Since I took the Handmade Pledge, I’ve been trying to find a way to effectively get the word out about craft fairs and crafter’s galore across the country to mobilize you to get out there and buy better gifts. I fit the first puzzle piece from my friend Kelli over at Tangled and True, when she announced Tangled and True’s handmade fair, a selection of ten very special handmade companies offering very special holiday discounts. My personal favorites, blabla handknitted dolls, backpacks, and pillows, and Quilt Baby bibs and burp cloths, join other wonderful designers such as Sarah Jane illustrated prints and intricate, totally girly, indie clothier willarie.

The biggest piece of the ‘keeping up with handmade’ puzzle is the Indie Craft Fair Guide, which is exactly what it says - THE guide to craft fairs nationwide. Listed by date, with many sponsors lining the columns, you’ll find handmade GALORE, from clothing to crafts, stationary to stuffed animals. This is a big weekend, people, so get out there and get crafty!

December 7th:

Boston, MA - Design Nearby Prints Charming
Portland, OR - motokitty, 5 Parties, 10 Artists

December 8th and 9th:

Portland, OR - The Rebel Rabbit Craft Fair
Milwaukee, WI - ARTvsCRAFT
New York, NY - BUST Magazine’s Holiday Craftactular
Des Moines, IA - Craft Saturday!
Sacramento, CA - SellOut BuyOut
Chicago, IL - Handmade Market
Chicago, IL - Renegade Market
Brooklyn, NY - 3rd Ward Handmade Holiday Craft Fair & Open House
Brooklyn, NY - Artists & Fleas Market
Pittsburgh, PA - I Made It For the Holidays
Boston, MA - SOWA Holiday Market
Boston, MA - Bazaar Bizarre
Biddeford, ME - Blissful Revolution Arts & Crafts Bazaar
Pass Christian, MS - Handmade Invasion
Sarasota, FL - Atomic Holiday Bazaar