh by Dan Friedson who was involved with Art Dimensions in St. Louis.

What other pop up shops do you know about? Is there a space in Pittsburgh that is ripe for a pop up event?

Handmade Gifts for Valentine's Day – IMadeIt Market 2/6

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Just in time for Valentine’s day -IMadeIt- Pittsburgh’s handmade marketplace will be setting up shop this weekned. Gift and treats and sweets will be available from over 50 different artisits. It is the perfect excuse to get out of the house and pick up a gift for your valentine.

IMadeIt Mine
Saturday, February 6, 2010 – Noon-5pm
Union Project, 801 N. Negley Ave, Highland Park
Facebook Event – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=412824605028&index=1

Some vendors to check out:

Sapling Press – Lisa from Sapling Press – who provided a great afternoon with the Letter Press demo last weekend will be there with letter pressed cards and more.

Erika Originals – Erika is from Cleveland and will be bringing her jewlery to town this weekend – this love letter necklace would make a great gift for a special valentine.

Iron City Upcyclery – turning old clothes into new garments – their etsy page has some dresses that would be perfect to wear for a valentine’s date night.

Click here to see a complete list of vendors for this Saturday.