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Volunteer to Help Knit & Crochet Trail Markers for the Park

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Another fantastic collaboration here in Pittsburgh.  An eco-friendly way of marking trails in the park is by making trail markers out of organic materials.  Join the Pittsburgh Craft Collective in knitting and crocheting trail markers for the project.

Location: Wildcard (4209 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA)
Date: Thursday, February 3
Time: 6-9 p.m.
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Learn more about the park and get all of the details on the Pittsburgh Craft Collective blog here.

Workshop for Handmade/Crafty Sellers – The Business of Craft – Sat. July 24

My booth and Crafts N'At Pittsburgh
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One of the things that makes Pittsburgh great – is the affordable cost of living here.  In recent years, a number of groups have started to promote and support local crafters and artists. Now there are lots of festivals, some shops and websites where you can purchase interesting, one of a kind, handmade items from local artists and crafters.  Over the past few years the craft seen in Pittsburgh has flourished with a couple of different groups working to promote handmade businesses.  A few years ago, I had a ton of fun spending an afternoon with some of the crafters at the beehive talking blogs and business and I honored to be included on their panel on social media this weekend.  Not only is the crafting movement a good thing for the local economy but its great to see  a groups of passionate people supporting their businesses and creating a fun community in Pittsburgh.

BusinessofCraftLogoThe Business of Craft is a day long workshop this Saturday, hosted by the Pittsburgh Craft Collective.  This is a day of workshops and speakers focused on how to improve your crafting business.  While this is being organized by crafters – I think that many of the topics will also apply to small business as well and there will lots of info on using the internet to promote your business.

I will be one of the panelists talking about social media and small business.  I am looking forward to meeting these amazing other presenters Tara Gentile of Scoutiegirl.com, Carrie Nardini of I Made It! Market, Alissa Martin of Pavement, Michelle Hammons of Burgh Baby, Mundania Horvath of Steeltown Anthem. Continue reading

Letterpress Love in Pittsburgh

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I was recently talking to a friend and admiring his beautifully letterpress buisness cards – I know there are a few letterpress shops here in Pittsburgh too.

Shannon from War Admiral Press – designed the wedding invitations for our very own blogger Maya!  – check out the invitations here – Maya was thrilled with the finished invites and happy to use a local printer too.  There is even a Flickr group for Pittsburgh Letterpress – I think it is run by the folks who publish the zine Ker-Bloom which is one of the only letterpress zine’s around – check out Issue 74 which is all about Pittsburgh.

Perfect timing because January 30, 2010 is the Pittsburgh craft collective’s Letterpress Demo afternoon.  This is one event that I did not get to attend last year and I am very happy to see the events return.  Here is a nice write up of last years Letterpress demo from the blog Something Pretty.

Letterpress Demo
Saturday, January 30, 2010 2-4pm
The Design Center, 5001 Baum Blvd.
Free for Pittsburgh Craft Collective Members, $5 for Non Members

Just in time for Valentine’s day you will get to make your own valentine

RSVP for the Letterpress Demo on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=268788245886

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Links Worth a Look – January 22nd

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look:

  • Pittsburgh Magazine's Eat Street visits Pangea – We are happy to see a write up on Pangea as we were just wondering if this place was still open. Lovely spot in Shadyside that is in the space where Pasta Piatto used to be years ago.
  • 5 Place to Find Handmade in Pittsburgh – the blog Handmade in PA has a great post about 5 places to find handmade items – or make something handmade here in Pittsburgh – some are old favorites and some new finds too. (via the Pittsburgh Craft Collective)
  • Red Pop Shop on Etsy – Just learned about this nifty little online shop that is run by 3 Pittsburgh friends – a great selection on vintage housewares – glasses, mugs, plates, ash trays and more. Some handmade items too. Check out their $5 or less selections too.

Follow IheartPGH on Twitter – we share more links there almost daily!

Links Worth a Look – November 14th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look:

  • 500 Internal Server Error – 500 Internal Server Error
  • Steeltown Anthem – This is a new-ish blog that has some great posts about art, architecture and design in Pittsburgh. Thanks to the Pittsburgh Craft Collective for helping us find another great blog.
  • Sixteen Pittsburgh Steelers Bars – Great little blog about a Pittsburgher who currently lives in Brooklyn and is checking out a different NYC area Steelers bar each week.

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