Mr. Puppovich's Uncommon Delights specializes in delicious and unusual beverage concoctions and international street foods. Everything is home-made and where possible, we strive to use local and organic ingredients. We appreciate simple iconic foods and follow the quest for the satisfaction that comes from the perfect mix of ingredients and textures. Our dream is to offer foods that excite people as much as we enjoy making them. We'll be serving our famous fishcake sandwiches as well as a tasty vegetarian version, steaming bowls of home-made vegetarian chili, organic coffee, "The Lord's Chai," organic Vermont mulled cider, and our own ginger beer. Sweets will include an assortment of our cookies on a stick.

Our pies are baked fresh each day. We make each pie by hand using the best butter from Vermont, the crispest apples from local orchards, roasted nuts that are still warm when they arrive to our bakery, and the highest quality fruits and vegetables around. We use only real, all natural ingredients; no mixes or fillers of any kind.

Wheeler's Frozen Dessert Co. is a microcreamery in Boston, MA. We aim to make the best vegan ice creams you've ever tasted. We also make Wheeler's Private Stock, a line of alcoholic vegan ice creams modeled after popular drinks, and Wheeler's Black Label Sorbets. We also run Wheeler's Smoothies for recipes.

Mark Lyon & Stacy Monakey, the husband & wife duo behind 1Girl 1Boy, have been creating unique hand dyed & block printed t-shirts for kid's since 2006. New for 2008 they are introducing their line of block printed textiles & products created from these textiles.

Christy Petterson & Shannon Mulkey organize the Indie Craft Experience (www.ice-atlanta.com) in Atlanta, a bi-annual craft market and event in Atlanta, established in 2005. Christy (a bardis) creates earrings out of vintage plastic, sterling silver and screen-printed plastic. She also makes hand bound books with screen-printed covers and various other accessories.

A.S.I.S focuses on texture & style. Staying local using only the highest quality yarns from local farms. Hats are handmade with help from mum & local knitters.

Accacia started making aceCaps when she lived in Seattle, surrounded by bicyclists. She moved back to Massachusetts to supply the east coast with aceCaps, and pursue a degree in library science.

Albertine Press is a letterpress design and print studio in Boston which produces a full collection of unique greeting cards, note cards, coasters, stationery, limited edition books and other letterpress ephemera, as well as working with clients on custom designed projects. All of the work is hand printed with antique presses onto 100% cotton paper.

Florencia Scavuzzo and Andres da Silva were born in Argentina,where they went to School of Fine Arts.They came to U.S. in 2002,and started making small sculptures,paper masks,and collages.Now ,both of them are making wooden plates , cards ,and journals .

AnnaBuilt handcrafts one of a kind jewelry pieces, sculptures and stained glass panels mostly using recycled and reclaimed material.

AntiDesigns is a Boston-based t-shirt company with its roots in urban design. Embracing the DIY attitude from their earliest beginnings, the group has blossomed from a few screen printing starter kits to a full-on screen printing operation.

Apple Scruffs is a tiny, bindy powerhouse run by Athena, who believes she has been crafting since the development of fine motor skills. She enjoys making use of items headed trash-ward, binding inanimate objects, and doing things the hard way.

Applecart is an independent line of colorful and playful accessories. Using a mix of vintage and retro fabrics, designer Emily Geanacopoulos creates quality handmade handbags, purses, wallets and clutches in a variety of styles. Visit: http://www.applecartbyemily.com for more information.

When she lets her mind wander, Elise Towle Snow imagines bunnies floating from balloons or llamas wearing jean jackets. She draws these peculiar delights and carefully screen prints them by hand using her Gocco. Argyle Whale is home to her limited edition art prints, stationary, patches and buttons.

Arian Armstrong is an artist/designer with a distinctively cute illustration style. She utilizes a combination of watercolor, pencil, ink, acrylic, vintage papers, reclaimed wood, and digital media to create affordable fine art prints and cards that speak on love, faith, and the heart.

Jessee Maloney makes handmade one of a kind jewelry and accessories in her home all day long... she lives in Frederick, MD and collect toys.

Allison Cole graduated from RISD and lives and works in Providence RI making art, illustration, and running her online shop. Bang Bang Youíre Thread was launched in 2005 as the online home for Allison's products and designs.

Elisha and Sara are both art school graduates who have a love for fabric. They keep their fingers and minds busy by making one of a kind items out of hard to find, foreign, and vintage recycled materials.

Sandra and Jim are metalsmiths that have a mission to bring their old work craftsmanship skills into the 21st century. They both have Master's degrees in Fine Art and have a love of old quirky objects. They live in a 100 year old cottage by the sea in Rhode Island.

Bill Pickles Dog Co. grew from a passion of baking and wanting the best for their four legged children. Their motto "We understand spoiled" holds true. They believe all pets deserve the chance to be spoiled and treated with the utmost respect. This is why 5% of each sale is donated to The North Shore Animal League, the largest no-kill shelter in the World. Just like your local bakery, all of their treats are baked fresh upon each order and are made from 100% human grade, all natural ingredients with no added preservatives, additives, sugar or salt. They use the best baking ingredients and only use ingredients that are safe for your four legged friends. Bill Pickles Dog Co continues to grow and hopes to one day, have World dog cookie domination!

The goal of Birdhead is to merge the gap between art and fashion, providing people with like minded ideals an alternative to the cookie-cutter offerings available in the mainstream fashion scene. Our focus is to to reject the norm. By not following prevailing trends in fashion it allows us to be more creative. Through collaboration we develop designs and products with purely original ideas.

Blue Alvarez Designs has been knitting accessories and apparel for active, urban lifestyles since 2004. She works primarily with vegan and recycled materials, to help keep her ethos and unique style inherent in all her pieces. You can see more of her work, and read all about the drive behind her designs, at bluealvarez.com

Blueberry Pancake is Jessica Hanscom, an artist and stay at home mama based in Beverly, MA. She makes handmade stuffed creatures that are part cat part bear. Each creature is based on her own pattern and drawings and come with their own name! Her first animal was a gift to her son Lincoln Bear .

Boobytrap Press is one-man outfit operated by Bill Hanscom, a printmaker and book binder based in Beverly, MA.

Boston Coasters is a local business run by Brian Beaucher. Brian is a photographer who wanted to sell more than photo prints, and started printing functional gifts such as coasters and messenger bags featuring city scenes of Boston. This evolved into Boston Coasters, which now works with many local artists who work with different media types including painting and collage. All Boston Coasters products are pressed by hand individually, there is no automation or mass production. We do this so we can print one-offs of any of our products. Boston Coasters now has its own retail store in Harvard Square.

The Boston Derby Dames have been getting their blocks off since May 2005 when the first intrepid rollergirls began training at rinks and hockey courts throughout greater Boston. The league now boasts more than 50 active skaters on three home teams: the Cosmonaughties, Nutcrackers, and Wicked Pissahs. Our all-star travel team, the Boston Massacre, has been in action since October 2005 and has traveled to play teams in Las Vegas, Long Island, and Seattle, and has hosted Charm City (MD), Atlanta, Cincinnati, Dominion (VA), Maine, and more. As of April 2008, the Massacre is ranked 9th in the Eastern Region and 16th in the nation among WFTDA leagues. We are Boston's first and only all-female, DIY, skater-owned and -operated flat track roller derby league and proud members of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

Heather Wells loves textiles and loves making lights out of familiar and easily overlooked materials like cocktail umbrellas, typewriter ribbon and vintage ribbon.

B + Nancy (NV) were raised by a multi-talented artisan outside of Philadelphia, PA. Through her they learned the lessons of quality craftsmanship and creative design solutions...Nancy later went on to study Interior Architecture at RISD while B studied finance and followed a corporate career path. BTHENV DESIGNS is the brainchild of two sisters with a desire to carry on the family tradition of craft, love of life, liberty from the same old same old, and the pursuit of happiness!

for the past 12 years, Buckaroo's has done what it can to add a touch of grooviness to the Boston landscape.

Buncombe Buckles Metaslworks is one, designer/maker/owner, Celia Gray. She has a fine art degree and studied metals and blacksmithing in a two year fellowship program at the Penland School of Crafts in Western North Carolina. She collects inspiration from old broken objects, quilts, collections, handywork, parts and pieces. She is an exhibiting painter as well.

Anna is a twenty-something yoga teacher and aspiring grad student. She enjoys moonlit strolls on the beach, Victorian literature, and smearing herself with smelly things.

When Kristen isn't designing her wares, she can be found having dance parties with her son, drinking tea, listening to the Mountain Goats, shopping at the farmer's market, eating sushi, or watching the NY Mets.

Campfire Goods makes shirts for people who love type, humor, and regional pride. Show 'em where you're from! They wear their hearts on their sleeves. And they hope you might wear them too!

The Candy Thief is dedicated to creating one of a kind accessories for females world wide. She is known for her unique sense of color and shape.

chez-sucre-chez is an intentionally poor translation of home-sweet-home into french. it's funny; it's supposed to be. kimberly scola, the artist behind chez-sucre-chez, is interested in traditional american crafts. she prefers hand-made, lovingly crafted objects over those churned out in factories. she sometimes daydreams about being a pioneer girl, making her own clothes and granola and soap and rugs and dishes and bedding and everything else she could need. chez-sucre-chez is the name under which she sells her hand-crafted miscellany.

Leah Kramer is a computer programmer, self-proclaimed craft junkie, and the founder of Craftster.org. Leah has been crafting ever since she could hold a pair of safety scissors. Somewhere along the lines she thinks she inhaled too much glue because now she is attracted to crafts that are irreverent, ironic, kitschy, or cleverly eco-friendly. She resides in Boston where she is an owner of the "coolest store ever," Magpie.

CraftStylish is the ultimate crafting resource that we craved, but couldn't find-a place to connect, discover and share with other crafters. It's the destination for fabulous inspiration and expert instruction on the latest trends, projects, ideas, and materials. Whatever craft you love-knitting, crocheting, sewing, quilting, embroidery, jewelrymaking, and more-you'll find the best information and community at CraftStylish.com.

The Crafty Scientist enjoys playing in the design lab. Lately what comes out is art yarn and wool batts that have tons of laboratory add ins. She also enjoys making useful things from her huge and funky stash of fabric- potholders, pillows, and cat mats and toys for charity.

Alice Griffin-Pauzolis is an artist of many mediums. Raised in New York City she attended The Rudolf Steiner School where her artistic talent was encouraged and fostered. After obtaining a BA in Art she pursued the world of theater and worked in costume production for Broadway shows, film and Disney theme parks worldwide. In 2001 she went back to school to obtain an MS Ed. in Waldorf Education. Alice has been an Early Childhood teacher for the past 6 years. Although she teaches she still has a need to create and most of her ideas come while on the job. Many of her items are geared towards children and all of them are made to be enjoyed. She officially started Curly Q as an outlet for her creative abilities and to bring more joy to this life. Her motto and that of Curly Q is "live for fun!"

Dan Siegel was born in New York in 1979. Then, suddenly, in 2002, Siegel moved to Vermont to work at the Frog Hollow clay studio in Burlington. His pottery has developed into a medium that combines his love of graphic and comic book art with his skill as a functional potter. It evokes a sense of playfulness combined with a serious appreciation for the history of the medium of clay.

Chad Walker is a freelance illustrator living in New England. He spends most of his time drawing and trying new vegetarian dishes. Many of his drawings end up on his site. Most of his food ends up on his shirt.

Two best friends with a DIY mindset. Everything DISTRO.Y produces is completely DIY & quality. We enjoy making apparel that makes people smile.

Alison Murphy, the designer behind drawnonward, has been creating jewelry since 2005. Alison has lived in New York City, Ethiopia and Burlington, VT. These diverse locales influenced her jewelry design, which is urban yet organic, funky as well as exotic and global. Alison currently lives in Concord, NH.

Adam Yothers started the Dyslexic Press a few years ago after graduating from architecture school. The design & print studio is focused on celebrating the visual language comprised of the icons & imagery of popular culture. Their original designs feature interesting & humorous twists on the familiar.

By day, Erica is working on both a Ph.D. in economics and a masters in architecture, by night, she slaves away in her tiny basement apartment making unique and eye-catching notebooks, journals, stickers, and furniture.

When she manages to find a bit of free time, she likes to watch marathons of bad reality television shows, run, and think of clever ways of getting Jeff Goldblum to notice her (so far this adventure has been most unsuccessful).

Miss Sarah Coyne is 100% of Egg-A-Go-Go. She enjoys trees, cats, tea, collecting stuff, pigs, jumping, cheese, New Hampshire, socks and just about everything else. Sarah makes pillows (hand painted and silk screened), stationery, little things and original art.

Elizabeth Brennick Designs is a line of clothing and accessories for adults and children, entirely designed and handmade in Seekonk, MA. Beth uses colorful prints and robust construction to create a whimsical line with active families in mind. You can see more of her work (tested on her herself and her kids!) at elizabethbrennick.etsy.com.

emily lewis is a self taught indie designer from cape cod with a love of all things sewing and vintage

Olivia is a disease-pounding chemist by day, and a color-loving beader after 5. She been crafting fine things to hang from your body parts for nearly 20 of her 27 years. Her work is clean and modern, carefully constructed with an eye for unusual color combinations and clever geometry.

Ex Libris Anonymous creates handcrafted journals using the recycled covers and original content from vintage hardcover books. They love you.

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Family Dinner for One is owned and operated by Beth and Seth Marois. They design and hand screen print tshirts, buttons and wall hangings featuring their own somewhat twisted take on the everyday...from pizza boxes to warning labels to innocent kittens...nothing is safe.

Fern Animals are tiny soft sculptures handmade by Ashley Anna Brown. They are constructed from recycled materials whenever possible and always stuffed with a renewable and eco-friendly batting such as Organic Cotton or Bamboo stuffing.

Figs & Ginger is a hubby & wife crafty duo specializing in Eco-friendly metal-smithing inspired by Forests.

Born in the Atlantic waters of the Bay State, Fish McGill's prides himself as an artist devoted to drawing. He uses characters to communicate and question his involvement in and perception of society. Fish focuses on Robots as literal and metaphorical machines that convey ideas on what it means to be human.

Voz is compulsively driven to draw emotional monsters and share them with the world.

Florencia Scavuzzo and Andres da Silva were born in Argentina,where they went to School of Fine Arts.They came to U.S. in 2002,and started making small sculptures,paper masks,and collages.Now ,both of them are making wooden plates , cards ,and journals .

Forest Bound emphasizes the beauty and history found in aged materials with one of a kind bags and jewelry constructed out of recycled textiles, leather and metals. With a passion for highlighting the effects time and wear have on various materials, Forest Bound seeks to reveal the uniqueness and history that can be discovered through recycling what once was.

Betsy Carr is the artist behind foundling. Her work is inspired by an ethic of reuse and the hidden stories in all things old. Old paper, fabrics, vintage beads and recyled silver all find their way into her jewelry. She's in her studio every day working hard to combine vintage goodness with a modern sensibility.

Foxy & Winston was established in 2005 by Brooklyn based Illustrator and screen printer Jane Buck, who's ideas are generally drawn from nature & the creatures she meets on her travels. Each design is hand-drawn, then individually screen printed onto 100% PC - recycled cards, organic apparel and Limited Edition Wall Art Prints.

The Fuzzy Bunny strives to create enjoyable natural products using sustainable methods. Products include colorful yarns that are handspun from cruelty-free fibers and dyed with eco-friendly dyes, as well as bath and body products made in small batches from food-grade, entirely vegan ingredients.

Marie Galvin is an award winning, self-taught Irish Milliner based in Boston. Galvin specializes in creating unique handcrafted trims and sculpting them into unusual & modern silhouettes. The trims are a significant part of the process as is the hat design itself. "My mission is to create unique handcrafted headwear, providing multiple expressions for the women who wear them.

I am a Beverly Ma based artist that has been creating robots and other fine objects for over 15 years. I try to incorporate as much found and reclaimed objects into my art. I have been known to stop on a busy highway to pick up an interesting piece of rusty metal that has been driven over a million times. My true love is scifi and robots that are the main preoccupation of my artwork.

Giant Dwarf creates handmade + eco-friendly goods from recycled clothing + vintage fabrics to keep you fancy. Each piece is carefully assembled + professionally constructed by the heart + hands of Sue Eggen.

Lisa O'Neill is a life-long crafty girl who's love of all things vintage inspired her to create modern hipster jewelry from the bright baubles and chunky chain of 1960s pieces.

Glitterlimes is a line of jewelry made from your favorite snacks, dried fruit, candy, and glittery resin.

Debbie Tuch has been spreading glitter through food since graduating RISD, for the last 12 years.

Goga is made of two sisters separated by 1500 miles and a couple of years. Like twins separated at birth they make wild and strikingly similar works at this great distance. Hairba=rained schemes run in the family and they are coursing through this duo like the Colorado river through the Grand Canyon. When they get together sewing magic happens. You should probably visit them at Boston Bazaar Bizarre. Come for the cupcakes, for the MikeFm, for the joy and the strange shapes that have been made along the way.

Handmade Nation documents a movement of artists, crafters and designers that recognize a marriage between historical techniques, punk and DIY ethos while being influenced by traditional handiwork, modern aesthetics, politics, feminism, and art. Fueled by the common thread of creating, Handmade Nation explores a burgeoning art community that is based on creativity, determination and networking.

Tami likes to work in small scale, and that brings her to crafting jewelry. She likes to think of herself as a mixed media artist, since the materials she uses, at any piece of artwork, would always be unexpected. Regardless to the technique she is currently using, color and whimsy are strong elements of her artwork.

Tracy's interest lies in producing utilitarian glasswork with a naturalist feel, while still learning new techniques and evolving her style. Since she still has a strong interest in design and illustration, she incorporate them into the work as much as possible.

Haptotrope presents things to make you squeal with glee or turn you into the belle of the ball (or at least the local coffee shop)! Rehacked, like a piece of bad code ready to do some damage, remade and pulled apart, and broken down - what love does to a heart, leaving edges ragged, and beautiful. Strange materials, given hope of new beginnings.

Heart Pump Arts is the collected works of Justin Durand: handmade dolls, cut-out paper illustrations, fine art prints, and music.

Heather Toupin (aka heatherjeany) is a Goccoing fiend, stopping only to sip coffee, tend to the blisters on her hands and care for her sweet baby. Her stationery is perfect for any occasion; be it a thank you letter to grandma or a saucy secret admirer note.

Nathan Murrell is a potter, sculptor and bookbinder living in Providence Rhode Island. His pottery aesthetic is informed by travel, architecture, textiles, and antiquities.

George Pfromm II is an animator and illustrator in Somerville. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Weekly Dig, and on display at Magpie and Space 242. As an animator he has worked on children's educational content, television shows,and animated commercials.

HoosierMagnolia is a Boston-based business founded by Michelle Jones in 2006 that combines the influences of a rich Southern heritage with city living to create a unique line of baby quilts and accessories. Developed out of Michelle's love for the juxtaposition of patterns and textures, fairytale and dreamspace, HoosierMagnolia is cultivating a line of children's products that are not only fully functional but also beautiful.

Ja Teuber has been in custom invitations design business since 2001 and now offer readymade letterpress and silkscreen products include calendar, notecards and labels.

She is a little crafty thing from just outside of Philly. As a high school English teacher, she crafts because it takes away so much of the stress from her day job. Everything she makes is 100% sure to be cute!

The Intuitive Garden is home to a variety of original handmade jewelry and accessories created by New England based designer, Candace Barnes. Natural and organic shapes, combined with her own intuition, inspire Candace's homegrown wearable art. She uses a mixture of original art, plastic, and resin in her work and every piece is carefully handcrafted in her Lowell, Massachusetts studio.

Jenine Bressner draws with glass rods in a torch flame. Using sterling silver and textile elements, she incorporates her glass pieces into surprisingly elegant things to wear! Her "Fireworks!" studio is located in magical Providence, Rhode Island.

Jennifer Hill's line, Places I Have Never Been, revolves around her drawings of her imaginary vacations. Each piece includes tid-bits of information about the place which inspired the drawing.

Joozie is a team of two sisters, Jennie and Sue. Jennie is a sewing teacher by day and crafter at night. Sue is an animator and illustrator with a taste for the slightly weird. When Jennie and Sue grew up, they stopped fighting with each other and started collaborating on various crafts. Discovering they both had a mutual enjoyment in creating canned monsters, Joozie was born.

Kerri Desmond can be found online at www.kairndesign.com She attented Massachusetts College of Art for Illustration and now works for a small local Interior Wall Finishing Company as their Graphic Designer. She is inspired by patterns in nature, friends, family and loves bringing her ideas to life so that others may enjoy a bit of beauty in their every day.

Karalee Serra, a graduate of Massachusetts College of Art, launched her jewelry design company in 2006 with a unique, colorful and eclectic line of jewels and accessories. In addition to her design work, Serra has been active in the stationery manufacturing business for over 4 years, a full-time graphic designer for the past 7 years, and is also an avid photographer.

Cricicis Design is the small business of designer Leah Ammerman, who produces graphic design, illustration and paper goods out of Boston, Massachusetts. She specializes in note cards, boxes, handbound notebooks and journals, and custom bookplates. Each of these items feature clean, bright illustrations which are drawn by hand or in illustrator. Leah graduated from Massachusetts College of Art with a bfa in graphic design. Since then she has been trying to learn how to bind books, and print with a letterpress. She appreciates the simplicity of minimalism, penpals, mail in general, handwriting, photocopiers, drawing, painstaking repetitive tasks and good humor.

Surface designer marries cartoonist, and creativity and sometimes hilarity ensues. Bringing affordable design to people is what Lost Bird Found aims to do.

LuckyBird Studio was created by Kim T. Clark, a former graphic designer who isn't afraid of color, doesn't have the patience to knit, and is much better off with a creative outlet to keep the howling wolves at bay. All of her products are handmade with tender loving care and a neurotic attention to detail and quality. None of the components used in her work has any intrinsic value. Worth comes from how pieces are combined, reconfigured and reborn. Reclaimed base-metal, paper, resin, plastic, wood, glass, hardware and adopted bits and pieces. There is some sterling-silver involved and the occasional austrian crystal, but Kim like using stuff that's been hanging around awhile looking for a good home and some attention.

Magpie is a Boston hotspot for crafters and indie design. Located in Davis Sq. and specializing in the hip and irreverant, Magpie is the ideal shopping place for independent design and crafts. www.magpie-store.com

Maisonwares is Ryan Marie Samuel. Ryan enjoys arts and crafts of all kinds, but has focused herself on housewares and stationery. She makes unique designs in patterns and colors to suit everyone, including men, women, and children. Personally, she loves bright colors, simple designs, and clean lines, always with some odd twists. In addition, Miss Samuel is continually expanding her wares.

Marissa is a Boston-based graphic designer who makes cute, weird stuff in her spare hours. Her most recent Halloween costume involved designing and knitting a powdered wig.

mary e. robbins lives in maine with her husband nabil, taking her inspiration from years spent living and working in morocco. trained as a painter at NYU, she now quietly works in fabric and ink to encourage dialogue and learning about the arabic speaking world. her sturdy, brightly patterned handmade totes and handbags are named for women of her family in morocco, and constructed of repurposed and vintage materials. each handbag comes with a small story about its namesake, lending a glimpse into the world of moroccan female culture. her silkscreened arabic t shirts and totes offer a gentle conversation starter, combining images of simple objects and their definitions in arabic. mary's work is currently for sale at Fact & Fancy in Brooklyn, New York--an Etsy-Admin owned brick and mortar shop and on Etsy.com.

Created by Alana Ryan, Maxine in Trousers features intricate fascinators and sequined pasties with pin-up flair. Made locally in Cambridge, MA, each piece is carefully crafted by hand and many showcase one of a kind vintage finds. Instantly add old world glamour with these distinctive accessories!

Jeff Weeks is Mean & Wroughten. He fabricates unique welded photo frames and cribbage sets from recycled materials, found objects and vintage tools. Photos are firmly held onto the frames using mighty strong magnets.

Pam is the lady who makes underwear for the good people of Boston and beyond! You can always find her at the art store yappin away with the clerks, checkin' out something new. She would like a motorcycle.

Emily Davis started MIAOW in the winter of 2007 out of a desire to make cute creatures. A combination of vintage-inspired cotton and wool, her softies have unique character and beg to be cuddled.

Aimee Tigg and Jeanette Allain are sisters and partners on this project. They are working together- taking turns playing with their kids and sewing, knitting, sketching, print-making, and dreaming their way to fun and success.

misshawklet has been making stuff all her life. Her mission is to make high quality, handmade crafts that serve a purpose. Everything misshawklet makes is as eco and animal friendly as possible. Is she "green", thrifty, or just plain cheap? You decide!

mogo is the collective work of ann and dabney. ann's a tried and true minimalist, while dabney bends toward the cluttered, small and cute. currently they are rehabbing an old hardware store in their recently adopted city of st. louis.

Jan Willett holds a degree in sculpture, and has always been obsessed with the fuzzy line between Art and Plaything. Her enchanting sock animals are equally comfortable in the curio cabinet and in your child's arms. Jan has been monkeying around, here in Boston, since 'ought four.

Heidi Kenney is a self taught artist that creates plush and 3D soft sculptures. Happy (& sometimes very sad) plush veggies, donuts, tampons, toilet paper rolls, and many other everyday food & household items. Born in Washington DC Heidi currently live in Pennsylvania. She started her company and website My Paper Crane in 2001 so she would have a place to blog and showcase the plush she was making.

Nervous System is composed of Jesse, a mathematician, and Jessica an architecture student with a background in biology. Together they mix art and science to create a line of unique pieces in steel, rubber and felt.

Noosed Kitty is original art and illustration by Jamie Fales. Originals, prints, plush, cards, and more featuring cute, but occasionally morose animals and girls. Happy and sad, light and dark, and a little bit of funny.

Kate Nydam Meberg was born and raised amidst the dunes of the Cape, but now calls central Connecticut home. She received her BA in Fine Arts in 2004. In 2006 she rediscovered her love of printmaking in the form of linoleum block printing. When she is not toiling away in her studio, you can find her distance running, drinking chocolate milk and day dreaming about puppies.

formally trained in clay processes, I also use graphic design and screen-printing application to augment my clay work, bringing a bit of modernity to the traditional expectations to works in clay. all pieces are hand-stamped or hand-cut by me. :)

Outside the Lines Studio is an arts-based alternative day program, collectively run by artists, for individuals with developmental and physical disabilities. Our mission is to provide a creative, supportive community, where each individual feels valued and inspired to discover their own unique potential. Participants explore themselves through art, music, movement, community outings, and pre-vocational training. Our artists show their and sell their work in our gallery and in the local community and receive 85% of the profits.

Angela Stasio of The Paper Apartment is a mixed-media artist with a particularly soft spot for paper and collage. Her work ranges from small pieces constructed entirely of paper and found vintage images to full-scale illustrations incorporating a variety of media including paper, fabric, acrylic paint and colored pencil.

Paper Breakfast was created by Hannah Reiff, a printmaker and bookbinder, to offer up delicious helpings of paper goods adorned with her whimsical illustrations. Based in Boston, MA, she creates high-quality handbound books, letterpress printed cards, calendars, prints, and other treats as well.

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Christy Petterson & Shannon Mulkey organize the Indie Craft Experience (www.ice-atlanta.com) in Atlanta, a bi-annual craft market and event in Atlanta, established in 2005. Shannon (Patina) creates knitwear out of recycled sweaters, slip dresses out of vintage hand-dyed slips and original design clothing. They are devoted to indie craft and will be featured in the Handmade Nation book coming out this fall.

Sherry loves everything vintage, and started designing her whimsical assemblages of vintage materials and gemstones as a creative outlet from life as a graduate student. She named her line after her bunny pequito, a little furball of love who likes to cuddle at her feet when she sits at her workspace.

Pinecone+Chickadee is a collaboration between graphic designer Amy Teh and her musician husband, Noah DeFilippis. The duo silkscreen their original artwork onto greeting cards, journals, apparel and accessories. Their paper goods are printed on recycled materials and they have several organic options in their apparel line. All their products are printed by hand with water-based, earth friendly inks. Their studio is located in Portland, Maine.

Lydia Kuhn started Quiet Jewelry out of her Somerville MA studio in 2006. She is inspired by the natural and unnatural things she finds in the city; such as ferns and scratch tickets, and incorporates them into her work whenever possible. As well as found objects, her work consists of vintage charms and primarily recycled silver. In addition to melting and shaping silver, she enjoys riding her bike, lazy days at the beach, surfing, and hanging out with her cat.

Rachel is a trophatier who believes that trophies can be for any reason.

Raeburn Ink is the work of artist and designer Jennifer Cooke. Her collection is an ongoing exploration of pattern and color in the form of printed clothing, accessories and home products. Thematic collections are inspired by everything from topographic maps to security envelopes, which Jennifer reworks to create beautiful abstract patterns.

The Rainy Planet Press is the husband and wife duo of Ezra Ball and Terri Wise. Ezra got his first antique letterpress press as a youth, and was instantly fascinated with these machines that produce printed items with a distinctive tactile quality that can't be achieved by more modern printing techniques. Their designs are made using old metal type, vintage cuts, and new metal engravings of original designs.

Maeg is an artist living in Western MA. She prints and sews beautiful, functional goods, and believes that home economics are actually pretty hardcore!

rejeneration began with a simple idea: to re-use materials found in thrift stores, yard sales, and assorted shops, to give them a whole new life. Jen Holmes makes everything from bags to jewelry to pins, and all kinds of colorful bobbles.

jen ferreira is the sole designer, creator and proprietess of saint9. jen likes to create all sorts of handmade treats such as tote bags, stationery, zippered pouches, aprons and t-shirts, all hand-silkscreened with her own patterns and designs. jen has known her way around a sewing machine since she was knee-high to a grasshopper, and she has been an avid silkscreener since she was a teen. by day, she works 9-5 for a non-profit, but can be found (usually covered in ink and thread) in her studio by night.

SWF, 27, 5'4 1/2", blonde/hazel, triplet, motivated, artistic. Loves the beach, relaxing, finding treasures, bare feet, music, painting, creating, furry friends, recycled objects, and sweets. Inspired by nature, organic materials, texture, color, vintage patterns, and the sun. Seeking friendship, emotional and financial stability, possible LTR.

At Scarlett Glass we handcraft fine fused glass jewelry and art. Unlike semi precious stones and gold, glass is derived from silicates (sand) and does not require harmful mining techniques which damage the earth. An added benefit to using one of the most plentiful resources on the planet is that it is possible to have a beautiful high end look while maintaining a reasonable price point and remaining environmentally friendly.

Alison Gordon, former Wonderland Q crafter, now creates sewing boxes and pin cushions from recycled cigar boxes and wool.

Sewing Stars is home all things cute and fun. Original artwork is printed on items like unique designs for all sorts of plush, zipper pouches & purses, and a whole set of DIY kits & booklets to arm the masses with their own know how.

Like timeless works of art, each piece is composed of pleasing color combinations and textures to unleash your inner adventurer!

Dan Lachman is a senior at Wesleyan University in CT. He has been running Sharp Shirter for the last 3 years, and is hoping to make the job a full time career after he graduates.

Longtime friends Shelley and Abigail of Shells Bells and Miss Ruby West have made a tradition of showing crafts together. Shelley is a model and hairdresser who finds inspiration in vintage fashions and punk rock culture. Abigail, a third generation artist, who studied illustration, fashion design, and interactive design. She is a user experience designer by day and a retro-craft-darling by night.

Simply June was founded in 2004 by designer Karen June Grant. Sewing has been her love since she was a little girl. In the summer of 2004, Karen and her husband Jason decided to grow their family through adoption. To help pass the time, Karen began sewing handbags for the women working in their future child's orphanage. In 2006, they brought their son Nikolai home from Russia and had the opportunity to present the wonderful caretakers with a handmade thank you for loving and caring for their son. Karen designs and makes each of her items by hand in her studio in Natick, Massachusetts.

Skunk was born on a heavy-gravity planet. He is the leader of the infamous bicycle-nerd-gang SCUL, and is often seen piloting the USB Cloudbuster, a tall ship with disco-capabilities.

slaPPhaPPie is mLe lincoln, whose last sewing class was in 1983, in Home Ec with the lovely Miss Sheldon. She's straight outta H-U-double hockey sticks, MA, where the discord of nature versus polyesther creates a challenge in her soft, puffy tree and bird-centric pillows. Luckily somehow they always manage to work it out.

Solos Glass makes unique and contemporary hand blown glass products for the home.

soto softies are made by an eternal daydreamer with a penchant for color and vintage toy design.

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Sparkyart is the studio of Amanda Clarke, who was born and raised in Rochester, the crown jewel of western New York. Amanda is a RISD graduate with a BFA in Illustration living and working in Boston. She enjoys drawing, printmaking, sewing, iced coffee and tom foolery.

Caro tracks her crafty life in a blog called Splityarn. She's a knitter, a sewist, and photographer who uses beautiful fabric to create an extensive line of bags and pouches. She recently developed a series of sturdy camera straps for SLR and smaller point-and-shoot cameras. She also creates stitch markers and knitting needle cases that have been popular for years among her fellow knitters.

The Spun Monkey Fiber Shoppe creates artful, functional works in wool from humanely sourced, organic and sustainable fibers. We support small family farms and other indie artists when searching out raw materials. The Monkey spins and felts from her studio in southern VT, where she lives with her man, her little man, and whole lot of critters.

Stitchy McYarnpants is the creator and curator of the online and now in print Museum of Kitschy Stitches. http://www.yarnpants.com Using materials ranging from mid-century wallpaper and Bakelite poker chips to vintage fabric remnants, books, and magazines, Stitchy endeavors to breathe new life into old stuff. Her eclectic selection of products includes jewelry, keychains, and wristlets, all with a sense of quirky vintage flair. Stitchy believes that there's always room for a little more kitsch in our lives.

swallowfield is mixed media design and illustration by jennifer judd-mcgee. her work is largely inspired by the lovely, natural patterns and forms in her coastal surroundings. she lives in portland, maine. Find out more at http://swallowfield.typepad.com

Tomoko spends most of her time and energy making little creatures and original goods with her own two hands in her basement apartment. When she's not making, she's usually eating... or sleeping. She lives with her hairy but charming husband and her feisty little bird.

Sarah Parrott is the designer & printer behind things are better with a parrott, a small design studio based in Providence, RI. She handprints each piece of stationery one by one with her Golding Jobber no. 6 letterpress and her various gocco screen printers. She has a background in non-profit communications & is currently attending RISD for Print Design.

Jaye started out as a tattoo designer, so much of her earlier artwork can be found under the clothes of many cool people. Her current poster designs are bold and iconic, and her love for drawing is showcased in her zine. Most recently Jaye has launched a ninja cartoon, which has developed a faithful following after six editions.

Toiluxe.com is a culmination of original art, using an original medium - toilet seats. Each seat is hand-painted and no design is an exact duplicate of another. The creation process is constant. Stephanie lives, breathes and dreams toilet seats. If she could eat toilet seats, she would probably consider it.

traveling rhinos is obsessed with color, cute and texture. these obsessions are put to good use to create unique knitted and felted accessories, jewelry and plush, as well as a wide array of handspun + handpainted yarns and luxurious fibers for discriminating DIYers.

Four guys launched the T-Shirt Insurgency two years ago to express their love for militant breakfast items. They are also saving up keep open a small used bookstore in DC when the owner retires.

Twigs and Heather is twin sisters and silversmiths Heather and Kerry Alice Collins. We design, cast and finish all of our sterling silver jewelry in our Nahant studio. Our work is part forest finds, part rock star and part silly romantic.

Helene started making soap in 2003 when she realized how drying and harsh commercial soap were on her skin. When she first used handmade soap, she loved the way handmade soap make her skin feel. Helene wanted to know more so she began learning the art of soapmaking.

Vaya Bags is a one woman bike messenger bag company based out of Huntington, NY. As an environmental scientist Tia believes in reusing and recycling materials. That is why Vaya Bags are made from recycled canvas from local sailboat factories. Tia also uses recycled bicycle tubes to make all of her bike tube gear.

Crystal of Vintage by Crystal grew up on a dairy farm in rural Saratoga Springs, NY. She began her journey into the art world at four years old as a coloring book artist. She also started becoming a garage sale junkie and vintage Christmas connoisseur at a very young age, buying old ornaments and discarded Santa dolls whenever her Mom pulled off the road for an impromptu breeze through a yard sale. Throughout the years she has practiced drawing, painting and graphic design while her collection of junk store treasures piled high. Finally, one day she decided to put her creative expression and her collection of vintage goodies to work and created Vintage by Crystal, where she specializes in old German style spun cotton figures and ornaments for the holidays and for everyday using as many vintage materials as possible. Crystal now lives in Boston with her sweetie pie Ben, kitty cat Magic, birdies and fish and works out of a very cluttered studio in her home.

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VIVA ORTEGACY is on a spiritual mission: to psychically, scientifically convey images and colors from the future to you, in t-shirt form. Not since the Renaissance has such inspirational splendor oozed out from the heavens!

The latest design to come from their correspondent in the future will be in full view!

Its best not to ask how, but just to bask in the glow of VIVA ORTEGACY. Ask yourself, if you must ask something, how can I benefit best from this unique telepathic design methodology?

TEES FROM THE FUTURE!

Erica von Schilgen is a graduate of Mass Art, with a degree in sculpture, where she also studied fashion design. She divides her time between working on her fine art, making mechanical collages, and on her design work, Vonica Designs, a handbag/custom clothing business. Her designs are whimsical, bold, and often inspired by animal forms. Erica lives and has a studio in Jamaica Plain, MA.

stormcloud, bring rainbows: crafts garments made mostly of salvaged and up-cycled materials. i hand dye, construct and screen print my precious babies with loving care in my studio in "our fair city". every piece is one of a kind and has its own individual features. raney-day-rings: creating something new and fresh out of forgotten pieces of jewelry. noisy ghosts: bags, totes and accessories in a wide spectrum that will either rock your face off or make you seem all lady-like and stuff.

Mariah draws her artistic inspiration from dusty corners, drippy places under sinks, open windows, and other planets. She best express herself with googly eyes, glitter, and feathers.

Libby Frances Meehan teaches sewing classes at Spark Craft Studio and works in a preK classroom in Brookline. She loves creating something new and unexpected from something pre-loved and discarded.

White Sparrow is a collaboration between Bexx Caswell and Katherine Westermann, two students studying the craft of bookbinding at the North Bennet Street School. Making beautiful and functional handbound books using traditonal methods is their passion. They offer a wide range of book structures, but specialize in miniature books.

William Greenlaw creates humorously bold and peculiar artwork inspired by life and death. He currently spends most of his free time silkscreening, but has other passions ranging from writing and illustrating children's books to ceramics to playing the cello. He resides in Worcester, MA and spends his days working in the magazine publishing industry.

Karin Bremer is a craftista living in semi-rural NY, building a collective studio space to play, design, and create original works of jewelry in silver, copper, and brass. After years of building with wood she has scaled down construction, now using fine metal for the fabrication. Her design often incorporates objects found in her immediate environment, and she draws much inspiration from her winterly escape travels around the world.

The Women's Craft Cooperative of Rosie's Place, in existence since 1996, is helping women help themselves by turning new and vintage buttons into decorative accessories.

Alexandra Snook and Edward Way are a husband and wife team who produce studio furniture and wood accessories. They are located in Leeds, Massachusetts and work out of a cooperative shop there. Their work is a meeting of old and new, and while many of their pieces have a modern aesthetic, they always employ old world craftsmanship.

Woolarina can't stop knitting and spinning and dyeing. Kate and Paula want to get you crafting with our wool & traditional and art yarns to knit and crochet, wool felt to sew, and fiber to spin and felt! Their DIY kits and patterns let you make fun kitty toys, felted baubles, and funky knitwear. Handknit gear will keep you toasty and stylish.

Laura Normandin is the founder of Wren handmade which specializes in crochet accessories, stuffed animals, dolls and other crafty items. She also makes artwork and has participated in several shows including one recently at Tinlark Gallery in LA.

A New England Girl/Jewelry Designer/Librarian, living-it-up in Southern NH where she and her husband are raising their crazy three year old basset hound and planning for their family. As a Children's Library Assistant, Lindsey's Storytime catch phrase has become: "On Your Booties Cuties!" Yankee Girl Designs started as a way for her to relax after a day of wrangling up weasels for craft classes and re-shelving Dr. Seuss books, but has evolved into so much more. Combining bold gems and elements in innovative ways to form something fabby to wear has become a passion.

Yota Kariotis makes cozy decorative and functional objects for the home.

Zandra Zuraw is new to the indie craft scene. While she's been a closet crafter for her own enjoyment for a long time, she started selling her wares less than a year ago in December '07. Her papered and painted items for the home are full of saturated color with a mix of beautiful and quirky images. Hopefully you will see a sense of humor in the harmonious but odd mix of combinations she uses to re-imagine household objects.