New Orleans Craft Mafia Celebrates Our 5th Birthday on Thursday, June 24!

Cinco de Craft Mafioso – New Orleans Craft Mafia’s 5th Birthday Party Fiesta!
Thursday, June 24, 6pm – 10pm
The Factory, 8314 Oak Street, New Orleans

The New Orleans Craft Mafia is celebrating its first 5 years of bringing crafty alternatives to the Crescent City with a birthday bash on Thursday, June 24. The event, dubbed “Cinco de Craft Mafioso”, will take place from 6pm – 10pm at The Factory, a new crafty workspace at 8314 Oak Street, which will begin teaching screen-printing classes on July 7.

Cinco de Craft Mafioso is a celebration of all things crafty. The event is free and open to all ages, and will feature free craft workshops, including t-shirt recycling and screen-printing. Bring your old t-shirts in and revamp them – we’ll show you how to breathe new life into your old tees!

The event will also feature a crafty marketplace with handmade goods by members of the New Orleans Craft Mafia, as well as music and snacks. Be sure to stop by for free beer (while it lasts!) and get there early because the first 20 guests will receive a free New Orleans Craft Mafia tote bag filled with handmade goodies!

Please RSVP on Facebook and share the link with your friends!

Handmade Parade!

The Norfolk Craft Mafia is extremely excited to announce our first annual holiday arts & crafts bazaar: Handmade Parade!

Handmade Parade will provide great holiday shopping for those who are looking for one-of-a-kind gifts while avoiding the mass-produced and supporting independent entrepreneurs instead! We will offer a wide variety of fine art, accessories, jewelry, pottery, house wares, baked goods, baby items, clothing and more!

When and where is it happening?

Masonic Temple
7001 Granby St.
Norfolk, Virginia 23505
Saturday, November 10, 2007
10am - 5pm

We are now accepting applications for vendors and sponsors; please check out our Handmade Parade page for more information on how to apply! Applications are rolling in already and we are very excited! Hope to see you there!

It's time!!

I feel it's time to make an announcement.... After 5 long and fantastic years I am closing down my clothing design business, Amet and Sasha, in search of new challenges. This does NOT mean anything for the Craft Mafia that I won't be an official member of the Austin Craft Mafia anymore. Instead, I'll be only the Craft Mafia manager (the position I currently hold anyway!). I'll still be here 100% managing the Craft Mafias and making sure Mafia business plows along.

So what does this mean for you?? A huge huge sale is what! I'm clearing out my stock of fabrics and backstock, so I have both a standard website sale and a studio sale going on until August 16. What happens that day? Amet and Sasha closes down forever... and I head off on my honeymoon. Hooray!!

I want to give a huge HUGE thank you to the Craft Mafia family because without all of you my business may never have developed the way it ultimately did. The support has been amazing, and you all are the best ever!

I should say - I am still working 100% on Stitch - so don't think you're getting me out of the crafting game that easily!! What??? You haven't heard of Stitch yet?? Well, it's an amazing fashion show and craft bazaar happening in downtown Austin on November 10. It's our fifth year running and we're expecting our best year yet! The application deadline is August 28, so hustle it to get yours in!

Norfolk Craft Mafia happenings!

The Norfolk Craft Mafia has been all kinds of busy this summer! We held it down at Pile of Craft, the awesome show put on by the Charm City Craft Mafia!



We held several crafters roundups where we hung out, worked on projects and networked with other creative folks, and hosted the first in a series of Skill Sharing Workshops entitled Get Yr Craft On(line): Photo hosting, blogs and Etsy. We will have a booth at Crafty Bastards in Washington, DC and we're also totally stoked on our upcoming Art & Craft swap meet! Check out our flyer:



Watch for more events and crafty goodness headed from our corner of Virginia, including our first annual juried holiday show, Handmade Parade! Keep checking the Norfolk Craft Mafia website for details, applications coming soon!